Teen Program: Crafting Gemstone Buddhas

Library – Teens Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Come get your craft on with Teen Librarian Sophie! We’ll be making clay buddhas with gemstone bellies. Advance sign-up required.

Healthy and Delicious Desserts with Frieda Hanlon

Rising Tide Community Market 323 Main St, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Are desserts too difficult and caloric to bother with? You won’t feel that way after this class! Join us for a healthy and indulgent evening. $10 class fee. Space is limited. Sign up by calling…

$10

Craft Mini-Zen Garden

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Create your own personal (and miniature!) zen garden. Suitable for ages 4 to 12. Advance sign-up required.

Free

CANCELLED – Skidompha Library Community Cooking Contest

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Come compete for fabulous prizes and fame at our Community Cooking Contest! Sign up for either the sweet or savory category, amateur or professional on the theme of ITALIAN FOOD in honor of our Community…

Free

CANCELLED – Skidompha Library Community Lunch

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Taste the best cooking our community has to offer with the purchase of your handmade ceramic plate from Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts! First come – first served!

$25

OWL CINEMA FOODIE FILM: The Big Night (1996)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Marc Anthony. New Jersey, 1950s. Two brothers run an Italian restaurant. Business is not going well as a rival Italian restaurant is out-competing them. In a final effort to save…

Free

Mr. and Mrs. Squid

Rising Tide Community Market 323 Main St, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Come join Mr and Mrs. Squid (aka Ed Seidel and Lisa Katz) for a fun and tasty program about Maine squid. Participants will get to dissect a squid and, at the end of the program,…

Free

Toddler Time with Mr. Mark

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Storytime for kids from 2 – 5

Free

Book Babies with Mr. Mark

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Storytime for kids ages 0 – 3

Free

GENEALOGY ROUNDTABLE – Tales from the Kitchen

Library – 2nd Floor Genealogy 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

This is an opportunity to share discoveries and remember stories from your ancestors’ kitchens – recipes, tools, traditions, feasts!  Participants have many options for sharing during this roundtable event: Bring a story.  Bring a document,…

Free

Rock & Roll History with REEL to REEL MUSIC

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

So you like music. But do you know anything about the history of Pink Floyd or Nirvana? Stop by to learn more about Rock-n-Roll history from our town’s experts on all things rad: Reel to…

Free

OWL CINEMA FOODIE FILM: The Trip (2010)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rebecca Johnson Steve is asked to review restaurants for the UK’s Observer who is joined on a working road trip by his friend Rob who fills in at the last…

Kieve Climbing Wall

Library – Parking Lot 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

All ages and drop-ins welcome. Join us in the back parking lot of Skidompha Library to climb the Camp Kieve portable climbing wall. This 30’ tall structure features a variety of challenges for the beginner…

Free

OWL CINEMA FAMILY FOODIE FILM: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell A local scientist is often regarded as a failure until he invents a machine that can make food fall from the sky. But little does he know, that…

Free

Toddler Time with Mr. Mark

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Storytime for kids from 2 – 5

Free

4H Presents: Minerals and Gems!

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Calling all 4th through 6th graders to dive into the world of minerals and gems! Drop-ins welcome.

Free

Coyote and Boy Ben Marionette Show

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Join us for this interpretation of a Native Peoples tale by Song Dog Puppeteers. Marionettes and stage created by Melissa Glendinning, original music composed by Elizabeth Starr, and performed by our own Maine musicians. This…

Free

Kids Program: Summer Reading Award Bash and Ice Cream Social

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

You’ve worked hard on your summer reading hours – now come celebrate your accomplishments with Skidompha! You’ll be able to select your final donation prizes for the Animal Shelter as well as participate in a…

Free

An Evening with Gabrielle Hamilton

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Come hear chef, author, and culinary rockstar Gabrielle Hamilton talk about her book and life as the owner of Prune in NYC, followed by an evening soiree in the atrium of Skidompha Library. Under the…

$35 – $65

Toddler Time with Mr. Mark

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Storytime for kids from 2 – 5

Free

Chats: Barton Seaver, chef, seafood sustainability advocate, writer

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Barton Seaver, the founder and chief education officer of the Coastal Culinary Academy in Portland will be the guest presenter at Skidompha Library’s Chats with Champions program.on Tuesday, August 7 at 10 a.m. Please allow…

Free

Book Babies with Mr. Mark

Library – Kids Area 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Storytime for kids ages 0 – 3

Free

Chats: Elizabeth Berg, author

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Check our Chats with Champions page for more information about this chat. 

Free

Film: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody. In 1938, after his father Professor Henry Jones, Sr. goes missing while pursuing the Holy Grail, Indiana Jones finds himself up against Adolf Hitler’s Nazis again to stop…

Free

Novel Jazz

Library – Atrium 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

2018 ELLINGTON AND STRAYHORN CONCERT SERIES– The Novel Jazz Septet will be in concert at Skidompha Public Library on Fri 10 August, 7PM, featuring music of the iconic Duke Ellington and his equally iconic musical collaborator,…

$7 – $15

Family Film: Shrek (2001)

Porter Hall 184 Main Street, Damariscotta, ME, United States

Stars: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz. After his swamp is filled with magical creatures, Shrek agrees to rescue Princess Fiona for a villainous lord in order to get his land back.

Free