Upcoming Events at Stone Broke Bread & Books
347 Water St, Gardiner, ME 207.203.0224
Calendar
April 2025:
April 4, Friday 5 - 7pm: Astro Tarot with Andrea Webb of Every Light Wellness (Manchester, ME). Come in for a reading (sign-up sheet available in-store, email, call, Instagram to get on the list)! Every 1st Friday of the month.
April 5, Saturday 4 - 6pm: Sourdough 101, an evening with the baker to discuss fermentation culture, troubleshooting home baking, history of naturally-leavened breads and practices covering fermentation through building starter, measuring, shaping, and baking
naturally-leavened bread. Participants are welcome to a 2oz. starter to take home ( sign up online or in-store).
April 6, Sunday Noon - 2pm: Poetry Book Launch for Another Psalm by Bill Schulz, joined by Meghan Sterling, Claire Millikin, and Mike Bove -- it's a poetry party! Refreshments available.
April 7, Monday, 5pm: DIRECT ACTION VILLAGE. Find or share resources, strategies, and community to move forward in the New World Order. This is a "hands in the dirt, boots on the ground" assembly of folks who want to make sure everyone has what they need. THIS IS A NON-RELIGIOUS, NON-POLITICAL CALL TO ACTION AND MUTUAL AID. No Agendas will be tolerated. Please join us.
April 11, Friday 5-6pm: Open-No-Mic Poetry Nite! Co-sponsored with Hallowell Pride Alliance. Bring new work to share or come to support local poets! (2nd Friday of every month).
April 13, Sunday, Noon - 2pm: UNDERAGE STITCH 'N B#@CH. Teen meet for textile arts - knitting/crocheting, cross stitch, embroidery, stitching, sewing, felting, beading, jewelry making, bookbinding, etc (just for ideas, no limits). Snacks served. LGBTQIA+ safe space. (Every Other Sunday, Check the Calendar!)
April 18, Friday, 5 - 7pm: David Lawlor's intriguing rhythm interpretations on Jazz Guitar for CoffeeShop Friday (every 3rd Friday)! Fair-trade/organic/small batch coffee from Farm House Coffee Roasters (Winterport, ME), a selection of organic teas, and a hot brew of local herbal tea always on, come hang out in our little lounge, browse books, board/card games available (open until 8pm!).
April 20, Sunday, 2 - 4pm: Poetry Reading with Ave Siobhan, Shoshannah Violet Cotton and friends! Refreshments available.
April 25, Friday, 5 - 7pm: NEW!!! Poetry Salon with Josh & Gus. Come have a conversation about poetry, writing, reading, process, workshopping. This is for folks who like to talk about language and writing. (Every 4th Friday of the month).
April 27, Sunday, Noon - 2pm: UNDERAGE STITCH 'N B#@CH. Teen meet for textile arts - knitting/crocheting, cross stitch, embroidery, stitching, sewing, felting, beading, jewelry making, bookbinding, etc (just for ideas, no limits). Snacks served. LGBTQIA+ safe space. (Every Other Sunday, Check the Calendar!)
May 2025:
May 2, Friday 5 - 7pm: Astro Tarot with Andrea Webb of Every Light Wellness (Manchester, ME). Come in for a reading (sign-up sheet available in-store, email, call, Instagram to get on the list)! Every 1st Friday of the month. Happy Mid-Spring!
May 5, Monday, 5pm: DIRECT ACTION VILLAGE. Find or share resources, strategies, and community to move forward in the New World Order. This is a "hands in the dirt, boots on the ground" assembly of folks who want to make sure everyone has what they need. THIS IS A NON-RELIGIOUS, NON-POLITICAL CALL TO ACTION AND MUTUAL AID. No Agendas will be tolerated. Please join us.
May 9, Friday 5-6pm: Open-No-Mic Poetry Nite! Co-sponsored with Hallowell Pride Alliance. Bring new work to share or come to support local poets! (2nd Friday of every month).
May 11, Sunday, Noon - 2pm: UNDERAGE STITCH 'N B#@CH. Teen meet for textile arts - knitting/crocheting, cross stitch, embroidery, stitching, sewing, felting, beading, jewelry making, bookbinding, etc (just for ideas, no limits). Snacks served. LGBTQIA+ safe space. (Every Other Sunday, Check the Calendar!)
May 16, Friday, 5 - 7pm: David Lawlor's intriguing rhythm interpretations on Jazz Guitar for Late Nite Art!! Come down to Gardiner - see art up and down the street, with snacks, and people, and fun! In our space, enjoy the artwork of the wild apotropaic collective, an ecological group of human, non-human, and beyond human folks expressing their intersectional and imaginative connections.
May 23, Friday, 5 - 7pm: NEW!!! Poetry Salon with Josh & Gus. Come have a conversation about poetry, writing, reading, process, workshopping. This is for folks who like to talk about language and writing. (Every 4th Friday of the month).
May 25, Sunday, Noon - 2pm: UNDERAGE STITCH 'N B#@CH. Teen meet for textile arts - knitting/crocheting, cross stitch, embroidery, stitching, sewing, felting, beading, jewelry making, bookbinding, etc (just for ideas, no limits). Snacks served. LGBTQIA+ safe space. (Every Other Sunday, Check the Calendar!)
June 2025:
July 2025:
We're open to author readings/oral storytellers, poetry and writing workshops, seed swap/saving/growing workshops, subversive cross-stitch/yarn bombing or alternative textile arts, 'zine/artbook binding/making, political, art, and philosophical lectures, foraging/fermenting/food making classes, renewable energy and climate change talks. We're a Queer and BIPOC safe space. Please let us know if you want to schedule an event!