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Sept/Oct Adult Program Listing
Adult Programs:
McConnell Library
Thurs Oct 1st Library Card Month Launch
(7-9 pm)
To kick off October as Library Card Month, we will be
unveiling our newly designed Library Card! Join us
for a special event – watch for further details.
Tues Oct 6th Heads Up for Healthier Brains
Join Patsy LeBlanc of the Alzheimer’s Society of NS
to learn about simple ways to improve your brain
health and potentially reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s
disease. It’s never too late or too early to start taking
action! Sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Society of NS
in partnership with CIBC.
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Wed Oct 7 Professional Make-up for
Halloween
Join professional make-up artist Steven Rolls for a
demonstration of makeup effects for Halloween, theatre, movies, and Fright Night! Warning: possible
disturbing scenes PG –13!
Celtic Conversations Series (12:15-1:15 pm)
Tues Oct 20th Learn to Play Tarabish! (7-9 pm)
Enjoy our Games @ the Library Week program with
an introduction to the game Cape Bretoners have
made their own. In small groups, we’ll try our hand
at Tarabish. Both beginners and experienced
mentors welcome.
Wed Oct 28th Reading the Qur’an in English
Dr Robert Campbell from the CBU Library will
introduce his new book Reading the Qur’an in
English, and help us understand the language and
structural logic of the Qur’an.
Seniors’ Cafés:
Tues Oct 6th
McConnell Library
Diabetes (1-3:30 pm)
Arlene Parsons of the Cape Breton Branch of the
Candian Diabetes Association will be here to talk
about “What You Need to Know” about diabetes.
Come to learn and share your stories.
Tues Oct 13th Songs as Cultural Portraits
Tues Oct 13th Celtic Conversations
(12:15-1:15 pm)
Irish singer Liam O’Maonlai will discuss and
demonstrate the meaning behind traditional songs,
and show how codes and clues were infused in the
song’s content to spread messages in times of
political and religious strife.
Tues Oct 20th Games Day! (1-3:30 pm)
Wed Oct 14th Newfoundland Celtic Folk
Newfoundland based duo Jim Payne and Fergus
O’Byrne offer a fine mix of musicianship, prolific
songwriting and storytelling in the Newfoundland folk
music style.
Thurs Oct 15 English Language Irish Ballads
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Guitarist and singer Keenan Barrett has been
steeped in music from a young age. From
Inishwoven, Co. Donagal, Ireland, he is a noted
performer in the English language ballad, which
plays a huge part in the Cape Breton Tradition.
Fri Oct 16th
The “other” Harp
Brendan Power plays the other kind of “harp” – a
phenomenal harmonica. He will discuss how this
instrument fits in as well in the Celtic environment as
it does in blues and gold rock genres. Andrew White
will accompany Brendan.
Songs as Cultural Portraits with Liam O’Maonlai
See the description under Adult Programs. (In lieu of
our regular Seniors’ Café – please note time change)
Bring your friends for a few hours of fun, or come
meet some new ones! We’ll have Scrabble, Chess,
Checkers, board games and cards, so come join in!
Tues Oct 27th Mary P. MacDonald (1-3:30 pm)
Join local poet Mary P. MacDonald, author of Destiny
Unknown (2005), for an afternoon of poetry readings
and discussion about poetry’s place in our lives.
Coming to a Program?
Don’t forget to get a Library Card!
Library cards are free and open up a world of
free information and entertainment!
Sept/Oct Children' s Programs
♥ Babies and Books
For children up to 17 months
and their adult caregivers. An
hour of songs, interactive
rhymes, and activities. Six
weeks. Registration required.
Children’s
Programs
Stories to Share
Check out the new bags of
recommended books at
your Library Branch!
Join us for Launch Parties,
at 7 pm, September 25th at
the Sydney, Glace Bay
and Baddeck branches
Wear your PJs, kids!
Games Week @ the
McConnell Library
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Sun Oct 18 1-4 pm
Family Library Day
Everyone welcome
Wed Oct 21st 3-5 pm
After School Games (8-12)
Video and board games
Fri Oct 23rd 8-11pm
Teen Games Night (13+)
Video and board games
McConnell Library
New Waterford Library ♥ Conte et bricolage
Wednesdays 3:00pm
Oct 7th – 28th
North Sydney Library
Tuesdays 10:30am
TBA
Thursdays 10:30am and
1:30pm
Starting Sept 17th - FULL
Sydney Mines Library
♥ Toddler Time
♥ Saturday Story Time
For children 18-35 months
and their adult caregivers.
Fifty minutes of songs,
rhymes, stories and music.
Six weeks. Registration
required.
Wednesdays 10:30am
Sept 9th & 23rd and Oct 7th &
21st
French Story Time. For
information call Veronique
Legault, 539-8872.
McConnell Library
Saturday Oct 10th & Nov 14th
12:30-1:30 pm
♥ Paws to Read
Children read to trained
Therapeutic Paws dogs.
Registration required.
For children 3 years and up. Glace Bay Library
Last Saturday of the month,
Half hour of stories, crafts,
11:00-12:00pm (TBA)
films, games and videos.
Registration not required.
McConnell Library
McConnell Library
Saturdays 11:00am
TBA
First Saturday of the month,
11:30-12:30pm
Starts Oct 3
Wednesdays 10:10am and
11:10am
Registration Sept 8th
Program begins Sept 23rd
Glace Bay Library
North Sydney Library
North Sydney Library
McConnell Library
Wednesdays 10:00am
Resuming in the fall
Saturdays 10:30am and
2:30pm starting Sept 26th
♥ Preschool Story Time
For children 3 to 5 years old.
Half hour of stories, crafts,
games, films and videos. Six
weeks. Registration required.
Baddeck Library
Dominion Library
Saturdays 10:30am starting
in October
Wednesdays 1:30pm
Program starts Oct 14th
McConnell Library
Thursdays 10:30am
Registration begins Oct 20th
Program starts Nov 5th
Clubs
Saturdays 3:00 pm starting in grades 2-3 and 4-6, and
October
their parents. Call 564-8404
(ALA CB) to register.
North Sydney Library
Saturdays 2:30 pm TBA
Saturdays 2:30 pm
Glace Bay Library
♥ Reading Together
New Waterford Library Bookclubs for children in
Sydney Mines Library
Tuesdays 10:00am
TBA
Second Saturday of the
month, 11:00-12:00pm
(TBA)
• George D Lewis School,
Louisbourg
• Glace Bay Library
• McConnell Library
♥ Puppet Plays
Ages 3 and up. Registration
not required. Drop in!
McConnell Library
October 24th 2:30pm
For more information on
any of these programs,
or to register, please
contact your local library
branch! All library
programs are free.
Visit our Website at www.cbrl.ca for more information