Norway Memorial Library

Storytime
2025-04-16 10:30 - 23:30, 2025-04-23 10:30 - 23:30, 2025-04-30 10:30 - 23:30, 2025-05-07 10:30 - 23:30, 2025-05-14 10:30 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | Norway Memorial Library
Storytime, Every Wednesday at 10:30 am
Come explore the wonderful world of picture books with Ms. Annika.
Please enjoy this video link of Annika reading “Whoosh!”

Music & Movement
2025-04-18 10:30 - 23:30, 2025-04-25 10:30 - 23:30, 2025-05-02 10:30 - 23:30, 2025-05-09 10:30 - 23:30, 2025-05-16 10:30 - 23:30 | Norway Memorial Library
Every Friday at 10:30 am
Join us as we play and sing in a casual and fun atmosphere.

Knitting and Crochet Group
2025-04-19 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-17 11:00 - 13:00 | Norway Memorial Library
Knitting and Crochet Group
Bring your own project!
First and third Saturdays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

This group is open to the public. Other needlework projects welcome! Newbies are welcome.
For more information, call the library’s information desk, (207) 743-5309 ext. 1.

Knitting and Crochet Group Winter 2025 Schedule
2025-04-20 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-05-03 11:00 - 13:00 | McLaughlin Garden and Homestead, 97 Main Street, South Paris, ME, 04281, United States
Make this winter cozy!
Join the Knitting and Crochet Group at the library from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm on the first and third Saturdays of the month this winter!
Norway Memorial Library, 258 Main Street, (207) 743-5309 ext. 1 or www.norwaymemoriallibrary.org

Toybox Tuesday
2025-04-22 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-29 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-06 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-13 10:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-20 10:30 - 12:00 | Norway Memorial Library
Every Tuesday starting at 10:30 am
Play time for children (birth-age four) and their caregivers.

April School Vacation Fun
2025-04-22 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-04-23 10:30 - 11:30, 2025-04-24 13:30 - 15:30, 2025-04-25 15:30 - 16:30 | McLaughlin Garden and Homestead, 97 Main Street, South Paris, ME, 04281, United States
April School Vacation Fun
Tuesday, April 22, Earth Day
1:30-3:30 pm
Making Rain Sticks from Upcycled Materials
Tina Thurston will work with kids ages 8-18 on a recycled art project. Part 1 of 2. Come back on Thursday to decorate your rain stick.
Wednesday, April 23, 10:30 am
Special Story Time and Craft
Deb Johnson from the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum will read How the Meteorite Got to the Museum. Ages 2-12.
Thursday, April 24, 1:30-3:30 pm
Special Craft
Tina Thurston returns to finish this recycled art project. Part 2 of 2. Decorate the rain stick you made on Tuesday.
Friday, April 25, 3:30 pm
Scratch Coding with 4-H
Second of four monthly scratch coding programs. For kids ages 8-12. Limited to 10. Equipment for use in the library is provided.

Scratch Coding Club
2025-04-25 15:30 - 16:30 | McLaughlin Garden and Homestead, 97 Main Street, South Paris, ME, 04281, United States
Come Code with Us!
A coding club is forming at the library for children ages 8-12. Scratch is the world’s largest coding community for children. It’s a coding language with a visual interface that allows you to create digital stories, games, and animations. Scratch is designed, developed, and moderated by the Scratch Foundation, a nonprofit organization. It will meet once a month on the fourth Friday, 3:30-4:30 pm. The dates are February 28, March 28, April 25, and May 23. No experience is needed. Equipment for use in the library will be provided.

Saving Women's and Family History: a three part series presented by Angela Todd
2025-05-01 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-05-08 18:30 - 20:00, 2025-05-15 18:30 - 20:00 | McLaughlin Garden and Homestead, 97 Main Street, South Paris, ME, 04281, United States
Angela Todd, local archivist and historian, will give three workshops on Saving Women’s and Family History at Norway Memorial Library on Thursday, May 1, 8, and 15, 2025, 6:30-8:00 pm. Participants are welcome to attend individual sessions or all three.
Angela says that in her experience, most women don’t think they are worthy of a legacy. They say: “No, not me. I haven’t done anything. I’m just an ordinary woman.” So, she has developed a juicy 3-part series to show some history that women made, guide them in building a legacy, and help them see what they do have on hand that is worth saving.
Session One: Ordinary Women Make History, May 1, 2025, 6:30-8:00 pm
Angela will show the collections of three clients: women having a LOT to show and teach. Each collection has made new historical information available from “ordinary women:”

their individual lives
the different times and places they lived
precious details about something lost to history
an experience from an unrecorded position.

Participants will see in detail how the legacies of ordinary women and families make powerful social history. She ends with a writing exercise that intervenes in the “No, not me” trend to get at some things that participants have done and get them on paper.
Session Two: Save, Toss, Decide, May 8, 6:30-8:00 pm
The second session covers what NOT to save (and exceptions to the rules), what TO save when building a family or personal legacy, and how to decide about items. Learn about two different ways to collect and build on a legacy. This session ends with an invitation to write about what activities the participant wants to include in their legacy.
Session Three – Preservation and Placement, May 15, 6:30-8:00 pm
The third session is about saving, do-it-yourself preservation, and the three rules for it. Participants learn the four categories to consider when deciding if and where to publicly house a family legacy. They will be given examples of different kinds of donation sites and lists of existing archives. Session three ends with an invitation to write about the items they want to save.
This program is free to attend and open to the public. Participants are asked to bring a journal or notebook and a favorite writing tool. Registration is not required. Norway Memorial Library is located at 258 Main Street, Norway, Maine. Please call 743-5309 ext. 1, stop by the Information Desk, or e-mail norcat@norwaymemoriallibrary.org with questions.

Knitting and Crochet Group
2025-05-03 11:00 - 13:00 | Norway Memorial Library
Knitting and Crochet Group
Bring your own project!
First and third Saturdays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

This group is open to the public. Other needlework projects welcome!
For more information, call the library’s information desk, (207) 743-5309 ext. 1.

LEGO Club for homeschoolers ages 6-12
2025-05-06 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-05-20 14:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Garden and Homestead, 97 Main Street, South Paris, ME, 04281, United States
First and third Tuesdays 2:00 – 3:00 pm.

Build for an hour and then have your caretaker take a photo of your creation to share on the Children’s Room Facebook page before you dismantle it. LEGOs will be provided by the library.
