

Free Tech Help
A Digital Navigator from Community Concepts provides free one-on-one tech support. You can drop in or schedule an appointment by calling 207-508-1757.

Knitting Circle
Meet with the Knitting Circle Tuesdays from 10-12!
Whether you've been knitting for decades or days, join this welcoming group of knitters in the Library's Yarn Hub.
Can't commit to every Tuesday? No problem - just come when you can!
Please note that youth knitters are welcome but must be at least 7 years old. An adult must also accompany and participate along with the child.
For more information, email: theyarnhub.bethellibrary@gmail.com

Bethel Library Book Club
The Bethel Library Book Club meets at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. All are welcome!


Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Activity Sessions at the Bethel Library
The Bethel Library and the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Science Activity Sessions at the library.
These programs are aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!

Learn to Knit Pop Up Class
Learn to Knit Class with Library Yarn Hub volunteers.
These are designed for people who have never knit before and children 8+ are welcome, though we request that a parent stay with the child.
We will provide needles, yarn, and knowhow!

Knitting Circle
Meet with the Knitting Circle Tuesdays from 10-12!
Whether you've been knitting for decades or days, join this welcoming group of knitters in the Library's Yarn Hub.
Can't commit to every Tuesday? No problem - just come when you can!
Please note that youth knitters are welcome but must be at least 7 years old. An adult must also accompany and participate along with the child.
For more information, email: theyarnhub.bethellibrary@gmail.com


Learn to Knit Pop Up Class
Learn to Knit Class with Library Yarn Hub volunteers.
These are designed for people who have never knit before and children 8+ are welcome, though we request that a parent stay with the child.
We will provide needles, yarn, and knowhow!

Knitting Circle
Meet with the Knitting Circle Tuesdays from 10-12!
Whether you've been knitting for decades or days, join this welcoming group of knitters in the Library's Yarn Hub.
Can't commit to every Tuesday? No problem - just come when you can!
Please note that youth knitters are welcome but must be at least 7 years old. An adult must also accompany and participate along with the child.
For more information, email: theyarnhub.bethellibrary@gmail.com

Bethel Library Morning Book Club
The Bethel Library Morning Book Club meets at the Gem Theater Conference Room. All are welcome!


A (Zoom) Conversation with Author Nick Fuller Goggins
MLT's environment-related book club is partnering with Bethel Library Association to read The Great Transition by Nick Fuller Googins!
But that isn't even the most fun part! At the meeting, we'll be joined by the author, Nick Fuller Googins himself, for a conversation about the novel! And we'd love for you to join us!
The Great Transition is a climate utopia novel set in the near future that follows a family navigating personal and political crises. It's a story of struggle, change, and hope, and we look forward to discussing it with him!
The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 1st from 6:00 - 7:30 PM at Valentine Farm (with a hybrid option available). We sincerely hope to see you there!

Knitting Circle
Meet with the Knitting Circle Tuesdays from 10-12!
Whether you've been knitting for decades or days, join this welcoming group of knitters in the Library's Yarn Hub.
Can't commit to every Tuesday? No problem - just come when you can!
Please note that youth knitters are welcome but must be at least 7 years old. An adult must also accompany and participate along with the child.
For more information, email: theyarnhub.bethellibrary@gmail.com


Knitting Circle
Meet with the Knitting Circle Tuesdays from 10-12!
Whether you've been knitting for decades or days, join this welcoming group of knitters in the Library's Yarn Hub.
Can't commit to every Tuesday? No problem - just come when you can!
Please note that youth knitters are welcome but must be at least 7 years old. An adult must also accompany and participate along with the child.
For more information, email: theyarnhub.bethellibrary@gmail.com


Bethel Library Book Club
The Bethel Library Book Club meets at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. All are welcome!

Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Activity Sessions at the Bethel Library
The Bethel Library and the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Science Activity Sessions at the library.
These programs are aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!

Knitting Circle
Meet with the Knitting Circle Tuesdays from 10-12!
Whether you've been knitting for decades or days, join this welcoming group of knitters in the Library's Yarn Hub.
Can't commit to every Tuesday? No problem - just come when you can!
Please note that youth knitters are welcome but must be at least 7 years old. An adult must also accompany and participate along with the child.
For more information, email: theyarnhub.bethellibrary@gmail.com


Knitting Circle
Meet with the Knitting Circle Tuesdays from 10-12!
Whether you've been knitting for decades or days, join this welcoming group of knitters in the Library's Yarn Hub.
Can't commit to every Tuesday? No problem - just come when you can!
Please note that youth knitters are welcome but must be at least 7 years old. An adult must also accompany and participate along with the child.
For more information, email: theyarnhub.bethellibrary@gmail.com


Bethel Library Morning Book Club
The Bethel Library Morning Book Club meets at the Gem Theater Conference Room. All are welcome!




Bethel Library Book Club
The Bethel Library Book Club meets at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. All are welcome!

Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Activity Sessions at the Bethel Library
The Bethel Library and the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Science Activity Sessions at the library.
These programs are aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!




Bethel Library Book Club
The Bethel Library Book Club meets at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. All are welcome!


Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Activity Sessions at the Bethel Library
The Bethel Library and the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Science Activity Sessions at the library.
These programs are aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!



Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Activity Sessions at the Bethel Library
The Bethel Library and the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Science Activity Sessions at the library.
These programs are aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!

Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Activity Sessions at the Bethel Library
The Bethel Library and the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Science Activity Sessions at the library.
These programs are aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!

Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Activity Sessions at the Bethel Library
The Bethel Library and the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Science Activity Sessions at the library.
These programs are aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!

Maine Mineral & Gem Museum Activity Sessions at the Bethel Library
The Bethel Library and the Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Science Activity Sessions at the library.
These programs are aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!

Free Tech Help
A Digital Navigator from Community Concepts provides free one-on-one tech support. You can drop in or schedule an appointment by calling 207-508-1757.


Bethel Library Morning Book Club
The Bethel Library Morning Book Club meets at the Gem Theater. All are welcome!

Free Tech Help
A Digital Navigator from Community Concepts provides free one-on-one tech support. You can drop in or schedule an appointment by calling 207-508-1757.


Summer Earth Science Sessions
The Bethel Library and Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Summer Earth Science Sessions.
Each program will include a read aloud and science activity.
This program is aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!

Summer Reading Participation Party
You are invited to the Bethel Library’s Summer Reading Participation Party!
Saturday August 23rd starting at 11am
We’ll have prizes, crafts, snacks, and a live musical performance by Kind Kids!
If you’ve logged any reading time over the summer you are invited to the summer reading party! We hope you’ve been adding pollinators to our summer reading garden at the library.

Free Tech Help
A Digital Navigator from Community Concepts provides free one-on-one tech support. You can drop in or schedule an appointment by calling 207-508-1757.


Author Talk with Meika Hashimoto
Meika Hashimoto is an award-winning picture book, graphic novel, and middle grade novel writer. She grew up on a shiitake mushroom farm in Rumford, Maine. After getting an English Literature degree at Swarthmore College, she worked in the White Mountains of New Hampshire before starting her career as a children’s book editor for Random House. A decade later, she moved back to her beloved home state, where she edits and writes books in her mountain home next to her husband, daughter, and two rescue dogs.

Special Story Time Event with author Diane Madden
Author Reading of children’s book The Story of Neeps and Tattie

Summer Earth Science Sessions
The Bethel Library and Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Summer Earth Science Sessions.
Each program will include a read aloud and science activity.
This program is aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!

Bethel Library Book Club
The Bethel Library Book Club meets at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. All are welcome!

Bird Appreciation in Bethel with Bethel Adventure Tours
A free talk about birding in Bethel with Bethel Adventure Tours.
This talk will take place at the Bethel Library August 11th at 9:30AM
How has your birding summer been?
We will talk about what we are seeing on our tours and what you are seeing around town. Have you seen, or more likely heard, the Merlins in the village? We will discuss the annual loon count and the bald eagles of North Pond.
As always come prepared for a round of guess that bird.

Bethel Library Annual Book Sale
Bethel Library’s 40ish Annual Book Sale
You’ll find audiobooks on CD, DVDs, nonfiction books, books, for kids, and more!
August 8th, 9th, 10th
8th 3-5
9th 10-4
10th Self Service All Day
Book Sale is Pay What You Can. All proceeds benefit the Bethel Library Association.

Bethel Library Annual Book Sale
Bethel Library’s 40ish Annual Book Sale
You’ll find audiobooks on CD, DVDs, nonfiction books, books, for kids, and more!
August 8th, 9th, 10th
8th 3-5
9th 10-4
10th Self Service All Day
Book Sale is Pay What You Can. All proceeds benefit the Bethel Library Association.

Bethel Library Annual Book Sale
Bethel Library’s 40ish Annual Book Sale
You’ll find audiobooks on CD, DVDs, nonfiction books, books, for kids, and more!
August 8th, 9th, 10th
8th 3-5
9th 10-4
10th Self Service All Day
Book Sale is Pay What You Can. All proceeds benefit the Bethel Library Association.

Free Tech Help
A Digital Navigator from Community Concepts provides free one-on-one tech support. You can drop in or schedule an appointment by calling 207-508-1757.


Bethel Library Morning Book Club
The Bethel Library Book Club meets at the Gem Theater Conference Room. All are welcome!

Summer Earth Science Sessions
The Bethel Library and Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Summer Earth Science Sessions.
Each program will include a read aloud and science activity.
This program is aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!


Summer Earth Science Sessions
The Bethel Library and Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Summer Earth Science Sessions.
Each program will include a read aloud and science activity.
This program is aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!

Free Tech Help
A Digital Navigator from Community Concepts provides free one-on-one tech support. You can drop in or schedule an appointment by calling 207-508-1757.


Summer Earth Science Sessions
The Bethel Library and Maine Mineral & Gem Museum are collaborating to bring you Summer Earth Science Sessions.
Each program will include a read aloud and science activity.
This program is aimed at elementary aged children but all are welcome!

Free Tech Help
A Digital Navigator from Community Concepts provides free one-on-one tech support. You can drop in or schedule an appointment by calling 207-508-1757.

Bethel Library Book Club
The Bethel Library Book Club meet at the Museums of the Bethel Historical Society. All are welcome!


Book Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt Book Giveaway at the Bethel Library!
You’ll be given a list of book prompts. For example, find a book with a castle on the cover.
Then, search the designated stations throughout the library to find the books on your list.
Keep any of the books you find that match a prompt on your list!
This event is aimed at children and teens. Adults are still welcome to participate.