February 2024 Newsletter

Grimsby Public Library

LIBRARY NEWS

Events and announcements at your local library

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February 2024

Grimsby Spring Author Series 2024

March 22

April 26

May 31

Nita Prose

Don Gillmor

Genevieve Graham

The Mystery Guest

Breaking and Entering

The Secret Keeper

Anuja Varghese

Edward Y.C. Lee

Chrysalis: Stories

Robert Rotenberg

The Laundryman’s Boy

What We Buried

Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Events will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets on-sale Monday, February 26 at 9 a.m.

$75

FOR ALL THREE EVENTS

Tickets available at the Grimsby Public Library or by visiting our website.

Library Closures

Monday, February 19 - Family Day

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Needle Crafters Club

Intermediate Ukulele

Saturdays / 2 - 4 p.m. / Lounge

Mondays, February 26 - March 11 & March 25 - April 1 / 10 - 11 a.m. / Studio

Whether you knit, crochet, or do other needlework, drop in during this weekly gathering to work on and share your projects with others! Beginners to experts, all are welcome. Drop-in.

Sit to be Fit Mondays / 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. / Studio Drop in for low impact exercises, at an introductory level, for seniors and people with mobility issues. Presented by a representative from the Alzheimer Society. Drop-in.

Tech Help with Tech-Savvy Teens Tuesday and Wednesdays / 4 - 5 p.m.

Centre Space Teen volunteers are here to help you with your technology questions! Drop-in.

If you already know a few ukulele chords, please join us to continue learning more about this accessible instrument. We will play songs with more advanced chords, and cover topics such as strumming techniques, finger-picking, reading tab, and how to learn some of your favourite songs. Ages 10+. Registration required.

Movie Night: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes Thursday, February 29 6:20 - 8:50 p.m. / Lounge Join us for a movie night featuring the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes! With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Coriolanus Snow becomes alarmed when he's assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird from District 12. Drop-in.

Off the Page - Poetry Reading/Open Mic Thursday, February 22 / 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. / Lounge Poets Liz Worth and Domenico Capilongo will read their poetry before an open mic segment for anyone that would like to share their work.

Domenico Capilongo lives in Toronto where he teaches creative writing and karate. His award-winning poems have appeared in several national and international literary magazines, as well as in anthologies.

His work has been shortlisted for the F.G. Bressani Literary Prize, and long-listed for the ReLit Award. His poetry explores identity, culture, relationships, music, and technology, through both lyrical and experimental styles.

Liz Worth is an author, tarot reader and performance poet whose book, Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond was the first to give an in-depth account of Toronto’s early punk scene. Liz has also written a poetry collection, Amphetamine Heart and three chapbooks. Drop-in.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 11AM - 3PM GRIMSBY PUBLIC LIBRARY 18 Carnegie Lane, Grimsby

Seedy Saturday is a free public event with a focus on heritage seeds, organic gardening, native plants, and environmental concerns. Get stocked up for gardening in 2024 with seeds from commercial vendors, a seed exchange table, and seed libraries. We will also have tables throughout the library with other interesting vendors and non-profit organizations.

Enjoy hot drinks and snacks for sale from Station 1 Coffee House.

Featured Speakers 11:15AM - 12:00PM

Organic Gardening Basics: Seeds, Amendments, Companion Planting and Plant Families presented by Tia Teeft

12:15PM - 1:00PM

An Appetite for Gardening presented by Sean James

1:15PM - 2:00PM

My Niagara Garden presented by Ryan Heffron

2:15PM - 3:00PM Native Trees and Shrubs: Planning and Planting for Biodiversity presented by Liz Benneian

This event is thanks to a partnership between the Lincoln Pelham Public Library, the Grimsby Public Library, and the West Lincoln Public Library.

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Weekly Programs Preschool Drop-in

Therapy Tails

Drop-in Chess

Mondays / 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Children’s Area / Ages 0+

Tuesdays, February 6 & 20 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Children's Area / All ages

Thursdays / 7 - 8 p.m.

Centre Space / Ages 7+

Meet in the children's area with your preschool child for quiet play activities!

Intended for children 0 and up. Drop-in.

Drop in for a casual game of chess with our teen volunteer or another chess enthusiast. Beginners welcome! Drop-in.

Kids and teens can read stories to the gentle and cute Therapy Tails dogs.

Woof! Drop-in.

Valentine Craft Cart Wednesday, February 14 / 6 - 7:30 p.m. / Centre Space / All ages Get creative and make something special for your valentine or for yourself from our craft cart. Drop-in.

PD Day Fun Friday, February 16 / 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. / Lounge / All ages Come play with us during the PD Day! Our imagination station will be set up all day long! Drop-in.

PD Movie Day: Mulan (2020) Friday, February 16 / 2 - 4 p.m. / Lounge / All ages Join us for a PD Day Movie! We will be showing Mulan. To keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China. Drop-in.

Forest of Reading Story Time Saturday, February 17 / 2:30 - 3 p.m.

Children's Area / Ages 3-7 Join us in the children's area for another of this year's Blue Spruce nominated books My Fade is Fresh by Shauntay Grant , illustrated

by Kitt Thomas. Registration required.

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Book Walk February 5 February 29 Walk around our story walk of Michael Hall’s My Heart is Like a Zoo.

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Junior Reading Challenge for ages 6+

Welcome to the Junior Reading Challenge, designed to encourage a love of books!

How to join the challenge It’s easy! Read a book that fits into the topic, that’s twelve books total. You can do it!

JANUARY

JULY

Read a book solely based on the cover or title

Read a book about space

FEBRUARY

Read a book that takes place in the summer

MARCH

SEPTEMBER

Read a book about a family Read a book from a series

APRIL

Read a Forest of Reading book

MAY

AUGUST

Read a book that takes place in school

OCTOBER

Read a mystery book

NOVEMBER

Read a book by a Canadian author

Read a book that takes place in a time of war or about refugees

JUNE

DECEMBER

Read a book that is older than you

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Read a book that takes place around a holiday

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Freedom to Read Week Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about their commitment to intellectual freedom.

The titles below have, at one point in time, drawn complaints or have been requested to be pulled out of public libraries for “objectionable” content.

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Black History Month Celebrate Black History Month with stories from incredible Black authors!

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