/ Shakespeare’s Birthday / May Half Term / / Dementia Action Week / Pride Month / / Crime Reading Month /
Advance booking required for most events
APRIL-JUNE2024
WHAT’S ON
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Pay What You Choose
We want everyone who would like to experience events at the library to be able to. To make this possible, you have the option to choose how much you pay for a ticket (from £0 to £10 - based on what’s right for you) for many of our events. Proceeds will support future events, projects and services at The Library.
APRIL
EARTH DAY
Creative Walks in Nature with Canopy
Play in a Day
(A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Take a walk through the beautiful Forest of Dean and engage in an art workshop with Canopy after the walk. Connect with the local landscape and creatively respond to nature through written notes, poems, photographs, sketches, mark making, rubbings or simply ‘being in the moment’. to create a play in just 9 hours.
Starts from Coleford Library
Saturday 20 April, 11:00 – 16:00
Tewkesbury Library
SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHDAY
Age: 11-15 yrs
Saturday 20 April, 10:00 – 19:00
OTHER EVENTS THIS APRIL
Creative Mindfulness with Author Katherine Lewis
We will focus on the process and benefits of creativity through some simple and fun exercises from the book ‘The Home Retreat Katherine Lewis. These include blind contour drawings, breath drawing, exploring creative expression with music, and more!
Longlevens Saturday 13 April, 14:00 – 15:00
Storytime with Rachel and Olaf
Come and meet Olaf the fox red Labrador. He will tell you about his adventures working in schools and hospitals as a therapy dog. Olaf will also read you a story and you will be able to colour in some of his pictures.
Gloucester Library
Saturday 13 April, 11:00 – 11:30
Destiny or Fate Performance by The Two Severn Bores
The Two Severn Bores (multi-talented musician Dan Everett and idiosyncratic story teller Bill Church) explore questions around Destiny and Fate through stories and original music. Is our Fate sealed? Can we change our Destiny? Stories and songs range across the world from the Vikings to the Glastonbury Festival!
Newent Library
Saturday 20 April, 14:00 – 15:00
Saturday 27 April, 14:00 – 15:00
Driving Safely in Spring
A lively informative session for mature drivers and their families with tips on how to drive safely for longer, and how to plan for when it is time to retire from driving. This is led by members of the Older Drivers Forum.
Coleford Library
Tuesday 9 April, 11:00 – 12:00
‘Interview with a Panda’ and Author Andy S eed
Join author Andy Seed and a whole host of rare and amazing creatures from around the world as Andy shares his new book Interview with a Panda and Other Endangered Animals Too. We’ll meet chameleons, flying foxes, rhinos, rare crocodiles and a strange parrot that can’t fly among others, and learn why these special animals need our help. A mix of fun and facts.
Quedgeley Library Saturday 6 April, 14:00 – 15:00
Ages: 5-11 yrs
Willow Workshops with Tump Willows
Wednesday 17 April, 18:30 – 19:30
Willow is a fantastic natural and sustainable resource. Here is your chance to explore the wonders of willow and learn all about this amazing plant and it’s uses. Come and join Linda (from Tump Willows) in this fun and relaxed session where you can create and play.
Cost: £15 a Ticket
Stow Library Saturday 6 April , 10:30 – 12:30
Bishops Cleeve Library Saturday 6 April, 13:30 – 15:30
Newent Library Saturday 13 April , 10:15 – 12:15
Cheltenham Library Saturday 13 April, 13:30 – 15:30
The Two Seven Bores
THIS MAY HALF TERM:
Do One Thing Workshops with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Do One Thing is about supporting people to take simple actions to benefit the environment - Just doing one thing can make a difference. These sessions aim to engage people of all ages (from 5 to 100) with
Prestbury Library
Churchdown Library
Cinderford Library
Tuesday 28 May, 11:30 – 12:30 (Make a mini Terrarium)
Tuesday 28 May, 14:30 – 15:30 (Make Seed Paper)
Thursday 30 May, 11:30 – 12:30 (Make a Pinecone Bird Feeder)
Coleford Library Thursday 30 May, 14:30 – 15:30 (Bird Box Making)
Matson Library Friday 31 May, 14:00 – 15:00 (Bug Hotel Making)
Wild and Green Outdoor Learning Sessions
Get stuck in as a family with a range of springtime outdoor craft activities facilitated by the wonderful team at Wild & Green
Nailsworth
Library: Saturday 25 May, 10:30 – 12:30
Cheltenham
Children’s
Library: Thursday 30 May, 10:00 – 12:00
Gloucester
No Time to Waste Show
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Library: Thursday 30 May, 14:00 – 16:00 w
No Time to Waste is a dynamic dance show revealing the profound impact of plastic pollution. Experience the exhilarating portrayal of plastic's production, witness its environmental consequences through powerful movements, and hear an original soundtrack. This immersive performance and accompanying post-show workshop serves as a catalyst for conversations, urging urgent action toward a more sustainable future.
Quedgeley Library
Newent Library
Up Hatherley Library
Longlevens Library
Severn Rivers Trust Workshops
Join Severn Rivers Trust on a captivating journey as we share the incredible story of the twaite shad and learn about how we have been helping this mysterious fish species. Plus, take part in the ancient Japanese art of Suminagashi and create a beautiful water-marbled masterpiece to take home with you.
At select libraries this May Half Term:
Hucclecote Library Tuesday 28 May, 10:30 - 11:30
Tuffley Library Tuesday 28 May, 14:30 – 15:30
Cinderford Library Wednesday 29 May, 11:00 – 12:00
Lydney Library Wednesday 29 May, 14:30 – 15:30
Age: Sessions are best suited for children aged 6-8
DEMENTIA ACTION WEEK
w Reminiscence Tea Party
Come and join us for a series of Tea Party’s across the county for Dementia Action Week.
Whilst enjoying some scrumptious tea and cake, reminisce and talk about your favourite memories in this relaxed session with health and wellbeing facilitator Ally Goff
You’re also encouraged to draw or write on our repurposed tablecloth, capturing a snapshot of your precious moments and memories you choose to share.
You can also take part in a fun craft activity where you can create a felt forget-me-not broach (the emblem of Dementia UK) to take away.
Making Memories into Zine
Thursday 30 May, 11:00 – 12:00
Thursday 30 May, 14:00 – 15:00
Friday 31 May, 11:00 – 12:00
Friday 31 May, 15:00 – 16:00
Age: All are welcome but best suited for ages 8+.
Zines are a fun and thoughtful way to turn cherished memories into beautiful objects for you to keep and share with your family members. Join us for this mindful workshop with Me gan from The Roses Theatre community department. This workshop is for young people who have lived experience of family members and friends with Dementia.
Tewkesbury Library
Age: 12-17 yrs
Thursday 16 May, 17:00 – 18:30
Age: This session is dementia friendly and open to everyone.
Tuffley Library Monday 13 May, 10:00 – 12:00
Chipping Campden Library Tuesday 14 May, 10:00 – 12:00
Hucclecote Library Wednesday 15 May, 10:00 – 12:00
Lydney Library Thursday 16 May, 10:00 – 12:00
Up Hatherley Library Friday 17 May, 10:00 – 12:00
Bishops Cleeve Library Saturday 18 May, 10:00 – 12:00
w Local Community History Month
Join John Putley, a community archivist at The Heritage Hub, for some local history talks connecting people, place and landscape:
Cinderford Library Monday 13 May, 14:30 – 16:00
Cheltenham Library Tuesday 14 May, 10:30 – 12:00
MAY
JUNE
MONTH
This June, in honour of Pride Month, attend one of 6 creative workshops across the county where you’ll work collaboratively with inter-disciplinary artists to produce a piece of artwork (representing one of the colours of the LGBTQ+ flag) that encapsulates themes of love, queerness, self-expression, identity and experiences of the LGBTQ+ community.
All artworks will be united at the end for a special exhibition (more details to come soon).
Pride Workshops for Kids
Active Poetry with children's Poet Juli Frances Taylor is a fun, energetic and loud session based around words and rhymes.
This session is suitable for 5-10 year olds and has games, dancing and interactive poetry aimed at using children’s imaginations and making words FUN!
Gloucester Library
Cirencester Library
Cheltenham Library
Coleford Library
Tewkesbury Library
Stroud Library
Saturday 8 June, 11:00 – 15:00
Saturday 8 June, 11:00 – 15:00
Saturday 15 June, 11:00 – 15:00
Saturday 22 June, 11:00 – 15:00
Saturday 29 June, 11:00 – 15:00
Saturday 29 June, 11:00 – 15:00
This session will be themed around Pridejoin us at a library listed below:
Nailsworth Library
Longlevens Library
Bishops Cleeve Library
Hucclecote Library
Saturday 8 June, 11:00 – 12:00
Saturday 8 June, 14:00 – 15:00
Saturday 15 June, 11:00 – 12:00
Saturday 15 June, 14:00 – 15:00
NATIONAL REFUGEE WEEK
w Cheltenham Welcomes Refugees Talk
A relaxed and interactive talk with Cheltenham Welcomes Refugees about refugee literature and championing refugee voices.
Cheltenham Library
Are you sitting comfortably? You are? THEN GET ON YOUR FEET because it is time for Drag Queen Story Hour UK. Join Aida H Dee The Storytime Drag Queen who will be reading you their own published fabulous stories in an exciting storytime show.
Monday 17 June, 17:30 – 18:30
Gloucestershire Libraries Crime Reading Week
10TH – 15TH JUNE
In honour of National Crime Reading Month, Gloucestershire Libraries will be hosting a variety of exciting and interactive talks with Crime Fiction Authors this June. We've got authors of cosy crime, historical crime and contemporary crime and thrillers coming to a library near you...
Adrian Magson
Newent Library
Kat Ailes
Stroud Library
Monday 10 June, 17:30 – 18:30
Storytimes and Crafts for
Ukrainian Children
Listen to a story in Ukrainian, connect with others and make a Friendship Bracelet in this fun session with Yuliia Popova
Age: Suitable for children aged 5 – 12yrs.
Cirencester Library
Cheltenham Children’s Library
Tuesday 18 June, 15:30 – 16:30
Wednesday 19 June, 15:30 – 16:30
Edward Martson and Judith Cutler
Cirencester Library Wednesday 12 June, 18:00 – 19:00
Sarah Hilary
Lydney Library Thursday 13 June, 17:30 – 18:30
Rebecca Tope
Moreton Library Thursday 13 June, 18:00 – 19:00
Lesley Thompson
Prestbury Library
Tuesday 11 June, 10:30 – 11:30
Don’t see your local library? Check out our website or pop into your library for more information on events and activities near you.
Friday 14 June, 18:00 – 19:00
Quedgeley Library Saturday 1 June, 10:30 – 11:30 Gloucester Library Up Hatherley Saturday 1 June, 14:30 – 15:30
Age: This session is suitable for 5-10 year olds+.
Juli Taylor – Active Poetry
Drag Queen Story Hour UK
OTHER EVENTS THIS SPRING
wSPRING CRAFT FAIRS (May)
Buy local and sustainable this Spring by shopping at our Library Craft Fairs: We will have a range of local businesses selling their crafts, gifts and wares.
Longlevens Library Saturday 4 May, 10:00 – 12:30
Newent Library Saturday 11 May, 10:00 – 12:30
Fairford Library Saturday 18 May, 10:00 – 12:30
Bishops Cleeve Library Saturday 25 May, 10:00 – 12:30
Interested in having a stall at these events? Visit gloslibraries.uk to apply.
Garden Project with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Gloucestershire Libraries are working with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust this Spring on an exciting project in conjunction with community groups and individuals.
This project will include environmental workshops and development of the library garden spaces at Newent and Hesters Way Library.
If you are interested in getting involved, please email libraries.development@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Hire this space
Welcome to The Lab at Gloucestershire Libraries. Friendly community spaces, offering accessible digital skill development for all ages and abilities. Take your creativity to the next level by taking part in one of our Lab events.
Our labs are perfect spaces to hire to host communities, customers and businesses. If you'd like to find out more, get in touch with one of our friendly lab technicians at gloslibraries.uk/lab
13 JULY – 14 SEPTEMBER
Free for children aged 3+ to take part in over the summer and collect rewards along the way!
Tewkesbury
LAB Events
LEGO Inventors
Tewkesbury Lab Age 7-14
Start building and learning with LEGO Spike Education kits and Scratch. This is a fun and creative way to develop practical and digital skills. We’ll provide everything you need to get started and our friendly Lab Technician will be on hand to help. Once you’re comfortable working with the tools you’ll be able to build and code your own creations!
4 April, 14:00 – 15:00
13 April, 14:00 – 15:00
25 May, 14:00 – 15:00
30 May, 14:00 – 15:00
The Library Challenge - Coming Soon!
Cheltenham
LAB Events
Audio Editing Introduction
Cheltenham Lab Age 11+
Our Lab Tech Joel will be demonstrating the basics of Adobe Audition.
This taster session will cover importing audio, moving/removing sections of audio, adding noise reduction, and exporting your file.
This taster is specifically designed for those with no experience or prior knowledge.
4 April, 11:00 – 11:45
4 April, 14:00 – 14:45
Video Editing Introduction
Cheltenham Lab Age 11+
Our Lab Tech Joel will be demonstrating the basics of Adobe Premier Pro.
This taster session will cover importing your video, moving/removing sections of video, adding captions and effects, and exporting your file.
2 April, 11:00 – 12:00
2 April, 14:00 – 15:00
Build Your Own DIY Game Controller
Cheltenham Lab Age 7-12
Come and see if you can build a game controller using cardboard, coins and sticky tape, and then test your creation on a Scratch game on one of our computers!
4 May, 11:00 – 12:00
5 April, 14:00 – 15:00
30 May, 11:00 – 12:00
30 May, 14:00 – 15:00
LAB Radio
Cheltenham Lab Age 10-12
Come and experience what it would be like to run your own radio/podcast show!
3 April, 11:00 – 12:00
3 April, 11:00 – 12:00
29 May, 11:00 – 12:00
29 May, 14:00 – 15:00
Coleford
LAB Events
Introduction to Website Creation
Cheltenham Lab Age 11+
Our Lab Tech Joel will be demonstrating the basics of how to run a website.
This taster session will cover choosing a domain name, how to register a name, choosing a host, and how to upload a website using WordPress.
17 April, 11:00 – 12:00
17 April, 14:00 – 15:00
20 April, 13:00 – 14:00
Little City Builders
Family STEAM event for all ages
Coleford Lab Age 7-14
Let's build a city! We are going to plan what builds we need and where the roads will go. Then we’ll make them and set our little robot citizens loose to see what happens.
2 April, 14:00 – 15:00
3D Modelling in TinkerCAD
Coleford Lab Age 8-12
Learn to make your own 3D models in TinkerCAD in this workshop. We'll learn how to use TinkerCAD by trying to model our favourite animals, before having a go at solving a practical problem by creating a 3D model.
5 April, 11:00 – 12:00
Games Art Jam
Coleford Lab Age 11-17
Let’s re-skin some games with our own art! Using a lot of art and a little code and programs like Piskel and GDevelop5, we’ll be creating animations that we can put into an almost complete game template that we can share with everyone!
9 April, 17:00 – 18:30
Blender Basics
Coleford LAB Age: Adults Aged 18+
This crash course in Blender will take you through key skills, enabling you to continue to develop skills for yourself. These workshops are meant for adults, but if you have a teen who is particularly interested, please get in touch.
Week 1 - 12 April, 18:00 – 18:45
Navigating the workspace. Add mesh objects, move, scale, rotate and join them to build basic shapes. Use modifiers to create effects and save time when modelling repeating shapes.
Week 2 - 19 April, 18:00 – 18:45
Editing. Learn how to manipulate vertices, edges and faces. Extrude, bevel and add loop cuts to create almost any shape and pick up a cheat sheet of keyboard shortcuts to speed up your workflow.
Week 3 - 26 April, 18:00 – 18:45
Sculpting. Take a basic shape into the sculpting workspace and learn how to re-mesh objects for detailed sculpting, mirror your effects, isolate certain parts of a mesh and how proportional editing works.
Week 4 - 3 May, 18:00 – 18:45
Texturing and UV unwrapping. We'll look at materials and textures in Blender. Unwrap and seam your model so that your texture fits properly. We'll also briefly cover lighting and how to preview your scene.
Tickets: £20 each. Each ticket covers the cost of all 4 sessions. Booking is essential.
Vectors for Design
Coleford LAB Age: Teens and Adults
In this 2 part workshop you will learn how to use inkscape to create vector designs.
Week 1 - 7 June, 17:30 – 18:30
Create basic designs and look at how to join shapes and paths to create different effects, and chose a card design to start working on. This could be a business card, accordion style greetings card or a decorative piece.
Week 2 - 14 June, 17:30 – 18:30
Continue working on your card design and set up the paths to be cut or scored on the cricut or xtool cutting machine. This session will include making your cards, so you have something to take home.
Gloucester
LEGO Inventors
Gloucester LAB Age 7 - 14
LAB Events
Start building and learning with LEGO Spike Education kits and Scratch. This is a fun and creative way to develop practical and digital skills.
We’ll provide everything you need to get started and our friendly Lab Technician will be on hand to help. Once you’re comfortable working with the tools you’ll be able to build and code your own creations!
13 June, 16:30 – 17:30
27 June, 16:30 – 17:30
3D Pen Workshop
Gloucester LAB Age 7 - 14
Learn how 3D Pens work in this hands-on workshop!
Use one of our templates or make your own and by the end of this session, you’ll have something you’ve made yourself to take home.
11 April, 13:00 – 14:00
Make a Game in Scratch
Gloucester LAB Age 7 - 14
Join us in building a simple game using Scratch! This is an intermediate session for younger learners, but if you’ve never used Scratch before our friendly Lab Tech will help you follow along.
25 April, 16:30 – 17:30
18 May, 14:30 – 15:30
30 May, 13:00 – 14:00
15 June, 15:00 – 16:00
Set the Stage in Scratch
Gloucester LAB Age 7 - 14
In celebration of National Shakespeare day, we're recreating a short scene from a Shakespeare play in Scratch! This is a beginner's course, perfect for younger learners who have never used Scratch before.
20 April, 14:30 – 15:30
Generate a Story in Python
Gloucester LAB
Ages: Teens and Adults Aged 16+
Learn how to use the Python programming language to create a program that tells a randomised story, based on user input! This is an entry-level introduction to Python.
3 May, 16:00 – 17:00
Program a Robot with Picoh
Gloucester LAB Age 7 - 14
Come and program a robot using Picoh! We’ll use Scratch to build a set of behaviours for a robotic head.
9 May, 16:30 – 17:30
Get Started in 3D Modelling with TinkerCAD
Gloucester LAB
Ages: Teens and Adults Aged 16+
Learn to use Autodesk’s TinkerCAD in this hands-on workshop where we’ll introduce the basics of 3D design.
21 June, 13:00 – 14:00
Get Started with Programming in Javascript with P5.js
Gloucester LAB
Ages: Teens and Adults Aged 16+
We'll run you through the basics of working with JavaScript and p5.js to create a simple program.
4 April, 13:00 – 14:00
23 May, 16:00 – 17:00
Event booking is required. Scan QR code or visit gloslibraries.uk