Celebrate “Book Friday” instead of Black Friday with a special Spanish Story Time! Children of all ages and languages can enjoy stories, songs and Spanish. Join us on Friday, November 23 at 10:30 a.m.… Read more.
Louis Sockalexis was the first Native American professional baseball player, though most people have never heard of him.
He suffered prejudice and discrimination on and off the field 50 years before anyone knew the name Jackie Robinson, failing to ever receive credit as one of Maine’s most extraordinary athletes.
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Attention local philosophers! Our monthly group, Socrates Café, will not hold its regular meeting date this month, as it lands on Thanksgiving, nor will we meet on our regular date in December due to its proximity to Christmas.… Read more.
Construct & Create is an ultimate building bonanza for all ages. The next C&C event will take place on Saturday, December 8, starting at 10:30 a.m.… Read more.
The After Hours concert series welcomes SnugHouse for the next show on Saturday, December 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the Main Library. The weather may be getting frightful, but soulful, heartfelt music is sure to warm you up!… Read more.
Hola! Our Spanish Language conversational group will be moving the time of their meetings to 11 a.m. every Wednesday morning. The first meeting at the new time will be on Wednesday, October 31.… Read more.
iMake, our popular weekly maker program for ages 10-18, will be moving to Thursday afternoons at 3:30 p.m. at the Main Library! iMake is an informal program designed for teens to learn new skills and socialize with friends!… Read more.
Baby Builders is our weekly building and playing program for ages 0-4 years. Play with Duplo blocks, socialize, and make new friends! This program will take place at the Main Library in every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.… Read more.
Thanks to the generosity of two of our great patrons, SPPL has been given a broad selection of The Great Courses (TGC), a series of college-level audio and video courses, produced by The Teaching Company.… Read more.
Have you heard the news? Your SPPL library card can now be used to borrow materials at four other area libraries:
- Baxter Memorial Library in Gorham
- Scarborough Public Library in Scarborough
- Thomas Memorial Library in Cape Elizabeth
- Walker Memorial Library in Westbrook
Each of these libraries is a member of the Minerva consortium and, while you have long enjoyed the ability to borrow items from their collections through our interlibrary loan service, you now have the ability to use your SPPL card directly at these area libraries, just as you would at our library! … Read more.