The Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library will be hosting a Map Making Workshop open to teens and adults, Wednesday, March 16, 6-8 p.m., in the upstairs Community Room, with Molly Brown, Ph.D., of MollyMaps.

Brown is a visual artist and geographer. She studied geography at Middlebury College, University of British Columbia, and holds a Ph.D. in human geography from the University of Colorado. She has worked in environmental art education for organizations, universities and schools across the country. Her current projects involve map-making with children, environmental psychology, and the geographies of conservation and restoration.

Her work has been featured in The Alpinist, The Middlebury Magazine, The Starbucks Digital Network and The New York Times. Her clients have included, The Nature Conservancy, The American Mountain Guide Association, The World Wildlife Fund, The Trust for Public Land, The Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Penobscot River Restoration Trust, Climber and Writer, Majka Burhardt, and the Schoodic Peninsula Visitor’s Center.

Brown will show us how to make beautiful watercolor creations step-by-step in this free library workshop. Finished maps may be brought home or donated to the library to make a map mosaic on our wall. If you have any maps at home, please bring them to share. All materials are included. Seating is limited. Registration required, call 633-3112.

Current events

March Artist of the Month: Boothbay Region High School Students, March 2-29. Plan to come see the beautiful display of talent by aspiring young artists at BRHS!

Children’s Story Hour each Friday and every first and third Saturday of the month, 10 a.m.

Lego Mania! Ages 7 +, Meets each Friday through May 27, 3-4:30 p.m., upstairs Community Room. Facilitated by Larry Reynolds, ldr@gracehealing.org.

March is Community Read Month! The chosen book is “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline.

Monday Night Book Club meets the second Monday monthly, 7 p.m., to discuss a book of fiction. Read the chosen book at your leisure and join in. The title and author for the March 14 meeting is “Orphan Train” by Christina Baker Kline. Facilitated by Laddie Drucker 633-5578.

Book Focus Group meets the third Wednesday monthly; 4:30 p.m. Read the chosen book at your leisure and join in!  The March 16 meeting will be discussing “The True Believer” by Eric Hoffer. Facilitated by John O’Connell, jwoconnelll@gmail.com.

BHML’s “First Edition Tea,” a limited, custom blend of black, rose petal, and hibiscus teas by the Merry Auld Tea Company, is on sale now, benefiting the Library. Makes a lovely gift in a sealed four ounce gold pouch for $12. Sold at the Library, Mama D’s, Oak Street Provisions, and Wanser’s Market. Only while supplies last.

Upcoming events

Retirement Celebration Open House honoring Mary Pinkham, Children’s Librarian, Fri., April 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Stop by, congratulate Mary, and have some refreshments.

Literary Lunch, Fri., April 8, 11:45 a.m., “Blue Lights & Cider Tour” with retired Game Warden and State Trooper, funny authors, John Ford Sr. and Mark Nickerson. Bring your own lunch, or reserve a lunch catered by East Boothbay General Store, $10 due at registration. Seating is limited. Register early. Registration closes April 7, 633-3112.

French Conversation has been postponed until April. The group meets the last Monday monthly, resuming on April 25, with the new time of 2 p.m. Facilitator: Janet Blevins, janetblevins@gwi.net.

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library 4 Oak Street, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 04538

207-633-3112, croberts@bmpl.lib.me.us, www.bmpl.lib.me.us.