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Photo of a bead loom on a table with a colorful pattern partially completed. Other beaded straps are on the table.

Learn How to Bead on a Loom!

Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Learn how to bead on a loom!

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn how to bead on a loom!

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Cancelled
Closed
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Logo for Rice Pudding Poetry depicting a drawing of a bowl of rice pudding set against a background of book pages and text.

Rice Pudding Poetry: Featuring Abbie Kiefer & Theresa Monteiro

Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Rice Pudding Poetry
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

March's Rice Pudding Poetry  presents duets of poets and musicians performing on the theme of Home. 

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Rice Pudding Poetry
Registration Required
Event Details:

March's Rice Pudding Poetry  presents duets of poets and musicians performing on the theme of Home. 

 

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

A National Park Service map of the middle passage Atlantic slave trade routes.

Maine and the West Indies Trade, with Seth Goldstein

Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Speaker
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Maritime historian Seth Goldstein has spent the last several years researching the deep economic ties between Maine and West Indian plantations.

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

Maritime historian Seth Goldstein has spent the last several years researching the deep economic ties between Maine and West Indian plantations.

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

An 1837 map of Portland Maine in black ink on a white background.

Portland, Abolition and the Underground Railroad

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Speaker
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Historian Seth Goldstein offers tours of the Portland Freedom Trail and has translated some of his tour content into this presentation. Seth begins the lecture with an examination of enslaved Africans in Southern Maine.

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

Historian Seth Goldstein offers tours of the Portland Freedom Trail and has translated some of his tour content into this presentation. Seth begins the lecture with an examination of enslaved Africans in Southern Maine.

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, December 9, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, January 13, 2027 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, February 10, 2027 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, March 10, 2027 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Teen Crafternoon

Wednesday, April 14, 2027 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!

 

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Teens and tweens ages 10 and up are welcome to a monthly craft with Sarah in the teen room!