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Camp Half-Blood Capture the Flag

Riverwalk (behind) 5 Water Street, Newport, ME, United States

July 20th 1:00pm Calling all Percy Jackson and capture the flag fans! Join us down at the Riverwalk for a fun game of capture the flag inspired by the matches played by Percy and the other half-bloods in their training!  Stick around after the game for some snacks and to make your own camp necklace! […]

Tie Dying with the Barnes’s

Newport Cultural Center 154 Main Street, Newport, ME, United States

July 22nd 2:00pm Join Librarian Amanda and her mom for a fun afternoon of tie dye! Dye and shirts will be provided, but if you have a white clothing item of your own that you would like to dye instead, bring that if you would like! Recommended for ages 12 and up. Free to all. […]

Painting with Paije for Teens

Newport Cultural Center 154 Main Street, Newport, ME, United States

  July 28th 11am Calling all teenage artists or those that would like to be. Come let Paije help you create a masterpiece of your own while hanging with friends and having fun! Free to all teens. Preregistration required.

Mr. Drew and His Animals Too at the Riverwalk

Riverwalk (behind) 5 Water Street, Newport, ME, United States

July 29th 2:00pm Mr. Drew never disappoints with his creepy, crawly reptile rescue education and animal show. This event will be at the Riverwalk unless there is inclement weather, then it will be in the Community Room at NCC. Free to all. No preregistration required.

Meet Young Adult Author Emma G. Rose

Newport Cultural Center 154 Main Street, Newport, ME, United States

  Wednesday, August 4th 6:00pm Local young adult fantasy author, Emma G. Rose, will talk about her new book, Assembling Ella, that is primarily based in the towns of Newport and Corinna. If you’re a fan of fantasy and mythological weirdness you don’t want to miss this! Free to all. No preregistration required.

Meet Children’s Book Author and Illustrator Kevin Hawkes

Newport Cultural Center 154 Main Street, Newport, ME, United States

  Thursday, August 5th 11:00am Kevin Hawkes will be here to talk about how he comes up with all of the great ideas and pictures for his story books. There will be time for questions and autographs too! Books will be available to purchase as well. Free to all. No preregistration required.

Summer Reading Challenge Party!

Newport Cultural Center 154 Main Street, Newport, ME, United States

Join us for a treat from the Cool Bus to celebrate all of the wonderful reading you've done this summer and see who gets drawn for all of the fabulous reading prizes!

Annual 5K and Fun Run

Newport Cultural Center 154 Main Street, Newport, ME, United States

The Newport Cultural Center 5K race/walk and 1 mile Fun Run will follow a gentle, shaded course through the neighborhoods near and along Lake Sebasticook in Newport. Walkers are welcome to participate.  The first 25 registrants will receive a free drink koozie.  The pre-registration fee is $20.  Race day registration is $25.  Children 12 and […]

Winter Reading Challenge on Beanstack

Newport Cultural Center 154 Main Street, Newport, ME, United States

NCC WINTER READING CHALLENGE January 7 - March 31, 2022 Join us in our winter reading challenge and see if our community can read 20,000 minutes together! Children, teens and adults welcome here! We are using the Beanstack app to challenge our community to come together to see if we can read 20,000 minutes before […]

Community Matters More Voting

https://www.bangor.com/community/community-matters-more It's that time of year again where NCC could receive much needed grant monies from your votes! It only takes a minute to go to this link and click Vote Now. Fill in your name, email, and zip code then select Maine. Choose Southern Penobscot, scroll down to click the box for "other" then […]

2nd Annual Spring 5k race/walk & 1m fun run

Our 2nd Annual Spring 5k Race/Walk & 1m Fun Run for children 12 and under will be held on May 21st with registration starting at 8:30 am out behind NCC. The Fun Run will start at 9:30 with 5k to follow at 10am. Registration forms can be picked up at NCC or register online at […]