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Adult Ed: Outsmart Your Smartphone, iPhone Edition

Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Age Group:
Adults

Learn how to navigate commonly-used features of your Apple or Android smartphone, including downloading apps, taking photos, and sending messages.

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

Learn how to navigate commonly-used features of your Apple or Android smartphone, including downloading apps, taking photos, and sending messages.

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Story Time!

Friday, April 3, 2026 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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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.

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Story Time!

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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, April 8, 2026 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.

Photo of three clay planters with fake cactus plants made of yarn inside them.

Teen Crafternoon: Faux Potted Cacti!

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!

This month, we'll be potting a fake cactus in a planter!

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!

This month, we'll be potting a fake cactus in a planter!

Kittery Book Club

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Purpose of Meeting:

A book club for Kittery folks!Check out the Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1553275662525491

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

A book club for Kittery folks!

Check out the Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1553275662525491

hand holding an android phone

Adult Ed: Outsmart Your Smartphone, Android Edition

Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Rice Public Library
Age Group:
Adults

Learn how to navigate commonly-used features of your Apple or Android smartphone, including downloading apps, taking photos, and sending messages.

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

Learn how to navigate commonly-used features of your Apple or Android smartphone, including downloading apps, taking photos, and sending messages.

Disclaimer(s)

Adult Ed

This class is taught in collaboration with Kittery Adult Education. It is $16 to attend.

To register, contact Kittery Adult Ed at 207-493-5896 or by clicking this link.

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.

musicians sitting in a circle with guitars

Seacoast Songwriters Circle

Thursday, April 9, 2026 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, April 10, 2026 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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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.

Death Cafe over mugs of coffee and tea and candles

Death Cafe

Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 10:00am - 12:30pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library

Death Cafés provide community members with the opportunity to meet in a supportive environment to discuss thoughts, feelings, and experiences with death—without the awkwardness often associated with this topic.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room
Registration Required
Event Details:

Death Cafés provide community members with the opportunity to meet in a supportive environment to discuss thoughts, feelings, and experiences with death—without the awkwardness often associated with this topic.

guitar and banjo being played

Bluegrass Jam Band

Saturday, April 11, 2026 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!)

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Story Time!

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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.

Kittery Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee Meeting

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 at 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion CommitteeCreating a safe, welcoming, and inclusive community that celebrates differences, where everyone is empowered and all voices count.At thei...

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

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee

Creating a safe, welcoming, and inclusive community that celebrates differences, where everyone is empowered and all voices count.

"Tick Talk" with Mainely Ticks

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:45pm
Community Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Speaker
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

2023 was a record year for confirmed cases of Lyme diseases in the State of Maine.  Did you know that senior citizens ages 65+ and children ages 5-14 have the highest incidence of Lyme disease?

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

2023 was a record year for confirmed cases of Lyme diseases in the State of Maine.  Did you know that senior citizens ages 65+ and children ages 5-14 have the highest incidence of Lyme disease?

Library Advisory Committee Meeting

Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Age Group:
Adults

The Library Advisory Committee meets the third Thursday of the month at 4 p.m.

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

The Library Advisory Committee meets the third Thursday of the month at 4 p.m.

Poster for the documentary 'The Librarians' depicting a book standing open and towering over three silhouetted people casting shadows away from the book. Text on the open book page reads America's war on books is more than a war on words. The background is a dark blue due date card with various dates stamped on it, including one in 1984.

'The Librarians' Documentary Showing & Panel Discussion

Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Movie Night, Other, Special Presentation
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

Join us for a screening of the 2025 documentary, 'The Librarians,' with a panel discussion to follow.

Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Community Room + Makerspace
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Movie Night, Other, Special Presentation
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a screening of the 2025 documentary, 'The Librarians,' with a panel discussion to follow.

Rice Public Library Book Club

Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 6:30pm - 7:45pm
Roberts Room at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

This book club is for adults who enjoy reading novels, sometimes with a literary or historical element.

Every third Thursday, we'll meet upstairs in the Roberts Room (Teen Room) to discuss the latest book we've read.

Library Branch: Rice Public Library
Room: Roberts Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

This book club is for adults who enjoy reading novels, sometimes with a literary or historical element.

Every third Thursday, we'll meet upstairs in the Roberts Room (Teen Room) to discuss the latest book we've read.

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Story Time!

Friday, April 17, 2026 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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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.

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Saturday Story Time!

Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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.

No registration needed; just come on by!

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.

No registration needed; just come on by!

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, April 21, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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.

The main character of GOAT dunks a basketball

Family Movie & Pizza Night: GOAT

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Program Type:
Movie Night
Age Group:
Children, Everyone

Join us for pizza and a movie! We will be showing GOAT (PG, 1hr40min)

 

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

Join us for pizza and a movie! We will be showing GOAT (PG, 1hr40min)

 

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.

Kpop Demon Hunters Party!

Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Community Room + Makerspace at Rice Public Library
Age Group:
Children, Teens

We're throwing a Kpop Demon Hunters party for school vacation!

Join us for dancing, games, crafts, and snacks!

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

We're throwing a Kpop Demon Hunters party for school vacation!

Join us for dancing, games, crafts, and snacks!

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!

Friday, April 24, 2026 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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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. 

 

No registration needed; just come on by!

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.