Community Calendar

Wondering about your family lineage? Drop in for genealogy help with volunteer Tim Lynch in the library's breezeway. Tim can help you with most things related to genealogy, including: ancestry.com, family tree construction, record keeping, digital resources, local historical societies and more. Tim is at the Falmouth Memorial Library most Tuesday mornings from 9:30-10:30 AM. Feel free to call the library at 207-781-2351 ext. 140 if you would like to check to be sure before you come.

Join the Lewiston Public Library for Baby Storytime in-person in the Children’s Department weekly on Tuesdays from 10:15am to 11:15am.

Recommended for children ages 0 – 3 years old and their caregivers.

Enjoy an interactive storytime with your baby that includes early literacy fun with books, songs, rhymes and body movement. Play and social time immediately follow the program.

This program is free, open to the public, and no registration is required. Siblings are always welcome.

Please stay home if you or your child are sick and not feeling well.

The Lewiston Public Library is located downtown at 200 Lisbon Street at the corner of Pine Street.

More information on Storytime programs is available by contacting the Lewiston Public Library at 513-3133 or LPLKids@lewistonmaine.gov.

Freelancing comes with freedom, flexibility, and a long list of legal questions that rarely get answered in design school. This Freelancers’ Roundtable is focused on the legal fundamentals every independent creative should understand, whether you are just getting started or have been freelancing for years.

We’ll kick off the evening with short presentations from legal professionals, followed by guided roundtable discussions where you can ask questions, share experiences, and learn from peers facing similar challenges.

What to Expect:

– A relaxed, informal discussion with fellow freelancers
– Real-world guidance on contracts, copyrights, trademarks, and business structure
- Small-group roundtable discussions to ask questions and share experiences
– Light refreshments and plenty of networking

Who Should Attend?

– Established freelancers looking to protect their work and business
– New freelancers seeking clarity around legal basics
– Freelance-curious creatives who want to understand the legal side before jumping in
– Small business owners who hire or collaborate with freelancers

Presenters:

– Andrew Kraus, Attorney, OptiCliff Law
– Erin Cusenbary, Professor of Practice, Legal Director of the Business & Law Clinic at University of Maine School of Law

This event is designed to be approachable, practical, and conversational. You do not need prior legal knowledge to attend, just real-world questions and curiosity. Come ready to chat, learn, and connect!

Learn the wonderful game of Mah Jongg! Join master player and instructor Judi Slotsky for this 6-session, beginner-level course, which meets Tuesday mornings from 9:00-11:00 PM, starting on March 24th.

Classes meet March 24 - April 28.

Tuition: $48 – JCA Members | $60 – General Public

Advanced registration required by Friday, March 13th.

Limited to 12 students. Minimum of 4 students required to hold the course.

Please note: All students will need to purchase the 2026 Mah Jongg card to participate, available to order directly from the National Mah Jongg League at https://www.nationalmahjonggleague.org/store.aspx#

Join Us! We invite you to participate in our programs and events. If you have any specific needs or questions about how we can make your experience more meaningful and accessible, please reach out to us at jca@mainejewish.org. Together, we can build a community where everyone feels valued and supported.

The Lewiston Public Library, in partnership with ArtVan, will be offering in-person art programs.

Starting on September 10th, the programs will take place on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month from 3:30pm-5:00pm in the Children’s Department for children ages 5-14.

Make Art with ArtVan is free, open to the public, and no registration is required. All art supplies will be provided.

Program takes place on the 3rd floor of the Lewiston Public Library, in the Children’s Department. Children aged 5-8 must be accompanied by an adult.

ArtVan is a mobile art program that brings hands-on creative art opportunities for self-expression, personal growth, and fun. All of their projects aim to inspire art-making with a variety of materials to explore. ArtVan programs engage all age groups, encourage time outside and reduce screen time, help youth stay connected, diminish stress, and provide release for unvented expressions of emotions, such as loss and confusion.

ArtVan began in 2004 and has provided therapeutic art and strengths-based programs to under-resourced neighborhoods.

The Lewiston Public Library is located downtown at 200 Lisbon Street at the corner of Pine Street. More information on ArtVan programs is available by contacting the Lewiston Public Library at 513-3133 or LPLKids@lewistonmaine.gov.

Manion discusses the ways in which democracy and punishment defined each other at the moment of the nation’s founding. Whether punishment serves to uphold or contradict core democratic principles is the subject of considerable debate. By focusing on the lives of ordinary women who were detained in Philadelphia’s penal institutions from the 1780s – 1830s, Manion highlights the relationship that emerges between philosophical ideals and material realities.

Jen Manion is a social and cultural historian whose work examines the role of gender and sexuality in American life. Manion is the Winkley Professor of History and Political Economy at Amherst College. Manion is author of Liberty’s Prisoners: Carceral Culture in Early America which received the Mary Kelley Prize from the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic and Female Husbands: A Trans History which was a finalist for the OAH Lawrence Levine Award for the best book in U.S. cultural history and recipient of the British Association of Victorian Studies best book prize. Jen is co-editor with Nicholas Syrett of a two volume series, The Cambridge History of Sexuality in the United States (expected 2025), co-editor with Jim Downs of Taking Back the Academy: History of Activism, History as Activism (2004), and has published nearly three dozen essays and reviews in U.S. histories of gender and sexuality, including a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine about historic injustices toward LGBTQ+ people.

This FREE virtual program is presented via Zoom. You will receive an email with the zoom link for the program with your registration confirmation through our online ticketing system.

If you choose to make a donation, please be sure to register for a general admission ticket in order to receive the Zoom link.

Learn the wonderful game of Mah Jongg! Join master player and instructor Judi Slotsky for this 6-session, beginner-level course, which meets Tuesday mornings from 9:00-11:00 PM, starting on March 24th.

Classes meet March 24 - April 28.

Tuition: $48 – JCA Members | $60 – General Public

Advanced registration required by Friday, March 13th.

Limited to 12 students. Minimum of 4 students required to hold the course.

Please note: All students will need to purchase the 2026 Mah Jongg card to participate, available to order directly from the National Mah Jongg League at https://www.nationalmahjonggleague.org/store.aspx#

Join Us! We invite you to participate in our programs and events. If you have any specific needs or questions about how we can make your experience more meaningful and accessible, please reach out to us at jca@mainejewish.org. Together, we can build a community where everyone feels valued and supported.

Join the Lewiston Public Library for Baby Sensory Playtime in the Children’s Department every Thursday morning from 10am to 12pm, starting September 5th, 2024.

Drop-in and join us for Baby Sensory Playtime! Babies and their caregivers will have the opportunity to interact with a variety of sensory toys and socialize with other families with young children.

Playtime with sensory toys contributes to a baby’s cognitive development, fine motor skills, social and emotional development, creativity, and language development.

Recommended for babies ages birth-18 months and their caregivers. Siblings are always welcome. This program is free, open to the public and no registration is required.

The Lewiston Public Library is located downtown at 200 Lisbon Street at the corner of Pine Street and Lisbon St.

More information on Children’s programs is available by contacting the Lewiston Public Library at 513-3133 or LPLKids@lewistonmaine.gov.

A weekly gathering of friends, coffee, and games, for patrons 55 and up. Don't forget to ask for your FREE cup of drip coffee or tea. A part of our Community Thursday programming.

Drop-in Mahjongg game (every week when enough players rsvp and library is open).
All levels of experience welcome (beginners given instruction).
We play Asian/Chinese style (easier to learn than American mahjong & no need to purchase annual card).
We have multiple sets of tiles, so can accommodate extra players.
RSVP: text/call [207-572-2414](tel:207-572-2414) to confirm group is meeting on any given date. Or take a chance and drop-in (same time as Library's boardgame event so other games can be played).