Programming Policy: Programming supports the Library’s mission to stimulate imagination and inquiry. Programming provides information, invites public discussion, encourages curiosity and creativity and promotes literacy and reading. Programming also promotes the library’s services and resources. This policy defines the provision of programming at the Library.
- Food for Fines – month of December
- Book Bag Fundraiser
We have book bags for sale! Drop in to check out the designs. 5 different designs and colours to choose from. All funds will be put towards our 2025 programming. They make a great gift for your book loving friends!
- Brain Health – Friday, December 6th at 1pm
Join us Friday, December 6th at 1pm to learn about the modifiable risk factors for dementia and how you can protect and improve brain health at ANY age! Everyone welcome
- After School Hangout – November 27th
We’re doing some coding tomorrow after school! Recommended for ages 5 and up. No registration required.
- After School Hangout – November 20th
Tomorrow we’re getting creative and making a tape resist painting after school. Recommended for 5 and up. No registration required.
- Knitting Group – Friday, November 15th
If you like to knit or would like to learn how to knit or maybe just need some advice on a project you’re working on, drop into the library this Friday, November 1st & Friday, November 15th at 1pm! Enjoy knitting and conversation with others who enjoy knitting and conversation Everyone welcome!
- Author Round Table – 2nd Thursday of each month at 2pm
All writers welcome! No registration required. Join us tomorrow at 2pm, Thursday, November 14th
- After School Hangout – November 13th
Join us tomorrow after school for a group building STEM challenge! Everyone welcome, recommended for ages 5 and up.
- Art Journaling – Wednesdays at 10am starting November 13th
Join us next Wednesday at 10am for our first Art Journaling meeting! Join us to just get creative, no experience necessary and all supplies will be provided. No registration required.
- Animation Club – Friday, November 22nd at noon!
Animation Club returns for the next P.A Day! This time we’ll be learning all about flip book animation and how to make and design one of your very own! Recommended for ages 7 and up. Registration required.
Register online here: https://forms.gle/6yotPfz8GVq57Hem7
- Self-Sufficient Living Discussion Group – Tuesday, November 19th at 6pm
Join us for the next Self-Sufficient Living Discussion Group meeting on Tuesday, November 19th at 6pm. This month there will be a brief discussion on sourdough and sprouts followed by the usual open discussion. Everyone welcome!
- Library Book Club – Tuesday, November 19th at 2pm
Come chat about what you’ve been reading! This month’s theme is Remembrance.
- Storytime – Thursdays at 10:30am
Join us for Storytime on Thursdays at 10:30am, a half hour of songs and stories with your little one. For caregivers and their little ones 4 and under. No registration required.
- After School Hangout – November 6th at 4pm
Join us tomorrow after school to make poppy crafts! We’ll be making a poppy pinwheel and a poppy paper lantern. No registration required. For ages 5+
- Mittens for Kittens 2024
Donations can be dropped off any time the library is open.
- Mary-Ellen Thompson – Art Reception, Saturday, November 9th from 1-2:30pm
Join us next Saturday from 1-2:30pm for the opening reception highlighting Mary-Ellen Thompson.
Mary-Ellen is a fibre artist who uses fabric to tell stories, express feelings, communicate ideas, bring pets to life and celebrate the world around us. Mary-Ellen began her journey into this art form by quilting and sewing with her grandmother. She is often inspired by stories and photographs from the past as well as photographs that she has taken.
- After School Hangout: Wednesday, October 23rd at 4pm
Tomorrow after school we’re making spider planters! Join us to make one for yourself and take home a spider plant to care for. Recommended for ages 5 and up, no registration required.
- Self-Sufficient Living Discussion Group: Tuesday, October 22nd at 6pm
Join us Tuesday, October 22nd at 6pm for the next Self-Sufficient Living Discussion Group meeting.
- After School Hangout: Wednesday, October 16th at 4pm
Join us tomorrow after school at 4pm when we’ll be making bird feeders! Everyone welcome, no registration required.
- Take & Make Kit: Book Teacup
Available now! Drop into the children’s department to pick up a Book Teacup Take & Make Kit while supplies last. Each kit contains instructions and the supplies needed to make a book teacup, all you need are scissors and glue!
- Stirling Reads 2024: Tuesday, October 29th at 4pm
Inspired by “Canada Reads” on CBC Radio. Staff at the Stirling-Rawdon Public Library have each chosen a book around the theme “A book you would recommend.” You have until the end of October to read them all! Join us at the library on Tuesday, October 29th at 4pm to discuss and decide which book is the “best” and the book that all of Stirling should read! Drop into the library to pick up a book today!
- After School Hangout: Wednesday, October 9th at 4pm
Tomorrow after school we’re having a trivia contest! Do you have what it takes to be our Trivia Master? Join us tomorrow at 4pm to find out! No registration required. Recommended for ages 5 and up.
- Animation Club: Friday, October 11th at 12
Let’s get animated about animation! Join us to learn how animation works and how animated content is made. Make your own zoetrope! This is an early form of animation technology that helps make an illusion of motion, which is what animation is! Recommended for ages 7 and up.
- After School Hangout: Wednesday, October 2nd at 4pm
Join us tomorrow after school at 4pm for a weaving craft! Everyone welcome, recommended for ages 5 and up.
- Halloween Costume Drive
Do you have costumes you’re no longer using but are still in good condition? Consider donating them to the library next week so they can have a second life with someone else! Drop off any clean, new and gently used costumes any time the library is open October 1st to 5th.