Event List

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Behind Closed Doors: The Secrets of Museum Work

All Day 5/23 - 8/23

Main Gallery (Museum) at Saco Museum

Program Type:

Exhibit

Age Group:

All Ages

Our summer exhibit takes a fascinating look at some behind-the-scenes museum work and addresses questions like... where do museums obtain objects for their collections - and how do they decide what is appropriate to collect?

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Library Branch: Saco Museum

Room: Main Gallery (Museum)

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Exhibit

Event Details:

Our summer exhibit takes a fascinating look at some behind-the-scenes museum work and addresses questions like... where do museums obtain objects for their collections - and how do they decide what is appropriate to collect?

Level Up Movie Night

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Program Type:

Summer Reading, Movie

Age Group:

Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens

Calling all Chicken Jockies! We're screening A Minecraft Movie for our Summer Reading Movie Night! We'll have pizza and snacks, plus super special decor provided by Maine Happy Glampers.

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Age Group: Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens

Program Type: Summer Reading, Movie

Event Details:

Calling all Chicken Jockies! We're screening A Minecraft Movie for our Summer Reading Movie Night! We'll have pizza and snacks, plus super special decor provided by Maine Happy Glampers.

Little Pixels Story Time

Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Program Type:

Summer Reading, Storytime

Age Group:

Babies (0-2), Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11)

Join us for an all ages Story Time this summer!

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Age Group: Babies (0-2), Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11)

Program Type: Summer Reading, Storytime

Event Details:

Join us for an all ages Story Time this summer!

Independence Day

All Day

Dyer Library, Saco Museum

Closing

Branches:

Dyer Library, Saco Museum

Independence Day

All Day

Dyer Library, Maine History Room, Saco Museum

Closing

Branches:

Dyer Library, Maine History Room, Saco Museum

Staff Training

Monday, July 7, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Dyer Library, Maine History Room

Dyer Library will open at 10AM on the first Monday of every month for staff training. Thank you for your understanding!

Closing

Branches:

Dyer Library, Maine History Room

Description:

Dyer Library will open at 10AM on the first Monday of every month for staff training. Thank you for your understanding!

Crafter's Table Crafternoon

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading

Age Group:

Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens

Level Up your summer by joining us for fun crafts Tuesday Afternoons!

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Age Group: Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading

Event Details:

Level Up your summer by joining us for fun crafts Tuesday Afternoons!

SMAA Book Club

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Library Board Room at Dyer Library

Purpose of Meeting:

Join Southern Maine Agency on Aging's Family Caregiver Support Program for out monthly book club! Each month we will choose a new book to discuss as a group with SMAA volunteer Mel...

Library Board Room

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Library Board Room

Purpose of Meeting

Join Southern Maine Agency on Aging's Family Caregiver Support Program for out monthly book club! Each month we will choose a new book to discuss as a group with SMAA volunteer Melissa Milem.

DLSM Finance Committee

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Library Board Room at Dyer Library

Purpose of Meeting:

bimonthly meeting

Library Board Room

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Library Board Room

Purpose of Meeting

bimonthly meeting

Caring For Your Collections

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Main Gallery (Museum) at Saco Museum

Program Type:

Presentation

Age Group:

Adults

Please join us for a Gallery Talk in conjunction with our current exhibit, "Behind Closed Doors: The Secrets of Museum Work"

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Library Branch: Saco Museum

Room: Main Gallery (Museum)

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Presentation

Event Details:

Please join us for a Gallery Talk in conjunction with our current exhibit, "Behind Closed Doors: The Secrets of Museum Work"

Board Game Lounge

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Program Type:

Summer Reading, Other

Age Group:

Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens

Bring the family to enjoy board games and puzzles we set out in the Deering Room!!

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Age Group: Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens

Program Type: Summer Reading, Other

Event Details:

Bring the family to enjoy board games and puzzles we set out in the Deering Room!!

Little Pixels Story Time

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Program Type:

Summer Reading, Storytime

Age Group:

Babies (0-2), Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11)

Join us for an all ages Story Time this summer!

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Age Group: Babies (0-2), Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11)

Program Type: Summer Reading, Storytime

Event Details:

Join us for an all ages Story Time this summer!

Spurwink

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Purpose of Meeting:

Story time for Spurwink preschool led by Miss Lisa in a private setting.

Deering Room

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Purpose of Meeting

Story time for Spurwink preschool led by Miss Lisa in a private setting.

Copy of You've Got Me In Stitches!

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm

Library Board 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!

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Library Board 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!

La Leche League

Monday, July 14, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Deering Room

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

High Touch High Tech of Maine

Monday, July 14, 2025 at 12:30pm - 2:30pm

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Program Type:

STEM, Summer Reading

Age Group:

Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11)

High Touch High Tech of Maine will present hands on science programming for preschoolers and school age children!!

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Age Group: Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11)

Program Type: STEM, Summer Reading

Event Details:

High Touch High Tech of Maine will present hands on science programming for preschoolers and school age children!!

Collecting at the Early York Institute: Victorian Mariners, Missionaries and Adventurers

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Main Gallery (Museum) at Saco Museum

Program Type:

Presentation

Age Group:

Adults

Please join us for a Gallery Talk in conjunction with our current exhibit, "Behind Closed Doors: The Secrets of Museum Work"

View Details

Library Branch: Saco Museum

Room: Main Gallery (Museum)

Age Group: Adults

Program Type: Presentation

Event Details:

Please join us for a Gallery Talk in conjunction with our current exhibit, "Behind Closed Doors: The Secrets of Museum Work"

Crafter's Table Crafternoon

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading

Age Group:

Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens

Level Up your summer by joining us for fun crafts Tuesday Afternoons!

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Age Group: Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11), Tweens & Teens

Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Summer Reading

Event Details:

Level Up your summer by joining us for fun crafts Tuesday Afternoons!

Read ME Summer 2025 Author: Nick Fuller Googins

Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Program Type:

Author Talks

Age Group:

All Ages

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Age Group: All Ages

Program Type: Author Talks

Imagine, Build, Play!

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Program Type:

STEM, Summer Reading

Age Group:

Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11)

Join educators from The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire for this summer’s library program: Imagine, Build…Play!

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Age Group: Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11)

Program Type: STEM, Summer Reading

Event Details:

Join educators from The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire for this summer’s library program: Imagine, Build…Play!

DLA Board of Trustees

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Purpose of Meeting:

The monthly Dyer Library Association Board of Trustees meeting

Deering Room

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Purpose of Meeting

The monthly Dyer Library Association Board of Trustees meeting

Little Pixels Story Time

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Program Type:

Summer Reading, Storytime

Age Group:

Babies (0-2), Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11)

Join us for an all ages Story Time this summer!

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Age Group: Babies (0-2), Early Childhood (3-5), Children (6-11)

Program Type: Summer Reading, Storytime

Event Details:

Join us for an all ages Story Time this summer!

Spurwink

Thursday, July 17, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:00pm

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Purpose of Meeting:

Story time for Spurwink preschool led by Miss Lisa in a private setting.

Deering Room

This is not a library sponsored event.

Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Purpose of Meeting

Story time for Spurwink preschool led by Miss Lisa in a private setting.

Read to Cooper

Monday, July 21, 2025 at 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Deering Room at Dyer Library

Program Type:

Summer Reading

Age Group:

Children (6-11)

Children can sign up to read to a therapy dog named Cooper. Each timeslot is for 15 minutes. It's a great way for kids to practice their reading! Contact the youth services desk to sign up.

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Library Branch: Dyer Library

Room: Deering Room

Age Group: Children (6-11)

Program Type: Summer Reading

Event Details:

Children can sign up to read to a therapy dog named Cooper. Each timeslot is for 15 minutes. It's a great way for kids to practice their reading! Contact the youth services desk to sign up.

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