Library Events

Designed for 3-5 year olds, we will learn about different kinds of art and try out different art styles and supplies. Caregivers are requested to stay nearby, in case your preschooler needs assistance. 

Calling young art lovers! This club is designed for 7-12year olds and will allow young artists to experiment and learn about different art styles and try out new forms of arts and crafts. Weekly from 4-5 on Tuesdays. 

The two-year-olds are in charge at this art and craft time designed to let their imaginations run wild. Some sessions will consist of different art supplies to try in free-form play, while some sessions will have a more structured activity. This program starts right after Music & Rhyme time each week. 

Come build a brick masterpiece with our Lego collection! Ages 4 and up with a grownup!

Rare Reads book group meets every third Thursday at 6pm. This month's book is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. If you would like to join, please email emma@topshamlibrary.org.

Drop by and get creative! Teens are invited to design and press their own custom buttons every Friday afternoon. Whether you're into art, activism, or just want to make something cool for your backpack, this quick, fun session is the perfect way to kick off the weekend. All supplies provided. No registration needed, just show up!

Nintendo Switch Club, Fridays, 1:30 –5:45 p.m.: Calling all teen gamers! Join us for an afternoon of fun, friends, and Nintendo Switch action. Whether you’re racing in Mario Kart, smashing it up in Super Smash Bros., or teaming up in Splatoon, we’ve got three in-house Switch consoles and plenty of games to go around. Drop in anytime, no experience needed. Just bring your game face and get ready to level up your Friday!

Teens ages 14 and up are invited to join our Saturday Morning VolunTeen Program! Work together with other teens to design and run awesome community events like mini golf in the library, cookie decorating, Movie Saturdays, and more… all through the Teen Room. You’ll also help with cool projects and essential library tasks like shelving, shelf-reading, book displays, and even help with collection development. Earn volunteer hours, build leadership skills, and make the library a better place… all while having fun!

Designed for 3-5 year olds, we will learn about different kinds of art and try out different art styles and supplies. Caregivers are requested to stay nearby, in case your preschooler needs assistance. 

Calling young art lovers! This club is designed for 7-12year olds and will allow young artists to experiment and learn about different art styles and try out new forms of arts and crafts. Weekly from 4-5 on Tuesdays. 

The two-year-olds are in charge at this art and craft time designed to let their imaginations run wild. Some sessions will consist of different art supplies to try in free-form play, while some sessions will have a more structured activity. This program starts right after Music & Rhyme time each week. 

Come build a brick masterpiece with our Lego collection! Ages 4 and up with a grownup!

Drop by and get creative! Teens are invited to design and press their own custom buttons every Friday afternoon. Whether you're into art, activism, or just want to make something cool for your backpack, this quick, fun session is the perfect way to kick off the weekend. All supplies provided. No registration needed, just show up!

Nintendo Switch Club, Fridays, 1:30 –5:45 p.m.: Calling all teen gamers! Join us for an afternoon of fun, friends, and Nintendo Switch action. Whether you’re racing in Mario Kart, smashing it up in Super Smash Bros., or teaming up in Splatoon, we’ve got three in-house Switch consoles and plenty of games to go around. Drop in anytime, no experience needed. Just bring your game face and get ready to level up your Friday!

Teens ages 14 and up are invited to join our Saturday Morning VolunTeen Program! Work together with other teens to design and run awesome community events like mini golf in the library, cookie decorating, Movie Saturdays, and more… all through the Teen Room. You’ll also help with cool projects and essential library tasks like shelving, shelf-reading, book displays, and even help with collection development. Earn volunteer hours, build leadership skills, and make the library a better place… all while having fun!

Teens and Tweens! Join us to play Minecraft on library computers and Nintendo Switches, build creatively, team up with friends, and explore new worlds together. Each session may include creative builds, survival challenges, or mini-games.
No experience necessary, beginners are welcome!

Designed for 3-5 year olds, we will learn about different kinds of art and try out different art styles and supplies. Caregivers are requested to stay nearby, in case your preschooler needs assistance. 

Calling young art lovers! This club is designed for 7-12year olds and will allow young artists to experiment and learn about different art styles and try out new forms of arts and crafts. Weekly from 4-5 on Tuesdays. 

The Free the Andro Coalition is a citizen group dedicated to reestablishing river herring, shad, salmon, and other key migratory species that support both the ecosystem and local commercial and recreational fisheries, after two centuries of mistreatment and disregard. The ongoing relicensing of the Brunswick-Topsham dam’s hydro-power facility by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)is a unique chance to set new standards for better fish passage. Chip Spies, the coalition founder, will outline how the upcoming FERC vote provides a once in a lifetime chance to begin restoring migratory fish populations on the Androscoggin River.

Chip will discuss the history of fish passage, dam building and environmental impacts on the Androscoggin, as well as the need to find solutions through intervention in the application process to assure social and environmental impacts are considered alongside energy generation.

Speaker bio: Charles “Chip” Spies is the Founder and Coalition President for the Free the Andro Coalition, a conservation coalition advocating for changes to the Brunswick-Topsham Dam on the Androscoggin River. He is a longtime resident of the Brunswick-Topsham area having lived here for 38 years and raised three children with his wife Bonnie.

Chip is focused on participating as a citizen and member of the coalition in the hydro-dam licensing process conducted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Chip and other citizens formed Free the Andro to create a voice for the migratory fish being impacted by the Brunswick-Topsham dam. The goal is to create unfettered passage for salmon, shad, river herring, eels and other species that must migrate between fresh and salt water to spawn. Visit www.btlt.org/events to learn more.

The two-year-olds are in charge at this art and craft time designed to let their imaginations run wild. Some sessions will consist of different art supplies to try in free-form play, while some sessions will have a more structured activity. This program starts right after Music & Rhyme time each week. 

Come build a brick masterpiece with our Lego collection! Ages 4 and up with a grownup!

Nintendo Switch Club, Fridays, 1:30 –5:45 p.m.: Calling all teen gamers! Join us for an afternoon of fun, friends, and Nintendo Switch action. Whether you’re racing in Mario Kart, smashing it up in Super Smash Bros., or teaming up in Splatoon, we’ve got three in-house Switch consoles and plenty of games to go around. Drop in anytime, no experience needed. Just bring your game face and get ready to level up your Friday!

Join us for our  NEW Romantasy Book Club! Part fantasy, part romance, a LOT of fun – this after hours book club is intended for adults aged 18 or older. Meets monthly on the first Friday at 5:45. No registration required, come as you are and see if this is the book group for you. This month we will be discussing The Irresistible Urge to Fall forYour Enemy by Brigitte Knightley.

Teens ages 14 and up are invited to join our Saturday Morning VolunTeen Program! Work together with other teens to design and run awesome community events like mini golf in the library, cookie decorating, Movie Saturdays, and more… all through the Teen Room. You’ll also help with cool projects and essential library tasks like shelving, shelf-reading, book displays, and even help with collection development. Earn volunteer hours, build leadership skills, and make the library a better place… all while having fun!

Bring your current manga read to share with the group. Grades 6-12 (middle/high schoolers).  Snacks will be provided.

Designed for 3-5 year olds, we will learn about different kinds of art and try out different art styles and supplies. Caregivers are requested to stay nearby, in case your preschooler needs assistance. 

Calling young art lovers! This club is designed for 7-12year olds and will allow young artists to experiment and learn about different art styles and try out new forms of arts and crafts. Weekly from 4-5 on Tuesdays. 

Caregivers can help baby make seasonally-appropriate art. All supplies provided, just bring your baby! Designed for babies from birth to 23 months and their caregivers. Offered the first Thursday of each month at 10:30.Please arrive by 10:30 to participate in this activity. 

The two-year-olds are in charge at this art and craft time designed to let their imaginations run wild. Some sessions will consist of different art supplies to try in free-form play, while some sessions will have a more structured activity. This program starts right after Music & Rhyme time each week. 

Come build a brick masterpiece with our Lego collection! Ages 4 and up with a grownup!

Nintendo Switch Club, Fridays, 1:30 –5:45 p.m.: Calling all teen gamers! Join us for an afternoon of fun, friends, and Nintendo Switch action. Whether you’re racing in Mario Kart, smashing it up in Super Smash Bros., or teaming up in Splatoon, we’ve got three in-house Switch consoles and plenty of games to go around. Drop in anytime, no experience needed. Just bring your game face and get ready to level up your Friday!

Teens ages 14 and up are invited to join our Saturday Morning VolunTeen Program! Work together with other teens to design and run awesome community events like mini golf in the library, cookie decorating, Movie Saturdays, and more… all through the Teen Room. You’ll also help with cool projects and essential library tasks like shelving, shelf-reading, book displays, and even help with collection development. Earn volunteer hours, build leadership skills, and make the library a better place… all while having fun!

Designed for 3-5 year olds, we will learn about different kinds of art and try out different art styles and supplies. Caregivers are requested to stay nearby, in case your preschooler needs assistance. 

Calling young art lovers! This club is designed for 7-12year olds and will allow young artists to experiment and learn about different art styles and try out new forms of arts and crafts. Weekly from 4-5 on Tuesdays.