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Library Hours

Mon, Tue & Thu:
9 AM to 8 PM

Wed, Fri & Sat:
9 AM to 5 PM

Sunday
1 PM to 5 PM

Closed Federal &
State Holidays


Book Stop Hours

Tues - Sat:
10 AM to 1 PM


 


Welcome to the Rockland Public Library

*Upcoming Closures*
The Library will be closed Sunday, May 26 & Monday, May 27 in observance of Memorial Day.

 

News

Class: Pronunciator Language Learning
Thursday, May 30, at 2:30pm

Community Room.  Pronunciator is our new language learning e-resource, featuring pronunciation analysis, virtual coaching, and interactive conversations.  Learn how to best use Pronunciator in this 1 hour class.

Film: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Thursday, May 30, at 6:30pm

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock HolmesThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the second installment to the Sherlock Holmes film series released between 1939 and 1946.  It was the second film to feature Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson.  In this film, Professor Moriarity has a scheme for stealing the crown jewels from the Tower of London. To draw Holmes in to his web, Moriarity persuades a gaucho flute player to murder a girl.


Donations Needed

The Friends of Rockland Public Library are holding the annual Book, Plant & Bake sale on Saturday, June 8. To help make this fundraiser a success,  they are looking for donations of books, plants and baked items.
If you can provide any of these items, please contact the following:


For Books & Plants
: Rebecca Albright- Phone: 975-3946, Email- becalbright@roadrunner.com

For Baked Goods: Eileen Spectre- Phone: 594-2457, Email-espectre144@gmail.com



Now Available for Check-Out

Orion Starblast Telescope: for one week  to customers 18+ who have a vehicle. Questions? Want to put it on hold? Ask at the Reference Desk. Also Orion Binoculars for one week to customers 18+. Provided by Cornerstones of Science.






 

Midcoast Transit Survey


Camden, Rockport, Rockland and Thomaston have joined together to fund a study to look at transit in the Midcoast region - and they need your help! 

Please take their short survey about where you go to work and shop, and how you get there.




New Language Learning e-Resource

NEW! Pronunciator has replaced Mango Languages as Rockland Public Library's interactive language learning e-resource. Sign up to begin learning a new language today! 
- Upcoming class: Intro to Pronunciator-  May 30 at 2:30pm
- Find Pronunciator in our list of e-Resources.

Mondays at 11:00 AM
Adult Art Workshops

Community Room.  Led by artist Catinka Knoth.  Each week is a different subject - such as frogs, lily ponds, herons, egrets, warblers, and migratory birds. Participants will work with pencil, colored pencil, crayon, and perhaps scissors, with a focus on drawing in color.  Free of charge, with materials supplied.


Programs & Events

Children's Drawing Class / Tuesday, May 28, 2013 4:00 PM
Let's Draw Marvelous May!
Class: Pronunciator Language Learning / Thursday, May 30, 2013 2:30 PM
Class: Pronunciator Language Learning
Film: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Thursday, May 30, 2013 6:30 PM
Film: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Baby Storytime / Friday, May 31, 2013 10:00 AM
Baby Storytime
Storytime & Craft / Wednesday, June 05, 2013 10:30 AM
Storytime & Craft
Baby Storytime / Friday, June 07, 2013 10:00 AM
Baby Storytime
Storytime & Craft / Saturday, June 08, 2013 10:30 AM
Storytime & Craft
Special Concert for Families with Bob Stuart / Wednesday, June 12, 2013 10:30 AM
Concert for Families
Baby Storytime / Friday, June 14, 2013 10:00 AM
Baby Storytime
Secret Garden Day / Saturday, June 15, 2013 10:00 AM
Secret Garden Day
Storytime & Craft / Saturday, June 15, 2013 10:30 AM
Storytime & Craft
Book Soup Book Group / Tuesday, June 18, 2013 6:00 PM
Book Soup Book Group
Children's Storytime / Wednesday, June 19, 2013 10:30 AM
Children's Storytime
Farmers' Market Storytime / Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:00 AM
Farmers' Market Storytime
Baby Storytime / Friday, June 21, 2013 10:00 AM
Baby Storytime
Garden Planning for Teens and Tweens / Friday, June 21, 2013 10:30 AM
Garden Planning for Teens & Tweens
Garden Planter Crafts / Saturday, June 22, 2013 10:30 AM
Garden Planter Crafts
Bug & Butterfly Science Trunk / Tuesday, June 25, 2013 6:00 PM
Bug & Butterfly Science Trunk
Farmers' Market Storytime / Thursday, June 27, 2013 9:00 AM
Farmers' Market Storytime
Plant a Seed Program / Saturday, June 29, 2013 10:30 AM
Plant a Seed Program

80 Union Street | Rockland, ME 04841 | Phone: (207) 594-0310 | Fax: (207) 594-0333

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