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Children's Room Plant Swap

All Day 2/1 - 2/28
Dyer Library
Program Type:
Special Event, Sustainability
Age Group:
All Ages

Even while winter lingers, it’s the perfect time to dream of spring.

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Special Event, Sustainability
Event Details:

Even while winter lingers, it’s the perfect time to dream of spring.

artwork featuring red poppies on a blue background

Cultivating Creativity: Works by Art Educators

All Day 2/7 - 3/27
Main Gallery (Museum) at Saco Museum
Program Type:
Exhibit
Age Group:
All Ages

Maine Art Education Association Winter/Spring 2026 Member Exhibition

Library Branch: Saco Museum
Room: Main Gallery (Museum)
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Exhibit
Event Details:

Maine Art Education Association Winter/Spring 2026 Member Exhibition

Wee Readers

Friday, February 27, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies (0-2)
Wee Readers:

Baby story time with songs, lap bounces, rhymes, stories and much more!

A gentle, interactive program for babies and their caregivers featuring songs, fingerplays, and short board books.  Caregivers are encouraged to participate and play along with their little ones.

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Age Group: Babies (0-2)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Baby story time with songs, lap bounces, rhymes, stories and much more!

A gentle, interactive program for babies and their caregivers featuring songs, fingerplays, and short board books.  Caregivers are encouraged to participate and play along with their little ones.

Spurwink

Friday, February 27, 2026 at 1:15pm - 1:45pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Sensory story time for therapeutic preschool in programming space led by Miss Lisa.

Deering Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Purpose of Meeting

Sensory story time for therapeutic preschool in programming space led by Miss Lisa.

salt fat acid heat book cover

Cookbook Club: Salt Fat Acid Heat

Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Book Club, Health & Wellness
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens, Adults

Whether you love to cook, love to eat, or just want to spark your culinary curiosity, join our Cookbook Club! We’ll meet monthly to discuss and try recipes from different cookbooks and build community!

Registration Required
Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Age Group: Tweens & Teens, Adults
Program Type: Book Club, Health & Wellness
Registration Required
Event Details:

Whether you love to cook, love to eat, or just want to spark your culinary curiosity, join our Cookbook Club! We’ll meet monthly to discuss and try recipes from different cookbooks and build community!

Staff Training

Monday, March 2, 2026 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Dyer Library

Dyer Library will open at 10AM to accommodate staff training. Thank you for your understanding!

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Branches:
Dyer Library
Description:

Dyer Library will open at 10AM to accommodate staff training. Thank you for your understanding!

Open Play Café

Monday, March 2, 2026 at 10:30am - 12:00pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Babies (0-2), Early Childhood (3-5)

Drop in for playtime and connection! Kids can explore toys, play stations, and activities that spark imagination, literacy, and social skills. While the children play, adults can chat and connect.

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Age Group: Babies (0-2), Early Childhood (3-5)
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Drop in for playtime and connection! Kids can explore toys, play stations, and activities that spark imagination, literacy, and social skills. While the children play, adults can chat and connect.

Student-run D&D Club

Monday, March 2, 2026 at 2:15pm - 4:15pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Dungeons and Dragons club meeting organized independently by CKB students.

Deering Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Purpose of Meeting

Dungeons and Dragons club meeting organized independently by CKB students.

Tween Crafternoons

Monday, March 2, 2026 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Library Board Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens

Get creative with our monthly Crafternoons! We provide the supplies—you bring the imagination. Have fun, make something, hang out with friends. Ages 10+. No registration required.

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Library Board Room
Age Group: Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Get creative with our monthly Crafternoons! We provide the supplies—you bring the imagination. Have fun, make something, hang out with friends. Ages 10+. No registration required.

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Tiny Tunes

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Babies (0-2)

Ages 1-3 years old

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Age Group: Babies (0-2)
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Ages 1-3 years old

SMAA logo and cover of a book with a fox

Book Club with SMAA

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Board Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

Join us for a special book club hosted by Melissa Milem with Southern Maine Agency on Aging.

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Library Board Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Join us for a special book club hosted by Melissa Milem with Southern Maine Agency on Aging.

LEGO Club

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
STEM
Age Group:
Children (6-11)

Ages 5-12

Join DLSM's LEGO Club for creative building fun!  Use library-provided LEGOs to free build or try a challenge card.  Your creations will be displayed in the library until the next club meeting.

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Age Group: Children (6-11)
Program Type: STEM
Event Details:

Ages 5-12

Join DLSM's LEGO Club for creative building fun!  Use library-provided LEGOs to free build or try a challenge card.  Your creations will be displayed in the library until the next club meeting.

Dungeons & Dragons Club

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Library Board Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Workshop
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens

Dungeons & Dragons Club – Spring 2026
 Ages: 10–14 | Tuesdays, 4–5 PM | 16 weeks starting March 3

Registration Required
Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Library Board Room
Age Group: Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

Dungeons & Dragons Club – Spring 2026
 Ages: 10–14 | Tuesdays, 4–5 PM | 16 weeks starting March 3

Water Color Class

Wednesday, March 4, 2026 at 9:30am - 12:00pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Water color class led by Judith Arneson.

Deering Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Purpose of Meeting

Water color class led by Judith Arneson.

rainbow xylophone

Romp & Rhyme

Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Early Childhood (3-5)

Join Cheryl in the Deering Room for stories, songs, and early literacy fun perfect for preschoolers and their caregivers.

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Age Group: Early Childhood (3-5)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Join Cheryl in the Deering Room for stories, songs, and early literacy fun perfect for preschoolers and their caregivers.

You've Got Me In Stitches!

Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

Please join us for needlework, knitting and crocheting. All ages old enough to chat, and work on a project, are welcome!

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Please join us for needlework, knitting and crocheting. All ages old enough to chat, and work on a project, are welcome!

Tween Book Club

Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Library Board Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens

Join our new Tween Book Club! At our first meeting in January, we’ll spend time talking about whatever you’re currently reading—whether it’s graphic novels, fantasy, historical fiction, realistic stories, or something else!

Registration Required
Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Library Board Room
Age Group: Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Book Club
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join our new Tween Book Club! At our first meeting in January, we’ll spend time talking about whatever you’re currently reading—whether it’s graphic novels, fantasy, historical fiction, realistic stories, or something else!

colorful swirls and a book cover with two people embracing

Afternoon Book Club

Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Book Club
Age Group:
Adults

Our Afternoon Book Club welcomes all participants and is open to both patrons of the Dyer Library and non-cardholders. Meetings will almost always take place on the first Thursday of every month at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Room.

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Book Club
Event Details:

Our Afternoon Book Club welcomes all participants and is open to both patrons of the Dyer Library and non-cardholders. Meetings will almost always take place on the first Thursday of every month at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Room.

Open Research Night

Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Maine History Room at Maine History Room
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
Adults

Anatole Brown, Archives & Special Collections, is on hand Thursday evenings to assist with research into genealogy, local history and geography, and more. Located in the Roy P. Fairfield Maine History Room.

Library Branch: Maine History Room
Room: Maine History Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Other
Event Details:

Anatole Brown, Archives & Special Collections, is on hand Thursday evenings to assist with research into genealogy, local history and geography, and more. Located in the Roy P. Fairfield Maine History Room.

Saco Bay Garden Club Presentation and Meeting

Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Age Group:
Adults

Join Saco Bay Garden Club as they welcome Jason Aucoin from Back Cove Flowers to speak about his flower farm. SBGC meeting to follow. 

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Age Group: Adults
Event Details:

Join Saco Bay Garden Club as they welcome Jason Aucoin from Back Cove Flowers to speak about his flower farm. SBGC meeting to follow. 

Wee Readers

Friday, March 6, 2026 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Storytime
Age Group:
Babies (0-2)
Wee Readers:

Baby story time with songs, lap bounces, rhymes, stories and much more!

A gentle, interactive program for babies and their caregivers featuring songs, fingerplays, and short board books.  Caregivers are encouraged to participate and play along with their little ones.

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Age Group: Babies (0-2)
Program Type: Storytime
Event Details:

Baby story time with songs, lap bounces, rhymes, stories and much more!

A gentle, interactive program for babies and their caregivers featuring songs, fingerplays, and short board books.  Caregivers are encouraged to participate and play along with their little ones.

Spurwink

Friday, March 6, 2026 at 1:15pm - 1:45pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Sensory story time for therapeutic preschool in programming space led by Miss Lisa.

Deering Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Purpose of Meeting

Sensory story time for therapeutic preschool in programming space led by Miss Lisa.

Anime Club

Friday, March 6, 2026 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Program Type:
Special Event, Movie
Age Group:
Tweens & Teens

Calling all anime fans! We’ll watch episodes rated TV-14 or below, hang out with fellow fans, and enjoy light treats.

Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Age Group: Tweens & Teens
Program Type: Special Event, Movie
Event Details:

Calling all anime fans! We’ll watch episodes rated TV-14 or below, hang out with fellow fans, and enjoy light treats.

Saco Collaging and Climate Change Workshop

Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 9:30am - 12:30pm
Deering Room at Dyer Library
Purpose of Meeting:

Are you a Saco resident? Are you interested in participating in a research project on the intersection of climate change and art? Our research project is with the University of New...

Deering Room
This is not a library sponsored event.
Library Branch: Dyer Library
Room: Deering Room
Purpose of Meeting

Are you a Saco resident? Are you interested in participating in a research project on the intersection of climate change and art? Our research project is with the University of New England.