Hannah Baranes, Ph.D. (Research Scientist at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute) will discuss the science of sea level rise, its impacts to southern Maine's coastal ecosystems, and future adaptation. Baranes will share her perspective on how we, as individuals and communities, can prepare for future sea level rise. Following this, Dean Lessard, P.E. (Town of York Engineering Director) will provide an overview of the damage done last year along our beaches during ocean storm events. Lessard will also provide an overview of the Town of York Long Sands Beach seawall project and how the Town is armoring our critical road infrastructure.  

This program is part of our 2025 Climate Change Series: Coastal Impacts and Resources. 

 Family Saturday

Silly Storytime

Saturday, February 22

10:30 AM 

Children's Room

Wear your dancing shoes! We’ll move and groove to music, listen to some side splitting stories, and get a little goofy for this SILLY STORYTIME.

This program is free and open to all.

A Death Cafe is a group-guided open conversation about death (with sweets!). There is no agenda, objectives, or themes. Leona Oceania will serve as facilitator to keep the conversation going (rarely necessary), answer questions, and correct misinformation. It is a discussion group rather than grief support or counseling.  The objective is 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives'.  You will find a link below with more information about the program facilitator and Death Cafe.

The Death Cafe is co-sponsored by York Public Library and York County Service Association.

Join distinguished professor Dr. Habib Dagher for an informative presentation about Maine's offshore wind industry. Dagher will speak to us about offshore wind projects and potential off the Maine coast, and why offshore wind is a critical part of greenhouse gas mitigation in our region. Bring your questions and your curiosity and learn more about the opportunity we have as coastal residents to generate clean power just off our shores.

This program is part of our 2025 Climate Change Series: Coastal Impacts and Resources.

Christine Bagley will share the story of how this collection of short stories came together over 15 years. Bagley will then share some excerpts that demonstrate her talent for variety in storytelling.  Six of the stories have been published, and seven are new to this collection. The following are some examples of the stories included in this collection.

The Elevator: the story of a woman trapped in an elevator, who thinks she is dying, and confesses her sins on a laptop.

The Scapegoat: A woman hanged for witchcraft in 1692 in Salem, Mass, returns to right history through the author who is writing about her.

The Madness of Ida Mae: tells of an older woman trying to win back her husband who left her, by wearing movie star wigs, heavy make-up, and push-up bras to win him back.  

Wed. 2/26

Ahead of the Curve Book Chat: Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life

Wednesday, February 26

11:00 - 12:00 PM

Wheeler Room

Sabrina Sholts

How we Create Pandemics, From Our Bodies to Our Beliefs with a Smithsonian Curator
Tuesday, Feburary 4 at 2:00 PM 

Waubgeshig Rice

Dystopian Tropes From an Indigenous Perspective: In Conversation with Waubgeshig Rice

Tuesday, February 11 at 7:00 PM

Lee Hawkins

"I am Nobody's Slave": An Author Talk with Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Lee Hawkins

Tuesday, February 18 at 2:00 PM

Anytime

Secret Hold

Drop-in anytime

Children's Room

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Sat. 2/19

Lego Builders

Wednesday, February 19

1:00 - 3:00 PM

Children's Room

Mini Art Makerspace

at 3:00 PM

Teen Space

February is a mini month, so we’ve made a mini art makerspace. Danie will have art supplies out in the Teen Space all month long for you to create mini masterpieces. Tuesdays will feature activities that require librarian supervision, like shrinky art in the toaster oven. This program is for 5th - 12th grade.