The Whitefield Library

When a Loved One is Dying: A Presentation on End-of-Life Care
2026-05-14 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Whitefield Library & Community Center, 1 Arlington Lane, Whitefield, ME, 04353
On Thursday May 14 at 2 P.M., join us for a thoughtful and deeply human presentation with Maureen Groden, RN, hospice nurse and educator. This event is free and open to the public.
In her book, When a Loved One is Dying, Groden shares true stories of families navigating the final chapter of a loved one’s life. This presentation will help explain universal emotions, decisions, and realizations that can emerge during end of life care. It can also help with the realization that although death brings undeniable sorrow, it can also deepen bonds, cultivate resistance, and offer moments of profound beauty.
Maureen Groden has been a hospice nurse and educator for several decades. She obtained her undergraduate degree in nursing from the University of Massachusetts and her graduate degree from the University of Connecticut. Maureen holds certification as a Hospice and Palliative Care Registered Nurse from The Hospice and Palliative Care Credentialing Center.
Throughout her career, Maureen has held leadership positions at Mass General Brigham/Cooley Dickinson and Holyoke Medical Center/Hospice Life Care. In addition to clinical leadership, she has taught community health nursing at several baccalaureate nursing programs, primarily University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She has presented widely at conferences and in the community on advanced directives, palliative care and hospice. Maureen has a passion for helping families navigate the health care system and assisting with peaceful end-of-life transitions.

Roaring 20s Swing Jazz Music at the Speakeasy: A Fundraising Gala
2026-05-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Le Barn, 132 Waldoboro Road, Jefferson, ME, USA, Jefferson, ME, 04348, United States
Join us for an unforgettable evening of dancing, food and drink at Le Barn in Jefferson! We are celebrating the roaring 20s in an epic fundraising event for Whitefield Library. Ticket price includes buffet appetizers, bubbly, wine, beer or soft drinks, and music all night long! This event is not to be missed. Tickets can be purchased at the library or by clicking here.

Unlocking the Myths of Grief - May 23
2026-05-23 13:00 - 14:30 | Whitefield Library & Community Center, 1 Arlington Lane, Whitefield, ME, 04353
ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM A BROKEN HEART?
Did a death, divorce, or the end of a romantic relationship cause it? Or was it caused by any of the forty other losses that a person might experience? This free seminar demystifies common misconceptions about grief and provides a safe environment where you will be given specific tools to explore:
• What grief is
• The cumulative effects of grief over our lifetime
• The myths of grief, such as “time heals” or “replace the loss,” and how these myths keep us stuck in our heartbreak
Join us on May 23 from 1:00-2:30 P.M. for this free seminar.

First Friday Art Night
2026-06-05 18:00 - 19:00 | Whitefield Library & Community Center, 1 Arlington Lane, Whitefield, ME, 04353
Our First Friday series continues with artist Jackson Gregory.
Jackson grew up in the Oldest House in Provincetown, MA, where his family was part of the sizable art
community. His parents and their artist friends encouraged Jackson in his early e orts at art making and after
graduating from High School he went o  to study art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
(SMFA). Jackson spent most of the next ten years there as an undergraduate, then graduate student, then a
teacher. He began painting abstract paintings in acrylic in 1967 using underlying grids and basic geometric
forms: circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, etc. with an emphasis on color relationships.
Jackson has received a number of awards including: 47th Bartlett Traveling Fellow (SMFA) 1964; grant and
fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC) in Provincetown, MA, ’67, ’68; Boskop Foundation Grant,
’71; Mass. Council for the Arts and Humanities; Somerville, Mass. Arts Council, ’83. He has shown his work at
Cornell University; Tufts University; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Boston Cyclorama; DeCordova Museum,
Lincoln, Ma; Brockton At Center, Brockton, MA; City Hall, Boston; FAWC, Provincetown, MA;
Provincetown Art Association; and numerous other venues. His work is in many public and private collections.

Free Tool Sharpening Workshop
2026-06-11 16:30 - 18:00 | Whitefield Library & Community Center, 1 Arlington Lane, Whitefield, ME, 04353
The Maine Coast Craft School is partnering with Whitefield Library to present a free tool sharpening workshop. Kenneth Kortemeier, co-owner of the MAine Coast Craft School, will be leading this workshop, and registrants may bring three tools for sharpening. They will also leave with a free sharpener of their own!
Space is limited, so registration is required.
CLICK HERE to secure your spot, or email info@whitefieldlibrary.org.

Summer Film Festival with The Wild Seed Project
2026-06-13 13:30 - 16:00 | Whitefield Library & Community Center, 1 Arlington Lane, Whitefield, ME, 04353
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Wild Seed Project invites you to join us for an afternoon celebrating native plants and the vast, interconnected community of insects, wildlife, and humans they support. The event will open with a screening of the 60-minute documentary The Extraordinary Caterpillar. Featuring expert Doug Tallamy of Homegrown National Park (a beloved mentor of Wild Seed Project’s Seed Stewardship Director, Emily Baisden), this captivating film shines a spotlight on the crucial – but often overlooked – role that caterpillars play in our ecosystems.
We’ll take a brief intermission for delicious Maine-grown refreshments, social time, and a Q&A session with Wild Seed Project board member Andy Brand, Head Grower at Mt Desert Land & Garden Preserve, and cofounder of the Connecticut Butterfly Association.
Refreshed and ready to learn more, we will return to our seats for a screening of The Buzz on Native Plants. This film, featuring Wild Seed Project community members and other Maine residents, explores the relationship between native plants and pollinators. Buzz was an Official Selection at the 2024 Maine Outdoor Film Festival!

First Friday Art Night
2026-07-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Whitefield Library & Community Center, 1 Arlington Lane, Whitefield, ME, 04353
Join us as we welcome artist Helen Fellows.
Helen Fellows is a painter and printmaker in Washington, DC. and has spent almost every summer of her life in Maine. Granite, White Pine and salt water is in her DNA and in her art.
Fellows worked in nursing for over 40 years but she never stopped making art. Traveling west with her late husband, a talented photographer, Fellows spent many summers sketching and painting in the outdoors. Drawn to remote, northern landscapes, her work in recent years has been inspired by travels to Greenland, Newfoundland, the Faroe Islands – and, of course, Maine.
Fellows studied painting and printmaking at The Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, Anderson Ranch, Snow Mass, CO, Pyramid Atlantic Print Gallery, Hyattsville, MD and The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA. Her work has been shown in multiple group shows in Washington DC, Boothbay Harbor, Damariscotta, and Wiscasset, ME, and solo in shows Washington, DC. During her nursing career, she designed a cover for Immunological Review, a major scientific journal. In 2025, she won Best in Show for ARTinMe, a Maine statewide large format competition.

Meet Children's Illustrator and Author Kevin Hawkes
2026-07-23 15:00 - 16:30 | Whitefield Library & Community Center, 1 Arlington Lane, Whitefield, ME, 04353
Kevin Hawkes is an author/illustrator of over 50 acclaimed picture and chapter books including the New York Times best seller Library Lion, Have a Look Says Book, Chicken Cheeks, The Librarian Who Measured the Earth, and Weslandia. His vibrant colors, unusual perspectives, and dry sense of humor are hallmarks of his work.
