Knitting a Community
Library Mainil RoomDo you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Drop in to our weekly knitting group on Tuesday mornings. Knitters from beginners to experts are welcome. Host: Lynne Dyment Limited to 12 in-person participants, first-come first served. If you require accessibility accommodations, please email outreach@gibsonslibrary.ca.
Tween Book Club
Get into the Halloween spirit with this spooky book, Small Spaces! 11 year old Ollie finds refuge in books but one ghostly story about the sinister smiling man won’t stay on the page. When the school bus breaks down and Ollie and her classmates find themselves stranded in a world not quite their own the […]
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 […]
KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Reconciliation through Education and Understanding In recognition of the National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, we are honoured to have Syiyaya facilitators and Indigenous witnesses offer this unique educational event. This participatory workshop will help you understand how colonization of the land we now know as BC and Canada impacted the Indigenous people who lived here […]
Speak, Memory: The Role of Memory in Reading and Writing
With authors Bonnie Sherr Klein, Marion Crook, & Claire Finlayson A panel of local authors Bonnie Sherr Klein (Slow Dance: A Story of Stroke, Love and Disability, and Beep, Beep, Bubbie), Marion Crook (Always Pack a Candle: A Nurse in the Cariboo-Chilcotin) and Claire Finlayson (Dispatches from Ray’s Planet: A Journey through Autism) will present […]
Monday Morning Meditation
Mondays Using traditional Buddhist Dharma psychology to calm the mind and alleviate suffering, facilitator John Thompson will lead guided Dharma meditations for short and long term solutions, and discuss these modalities. No registration required, drop in to any session. No class on May 1 or May 8
Knitting a Community
Library Mainil RoomDo you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Drop in to our weekly knitting group on Tuesday mornings. Knitters from beginners to experts are welcome. Host: Lynne Dyment Limited to 12 in-person participants, first-come first served. If you require accessibility accommodations, please email outreach@gibsonslibrary.ca.