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 […]
Japanese Conversation
OnlineJapanese Conversation Group Are you curious about the Japanese language and culture? Join our weekly Japanese Conversation Group on Zoom. We meet every Tuesday from 1pm–2pm. All levels welcomed. Join […]
TED Talks – Video Discussion Circle
TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) talks spread ideas and cover a wide range of topics — science, personal growth, social and global issues, etc. Each month, we watch a couple of short TED Talk videos together (subtitles available), on a selected topic. Then we discuss them in a friendly, casual group. Like a book club, but […]
Welcoming Communities
Library Mainil RoomThursdays Are you a newcomer to Canada? Would you like help getting settled, accessing services, learning skills, making connections in the community, or learning English? Sunshine Coast Welcoming Communities can help! Drop in to any session. For more information, call Olga at 604 – 212- 1938, email welcoming-communities@capilanou.ca, or visit www.welcoming-communities.ca If you require accessibility accommodations, please […]
Canceled Welcoming Communities
Thursdays Are you a newcomer to Canada? Would you like help getting settled, accessing services, learning skills, making connections in the community, or learning English? Sunshine Coast Welcoming Communities can help! Drop in to any session. For more information, call Olga at (604) 935-6813, email welcoming-communities@capilanou.ca, or visit www.welcoming-communities.ca
Book Club
Tales & Lies My Baba Told Me by Jennie Tschoban On Ukrainian Independence Day, local author Jennie Tschoban joins us to discuss her book. Jennie was four when her family fled their Ukrainian home in World War II, trekking through Europe and spending years in a Displaced Persons Camp before emigrating to Canada. In her sixties, […]
Ukulele Workshop with Susan Telfer
Would you like to try a song in a new key on the ukulele and brush up your skills? Join Susan for a fun morning learning Keep on the Sunny Side in the key of F, with tips for handy ways to play B flat and C7 chords, picking out the melody, and “singing the strings” […]
Author Event: Jon van Arsdell, No Longhairs
Jon van Arsdell, No Longhairs: The Odyssey of a Vietnam Draft Dodger Local author Jon van Arsdell reads from his humourous new memoir, No Longhairs, recalling his half century on the Sunshine Coast. Arriving in the late ‘60s as a draft dodger, the local pub’s sign greeted him with “No Longhairs Allowed.” Jon is a […]
Monday Morning Meditation
Library Mainil RoomMondays 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 statutory holiday Mondays. If you require accessibility accommodations, please email outreach@gibsonslibrary.ca.