Do you enjoy chess, or do you want to learn the game?
Drop in to play with other youth! Learn the basics and test your wits with a weekly chess challenge.
Ages: 8 to 18
Some in-branch programs require registration with your library card. Please log in with your library account or follow this link to apply for a card online. You can also apply for a card in person at any of our 33 locations.
Thursdays, Jul 04, 2024 - Jul 25, 2024
4:00pm
60 minutes
4 sessions remaining
Do you enjoy chess, or do you want to learn the game?
Drop in to play with other youth! Learn the basics and test your wits with a weekly chess challenge.
Ages: 8 to 18
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024 at 12:00pm
120 minutes
Our Knit & Knatter Club ladies will be available to teach anyone how to knit or crochet.
We will provide yarn, needles, and crochet hooks – or bring your own!
For ages 6 -17. Registration is required.
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024 at 2:30pm
60 minutes
Take a step into the unknown...what will you discover? Drop-in program. Ages 10+ (teens welcome!). We will be making blackout poetry and fanzines! Come give old book pages new life by using them as canvases to illustrate your own poems or short stories. Alternatively, remix characters and worlds you already know and love into new stories, using drawing and collage techniques to make your own fan comicbook or fanfic booklet. End the activity by making photocopies of your work to swap with other participants or share with friends (up to 5 free photocopies per participant).
Pars à la découverte de l’inconnu… Quelles découvertes t’attendent? Programme portes ouvertes. Pour les 10 ans et plus (ados inclus!). Nous allons créer de la poésie par soustraction (blackout poetry) et des fanzines! Venez donner nouvelle vie à des pages de vieux livres en les transformant en toile pour vos propres poèmes ou histoires courtes illustrées. Ou bien remixez des histoires et personnages que vous aimez déjà dans de nouvelles histoires, en utilisant des techniques de dessin et de collage pour créer votre propre bande-dessinée ou livret de fanfic. À la fin de l’activité, chaque participant aura l’opportunité de faire des photocopies de son œuvre pour l’échanger avec les autres participants ou la partager avec des amis (maximum de 5 photocopies gratuites par participant).
Saturday Aug 10, 2024 at 1:30pm
180 minutes
Get ready for a storytelling adventure that will test the limits of your imagination. We are playing Lasers & Feelings, a beginner-friendly science-fiction roleplaying game. Get ready to stretch your imagination muscles with a bit of storytelling, puzzles, aliens, and dice!
Registration required (space is limited to 6 participants). Ages 10-14.
You are the crew of the interstellar scout ship Raptor. Your mission is to explore uncharted regions of space. Your ship captain, having suffered an attack by the strange psychic entity known as Something Else, is recovering in a medical pod. You must fend for yourselves (and keep the ship safe) while he recovers!
Wednesday Aug 14, 2024 at 12:00pm
120 minutes
Our Knit & Knatter Club ladies will be available to teach anyone how to knit or crochet.
We will provide yarn, needles, and crochet hooks – or bring your own!
For ages 6 -17. Registration is required.
Wednesdays, Aug 14, 2024 - Aug 14, 2024
2:30pm
60 minutes
2 sessions remaining
Join us for an afternoon of space-themed crafts! Drop-in program. For teens and tweens (ages 10-17).
Try your hand at "galaxy paint" techniques to create amazing accessories:
Joignez-vous à nous pour un après-midi d'artisanats à thématique spatiale! Programme portes-ouvertes. Pour ados et pré-ados (10-17 ans).
Expérimentez avec des techniques de "peinture galaxie" pour créer des accessoires incroyables :