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.
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024 at 2:30pm
60 minutes
Learn the basics of how to make colourful knotted bracelets out of thread!
We will demonstrate two beginner patters - diagonal lines and arrowheads/chevrons - to help you build the fundamental skills you can adapt into more complicated patterns.
Use the supplies provided, or feel free to bring your own embroidery floss!
Ages: 12 to 18
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024 at 2:00pm
45 minutes
Do you like solving puzzles?
It's March Break and an eccentric relative has invited you on a surprise holiday someplace warm - if you can figure out the clues at the airport!
Work together with other teens to solve the clues and unlock the way to your sunny escape!
Ages: 12 to 18
Thursday Mar 14, 2024 at 3:00pm
120 minutes
Curious about Dungeons and Dragons? Give it a try with this one-session-long adventure for beginners!
D&D is a popular fantasy role-playing game in which your characters explore, solve puzzles, and fight or outwit monsters. Learn the basic rules of this popular game as you undertake an adventure with fellow players!
This adventure uses pre-generated characters, so you must register at least 5 days ahead of time to bid of your preference of character and get your info sheet before game-day. Late registrants will be assigned a random character.
Want to create your own character? Sign up for one of our DnD novice sessions in April/May!
Ages 12-18
Friday Mar 15, 2024 at 11:00am
60 minutes
Join us for a tour of the Digitization Lab. This lab is equipped with bookable work stations that allow you to digitize your old photographs, slides and negatives, as well as your VHS tapes and 8mm film reels. This tour will be an orientation of the equipment, the stations and the online booking system.
Thursday Mar 21, 2024 at 6:00pm
60 minutes
New to independent reading?
Join our family book club and discover great reading suggestions to get you started and keep you going.
We will share favorites, listen to read-alouds and participate in book-related art activities.
For kids ages 6-8 and their adult reading partner.
Thursday Mar 21, 2024 at 7:00pm
90 minutes
Join us to discuss books from the science fiction and fantasy genres each month. All are welcome. Registrants are responsible for securing a copy of the book to read or listen to.
This month's book is Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett.
Saturday Mar 23, 2024 at 2:30pm
90 minutes
Participants will create textile landscapes on a canvas board using fabric, twine and glue. Show off your artistic flair with your new masterpiece.
Monday Mar 25, 2024 at 7:00pm
60 minutes
Calling all trivia fans, game show enthusiasts, and people who know a lot of random facts! Join us for a trivia night at the Beaverbrook Branch where you'll tackle questions from a wide range of categories (not just about books!) to win a prize and the respect of the trivia community. Enjoy a fun atmosphere, good music, questions for teens and older adults alike, and refreshments!
Tuesday Mar 26, 2024 at 6:00pm
60 minutes
Adults are invited to get creative and make a no-pressure, awful piece of art. All supplies will be provided. We will put out random art supplies; what you make is entirely up to you! Make it as bizarre and ridiculous as you wish. At the end of the night, you will get to judge your fellow artists’ work and decide which is the worst!
Thursdays, Mar 28, 2024 - Apr 25, 2024
4:00pm
60 minutes
5 sessions remaining
Stories and activities that support Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math.
For a child aged 3-6 and a parent or caregiver. Registration required.
Please only reserve a spot for each child attending.