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REGISTER FOR FALL!
Community Teachers, Daycares, Group/youth organizers check out our field trips!
Check This Out – Anne DeGrace
A day in the life
artist of the month featuring
tom thomson & edgar degas
Librarians as super heroes
Register now for all types of art classes including Artist of the Month!
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Check out our new fall workshops!
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Art is good!
f there is one thing that can be said any day in the library, it’s that it’s probably not typical. The library is for everyone, so it follows that everyone comes to the library, bringing with them their enthusiasms and their myriad requests. We love ‘em all because our patrons are a true reflection of our community. That said, there’s a little bit of the superhero in your local librarian. It begins, not with a quick change in a phone booth, but with the invisible superhero cape every library worker dons at the start of the workday. I call it the pleasant-helpful-cheerful cape. Sometimes, it’s the problem-solving cape. Other times, it’s the usefulinformation cape. So much, all in one cape. Once the cape is on, the computers come next. Behind the scenes, we need to get a
multitude of machines up and running, so you can check your email or check out a book. That’s why, when you’re there with your nose pressed to the door glass at 9:58 a.m., you’ll see us all flapping about in our capes, getting things ready for you. And then the doors are open! Here’s just a pulse of how the day might look: 10 a.m. Thirty people walk in right off the bat. Moms and dads and kids and strollers head downstairs for
storytime; a half dozen go directly for the public computers; three want the wi-fi password; two head for the OPAC computers to look up library items; two more wait for personal help; a family of four new to town wants library cards; a fellow from Prince George wants a BC OneCard. 12 p.m. Three computer users need extra time; two Column continues on Page 13
Imagine the possibilities. First and second-run popular movies, Canadian, international and art house Älms, documentaries, young and local Älmmaker festivals, satellite feeds for sports, concerts, or opera, and an alternate live performance space for Nelson.
Free Movie Night! Tuesday, September 18
Doors open at 6pm, presentation at 7pm Capitol Theatre (not the Civic--yet!)
Questions? Concerns? Hopes? Desires? Come to our movie night and discover the possibilities for your theatre! Find out about the Nelson Civic Theatre Society, how you can get involved, and learn how the new digital formats have changed the cinema industry. Enjoy a short presentation followed by a free screening of the Academy Award-winning Älm Cinema Paradisio.
We have more than 500 members who say “Yes! I want to re-open the Nelson Civic Theatre!” Show your support! Memberships are also available at Otter Books and Baker Street Menswear, and online at:
www.civictheatre.ca