Portland Creates 2025

 

It's spring, and that means it's time to get creative with Portland Creates! Join the community in an all-ages art competition by submitting your very own art for display and judging. It can be something you make specifically for this program, or something you've had for years that you want to finally put out there. We welcome different mediums including (but not limited to) 3-D, metal workings, quilting, crocheting, quilling, painting, drawing, and much more! We will begin submissions April 1. Get creative and showcase your art to the community!

Book Sale going on now at the library!

 

Hurry and stop into the library to fill up on our sale items! This event runs until March 20 and includes any item we have put onto the blue sale cart, the two tables closest to the adult computers, and anything you find in the Used Book Sale room. Find books, movies, and more when you browse our selection. If you can fit it in a bag, you can leave with it for only $2.00. That's a steal!

Something borrowed...

"Something borrowed, something new, something old, something blue." You can find all these things at the library.

We have new materials regularly which you can find in their designated sections. The Adult New Fiction can be found to the left of the stairs while the new Adult Nonfiction can be found to the right (upon entering the library). We have a wide array of genres in the fiction section which can include paperbacks and graphic novels. Our nonfiction section can vary from new recipe books to trending self-help books, but there is always something interesting among the bunch.

The Teen New Section can be found just to the left of the new Adult Nonfiction and has all the latest fiction, graphic novel, and nonfiction in that age group. Our Juvenile New Section (including from middle school age and younger) is right next to the Youth Desk downstairs. Here, you can find a mix of fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and more! You may also find new materials on top of the book shelves, inside the picture book tiered shelves, on top of the board book spinner, and on the display ramp or at the top of the ramp.

For something old, there are a plethora of things to mention including our historic Carnegie building and our Local History Room. Our building was established in 1905 with funding by Andrew Carnegie and despite renovations the original stonework façade has been preserved. If you want to delve into history around your neighborhood, you can visit the Local History Room where there are newspapers on roll, yearbooks, and historic documents that pertain to the Portland area. Although rare, we do still circulate some books dating back to the 1800s and 1900s, not to mention the historical section of the regular nonfiction collection (check out the 900s).

As for the something blue, at times there are blue skies outside our windows, but finding a book with a blue cover is a guarantee. Take a look at some books in our collection with blue covers: