After Hours Library Night – Find Your Joy in the Library

Schedule

Tue Apr 21 2026 at 04:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Mechanics' Hall | Portland, ME

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Mechanics’ Hall celebrates National Library Week with evening open hours and delightful suprises
About this Event

In celebration of National Library Week’s theme of Find Your Joy, the Mechanics' Hall library will be open late.

If you're not able to visit the library during our regular operating hours, this is your chance to lounge amongst fellow readers and bask in the collection of books. Join us for light snacks, tea, and more:

  • Find your voice and read aloud a poem or passage from one of your favorite books.
  • Find a book from the Maker’s collection to read about a new craft or delve further into one you already practice. Bring your project to work on if you like.
  • Find some joy from a book in our collection of Portland and Maine history, biographies, fiction and non-fiction. Or bring your own book to read.
  • Bring a friend or two and select from our board games to challenge each other with Scrabble, cribbage or cards.
  • Work on a crossword puzzle while sipping tea and relaxing in the library. We’ll supply some puzzles to challenge you.
  • If you’re a new member drop in and pick up your library card.


PARKING & TRANSPORTATION

Mechanics’ Hall is located at 519 Congress Street. Our main entrance is between Loquat Shop and the Art Mart. The Greater Portland Metro’s Congress & Casco Street Stop is directly in front of our building, served by routes 1, 7, 8, and 9B.

Parking is available at the Arts District Garage, with entrances on Casco and Brown Street, at a rate of $5 per hour. Metered street parking is available on Congress, Casco, Cumberland, Free Street, and other nearby streets. Free hourly street parking is available between Parris and Alder Street.


ACCESSIBILITY

To enter our building, patrons will need to navigate a single step or use a modular wheelchair ramp. There is a wheelchair-accessible elevator to the third-floor ballroom.

If you have a particular accessibility question or request please contact us at [email protected].

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