Skidompha Library

Skidompha Library Skidompha is a national award winning library serving Damariscotta, Newcastle, Nobleboro. There is a small parking lot behind the library on Elm Street.

Visit our website for more information about services and hours: www.skidompha.org Skidompha is located opposite the corner of Main and Water streets in downtown Damariscotta, Maine.

Hello, friends! Just a reminder that we will be closed this coming Tuesday, November 11, in honor of Veteran's Day. Than...
11/07/2025

Hello, friends! Just a reminder that we will be closed this coming Tuesday, November 11, in honor of Veteran's Day. Thank you all, and we will see you on Wednesday!

Tomorrow!Zine: Self-Publish, Be Free! (Artist Talk with Isabella Rotman)⁠Saturday, November 8 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM⁠Skid...
11/07/2025

Tomorrow!

Zine: Self-Publish, Be Free! (Artist Talk with Isabella Rotman)⁠
Saturday, November 8 | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM⁠
Skidompha Public Library⁠

Join us for a presentation by Isabella Rotman, a cartoonist, illustrator, and founding organizer of Comic Arts Maine Portland! Copies of Isabella's independently published comics will be available for purchase.

Next week!Silent Book Club⁠For Adults and Teens (16 years and older)⁠Thursday, November 13 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm⁠Skidompha A...
11/06/2025

Next week!

Silent Book Club⁠
For Adults and Teens (16 years and older)⁠
Thursday, November 13 | 6:00pm – 7:30pm⁠
Skidompha Atrium⁠

BYOBook and settle in for a quiet evening of reading with friends, neighbors, and fellow readers! This peaceful hour is a great way to refresh and recharge your reading focus; at the end of the hour, attendees can socialize and discuss what they’ve been reading to their comfort level.

Tomorrow!Skidompha After Dark: Game Night⁠Friday, November 7 | 6:00pm – 9:00pm⁠Skidompha Public Library⁠ | For Adults an...
11/06/2025

Tomorrow!

Skidompha After Dark: Game Night⁠
Friday, November 7 | 6:00pm – 9:00pm⁠
Skidompha Public Library⁠ | For Adults and Teens (16+)⁠

Grab some friends and head over to Skidompha Library for a special after-hours game night! Bring your own game to play or use of the games provided by the library to have some fun and connect with other gamers in the community. Light refreshments will be provided, but feel free to bring your own snacks, dinner, and/or beverages. Please note that alcohol is NOT permitted on Library grounds.

Tomorrow!Mixtape Comic Workshop! Friday, November 7th | 3:00pm – 4:30pm Teen Room | Teens (Ages 12 and Up) Join artist I...
11/06/2025

Tomorrow!

Mixtape Comic Workshop!
Friday, November 7th | 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Teen Room | Teens (Ages 12 and Up)

Join artist Isabella Rothman of This Might Hurt Studios to make a collaborative comic! Each participant will design a section to contribute to the final book and get a copy to take home!

Calling all teen artists and writers! ⁠EPOCH Magazine Submissions ⁠Round 1: November 28 | Round 2: February 12 ⁠⁠Want to...
11/05/2025

Calling all teen artists and writers! ⁠
EPOCH Magazine Submissions ⁠
Round 1: November 28 | Round 2: February 12 ⁠

Want to see your art or writing published? Email [email protected] or stop by the Teen Room for more details on how to submit your work!

Hey Teens --⁠Calling for EPOCH Editorial Board Members! ⁠Apply by November 22 | First Meeting on December 4 ⁠⁠Looking fo...
11/05/2025

Hey Teens --⁠
Calling for EPOCH Editorial Board Members! ⁠
Apply by November 22 | First Meeting on December 4 ⁠

Looking for a unique, creative leadership opportunity? Join the Editorial Board for EPOCH magazine! Here you’ll collaborate with other teens to determine what goes in our magazine and how it’s formatted, all while expanding your personal writing and art skills. Email [email protected] or stop by the Teen Room for more details!

Next week!Navigation Class with Hearty Roots Wednesday, November 12th | 3:30pm-5:00pm Teen Room | Teens (Ages 12 and Up)...
11/04/2025

Next week!

Navigation Class with Hearty Roots
Wednesday, November 12th | 3:30pm-5:00pm
Teen Room | Teens (Ages 12 and Up)

Join us to learn about the different ways to navigate, from solar to celestial to the classic compass, and create your very own map to see your surroundings like never before! Email [email protected] to register.

New month, new book club pick!November Book Club: Meet Me by the Fountain⁠Wednesday, November 19 | 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM⁠Zoo...
11/01/2025

New month, new book club pick!

November Book Club: Meet Me by the Fountain⁠
Wednesday, November 19 | 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM⁠
Zoom | Registration Required⁠

Join Skidompha librarians for a relaxed conversation about our monthly book selection! For October, we will be reading Alexandra Lange's Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall. All discussions occur over Zoom, so please email [email protected] to register.⁠

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Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they have loomed large as temples of commerce, the agora of the suburbs. In their prime, they proved a powerful draw for creative thinkers such as Joan Didion, Ray Bradbury, and George Romero, who understood the mall's appeal as both critics and consumers. Yet today, amid the aftershocks of financial crises and a global pandemic, as well as the rise of online retail, the dystopian husk of an abandoned shopping center has become one of our era's defining images. Conventional wisdom holds that the mall is dead. But what was the mall, really? And have rumors of its demise been greatly exaggerated?

Next week!Mixtape Comic Workshop! Friday, November 7th | 3:00pm – 4:30pm Teen Room | Teens (Ages 12 and Up) Join artist ...
11/01/2025

Next week!

Mixtape Comic Workshop!
Friday, November 7th | 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Teen Room | Teens (Ages 12 and Up)

Join artist Isabella Rothman of This Might Hurt Studios to make a collaborative comic! Each participant will design a section to contribute to the final book and get a copy to take home!

Many of you have likely already seen our Fall Fundraising Appeal show up in your mailbox, and we just want to say thank ...
11/01/2025

Many of you have likely already seen our Fall Fundraising Appeal show up in your mailbox, and we just want to say thank you so much to everyone who has contributed or is thinking about contributing. You are very much the heroes of Skidompha and our community.

What does it mean to be a hero? Skidompha Public Library, your library, is a place where you can find out. The library is a place where you can experience stories about heroes. The library is a place where you can read about what it means to be a hero. The library is a place where you can define how to be the hero of your own story.

Your ongoing investment in Skidompha supports books and programs that engage and nurture our community’s heroic imagination. At Story Time, children learn that heroes can be courageous and kind. In the Teen Room, young people come to understand that empathy and curiosity can make them unstoppable. In the stacks, adults realize that the creativity and purpose they are surrounded by is already inside them.

Free access to books and information through our collections and programs strengthens the community we all share. Please continue to invest in our library operations by giving to our fall appeal. We cannot do it without you.

If you would like to donate, visit skidompha.org/donate

Thank you for helping us keep the heroic imagination of our community going strong.

Happy Halloween from your local spooks, villains, and weirdos at the Library!
10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from your local spooks, villains, and weirdos at the Library!

Address

184 Main Street
Damariscotta, ME
04543

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm

Telephone

+12078870919

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