Welcome June, See What’s Ahead This Month!

Welcome June!

This month we invite readers of all ages to join us for another season of Summer Reading at the Library! Summer Reading logs will be available with our official Summer Reading Kickoff starting June 16th. Throughout the season, readers in the Chickadee Library Consortium and across Maine will be exploring this year’s Read ME selections, The Islanders by Lewis Robinson and The Gardener at the End of the World by Margot Anne Kelley, creating a shared reading experience that connects communities through books and conversation. Completed reading logs should be returned by August 15th, and Summer Reading prize drawings will be announced on August 18th. We look forward to reading along with our community all summer long!

Here’s what’s happening in the month of June and a glimpse of our activities this season.

All Month Long:

  • Technology Help: Every Tues, Wed, Fri – 2pm-4pm in the Resource Room
  • Outreach Book Drop Off: June 30th, starting at 10am

Monthly Meetings:

  • Wednesday, June 10th: Friends of the Library Meeting, 9am by Zoom
  • Tuesday, June 16th: Board of Trustees, 5pm in Meeting Room and by Zoom

Book Clubs:

  • Nonfiction Book Group: Wednesday, June 10th, 10am – 11am. Discussing From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty & Landis Blair
  • Bookies Book Group: Wednesday, June 24th, 3pm – 4pm Discussing Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Youth Community Groups:

We partner with OUT Maine to provide the following programs:

  • Fruit Loops
  • Queerios
  • Youth Dungeon & Dragons

Children & Youth Services:

  • Children’s Story Times, Fridays at 10am:
    • June 12th: Boats
    • June 19th: Construction
    • June 26th: Beach
  • Children & Youth Take Home Craft Kits
  • Children’s STEAM projects
  • Youth Robotics-to-go

Special Highlights:

  • Summer Reading Kickoff: June 16th
  • Juneteenth: June 19th
  • Father’s Day: June 21st
  • Pride Month (All Month)

 

 

Happy Pride from BPL!

Happy Pride Month from all of us at Bridgton Public Library 🌈

June is a time to celebrate love, identity, and the many ways our community shines. We’re proud to stand in support of LGBTQ+ voices, stories, and histories, and to offer a welcoming space for everyone who walks through our doors.

We also want to highlight the upcoming Denmark, Maine Pride celebration—a joyful community event bringing people together to celebrate inclusivity, connection, and pride right here in our region. Join us Saturday, June 27 12–4pm for an afternoon in Denmark’s Bicentennial Park celebrating PRIDE and its history from 12-4pm. A free community celebration with over twenty vendors for this Rain or Shine event in Bicentennial Park! Bring your best PRIDE raingear to celebrate whatever Mother Nature throws our way!

Join The Rhinestone Room-Mock Tails, Terra Firma Food Truck, and a bit of ingenius commerce for an afternoon of fun.

Music by DJ XO with an afternoon of performances with Drag Queens Tasha Tectite, Chartreuse Money, and Miss Information 

Vendors & Artisans include Healthy Oxford Hills, OUT Maine, Goblin Museum, Lily The Barber, BIG Roaming Puppets, a Variety of Artists, FOOD TRUCKS: Dragon Wagon & Sail Away Coffee & SO MUCH MORE!

However you choose to celebrate Pride Month, we hope you’ll find stories that reflect, affirm, and inspire you here at the library. 🏳️‍🌈