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Are you looking for ways to keep your community connection while improving your English? Participate in our English Practice Group! Practice your English speaking and listening skills, develop friendships, and learn more about Tri-Cities, Canada, and available community resources. 

This class is suitable for beginners.

In partnership with SHARE Family & Community Services.

Are you looking for ways to keep your community connection while improving your English? Participate in our English Practice Group in the comfort of your home! Practice your English speaking and listening skills, develop friendships, and learn more about community resources. 

For intermediate level English learners. 

How to join the online program:

This program will be held on Zoom. Once you have registered for the program, we will email you the Zoom meeting link.

At the start time of the program:

• If you are using a computer or laptop: 
• Click on the Zoom link and it will open up in your browser. 
• Click yes when prompted to open or download Zoom.
• If you are using a phone or tablet:
• Download the Zoom app from the Apple App Store or Google Play ahead of time. 
• Click on the Zoom link on your device. It may open up the Zoom app automatically, or it may ask you how you want to open the link.
• You should not need to sign up for a Zoom account to participate. Let us know if you need any tech help to use Zoom. 

English Language Practice Groups Program offers conversation groups where participants can increase their English language speaking skills, know more about Tri-Cities / Canada and available community resources, and make friendships. This class is suitable for beginners.

In partnership with SHARE Family & Community Services.

Book lovers! Join our librarians for an hour of book recommendations on Facebook as we suggest books for the topic of the week every Saturday at 10am.

Can't make it to the live presentations? Our book chats will be available on our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. You can also subscribe to our podcast and listen to our book chat on your favourite podcast app.

Want our staff to recommend some books for you? Fill out our personalized reading suggestion form. 

Pick up a weekly activity bag full of crafts and activities to enjoy at home. Available in the Children's Area of the Library. Recommend one bag / envelope per child. Suitable for preschoolers (with adult supervision) to school-aged children. 

You can pick up your activity bag throughout the week from the Library. A new bag will be available every Monday from July 4 to August 8.
* Bag for the week of August 1 will be available on Tuesday, August 2 due to statutory holiday.

Songs, rhymes, bounces, and fun for caregivers and babies. BYOB (Bring your own blanket) and enjoy an outdoor babytime in Pioneer Park. In the case of inclement weather or air conditions, the program will be held inside of the Library in the Children's Area.

There will not be a babytime on August 1st on the BC Day holiday. 

Please note:

• This is an in-person, drop-in program.
• This program will be held in the Children's Area inside the Library.
• Masks are recommended. 
• All in-person programs subject to change or cancellation subject to Provincial Health Orders. We will post on our website and social media in the event of a change.

Drop by the Library for a special activity, craft, or STEM activity for the whole family to enjoy! Play with a banana piano, make a fish kite, try weaving or design your own buttons - every week will be different! These are passive programs to be enjoyed with a caregiver present.

"Family Fun at the Library" will be held every Tuesday and Saturday from July 5 to August 13. Please note that Tuesday and Saturday programs in the same week will be a repeated activity.

This in-person workshop will explore how to tell a great story using video with director, Jason Karman. We will share how to pitch strong story ideas and how to tell them clearly using images and music. Workshop participants will also learn how to find strong visual themes in their stories and how to make them work.

How to register:

• This workshop takes place over three days (July 5-7) from 2-5pm.
• Register once for all three sessions.

Jason Karman is a Vancouver-based screenwriter, director and producer. His 17 short films have screened internationally at festivals, including the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Whistler Film Festival, and Telefilm Canada’s Not Short on Talent at Clermont-Ferrand. A graduate of the Master of Fine Arts in Film Production and Creative Writing program at the University of British Columbia, Jason has worked in documentaries, dramas, coming of age, and dance on screen. He is the 2016 recipient of the James Lee Foundation Scholarship. In 2019, he was awarded the 2019 Best Editor Award at the Vancouver Short Film Festival for Lionhood. Jason is an advocate of equity for Asian Canadians in Media and is currently working on his first feature, Golden Delicious, a 2020 recipient of Telefilm Canada's Talent to Watch program.

This is part of the Frantic Breeze Fast Film Competition. A Fast Film Competition challenges filmmakers to write, shoot, edit, and submit a 4 to 7 minute film in 72 hours. There is over $1,300 in prizes up for grabs. So, ask yourself: Can you make it? Early bird registrations for the Frantic Breeze Fast Film Competition starts June 25!

Learn something new at the Library with hands-on history, coding, crafts, and more! Every session will be a new activity for you to drop by and try out as a family.

Please note: These are passive programs to be enjoyed with a caregiver present.

Curiosity Club will be held every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from July 5 to August 12. Every day will be a different activity.