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Rockport Public Library
1 Limerock Street
P.O. Box 8
Rockport, ME 04856
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Mon – Sat: 9:30 to 5:30
Except Wed: 11:00 to 8:00
Sun: CLOSED

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Important Account Info Update

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Minerva Libraries (including Rockport) will be using 4-digit PINs to help protect your library account and prepare for future system software updates. This change affects all Minerva patrons. You will not need a PIN to check out a book, but you will need one when requesting a book through interlibrary loan. To read more about PINs, CLICK HERE.

To create your PIN, CLICK HERE.

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ADULT PROGRAM

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Friends of the Rockport Public Library’s Spring Book Sale
Fri. & Sat., March 27 & 28
9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Tables in the library’s lower leve; will be filled with extraordinary deals on thousands of books, CDs, DVDs, puzzles, and audiobooks. Planning to buy a lot? Ask about the “purple membership tote.” The Friends will have an especially large selection of puzzles, DVDs, and audiobooks at this sale, thanks to generous donations. Spring is also a great time to stock up on gardening books and crafting books (graduation and wedding season is just around the corner — time to make something special). 

CLICK HERE to learn more.

FAMILY PROGRAM

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Children’s Room Haiku Contest

April 1 through April 30

April is National Poetry Month!

Children in grades K-6 are welcome to submit one haiku poem to Stephanie between April 1st and April 30th.

Pick up your Haiku submission sheet in the Children’s Room at any time starting April 1.

Three poems will be chosen, and prizes will be awarded! All poems will be displayed in the Children’s Room for the entire month!

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book cover for remain: a supernatural love story by nicholas sparks with m. night shyamalan. large yellow text overlays a night sky and a lit house with one window illuminated in the foreground.
black and white book cover featuring a close up portrait of a man looking at the camera. the title baldwin is written vertically, with a love story and nicholas boggs in smaller text.
book cover for king sorrow by joe hill features a fiery, demonic face with sharp features in the background. the title and authors name are in bold letters, with a dark, textured backdrop.

On Exhibit

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Jean Kigel’s show is a collection of eleven timely paintings that will be traveling to various venues throughout the state of Maine in 2026. The portraits are accompanied by researched commentaries about immigration.

The portraits give a humanizing face to displacement — revealing anguish, determination, despair, and hope. Displaced by war, famine, persecution, pandemic, climate change, corrupt regimes, and economic collapse, millions of immigrants have left their home countries to come to the United States. Kigel reminds those viewing her art that immigrants “have always made up a valuable part of our country’s labor force and intellectual leadership.”

Jean Kigel is an artist who lives in Waldoboro. She is a member of the Union of Maine Visual Artists and the Sumi-e Society of America. Her work has been shown in midcoast Maine, Manhattan, Newburyport, and the American Embassies in Amman, Jordan, and Paris, France. Learn more at: jeankigel.com

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Rockport Library Foundation

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The Foundation is an IRS 501.c3 not-for-profit organization formed in 2018 by a small group of dedicated Rockport residents to raise the required funding for the new Rockport Public Library. While we successfully raised the initial funding for the building and furnishings, we’ve now set our sights on developing a world-class speaker series. CLICK HERE to learn more.

Rockport Library Foundation Speakers

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Yashica Dutt

March 2025

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Rachel Slade

May 2025

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Sebastian Junger

September 2025

Friends of the Rockport Library

The Friends of the Rockport Public Library introduces library lovers to each other while building connections throughout our community. Hosting meetings, events, and book sales, the organization supports the library on several levels. In past years, we have helped purchase library materials; supported the annual butterfly gardens; provided new book stacks and exterior railings; and funded programs that serve everyone using the library. Read More.

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