Kingsbury Library

Coffee Mornings

11am – 12noon

Coffee Morning

The benefits of a Whole Food Plant Based Diet: A personal and medical perspective

Tuesday 31 January

To mark Veganuary 2023, join GP Tila Kansagra to learn how lifestyle choices drive chronic disease and how adopting a more plant predominant diet can prevent, improve and even reverse chronic conditions and help us all live longer and healthier!

Coffee Morning

Ernest TrobridgeKingsbury’s Extraordinary Architect

Tuesday 28 March

Ernest Trobridge designed thatched wooden cottages to be “homes for heroes” and blocks of flats that looked like castles in the heart of Kingsbury. Discover more about this remarkable man with Philip Grant of Wembley History Society.

Windy Weather Windmills

Wednesday 15 February 2.30 – 3.30pm

Story and craft fun for ages 5 – 11. Drop in

Make a Paper Portrait

Friday 17 February 2.30-4.30pm

Learn about well-known people from Brent such as Charlie Watts, the drummer in The Rolling Stones, and Jayaben Desai who led the Grunwick Strike in Willesden in the 1970s. Create your own portrait of someone connected to Brent – it could be you, a family member or someone who you admire. Age 3+ Free. Drop in

Circus Skills Through the Seasons

Wednesday 5 April 11.30am – 12.30pm and 2.30 – 3.30pm

Discover the natural world through movement! This session will include a demonstration from a circus artist and a chance to have a go yourself. For families with children aged 5-11.

Easter baskets and bunnies

Wednesday 12 April 2.30 – 3.30pm

Spring festival story and craft fun for ages 5 – 11. Drop in

Our Health, Our Culture

Tuesday 16 May 11am – 12noon

Are you living with diabetes, heart disease, or a carer for someone with a long term condition? Join Salma Mehar community dietitian, to learn how you can still enjoy your cultural foods and stay healthy.

Paper plate scarecrows

Wednesday 31 May

2.30 – 3.30pm

Summer half term story and craft fun for ages 5 – 11. Drop in

Wembley Library

Windy Weather Windmills

Thursday 16 February

2.30 – 3.30pm

Story and craft fun for ages 5 – 11. Drop in

Fairytales from Forests and Streets – Balkan stories, songs and dances

Friday 17 February

2.30 – 3.30pm

Whirling violin music weaves through sparkling spoken word on a joyous journey into Balkan music and stories. A collaboration between writer and performer Sally Pomme Clayton and local Brent musician and composer Gundula Stojanova Gruen and her band Magic Violin Tio. For children and families 5+.

Changing the Narrative: A Celebration of Muslim Female Authors for International Women’s Day

Wednesday 8 March 6.30-8pm

The theme for International Women’s Day 2023 is #EmbraceEquity.

When we embrace equity, we embrace diversity, and we embrace inclusion. In this spirit we shall be presenting a panel event highlighting some successful female Muslim authors of colour, to elevate their expereinces and voices and celebrate the work and achievements of minority female authors.

Wembley Library

Spine Festival 2023

10 April – 10 May

Easter baskets and bunnies

Thursday 6 April

2.30 – 3.30pm

Spring festival story and craft fun for ages 5 – 11. Drop in

Colourful Collage

Wednesday 12 April

2.30 - 4.30pm Learn about some of the communities that make up the borough of Brent and make a beautiful collage to reflect the diversity and different experiences of people within the borough. Free. Ages 3+. Drop in

Paper plate scarecrows

Thursday 1 June 2.30 – 3.30pm

Summer half term story and craft fun for ages 5 – 11. Drop in

Circle of Security

Parenting Group

Fridays from 27 January – 24 March

11am – 12noon

Style in my DNA

– American Swagger

Tuesday 14 March 6.30-7.30pm

A spoken word and arts festival for children and families. This year’s theme is kindness. Look out for Spine Festival Artists in Residence workshops and other events coming this spring!

In the Heart of the forest

Thursday 13 April

2.30 – 4pm

When her stepmother sends Natasha alone into the forest to the house of BabaYaga the witch for a needle and thread, she only has the advice of her mother’s doll to her keep her safe. Come and make a lolly stick doll to remind you that acts of kindness never go unnoticed. With award-winning author Margaret Bateson-Hill.