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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.
Canceled Legal Aid and Info Drop In
Canceled Legal Aid and Info Drop In
Mondays, 12-2 pm. Have questions about how to get free legal advice, connect to legal information, and apply for free legal representation? Drop in to the Sunshine Coast Resource Centre's free Legal Aid & Information program. While our staff cannot provide legal advice, we can connect you to many advice services and resources on Wills, […]
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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.
Japanese Conversation
Japanese Conversation
Japanese 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 us on Zoom here. Meeting ID: 938 2661 0670 Passcode: 705017
2 events,
Bouncing Babies
Bouncing Babies
Join us for rhymes, songs, bounces, and stories for caregivers and their babies. Recommended for newborns to 18 months. Bouncing Babies is taking a break for the summer with the last program being June 14th. A special summer session for babies and toddlers will be held on July 12th at 10:30 am.
Film Screening: Uncharted Waters
Film Screening: Uncharted Waters
In 2021, Átl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound was designated as a UNESCO Biosphere Region. Come learn about our Biosphere and its unique ecosystem. Bob Turner’s short film A UNESCO Biosphere Region for Átl’ka7tsem / Howe Sound precedes our feature, Uncharted Waters, which shows four diverse young activists’ work to protect our Biosphere: local marine ecologist Fiona Beaty, Bowen […]
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Welcoming Communities
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 – 212- 1938, email welcoming-communities@capilanou.ca, or visit www.welcoming-communities.ca If you require accessibility accommodations, please […]
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Finding Place: A Nature Journal Workshop with Lyn Baldwin
Finding Place: A Nature Journal Workshop with Lyn Baldwin
Join artist, author and botanist Lyn Baldwin for a special hands-on workshop in the nature journaling. Using a series of exercises to create a visually captivating page spread, we explore how journaling helps weave a reciprocal relationship between people and place. No previous experience required! Drawing and watercolour kits available for use in the workshop. […]
Author Reading: Lyn Baldwin, Drawing Botany Home
Author Reading: Lyn Baldwin, Drawing Botany Home
Writer/artist Lyn Baldwin reads from her new, beautifully illustrated natural history memoir, Drawing Botany Home: A Rooted Life. Returning as a professor to the BC Interior where she grew up with a hippie mother, Lyn confronts the assumptions of her mobility and her profession. In her field journal, the plants of forest and garden, wilderness and wetland, reveal […]
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Sunshine Coast Pride Festival
Sunshine Coast Pride Festival
Look for Gibsons & District Public Library with the Sunshine Coast Literacy Coalition at the Sunshine Coast Pride Festival at Mission Point Park in Davis Bay! Fun crafts and STEAM kit demos. Free, drop in, all ages, everyone welcome. See you there!
3 events,
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.
Legal Aid and Info Drop In
Legal Aid and Info Drop In
Mondays, 12-2 pm. No sessions in July or Aug Have questions about how to get free legal advice, connect to legal information, and apply for free legal representation? Drop in to the Sunshine Coast Resource Centre's free Legal Aid & Information program. While our staff cannot provide legal advice, we can connect you to many […]
3 events,
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.
Canceled Knitting a Community
Canceled Knitting a Community
Every Tuesday 10:00 am—12:00 pm Drop in to any session Do you enjoy knitting and/or crocheting with others, and making useful items from donated yarn for local charities? Join 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.
Japanese Conversation
Japanese Conversation
Japanese 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 us on Zoom here. Meeting ID: 938 2661 0670 Passcode: 705017
3 events,
Bouncing Babies
Bouncing Babies
Join us for rhymes, songs, bounces, and stories for caregivers and their babies. Recommended for newborns to 18 months. Bouncing Babies is taking a break for the summer with the last program being June 14th. A special summer session for babies and toddlers will be held on July 12th at 10:30 am.
Writer’s Group
Writer’s Group
Writers' Group with Facilitator Caitlin Hicks Alternate Wednesdays, May 10 & 24, June 7 & 21 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. Limited to 8 participants. Free but space is limited; […]
Open Microphone Night
Open Microphone Night
First Wednesday of each month, 6:30 – 7:30 PM Calling all readers, performers, and writers! Join us to share your own original material, or your favourite work by someone else: novels, stories, poems, songs, plays, memoirs, creative nonfiction, etc. Come enjoy reading, performing, or just listening. Five minutes maximum per person, please. Teens, adults, and performers at all levels […]
3 events,
Canceled Welcoming Communities
Canceled Welcoming Communities
Cancelled for June 8th only. See you next week! 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 […]
Welcoming Communities
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 – 212- 1938, email welcoming-communities@capilanou.ca, or visit www.welcoming-communities.ca If you require accessibility accommodations, please […]
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Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day
Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day
National Indigenous Peoples Day is June 21st so start the celebration with a show of hearts! Learn to weave a paper heart or cut one out and decorate it with a special message. Plant seeds on the Library patio to create a flower garden. Drop-in For children & youth
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5 events,
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.
Legal Aid and Info Drop In
Legal Aid and Info Drop In
Mondays, 12-2 pm. No sessions in July or Aug Have questions about how to get free legal advice, connect to legal information, and apply for free legal representation? Drop in to the Sunshine Coast Resource Centre's free Legal Aid & Information program. While our staff cannot provide legal advice, we can connect you to many […]
2 events,
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.
Japanese Conversation
Japanese Conversation
Japanese 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 us on Zoom here. Meeting ID: 938 2661 0670 Passcode: 705017
2 events,
Bouncing Babies
Bouncing Babies
Join us for rhymes, songs, bounces, and stories for caregivers and their babies. Recommended for newborns to 18 months. Bouncing Babies is taking a break for the summer with the last program being June 14th. A special summer session for babies and toddlers will be held on July 12th at 10:30 am.
Getting to Know Dementia
Getting to Know Dementia
Learn how dementia affects an individual's brain and behaviour, its impact on family members, and how it differs from normal aging. Find out about the different resources that are available at any stage of the disease. Presenter: Amelia Gillies, Alzheimer Society of BC FREE but in-person space is limited. Registration is recommended; contact the Library […]
3 events,
Welcoming Communities
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 – 212- 1938, email welcoming-communities@capilanou.ca, or visit www.welcoming-communities.ca If you require accessibility accommodations, please […]
Word Whips – Creative Writing Workshops with Fran Bourassa
Word Whips – Creative Writing Workshops with Fran Bourassa
Monthly on the third Thursday, 4:00-5:15 pm Apr 20, May 18, Jun 15 No sessions in July or Aug, resumes on third Thursdays on Sep 21 Calling all poets, writers, and would-be writers of all ages and experience levels! Bypass your inner “editor” to find your authentic voice. Practice “free writing” short pieces from “word whip” […]
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Poetry Performance: Cat McNeil, Emily & Elspeth
Poetry Performance: Cat McNeil, Emily & Elspeth
Celebrate Pride with local songwriter and poet Catherine McNeil performing from her new release. Combining poetry and prose, Emily & Elspeth weaves evocative language to chronicle the story of two women’s passionate relationship and the intimate landscape of their communities— here on the Coast, in Vancouver, and in Mexico. As “Cat Mac” Catherine has released jazz […]
Pride Film Screening: I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing
Pride Film Screening: I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing
Beloved award-winning Canadian queer cult classic I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing stars Sheila McCarthy (Little Mosque on the Prairie, Women Talking) as Polly, an inquisitive amateur photographer and daydreaming office assistant at a Toronto art gallery, who obsesses over the fashionable Curator (Paule Baillargeon, Jesus of Montreal) and her lover (author Anne-Marie MacDonald, Better Than Chocolate). […]
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5 events,
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.
Legal Aid and Info Drop In
Legal Aid and Info Drop In
Mondays, 12-2 pm. No sessions in July or Aug Have questions about how to get free legal advice, connect to legal information, and apply for free legal representation? Drop in to the Sunshine Coast Resource Centre's free Legal Aid & Information program. While our staff cannot provide legal advice, we can connect you to many […]
3 events,
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.
Japanese Conversation
Japanese Conversation
Japanese 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 us on Zoom here. Meeting ID: 938 2661 0670 Passcode: 705017
Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival & Beyond: Karen and Budge
Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival & Beyond: Karen and Budge
As part of Jazz Festival Week, come to the library to enjoy a performance by jazz duo Karen Graves and Budge Schachte. FREE, drop in- no registration is required. In person only.
2 events,
Writer’s Group
Writer’s Group
Writers' Group with Facilitator Caitlin Hicks Alternate Wednesdays, May 10 & 24, June 7 & 21. No sessions in July or Aug 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. […]
Indigenous Documentary Film Screening: Smoke From His Fire
Indigenous Documentary Film Screening: Smoke From His Fire
In recognition of National Indigenous People’s Day, join us for a special screening of the BC documentary film Smoke From His Fire, about the life and history of the late Clan Chief Kwaxsistalla (Adam Dick), the last orally-trained Potlatch Speaker in his Kwakwaka’wakw Nation. We are very honoured that the filmmaker, his wife Ogwi’low’gwa Kim Recalma-Clutesi, […]
3 events,
Welcoming Communities
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 – 212- 1938, email welcoming-communities@capilanou.ca, or visit www.welcoming-communities.ca If you require accessibility accommodations, please […]
Book Club
Book Club
True Reconciliation by Jody Wilson-Raybould Come discuss the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould’s new book, which answers what Canadians ask her most often: What can I do to help advance reconciliation? She recommends three core practices—Learn, Understand, and Act. Ask at the Library Checkout Desk for a special book club copy. Free but space is limited; contact the […]
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FREE Clothing Exchange
FREE Clothing Exchange
Have clothes you or your family no longer wear? Time for something new in your wardrobe? Drop off your gently-used, good condition adult items (no footwear) from 10 am to noon on June 23, then browse and take free clothing 1 pm to 4:30 pm. Drop in, no registration. Free, in person only. No early […]
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Lego Builders Club
Lego Builders Club
Calling all Lego maniacs! Join us at the library for a theme-based building bonanza. We’ve got tubs of Lego to dive into as you stretch your imagination and meet like-minded kids. Children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult. For ages 4-18 Free, drop-in program
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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.
Legal Aid and Info Drop In
Legal Aid and Info Drop In
Mondays, 12-2 pm. No sessions in July or Aug Have questions about how to get free legal advice, connect to legal information, and apply for free legal representation? Drop in to the Sunshine Coast Resource Centre's free Legal Aid & Information program. While our staff cannot provide legal advice, we can connect you to many […]
2 events,
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.
Japanese Conversation
Japanese Conversation
Japanese 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 us on Zoom here. Meeting ID: 938 2661 0670 Passcode: 705017
2 events,
LIFT Speakers: Environmental Information and Inspiration
LIFT Speakers: Environmental Information and Inspiration
Environmental Information and Inspiration: Uplifting Conscious Living Learn and be inspired by three local Toastmaster speakers: Richard Fortier (Water Conservation options) Lily Liu (Recycling stone waste into creative projects) Andrew Fentiman (Meditation for conscious living) Facilitated by Loretta Macklam with introductions by Johanna Rzepa. Door prize draw for rainwater collection barrel! FREE. Space is limited. […]
TED Talks – Video Discussion Circle
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 - in June it is Pride. Then we discuss them in a friendly, […]
2 events,
Welcoming Communities
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 – 212- 1938, email welcoming-communities@capilanou.ca, or visit www.welcoming-communities.ca If you require accessibility accommodations, please […]
2 events,
Lego Block Party
Lego Block Party
Drop-in Lego building for children age 4-18 (4 year olds must be accompanied by a caregiver). Join other Lego fiends for theme-based brick building fun! Friday June 30th, 10:30 am -12:30 pm Friday July 7th, 10:30 am -12:30 pm Friday July 14th, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Friday July 21st, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm […]
Movie at the Library
Movie at the Library
It’s too hot! Come inside and cool off with a family friendly movie. Children under 6 must be accompanied by a caregiver. Popcorn provided. Drop-in. Friday June 30th, 2:00 pm – Lightyear (rated PG) Friday July 7th, 2:00 – The Land before Time Friday July 21st, 2:00 – Wall-E Friday July 28th, 2:00 – Strange […]
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