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Monday Morning Meditation
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 […]
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Knitting a Community
Knitting a Community
Do 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 […]
Tween Book Club
Tween Book Club
Tween Book Club is back for fall 2022! First up we're reading New from Here Kelly Yang's story of 10 year old Knox dealing with anti-Asian hate, a new town, […]
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Writers’ Group
Writers’ Group
Alternate Wednesdays Come join your fellow writers in reading your own and critiquing each others’ work. No writing instruction offered, just helpful feedback in a friendly and constructive environment. Everyone […]
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Monday Morning Meditation
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 […]
Meet the Candidates
Meet the Candidates
You are invited to meet informally with the candidates running for election in the Gibsons and District Public Library region: Gibsons Roberts Creek Elphinstone West Howe Sound No presentations– just […]
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Knitting a Community
Knitting a Community
Do 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 […]
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Monday Morning Meditation
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 […]
1 event,
Knitting a Community
Knitting a Community
Do 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 […]
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Writers’ Group
Writers’ Group
Alternate Wednesdays Come join your fellow writers in reading your own and critiquing each others’ work. No writing instruction offered, just helpful feedback in a friendly and constructive environment. Everyone […]
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Author Reading with Heather Conn
Author Reading with Heather Conn
Join us for a reading with local author Heather Conn. Heather will be reading from her funniest, smelliest work yet. This lively picture book tells the story of Annie who […]
Author Event: Andrea Routley, This Unlikely Soil
Author Event: Andrea Routley, This Unlikely Soil
Local author, former GDPL staff member, and Lamda Award finalist Andrea Routley reads from her new book of stories, This Unlikely Soil. Funny, incisive and sometimes heart-breaking, the linked novellas […]
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Monday Morning Meditation
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 […]
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Knitting a Community
Knitting a Community
Do 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.
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Tween Book Club
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
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 […]
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Addams Family 2
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
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 […]
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Speak, Memory: The Role of Memory in Reading and Writing
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 […]
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Monday Morning Meditation
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
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Knitting a Community
Knitting a Community
Do 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.
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Writers’ Group
Writers’ Group
Alternate Wednesdays Come join your fellow writers in reading your own and critiquing each others’ work. No writing instruction offered, just helpful feedback in a friendly and constructive environment. Everyone welcome to attend any session. Facilitator: Vicki Warner Limited to 8 participants, in person only. To register for a session, please contact the library.
Book Club
Book Club
Greenwood by Michael Christie The unexpected legacies of a remote forested island off the coast of British Columbia link the fates of five people over a hundred years, in this exciting novel. Ask at the Library Checkout Desk for a special book club copy. In-person space is limited: contact the Library to register. Also accessible […]
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Halloween Escape Room: Tricks not Treats
Halloween Escape Room: Tricks not Treats
Can you solve the Halloween puzzles and break into the boxes to find the treats? Look for the clues in the Halloween themed-room, work together with your team to solve the puzzles, and open the locked boxes to find the treats. For ages 6-9 Registration required
Mapping the Ground We Stand On
Mapping the Ground We Stand On
An Interactive Workshop with Syiyaya We are honoured to have Syiyaya facilitators and Indigenous witnesses offer this unique educational event. Standing on a map invites Indigenous and Settler participants to consider our relationships with each other, and our historic and current place in Canada. We reflect on “Terra Nullius” (Empty Land) and the “Doctrine of […]
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Halloween Block Party
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 […]
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Monday Morning Meditation
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
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Knitting a Community
Knitting a Community
Do 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.
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Do you like 20 sided dice? Want to meet kids who love D&D? This program is for you! Our volunteer DM will guide the party as you build your character and seek out adventure. Every Tuesday until December 20 @ 3:30 - 5:00 For ages 9-13 Event in Mainil Room Registration required for all 3 […]
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Teen Book Club
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. […]
Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons
Do you like 20 sided dice? Want to meet kids who love D&D? This program is for you! Our volunteer DM will guide the party as you build your character and seek out adventure. Every Tuesday until December 20 @ 3:30 - 5:00 For ages 9-13 Event in Mainil Room Registration required for all 3 […]
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Canceled Family Storytime
Canceled Family Storytime
Every Thursday starting September 8th New time! Join us from 10:30 - 11 for songs, bounces, and stories for children age 0-5 and their caregivers. Connect with your child and with families in your community. For children age 0-5 and their caregivers Event in Mainil Room Free, drop-in program
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