Teens
Mid-Autumn Festival
Come celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival at the Library! Lanterns, moon cake tasting, calligraphy, music and dance performances, and more. All ages welcome. Performances start at 1:30. Gu Zheng performance 古筝演奏 Meg (10 yrs) Violin performance 小提琴演奏 Henry (13yrs) Gu Zheng and Cello duo 古筝大提琴协奏 Meg (10yr) & Alina (9yrs) Calligraphy 书法 Mr. Xie 谢老师 Chinese Poetry […]
Beading Workshop
Learn to bead an orange shirt pin, a symbol of solidarity born of Phyllis Webstad's residential school experience. The workshop teaches basic beadworking techniques and discusses indigenous beading and appropriation. Participants will walk away with supplies to complete their project at home. For adults and youth age 13+ Registration required
Queer Youth Drop-In: Movie Screening
The Year We Thought About Love Come hang out and watch The Year We Thought about Love. This documentary follows a group of 16 queer youth from Boston, Massachusetts who act out their life experiences on stage in order to promote social change. For youth age 12-18, snacks provided. Run time is 68 minutes.
Readers’ Open Mic
Do you love to read aloud with expression, or listen to someone reading? Here’s your chance to read aloud for all to enjoy (4 minutes max), every third Wed of the month. You’re encouraged to pick a piece that resonates with the monthly theme. September's (optional) theme is "Truth and Secrets." Read or perform a […]
Readers’ Open Mic
Do you love to read aloud with expression, or listen to someone reading? Here’s your chance to read aloud for all to enjoy (4 minutes max), every third Wednesday of the month. You’re encouraged to pick a piece that resonates with the monthly theme. October’s (optional) theme is “Ancestors & Ghosts.” Read or perform a […]
Addams Family 2
There’s no school October 21st and Halloween is right around the corner so come see a movie at the library! This is the spooky, goofy sequel to The Addams Family where our favourite undead family go on a haunted vacation. Popcorn provided. Rate PG, 133 minutes. For ages 0-18 Children under 6 must be with […]
Mr. Doug
Come shake your booty to the rocking sounds of Mr. Doug. Mr. Doug makes families laugh, sing, and dance with his catchy songs about kindness, love, and of course things that make you say ew ew ew! For ages 0-18 Children under 6 must be with a caregiver
Halloween Block Party
The Lower Gibsons Halloween Block Party is back! The Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives, Arts Building, Gibsons & District Public Library, and Driftwood Players are hosting a family-friendly Halloween Celebration, featuring the new hilarious skit, “A Beetlejuicy Halloween.” Spooky museum tours and readings, First Nations storytelling, lantern garden, ghostly technology, photo booth, music, food and drink – fun for all […]
Teen Book Club
Join the Teen Book Club to read good books and eat good snacks! This month we're reading Pulitzer and National Book Award Winner Last Night at the Telegraph Club. Malinda Lo's book takes us to 1950s America, a volatile place for two girls in love. Red-scare paranoia threatens everyone, including the Chinese American protagonist Lily. […]
Escape Room: Dr. Johnson’s Lab Zombie Apocalypse
Work together to find the clues, solve the puzzles, and open the locks before the zombie apocalypse! For ages 10-14 Registration required