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Story Time!

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

In a still from the movie, Lilo strums on a ukulele while Stitch reclines, as both relax in a large red and white hammock, in front of the blue night sky in Hawaii. Standing torches nearby provide the only light.

Family Movie & Pizza Night: 'Lilo & Stitch' (Animated, 2002)

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Movie Night
Age Group:
Children, Everyone

Join us for pizza and a movie!

We're showing 2002's animated classic, Lilo & Stitch!
(Rated PG, 1hr 25min runtime)

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Children, Everyone
Program Type: Movie Night
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for pizza and a movie!

We're showing 2002's animated classic, Lilo & Stitch!
(Rated PG, 1hr 25min runtime)

Wildlife Encounters logo with a cockatoo, tortoise and wallaby

Wildlife Encounters: Live Animal Show!

Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Age Group:
Children, Everyone

Join us for a live animal show!

 

Wildlife Encounters Ecology & Wellness Center will bring their ambassador animals for an educational, interactive program. Learn about each animal and the unique story each has to tell!

Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Everyone
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a live animal show!

 

Wildlife Encounters Ecology & Wellness Center will bring their ambassador animals for an educational, interactive program. Learn about each animal and the unique story each has to tell!

StoryTime logo

Story Time!

Friday, July 25, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

guitar and banjo being played

Bluegrass Jam Band

Saturday, July 26, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:30pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library

Bluegrass and country musicians get together on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month to jam! These sessions are open to the public - bring your instrument and start picking (and if you just want to listen in, that's okay, too!)

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Event Details:

Bluegrass and country musicians get together on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month to jam! These sessions are open to the public - bring your instrument and start picking (and if you just want to listen in, that's okay, too!)

StoryTime logo

Story Time!

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Taking Steppes for Service written across several wild horses in a river with mountains in the backgound.

Taking Steppes for Service: A Trip Through Mongolia with Alison Mackinnon

Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Speaker, Special Presentation
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Alison and John Mackinnon of Eliot will give a dynamic presentation on their experiences traveling and volunteering through Mongolia.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Speaker, Special Presentation
Registration Required
Event Details:

Alison and John Mackinnon of Eliot will give a dynamic presentation on their experiences traveling and volunteering through Mongolia.

Inn Mates book cover

"Inn Mates" with author Teri Anderholm

Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Author Event
Age Group:
Adults

In 2004, after a lengthy corporate careers, Teri Anderholm and her husband, Jeffrey, left Boston for Bar Harbor and became proprietors of the Bass Cottage Inn.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Author Event
Registration Required
Event Details:

In 2004, after a lengthy corporate careers, Teri Anderholm and her husband, Jeffrey, left Boston for Bar Harbor and became proprietors of the Bass Cottage Inn.

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Story Time!

Friday, August 1, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

StoryTime logo

Story Time!

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Judy Pancoast: "Color Our World"

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Musician, Special Presentation
Age Group:
Children, Everyone
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Everyone
Program Type: Musician, Special Presentation
Registration Required
Photo of Susie Maguire of The Poop Museum, smiling at the camera with a trademark Poop Emoji hate on her head. Behind her are glass jars filled with assorted items.

The Poop Museum: Gross, Weird, & Cool Science!

Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Age Group:
Children, Everyone

Gross, Weird, Cool Science - Things to make you go EW! What?! And WOW!!!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Everyone
Registration Required
Event Details:

Gross, Weird, Cool Science - Things to make you go EW! What?! And WOW!!!

StoryTime logo

Story Time!

Friday, August 8, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

guitar and banjo being played

Bluegrass Jam Band

Saturday, August 9, 2025 at 11:30am - 1:30pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library

Bluegrass and country musicians get together on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month to jam! These sessions are open to the public - bring your instrument and start picking (and if you just want to listen in, that's okay, too!)

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Event Details:

Bluegrass and country musicians get together on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month to jam! These sessions are open to the public - bring your instrument and start picking (and if you just want to listen in, that's okay, too!)

Cover image of album "Let's Have a Reading Party!" In a white circle with a red outline and a green background beyond it, illustrated versions of Steve Blunt and Marty Kelley smile at the viewer, one holding a guitar, the other sitting at a drum set. Both are wearing party hats.

Story Time with Steve Blunt & Marty Kelley!

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

Today, we'll be joined by by Steve Blunt and author Marty Kelley, who will sing songs and read some stories with us!

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

Today, we'll be joined by by Steve Blunt and author Marty Kelley, who will sing songs and read some stories with us!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Multicolored legos frame the red LEGO logo, with CLUB spelled out in multicolored Legos beneath

Lego Club

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Children's Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Lego Club
Age Group:
Children

LEGO lovers of all ages are welcome for drop-in building and play. We have the LEGOs!

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Lego Club
Event Details:

LEGO lovers of all ages are welcome for drop-in building and play. We have the LEGOs!

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Author Event: Wayne Bachner

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room
musicians sitting in a circle with guitars

Seacoast Songwriters Circle

Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Age Group:
Adults

The Seacoast Songwriters Circle is an opportunity for songwriters of all ages and levels to come together, share songs, and get support and inspiration.

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

The Seacoast Songwriters Circle is an opportunity for songwriters of all ages and levels to come together, share songs, and get support and inspiration.

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Story Time!

Friday, August 15, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

StoryTime logo

Story Time!

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Children's Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Children

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Children's Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Sing songs, read stories, and do a fun craft in the children's room with Miss Sarah!

 

Story Time is open to all children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. 

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Friends of RPL

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Friends of RPL monthly meeting

This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Makerspace
Purpose of Meeting

Friends of RPL monthly meeting

poster of The Penguin Lessons featuring actor Steve Coogan and penguin friend

Movie & Pizza Night: The Penguin Lessons

Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Movie Night
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for pizza and a movie!

We will be showing  The Penguin Lessons (PG-13, 1hr 51min runtime.)

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Movie Night
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for pizza and a movie!

We will be showing  The Penguin Lessons (PG-13, 1hr 51min runtime.)

 

Library Advisory Board

Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Age Group:
Everyone

The Library Advisory Board meets the third Thursday every month at 4 p.m. Meetings are open to the public.

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Makerspace
Age Group: Everyone
Event Details:

The Library Advisory Board meets the third Thursday every month at 4 p.m. Meetings are open to the public.

Center for Wildlife: Birds of Prey

Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Special Presentation
Age Group:
Children, Everyone
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Children, Everyone
Program Type: Special Presentation
Registration Required