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Teen Reading & Vampires page 3 We’re Full of heART Contest page 37 Me & My Library Johnnene Maddison page 38 Fall Reads & Programs for all ages www.londonpubliclibrary.ca | Green steps ... Green home ... Green Holidays Jennifer Gagel, Crouch Branch Library
Both Kill a WattTM appliance monitors and StepsCount pedometers can be borrowed for three week loan periods and are available at all library locations.
Walking is the best mode of Ever wondered what is causing the transportation. More than half your greatest upsurge in your monthly body’s muscles are designed for walking hydro bill? Is it running the computer so it’s great for your health, and every constantly? Or is the microwave step you take reduces your carbon sucking more juice than you thought? footprint. With a Kill A Watt appliance monitor you can find out easily. You can borrow a StepsCount pedometer for free from your local library and see how many steps you take. The pedometer lending program is a joint venture with London Middlesex Health Unit. It’s as simple as clipping it Leslie Garrett to your waistband and reading the display. Author of The Virtuous Consumer Tuesday, November 9 – 7-9 pm A 20 minute walk every day has vast Stevenson & Hunt Room health benefits. Here are some tips to Central Library increase your step count. Keep track of the difference with the pedometer. Kill A Watt appliance monitors are Greening Your Holidays: Celebrate provided in partnership with London Peace of Mind & Peace on Earth • Park at the back of the parking lot Hydro and can be borrowed at your It’s all so much. The tree! The • Take the stairs instead of the elevator Library. The monitors measure decorations! The meal! The gifts! What • Use a photocopier on a different floor kilowatt-hours (kWh), which is how if there was a simpler way to celebrate • Run your errands locally so you can hydro companies measure consumption, the season without the excess? walk rather than drive along with other cool measurements • Walk your neighbour’s dog (such as amps and Hz) that make for Local author, Leslie Garrett, will show • Plan excursions with walking good science projects. you the steps to enjoying a season that’s involved - malls, museums... easier on the planet, your pocketbook It’s easy to use. Just plug the Kill A and you. Create a family holiday that How walkable is your neighbourhood? Watt monitor into the outlet, press gives you peace of mind while you Visit walkscore.com and enter your the purple kWh button, then plug the celebrate peace on earth. address. It will return a list of amenities appliance into the receptacle on the close to you, complete with distance in monitor. About a week later, record Leslie Garrett is an award-winning kilometers. the data using the handy charts in the journalist, dedicated environmentalist, enclosed booklet and voila! You will author and mother of three. She has Taking a few of these know exactly which appliances are written for Chatelaine, Cottage Life, small steps will suckers and which are savers. Canadian Living, MORE, Today’s help reduce carbon Parent, The Globe & Mail and The The booklet also illustrates EnerGuide emissions and reward Toronto Star. Her syndicated column, you with improved labels to assist you in making informed decisions when choosing new appliances, The Virtuous Consumer, runs in health. By borrowing calculating energy savings and finding publications in Canada and the USA. the pedometer out how to reduce energy consumption. from your local Rotary Reading Garden Library (along Some good things to test: The Garden at Central Library closes with air conditioners, chest freezers, for the winter on Saturday, November your computers, refrigerators, space 13. The last Sunday for the Garden books, heaters, televisions, small appliances to be open this year is November 7. magazines like coffee pots and hairdryers. Because Earth Day falls on Good and DVDs) instead of purchasing, you are Friday and we will be closed to the reducing the consumption of products that Visit www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca for more public, the Garden’s spring opening eventually end up in landfills. ideas on how to green your home. in 2011 will be Sunday, April 17.
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The Library Receives $65,000 Donation from Teen Vampire Books: Friends of the London Public Library Fang-tastic Reads Vampire novels for teens have really This generous donation from Friends The CD-ROM workstations in children’s taken off in the last few years with the will be used to fund CD-ROM Early areas of all library locations were Twilight series leading a major trend. Literacy Stations for children and to originally purchased with money from Library staff are thrilled that teens continue the London Room Digitization Friends. Now they are providing the are into books. “I can’t keep vampire Project. means to purchase new computer stations: books on the shelves,” says Anya an English and bilingual one for the Hleba, Children and Youth Librarian. new North London branch, and 11 more to replace aging ones at other library And it isn’t just vampires that are branches. The computer work stations popular. According to Linda Ludke, Collections Librarian, “Teen fiction have over 40 educational software is HOT!” Today’s teen literature is so programs for children aged 2 to 10 and well written and thought-provoking were used 60,000 times in 2009. it can hold up to any adult work and The second portion of the donation there is serious cross-over appeal with will be used to continue the London many adults putting holds on teen titles. Room Digitization project that was Bestsellers lists are also seeing teen started in the fall of 2009 with funding titles climbing to the top in all genres. from Friends. Historical photos and The numbers are up when it comes documents from the London Room to teen books being checked out here collection have been digitized and at the Library. In 2006, Young Adult catalogued, and can now be searched books were checked out 27,383 times. and accessed electronically. There have Three years later, in 2009, the number been over 1200 visits to The London was 79,971. That’s more than a 60% Public Library Image Gallery made by increase. We love knowing that teens Carmen Sprovieri, President of Friends people from around the world between of the London Public Library, presents a are sinking their teeth into books. cheque for $65,000 to Josh Morgan, January and April 2010. Vice-Chair of the Library Board. www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/localhistory Top 5 Teen Vampire Series at the Library Twilight Stephenie Meyer Vampire Friends of LPL Receive National Award Academy Friends of Canadian Libraries (FOCAL) present the 2009 Richelle Gabriele Schreiber Friends of the Year Award to the Friends of Mead the London Public Library in recognition of their ongoing and House of Night valuable support of London Public Library. P.C. Cast The Friends of the London Public Library is a volunteer group Blue Bloods that advocates for the Library in the community and raises Melissa money for value added programs and resources not covered by de la Cruz the operating budget. Friends was formed in 1993 and has raised The Vampire Diaries $1,000,000 through various fundraising ventures over the years. L.J. Smith
Award Presentation Teen Bookmark Contest Thursday, September 30 - 6:45 pm Friends of LPL Annual General Meeting Coming this Winter Stevenson & Hunt Room, Central Library Get your art on and design a bookmark. You could win great prizes. Keep your eyes open for the details of our contest in the Winter issue of Access magazine.
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Sprucing Up Wolf Performance Hall Open House Celebrations Look for Open House activities and refreshments to kick off Ontario Public Library Week at Branch Libraries on Saturday, October 16 from 2-4 pm.
LSP Days in October During Ontario Public Library Week, October 16 to 23, the Library will be celebrating the Library Settlement Partnership Left to right: Ron, Lucille & Norton Wolf; Jan Lubell, Library Board Chair; Susanna Hubbard Krimmer, Library CEO (LSP). The LSP partners are Citizenship and Immigration The Wolf Performance Hall at Central Library recently underwent enhancements Canada; London Public Library; and improvements, a process initiated by Mr. Norton Wolf when the performance LUSO Community Services space approached its seventh year of operation. Funding for the project was donated with Centre for Lifelong by the Wolf Family Foundation ($24,500) and the Library Trust Funds ($15,500). Learning; London Cross Cultural Learner Centre and The hall opened in September 2002 and has become a preferred venue for events South London Neighbourhood and programs in downtown London. With over 300 sessions booked annually, Resource Centre. of which about one half are rentals to the public, the hall has been well used for a wide range of programs such as author readings, cultural celebrations, musical Library Settlement Workers performances, live theatre, film screenings and much more. provide information and referral services to help newcomers Funds were directed toward refreshing and enhancing the aesthetics of the lobby settle into the community. space, addressing functional aspects of sound and light and improving the physical accessibility of the hall. Most noticeable to the public will be the new carpet, fresh green paint and portable registration desk in the lobby just outside the hall. Other improvements include a Sennheiser wireless microphone system, new lighting, flooring and paint in areas of the dressing rooms, the stage and the hall itself. Four library locations offer LSP Susanna Hubbard Krimmer, Library CEO & Chief Librarian, told the Wolf family services: Beacock, Central, during a tour of the facility’s improvements that London Public Library is proud Jalna and Sherwood. Look to have a premier performance arts facility for the community to enjoy. This venue for refreshments, displays would not have been possible without the generous support of the Wolf Family and special activities at those Foundation, in the building of the hall initially and, now, with enhancements to a locations. well used community space.
OntarioSunday Public Library Hours Week ~ atOctober Central 16-23 Sunday service at Central Library will begin October 17, 2010 and continue until Wolf Performance Hall lobby area with new carpet, November 28, 2010. The hours paint and portable registration desk. will be 1-4 pm.
PAGE 4 • www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 fall reads| Canadian Fiction Ape House The High Road by Sara Gruen by Terry Fallis Bad Boy The Matter with Morris by Peter Robinson by David Bergen The Beauty of Mr. Shakespeare’s Humanity Movement Bastard Nonfiction by Camilla Gibb by Richard B. Wright The 4-Hour Body How the Scots Bury Your Dead The Nesting Dolls by Timothy Ferriss Invented Canada by Louise Penny by Gail Bowen by Ken McGoogan At Home: A Short Combat Camera Room History of Private Life King of the Road: True by A. J. Somerset by Emma Donoghue by Bill Bryson Tales From a Legendary (local author) (local author) Ice Road Trucker Call Me Russell by Alex Debogorski Crime Machine Sanctuary Line by Russell Peters by Giles Blunt by Jane Urquhart The Mind’s Eye Dewey’s Nine Lives by Oliver Sacks The Disciple of the Dog Waiting for Joe by Vicki Myron by R. Scott Bakker by Sandra Birdsell Oogy: The Dog Only a (local author) Disconnect: The Truth Family Could Love About Cell Phone by Larry Levin The Frumkiss Family Radiation Business by Devra Davis The Paper Garden: by Michael Wex Mrs. Delany Begins Decision Points Her Life’s Work at 72 by George W. Bush by Molly Peacock Food Matters Cookbook The Plastiki: An Adventure by Mark Bittman to Save Our Oceans by David de Rothschild The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking
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Marco Oliva Hernandez, Central 2010 Campaign
Buy a book and open the The 2010 holiday campaign is in world of reading for a child. the planning stage. It will begin Saturday, November 6 and end Why am I sitting on my patio this hot Saturday, December 18. However, July day writing about an event that will take place 4 to 5 months from now? you don’t have to wait until then. There are 6,293 reasons: the number of You can make financial or book girls and boys in London who received donations at your local library branch books in 2009 from London Public now. Also, Oxford Book Shop and Library’s A Book For Every Child® The Book Store at Western offer 20% program. Over 6,000 new books were off the price of books purchased for given to London children through A Book For Every Child®. 46 requesting agencies. Generous Gail Turpin Londoners provided these books. Friends of the London Public Library
London Public Library’s TD Summer Reading Club 2010
Tanner Hamilton, East London
Caleb LaCelle, Jason Eden, Central Maria and Johnny Zangari, Pond Mills
Christina Patterson, East London
PAGE 6 • www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 children| Fiction for Kids Picture Books Bedtime for Bear by Bonnie Becker How will Bear ever get to sleep when Mouse spends the night? Olivia goes to Venice by Ian Falconer Venice will never be the same after Olivia visits! Too Much Stuff by Robert Munsch Temina packs too many dolls in her suitcase. Fancy Nancy and the Fabulous Nathan Bell, Matthew Steven McEwen, East London Fashion Boutique by Jane O’Connor Fancy Nancy wants to buy a fantastic London Public Library’s fuschia fan so she opens her own shop TD Summer to earn money. Reading Club Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems The last book in the Knuffle Bunny Kids had a swinging good trilogy. time with the Destination Piggy Pie Po Jungle theme for the Summer by Audrey and Don Wood Reading Club. Over 5200 Piggy Pie Po is a messy and children participated in the silly new character from the Pond Mills duo that created The Napping ever popular program we House and Piggies. offer at all our locations every summer. Novels What’s the Big Idea by Annie Barrows Ivy and Bean are wondering what to make for their Science Fair project. The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi Eva Nine was raised underground by a robot in this space age adventure. 39 Clues: Into the Gauntlet by Margaret Patterson Haddix Can Amy and Dan succeed Pond Mills where 500 years worth of famous ancestors failed? Look for Storytimes at your Library Framed by Gordon Korman We have lots of free Storytimes for all ages and with all Griffin Bing has another mystery to solve. kinds of themes. Look for Books for Babies, Tales for Tots, Storytime for 3-5 years and lots more. Ask about Lost Hero by Rick Riordan registration at your library location, call 519-661-4600 or This is the first book in the search “storytimes” in our online catalogue. exciting Heroes of Olympus series. Back to School, Back to Homework Reckless by Cornelia Funke From the author of Inkheart comes Go to our website for amazing resources and information a thrilling adventure inspired by the to help with homework. Brothers Grimm. www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/homeworkhelp www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 • PAGE 7 |teens
Homework! Help!!
Homework. Projects. Essays. Don’t know where to start? Don’t know what you need? The Library’s on it so you can get at it. Find the information you need at your neighbourhood library or online at our virtual library. Zombies vs. Unicorns Ask Us by Holly Black Staff are here to help you find resources: There’s more. Click on the Teens tab to books, articles, online databases. Come findHomework Help for the subjects Behemoth in person, call us on the phone or check you’re studying, not to mention tips on by Scott Westerfeld our website to find out what we have and researching in general. Each subject how to use it. heading takes you to links to books, Half Brother DVDs, databases and other websites we by Kenneth Oppel Need a book? Browse our online recommend. catalogue at home and place holds on The Gift items to pick up at the Library closest to Chat (Witch and Wizard #2) you. Not getting good search results? Call For live chat with a librarian try askON by James Patterson 519-661-4600 for help with searching for your reference question. your topic. This service is available Night Star (The Immortals) during selected hours. Click by Alyson Noel Our virtual branch library is always At the Library we look for the Last Sacrifice open. We have databases with magazine, information and resources you need for newspaper and encyclopedia articles. (Vampire Academy) school. It’s our job to put it all together by Richelle Mead Click the Research tab for that. You need so it’s easy to find. You’ve got work an up-to-date Library card to access those to do. You need the information. The database articles or you can easily get a Bright Young Things Library’s got your back. by Anna Godbersen temporary eAccount right online. Crescendo by Becca Fitzgerald
Authors Read Clockwork Angel Spooky Stories by Cassandra Clare
October 20 – 7-9 pm Twelfth Grade Kills Stevenson & Hunt (Chronicles of Room Vladimir Tod) Terry Griggs & by Heather Brewer Barbara Haworth- Attard Book of Spells by Kate Brian Get ready for Halloween with Misguided Angel these Young Adult (Blue Bloods) authors as they read by Melissa De la Cruz from their new novels at Central Library. No Safe Place Everyone is welcome by Deborah Ellis and it’s free. Return to the 60s at Westmount Dark Deeps Teens had a groovy time tie dying Nieve by Terry Griggs by Arthur Slade t-shirts at a summer program. Haunted by Barbara Haworth-Attard
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Library programs are free & require no registration unless noted.
For programs which do require registration, you may register in person, by phone or online.
To register online, go to www.londonpubliclibrary.ca and click programs/events. For programs requiring payment, you may register in person or by phone (with a credit card). There is no charge for individuals accompanying those who require assistance. NOTE: service dogs are welcome in the Library and at programs. Please speak to staff for more information.
Please note there is a NO REFUND policy for program fees.
Prices for Library Programs for adults include HST. Children’s programs remain tax free. PAGE 9 • www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 www.londonpubliclibrary.ca |computer courses
Computer Courses @ London Public Library Check out some of our great hands-on, FREE computer courses. Registration is limited, so please sign up as early as possible.
Date Time Location Register Starting Computers: Getting Started New to computers? Learn the basic functions of the computer, practice using a mouse and find out about computers at your library in this hands-on session. Class is 90 minutes. We recommend patrons take this course prior to the Email and the Internet courses. Wednesday, September 15 10:30 am-noon Cherryhill August 26 Saturday, September 18 2:30-4 pm Byron Fire Hall September 1 Saturday, September 25 10-11:30 am East London September 11 Saturday, October 9 10-11:30 am Central September 7 Wednesday, October 20 2:30-4 pm Jalna October 6 Wednesday, October 27 2:30-4 pm Masonville October 5 Wednesday, November 3 2-3:30 pm Sherwood October 6 Tuesday, November 16 2-3:30 pm Pond Mills November 2 Email: Getting Started New to Email? Learn what email is and how to use it! This class will help you set up a free gmail account and teach you how to create, send and receive messages and find out about computers at your library. NOTE: We recommend that you take the Computers: Getting Started course before taking this one. Course is 90 minutes. Saturday, October 2 2-3:30 pm Byron Fire Hall September 18 Wednesday, October 20 1:30-3 pm Cherryhill September 30 Saturday, October 23 10-11:30 am Central September 20 Wednesday, October 27 2:30-4 pm Jalna October 6 Saturday, October 30 10-11:30 am East London October 16 Saturday, November 6 2-3 pm Sherwood October 6 Wednesday, November 10 2:30-4 pm Masonville October 5 Tuesday, November 30 2-3:30 pm Pond Mills November 16 Internet: Getting Started Learn about the Internet, how to find and use web sites and discover our top five favourite sites to explore!You will also learn about computers at your library in this hands-on session. NOTE: We recommend you take the Computers: Getting started before this one. Class is 90 minutes. Saturday, November 6 10-11:30 am Central October 4 Wednesday, November 10 2-3:30 pm Sherwood October 6 Saturday, November 13 2-3:30 pm Byron Fire Hall October 2 Thursday, November 18 10:30 am-noon Cherryhill October 21 Saturday, November 27 10-11:30 am East London November 13
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| Beacock Orchestra London Cushion Walk for the Fun of it! 1280 Huron St. Concerts for Young Children Ongoing-Oct. 14,Thursdays, 7-8 pm 519-451-8140 Oct. 16, Saturday, 11:30 am-12:30 pm Meet at the Beacock Library and spend Single tickets: $8, 3-concert family pass some time walking and talking. Do it for (for up to 6 people): $58 fun, do it for your health, do it to meet new Join Orchestra London musicians for a fun people. When you sign up for the program Books for Babies and interactive introduction to classical you’ll receive a Walk this Way kit with useful Sept. 22-Oct. 20, Wednesdays, 2-2:30 pm music. Bring your cushions! October show: information and tips. Co-sponsor: Northeast Nov. 17-Dec. 15, Wednesdays, 2-2:30 pm “Three Musical Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf” London Community Engagement. Call Birth-18 months with caregiver. performed by the Licorice Allsorts Clarinet 519-659-1271 x405 for more information. Quartet. Children must be accompanied by Tales for Tots a caregiver. Tickets available at Orchestra Prenatal Classes Sept. 22-Oct. 20, Wednesdays, 10:30-11 am London Box Office at 609 Wellington Street Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm Nov. 17-Dec. 15, Wednesdays, 10:30-11 am Monday-Friday 10 am-4 pm, by calling Sept. 22-Oct. 20 OR Nov. 3-Dec. 1 18-36 months with caregiver. 519-679-8778 or at www.orchestralondon.ca. Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2262. $55. Learn what to expect during pregnancy Storytime (3-5) Spooktacular Halloween Storytime and how to care for your new baby. Please Sept. 24-Oct. 22, Fridays, 10:15-11 am Oct. 30, Saturday, 2-3 pm register early in your pregnancy. Classes Nov. 19-Dec. 17, Fridays, 10:15-11 am Join us for some spooky stories and a craft! fill quickly. Check with MLHU for classes at Costumes are welcome. alternate times and locations. Fee can be Beacock Community Playgroup waived and partial fees accepted. (birth-6 with caregiver) PA Day Movie Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Health Unit. Ongoing, Thursdays, 9:30-3 pm Nov. 12, Friday, 2-3:30 pm Parents, caregivers and children participate Come in and watch a recently released Financial Education for Newcomers in interactive early learning activities. movie on our big screen! Call the branch to Oct. 23-30, Saturdays, 2:30-3:30 pm Presented by Ontario Early Years Centre, find out what’s playing. Register in person starting Oct. 2 London North-Centre. The banking system in Canada is different Reading Rocks: The World of Science! from other countries. This program covers Wacky Word Fun! (7-12) Nov. 13, Saturday, 2:30-4 pm basic information about banking, income Sept. 4-Dec. 18, Saturdays, 1-2:30 pm Fun, interactive and hands-on activities for tax and government support programs, and Improve your English skills the fun way! school-aged children and their families to includes handouts and hands-on activities. Drop in, meet new friends, and play a variety celebrate and encourage reading together. Co-sponsored by Library Settlement of games and activities designed to help There will be games, crafts, books, food Partnership and Canadian Citizenship and your language skills. and prizes, so drop in for this special event. Immigration. Sponsored by EDPRO Energy Group Inc. Shared Beginnings (birth-6 with caregiver) Call 519-521-5921 for more information. Much Ado About the Flu Sept. 7-Dec. 14, Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am Oct. 27, Wednesday, 7-8 pm Enjoy crafts, play games, sing songs, hear Literacy and Basic Skills Program Are you ready for flu season? Join stories and much more. Call 519-452-1466 Ongoing, Tuesdays, 5:30-9 pm naturopathic doctor Richard Vuksinic for a for more information. Register by calling 519-452-2660 x69712 discussion of the immune system and flu Literacy London offers a part-time, one to statistics. Learn about herbs and supplements After-School Tutoring (Grades 1-12) one/small group adult literacy program. that can be beneficial in boosting your Oct. 6-Dec. 15, Wednesdays, 5-7 pm immune response and tips on what to eat and Register in person at first session. Beacock Book Club what to avoid over the holiday season. The STAND and ASA After-school Tutoring Ongoing, 1st Wed./month, 7-9 pm Program is designed for children and youth Book Discussion. Call the branch for titles. From a Naturopathic from Refugee and Newcomer communities Perspective – De-stress and Detox in London. The participants receive English Conversational Circles for Oct. 27, Wednesday, 6-7 pm assistance with homework, and building Newcomers to Canada Join naturopathic doctor Richard Vuksinic their reading, writing, and speaking skills Ongoing, Wednesdays, 6:30-8 pm for a talk on de-stressing and detoxing. in English and/or French. Cosponsored by Celebrate diversity through friendship and Unchecked stress is a major detriment to STAND Western and the African Students cultural exchange. All newcomers are your health. It is important to know how to Association. For more information email: welcome. Co-sponsor: LCCLC. Funded by relieve it effectively. Learn about different [email protected]. Citizenship and Immigration Canada. types of stress and how they can affect the body. Get tips on how to minimize those effects using breath-work, herbs, nutrition and supplementation. www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 • PAGE 11 |byron
|Byron PA Day Movie Prenatal Classes 1295 Commissioners Rd. W. Nov. 12, Friday, 10-11:30 am Oct. 19-Nov. 16, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm 519-471-4000 Come in and watch a recently released Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2262. $55. movie on our big screen! Bring your own Learn what to expect during pregnancy snacks to enjoy. Call the branch to find out and how to care for your new baby. Please what’s playing. register early in your pregnancy. Classes See page 10 for computer courses. fill quickly. Check with MLHU for classes at Come and Paint alternate times and locations. Fee can be Books for Babies Sept. 9-Dec. 23, Thursday 1-4 pm, waived and partial fees accepted. Sep. 17-Oct. 15, Fridays, 10-10:30 am Drop in at the Byron Library with your own Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Health Unit. Nov. 5-Dec. 10, Fridays, 10-10:30 am paint supplies for an informal afternoon of Birth-18 months with caregiver. painting. All welcome! Program is closed Information, Support & Perspective Oct. 21 for Art Show. For Caregivers Tales for Tots Oct. 20, Wednesday, 1:30-3 pm Sept. 16-Oct. 14, Thursdays, 10-10:30 am Byron Creative Craft Circle Ruta Pocius, Coordinator of the South West Nov. 4 - Dec. 9, Thursdays, 10-10:30 am Sept. 9-Dec. 9, Thursdays, 9 am-noon Caregiver Exchange introduces the 18-36 months with caregiver. Join us as we work on our own projects. non-profit caregiverexchange.ca. Part of the Educational Opportunities for Seniors series Storytime (3-5) Byron Book Club co-sponsored by CARP London Chapter, Sept. 16-Oct. 14, Thursdays, 2:15-3 pm Sept. 30-Nov. 25, Thursdays, 7-8 pm the Council for London Seniors, Third Age Nov. 4-Dec. 9, Thursdays, 2:15-3 pm An informal book discussion led by staff and Outreach and St. Joseph’s Health Care, open to all. New members welcome! Each London. For additional presentations in this Ontario Early Years Community month a different book will be discussed. series, please call 519-661-1621. Playgroup at the Byron Library Contact the branch for monthly titles. Copies Sept. 7-Dec. 14, Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am of the books are reserved at the branch Poetry Reading with Parents, caregivers, and children participate Charles Mountford in interactive early learning activities. All-Candidates Mayor and Councillor Oct. 28, Thursday, 7-8 pm Presented by Ontario Early Years Centre, Meetings - Municipal Election 2010 Charles Hugh Mountford is a Canadian poet London West. Oct. 5, Tuesday, 7-9 pm who lives in Stratford, Ontario. He is also On October 25 we go to the polls to elect the founder and Artistic Director of “Poetry Halloween Party! Stories with a new Municipal government. Here is your Stratford”, a Reading Series. He comes Karen the Storyteller, Games, chance before voting to meet your Ward 8 to share pieces from his work including his Tricks and Treats candidates and hear their views on a variety new book of Poetry called ‘The Thing on the Oct. 30, Saturday, 2:30-4 pm of topics of concern to everyone. Comb”. Pick up free tickets Oct.1-29 Co-sponsored by the Urban League. Come and have fun with Halloween stories, Art Exhibits @ Byron games, treats, crafts, and music. Featuring Ontario Public Library Week Open House Sept. 3-29: London Public Library Staff Art Karen the Storyteller and her puppets. Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm Show. Ever wonder what your Library Staff Please wear a costume! Families welcome. Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library are up to on their off-hours? Come in and Week! Drop in to your local branch for see a wide variety of arts and crafts created PA Day Drop-in Games and Craft refreshments and entertainment. by your favourite staff across the city! Nov. 12, Friday, 9 am-6 pm. Oct. 21-23: Gallery Painting Group Annual Play a little of our board game and make Show and Sale Thursday 5-9 pm, Friday 9 a craft to take home! Puzzles and train am-9 pm, & Saturday 9 am-4 pm set available for younger children as well. You are invited to attend our annual juried Feature Game: Pictureka! show and sale at the Byron Library.
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| Carson |Central Blow The House Down Puppet 465 Quebec St. 251 Dundas St. Theatre: Goldilocks and The 3 519-438-4287 519-661-4600 Bears / 3 Billy Goats Gruff (Family) Sept. 30, Thursday, 3-3:30 pm Tickets available in person starting Sept. 18
|Spriet Family Children’s Oct. 6, Wednesday, 3-3:30 pm Family Storytime Library Tickets available in person starting Sept. 25 Oct. 13- Dec. 8, Wednesdays, 10:30 am How could one cute little blond girl wander off the beaten path and create such havoc Drop In Crafts Tales for Tots in the house of the 3 bears? Meanwhile, the Sept. 15-Dec. 29, Wednesdays, 9 am-noon Sept. 13-Dec. 13, Mondays, 10:30-11 am Gruff bros tangle with the toll bridge Troll as Drop in craft for preschoolers. 18-36 months with caregiver. they try to cross that famous bridge. Don’t miss these favourite tales, with our Blow The Reading Rocks: The World of Science! Books for Babies House Down Puppet Theatre twist! Oct. 2, Saturday, 2-4 pm Sept. 17-Dec. 17, Fridays, 10:30-11 am Fun, interactive and hands-on activities for Birth-18 months with caregiver. Spooktacular Booktacular school-aged children and their families to Book Club celebrate and encourage reading together. Shake, Rattle & Read (3-5) Oct. 1-31, Daily, Library hours There will be games, crafts, books, food Sept. 14-Dec. 14, Tuesdays, 10:30-11 am Pick up a club card and start reading and prizes, so drop in for this special event. Roll on into the library for books and music mystery, Hallow’een or scary books. Each Sponsored by EDPRO Energy Group Inc. that rock. time you read a book get your card stamped Call 519-521-5921 for more information. and pick out a creepy prize from our black Dog Tales (reluctant/shy readers age 7-13) cauldron. If you complete the entire card, PA Day Movie Sept. 11 & 25, Oct. 16 & 30, Nov. 13 & 27 you’ll win an even creepier prize. Nov. 12, Friday, 2-4 pm Saturdays, 1-2 pm Come in and watch a recently released Register for a 15 minute session and read Virtual Author Visit: Arthur Slade movie on our big screen! Call the branch to to a St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog in the Oct. 1, Friday, 1-2 pm find out what’s playing. Library. St. John Therapy Dogs have been Tickets available starting Sept. 11 assessed to read with children. Call the Get Steam-punked! Saskatchewan author Book Reviewers Wanted! library for more information and to register. Arthur Slade will discuss his new series, Write brief reviews of books from the Carson The Hunchback Assignments and answer Branch Library collection for publication in To Market, To Market (Family) questions from the audience. The Old East Village News. For information Sept. 18-Oct. 30, Saturdays, 10-10:30 am contact [email protected]. Jiggety-jig! The Children’s Library staff are Saturday Art Club (6-12) on the road. Join us at the Outdoor Farmer’s Oct. 16-Nov. 20, Saturdays, 11 am-noon Carson Community Book Club Market for special storytimes featuring Register starting Oct. 1. $5. Ongoing, last Thurs./month, 7-8 pm stories, songs, & rhymes. In the case of Learn techniques in drawing, sculpting and Join this book club for lively conversations inclement weather, storytime will be held painting from artist Colleen Kim. Come about great books. New members always inside the market. Co-sponsored by Covent dressed to make a mess and have some fun. welcome. A few copies of the upcoming Garden Market. month’s book will be available at Carson the Celebrate Ontario Public Library Week month prior to each meeting. Blow The House Down Puppet Theatre: 2010: Opening Doors to the Future Titles: September - Run by Ann Patchett, The Three Little Pigs (Family) Oct. 17-23, Daily, Library Hours October - Passage by Connie Willis, Sept. 22, Wednesday, 3-3:30 pm Write a little something about your favourite November -Shanghai Girls by Lisa See Tickets available in person starting Sept. 11 book and put it behind our giant door. Oct. 18, Monday, 3-3:30 pm Ontario Public Library Week Open House Tickets available in person starting Oct. 9 I’m Home (10-12) Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm The adventures of Alan, Blake and Charles Oct. 18-Nov. 8, Monday, 7-8:30 pm Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library Porcus-Trotter and their big, bad nemesis Register starting Sept. 20. $30. Week! Drop in to your local branch for Louie, wolf about town and country. A program designed to support parents in refreshments and entertainment. preparing their 10 to 12 year old child to Act of the heART move successfully from supervised before Art Exhibits @ Carson Sept. 25, Saturday, 10 am-4 pm and after school care, to safe, home-based Sept. 1-30: Memories of the 2nd Annual Commit an act of the heART. Make a heart self care. Parent attendance is required for Old East Village Heritage Day - photos by craft to hang in the Children’s Library. first and last session. Financial assistance Jennifer Masters. may be available, inquire at registration. Co-sponsor: London Children’s Connection. www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 • PAGE 13 |central: children’s, teens
Halloween Costume Party (Family) |Central Teen Annex Collage Bookmarks (10-15) Oct. 29, Friday, 9:30-11 am Oct. 6, Wednesday, 3-5 pm Join us for our annual Halloween Bash! Register starting Sept. 10 Wear your costume for crafts, songs & trick- Gaming Thursdays (12-18) Love to read? Always looking for a bookmark? or-treating through the Central Library. Sept. 9-Oct. 21, alternate Thursdays, and Come make your own signature bookmark! Nov. 11 & 25, Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm Jack-O’-Lantern Hunt Got game? Improve your skills or try some Finger Knitting (10-15) Oct. 30, Saturday, Library hours new games at the Central Library’s Teen Oct. 12, Tuesday, 3-5 pm Find two matching Jack-O’-Lanterns in the Annex. We’ll have PS2 in September, Wii in It’s easy to do and the results are really funky. Children’s Library and win an orange prize. October, Rock Band on Nov. 11 and Guitar Make a winter scarf with colourful yarn. Hero on Nov. 25. Reading Rocks: In the Wild! (Family) Coffeehouse for Nov. 6, Saturday, 2:30-4 pm Next Best Book Club (12-18) Young Writers (15-24) Fun, interactive and hands-on activities for Oct. 16 & Nov. 13, Saturdays, 3-4 pm Oct. 13 & Nov. 10, Wednesdays, 7-9 pm school-aged children and their families to Registration ongoing Share your poetry or play. Focus on Poems celebrate and encourage reading together. Opinionated about books? Join us at in October and Scripts in November. There will be games, crafts, books, food the Next Best Book Club for insightful Write by yourself or with others during the and prizes, so drop in for this special event. conversation while we delve deep into prize Coffeehouse. Coffee and snacks provided. Sponsored by EDPRO Energy Group Inc. winning books. Call 519-521-5921 for more information. Karaoke! (12+) ConnectEd Oct. 18 & Nov. 29, Mondays, 4-5 pm PA Day at Hogwarts Ongoing, 1st Tues./month, 6-9 pm Get ready to belt out all your favourite Nov. 12, Friday, Library hours “ConnectEd” is a series of workshops tunes, while hanging out with other Karaoke Test your knowledge of all things Harry just open to the public that addresses different scenesters! Good times and good tunes! in time for the release of the newest movie, mental health issues. These workshops Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Pt. 1. include a short documentary or film on a Halloween Author Reading: Terry Griggs mental health topic, a presentation by a and Barbara Haworth-Attard Blow The House Down Puppet Theatre: local health professional, and sharing from Oct. 20, Wednesday, 7-9 pm Jack & the Beanstalk (Family) a consumer/survivor on their experience Love a good spooky story? Join authors Terry Nov. 17, Wednesday, 3-3:30 pm with mental health, their recovery, and how Griggs and Barbara Haworth-Attard as they Tickets available in person starting Nov. 6 they thrive in London. Topics: September: read to you from their newest novels. You will Nov. 25, Thursday, 3-3:30 pm Anxiety Disorders particularly OCD, be in the Halloween spirit in no time at all. Tickets available in person starting Nov. 13 October: Depression and Manic Depression, Blow The House Down’s newest production! November: Schizophrenia and Psychosis Musical Swap All poor Jack had to do was sell his mother’s Nov. 15, Monday, 7-8:30 pm cow -- but not for a hill of beans! Girlpower! Celebrate your Body Register starting Nov. 1 with Henna (12-18) Love Ludicris but not Hilary? Swap your Grandparents’ Storytime (Family) Sept. 22, Wednesday, 4-5:30 pm ideas and your CDs! Bring your opinions Nov. 27, Saturday, 2-2:30 pm Register starting Sept. 7 about music, your old and unwanted CDs Enjoy stories about the special relationship Learn about the art of Mehndi and decorate and join us for a lively discussion about between grandparents and grandchildren. your hands or feet with this temporary different music styles. tattoo. Choose symbols that represent you and celebrate who you are! Bring a friend. Make a Striped Friendship Bracelet (12-18) Co-sponsored with Hope’s Garden. Nov. 27, Saturday, 2-4 pm Register starting Nov. 6 LOUD (London Ontario Underground School has started and you are hanging Dimensions) with old and new friends. Make them a Sept. 30, Oct. 28 & Nov. 18 friendship bracelet to show them how much Thursdays, 7:30-8 pm they mean to you. Talented and exciting teen indie bands perform live in the Library! Drop in and Youth Community Support Drop-in bring your friends. If you have a band and Ongoing, Fridays, 11 am-12:30 pm are interested in doing a LOUD gig, contact Would you like some help with your housing 519-661-5100 x5139. search, obtaining financial assistance or registering for school? For some community support or counselling, come see Tim from the John Howard Society. PAGE 14 • www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 central: general interest|
| English Conversational Circles for Language Improvement Program General interest programs Newcomers to Canada Ongoing, Tues. & Thurs., 3:30-5:30 pm Ongoing, Mondays, 7-8:30 pm Practice reading and speaking English in See page 10 for computer courses. Register by calling 432-1133 x224 or a group setting. Each week we read and emailing [email protected]. Free for most. discuss a short article or story. Everyone is Cinema Politica Film Series Celebrate diversity through friendship and welcome! Ongoing, last Mon./month, 7-9 pm cultural exchange. All newcomers are Join us for a monthly film series of thought welcome. Co-sponsor: LCCLC. Funded by Searching for Work provoking and timely documentaries. Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Sept. 1, Oct. 6 or Nov.3 Cinema politica is a media arts, non-profit Wednesday, 2:15-3:30 pm network of community and campus locals Couples Apart/Parents Forever This Job Search Information Session offers that screen independent political film and Ongoing, 3rd Tues./month, 7-9 pm information on current trends in resume video by Canadian and international artists Register by calling 519-660-3001 and cover letter writing, how to create a list throughout Canada and abroad. Free information and support about issues of potential employers, how to research a Sept. 27: The Power of Community: How relating to separating families. company, how to prepare for interviews, and Cuba Survived Peak Oil. the services of the Library’s Employment Oct. 25: Poor No More. Science Fiction London Book Club Resource Centres. Nov. 29: What Would Jesus Buy? Ongoing, 1st Sat./month, 1:30-4:30 pm Discuss books with other sci fi enthusiasts. Addiction the Hidden Epidemic - Literacy and Basic Skills Program Book lists available on the 3rd floor. meet the author Pam Killeen Ongoing, Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm Sept. 1, Wednesday, 7-9 pm Register at 519-452-2660 x69712 Spanish Mutual Aid Program for Parents Come and meet Pam Killeen the author Literacy London offers a part-time, one to Ongoing, Mondays, 1-3 pm of newly published Addiction the Hidden one/small group adult literacy program. The Spanish Mutual Aid Program for Parents Epidemic, which discusses the reasons why (M.A.P.P) is a non-profit professionally led we are seeing a growing problem in the area ESL: Speaking in the Workplace self-help group. The group is committed to of mood disorders and addiction. The book Ongoing, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm facilitating positive changes in the lives of presents relevant information about various New students register with the instructor at parents and children. Spanish MAPP strives aspects of addiction, including Internet 6 pm before the class begins. to empower families to increase their self- addiction, illegal and legal drugs and insights Is speaking English in the workplace esteem through parenting, education, life into some cutting-edge nutritional treatments sometimes a challenge? Do workplace skills development, leadership skills, and that have proven effective at curing mood idioms confuse you? This course will help greater community awareness. Child care disorders and addiction. to improve your workplace English through provided. Co-Sponsor: Children’s Aid Society. attention to business vocabulary and idioms Study Group for Canadian Citizenship and conversation dialogs. The topics of Socrates Café Test Preparation phone conversations, email, meetings, social Ongoing, last Monday/month, 7-8:30 pm Sept. 3-Nov. 26, Fridays, 3-4 pm conversations, and presentations will be An open forum in the informal environment Register with Debbie at 519-639-1597, covered. The class will also address some of of the Library’s café for everyone who enjoys [email protected], or in person. the specific workplace language concerns of listening, thinking and talking about life’s big Do you have a Citizenship Test scheduled the participants. questions. Teens and new English speakers soon? Do you have questions about the welcome, too! content of the “Discover Canada” book? If TOEFL iBT Speaking Preparation Class Sept: Do We Really Live In A Democracy? so, this study group may be helpful to you. Ongoing, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm Oct: Is There A ‘Reality’ Behind Psychic Register with the class instructor at 6 pm. Phenomena? Dirt! The Movie This course is for intermediate and Nov: How Can War Be Stopped? Sept. 7, Tuesday, 7-9 pm advanced level learners who have Dirt! The Movie is an insightful and timely professional or academic goals such as ESL Reading Group film that tells the story of the glorious attending college or university, or who are Ongoing-Nov. 25, Thursdays, 7-8 pm and unappreciated material beneath our planning to requalify in their profession in A place for adults to practice reading and feet. Inspired by William Bryant Logan’s Canada. In particular, the focus will help speaking in English in a group led by a acclaimed book “Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin to improve performance in the TOEFL iBT volunteer. Build English vocabulary and of the Earth”, Dirt! The Movie takes a speaking component of the test. For more practice pronunciation. Newcomers always humorous and substantial look into the information, call the Thames Valley DSB welcome. We provide free books and other history and current state of the living organic Adult ESL office 519-452-2000 ext 69674. interesting things to read. matter that we come from and will later return to.
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The Future of Food, Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Conversation Piece: Sept. 8, Wednesday, 7 pm Information Session (12+) speaking of collectibles What is the future of our food? Should Sept. 14, Tuesday, 8-9 pm Sept. 16, Oct. 14 & Nov. 18, Thursday, 2 pm we worry about unlabelled, patented, and Health Canada has approved the HPV Do you have a favourite object you would genetically modified foods? Do we have vaccination for girls and women aged 9-26. like to share with others or a gem you want alternatives? Since its filming in 2004, The The vaccine is free for young women in to bring out of hiding? Bring a curio you Future of Food has been shown throughout grade 8. This presentation will provide would be willing to talk about with a small the world at film festivals, in classrooms, parents, caregivers, students and the group and it may be evaluated by a local and as part of environmental, farming and general public the opportunity to learn more expert. On Sept. 16, Marvin Post (Attic cultural events. Come and join us for this about the virus, the vaccine and the Grade Books) will look at books. On Oct. 14, Grant award-winning documentary. Introduction 8 vaccination program. Cosponsored by the Gardner (Gardner Galleries) will look at and Q&A facilitator: Pam Killeen Middlesex-London Health Unit. treasures. On Nov. 18, Roland Schubert (Colour by Schubert) will look at photos. Knitters Helping Knitters Inspirational Films@Central Sept. 8-Dec. 15, Wednesdays, 10 am-noon Sept. 15, Oct. 13 & Nov. 17 Walk For Fun (55+) Get together with other knitters to share Wednesdays, 7-9 pm Sept. 17-Oct. 29, Fridays, 10-10:45 am knitting interests. Sept. 15: A fascinating exploration of Join this walking group for older adults. alternative healing possibilities. Listen Meet at the Central Library and spend some Volunteering For Newcomers: as scientists, psychologists, bioenergetic time walking in the centre of the city. Have How To Get Started! researchers and holistic practitioners fun, improve your health and meet new Sept. 8, Wednesday, 4-6 pm examine the body through the lens people. Drop in to the planning meeting on Nov. 1, Monday, 4-6 pm of quantum physics, and learn about Friday, Sept. 17. Walks will begin on Register starting Sept. 1 remarkable recoveries traditional medicine Sept. 24. Meet on the second floor. Learn about volunteering in Canada and can’t explain. London, how to use Pillar Nonprofit’s Discover Canada - Canadian volunteer database, the benefits of Oct. 13: The journey of three patients Citizenship Preparation volunteering and tips on how to get started. discovering a new approach to health. Dr. Sept. 20-Oct. 25, Mondays, 5-7 pm Cosponsored with Pillar Nonprofit Network. Norman Shealy’s Medical Renaissance Register starting Sept. 1 explores the future of health care through Families and individuals can receive Market Research for Beginners 2010 a combination of ancient wisdom and new assistance to prepare for their Canadian Sept. 9, Thursday, 7-9 pm holistic medical tools and treatments. Citizenship Test. Participants will learn Thinking of starting up your own business? Nov. 17: Experts discuss the end of the about the various areas for the test A little information can go a long way. Do Mayan calendar in 2012 from varying and including: Canadian History, Government, you know your competition? Or where your sometimes conflicting perspectives. Will it Rights & Responsibilities, Geography, customers live? Can you find suppliers? Let bring about a singular catastrophic event, Economy, Elections, etc. All materials will be business librarian Mark Richardson show a gradual transition to a higher level of provided including Discover Canada Guide you trusted library tools that help budding consciousness, or nothing at all? and access to Citizenship test samples. entrepreneurs learn what they need to Cosponsored with LSP. know. Questions & Answers to follow. What is the secret of Japanese Green Teas? A trip Celebrating National PhotoCamp: the Unconference to the world of Japanese tea Reflexology Week Sept. 11, Saturday, 9:30 am-4:30 pm Sept. 16, Thursday, 7 pm Sept. 20, Monday, 7-8:30 pm This is a free “unconference” for people Join Stefanie Stolzel of The Tea Haus on Reflexology is a natural healing art based who are interested in any and all aspects this tea adventure to Japan. You will gain on the principle that there are reflexes in of photography and cinematography. An valuable insight into the production of the feet, hands and ears, which correspond unconference is a small conference where Japanese green teas, an overview of their to every part, gland and organ of the body. the content is provided by the attendees. health benefits, and exposure to some Through applications of pressure on these People are asked to contribute sessions that aspects of the Japanese culture. Tasting of reflexes, reflexology relieves tension, they want to present or hear about. Those some common Japanese teas will follow. improves circulation, and helps promote sessions are picked up by someone with the natural healing function of the related experience in that field and they present it. areas of the body. Join Lori Kells for a A session is between 5 and 45 minutes and health and wellness presentation. There can cover any topic related to photography will be therapists on hand to perform mini and cinematography. Please visit reflexology sessions. photocamplondon.ca for more information and to register online.
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Author Reading: A. J. Somerset From a Naturopathic All-Candidates Mayor and Councillor and Alexander MacLeod Perspective – De-stress and Detox Meetings - Municipal Election 2010 Sept. 20, Monday, 7-8:30 pm Sept. 23 & 30, Thursdays, 7-9 pm Sept. 21-Oct. 5 Join us for a reading by two great Canadian Join us for these two talks by naturopathic On October 25 we go to the polls to elect authors. A. J. Somerset will read from his doctor Richard Vuksinic on de-stressing a new Municipal government. Here is your new novel “Combat Camera” and Alexander and detoxing. Unchecked stress is a major chance before voting to meet your City MacLeod will read from his collection of detriment to your health. It is important to of London Mayoral and Ward candidates stories called “Light Lifting”. Book sale and know how to relieve it effectively. On Sept. and hear their views on a variety of topics signing to follow. 23 learn about different types of stress and of concern to everyone. Co-sponsored by how they can affect the body. Get tips on Friends of the Library, The Urban League, Chiropractic Medicine - it’s more how to minimize those effects using breath- London Multicultural Community, than cracking your back! work, herbs, nutrition and supplementation. Pillar Nonprofit Network, and Women Your Sept. 20-Oct. 1 On Sept. 30 explore the power and Votes Count. Mondays, Wednesdays-Fridays, noon-1 pm plentitude of local herbs. Learn how to use Sept. 21, 5-8 pm: All candidates Tuesdays, noon-1 pm & 1-2 pm wild plants, from your own back yard, to help Sept. 28, 4-6 pm: All candidates The London Public Library and area you detoxify this fall. Get simple but effective Sept. 28, 7-8:45 pm: Candidates for Mayor Chiropractors are excited to bring you this detox tips for daily living. Oct. 1, 4-6 pm: Candidates for Mayor two week series on Chiropractic Health and Oct. 5, 7-8:45 pm: Ward 13 candidates wellbeing. We will explore preventative ways Diabetes London Education Series to improve your health as well as what to Sept. 25-Nov. 27, Saturdays, 1-2:30 pm Youth and Marijuana: is it as harmless as do when you have an ailment. There will be A series of talks about topics related to living we like to think? time for questions and answers at the end of with diabetes. For further information please Sept. 29, Wednesday, 7 pm the sessions. call 519 646-6000 ext 67269. Is marijuana as harmless as we like to think? Sept. 20: Maximized Nutrition with Dr. BJ Sept. 25: Take a Walk in the Faster Lane? Join us for this informative talk by London Hardick Learn the basics about starting a fitness psychiatrist Elizabeth Osuch on results of Sept. 21: Prenatal to Postnatal Stresses and program when you have diabetes the newest research and local statistics. Your Body with Dr. Laura Granvelle Oct. 30: Medications, Insulin Pump Sept. 22: Living in a Toxic World and what to Information and Herbal Options do about it with Dave Schwartz Nov. 27: Label Translation: A Guide to Sept. 23: Freedom from Headaches and Understanding Nutirition Facts Tensions with Dr. Neely Sept. 24: Spinal Care and Preventing Pain Government Pensions: Canada Pension 10 Great with Dr. Nellis Plan and Old Age Security Sept. 27: Weight Loss with a Hormone Sept. 27, Monday, 2-4 pm Questions to Focus with Dr. Batte Learn more about Canada Pension Plan, Sept. 28: Raising Healthy Families in 2010 Old Age Security benefits, Guaranteed Ask a Body witih Dr. Laura Gravelle Income Supplement and other retirement Sept. 29: Health and Healing from the Inside benefits you might be eligible for. Find out Art Artist Out with Dr. Catania about proposed changes to the CPP that Sept. 30: Stress Management 101 wiwth Dr. may affect your future entitlements. Meet Neely with a representative from the Service Oct. 1: Simple Steps to Spinal Health Canada Pension office who will answer your pension questions, and help you fill out the Attracting Peace application forms. Call 1-800-Canada for Sept. 21, Tuesday, 7 pm more information. Come be a part of the growing London Peace Movement. Join our host, local Employment Ontario Update: New musician and entertainer Jake Levesque, Services In Our Community along with several of his friends for an Sept. 27, Monday, 10-11:30 am evening of music, poetry, performance art Employment Ontario is reorganizing the way and shared dreams. See page 33 for details. employment services and training programs www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/ are offered to job seekers. Join Goodwill teens/body_and_soul The London Men of Accord staff to learn about these changes and how Sept. 22, Wednesday, 7:30-9 pm you can access services and resources. Barbershop chorus singing at its best. There will also be an update on the provincial government’s Second Career program.
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Exploring Senior Housing Options Chopin Day Themes in European Philosophy Sept. 29, Wednesday, 7-8:30 pm Oct. 2, Saturday, 10 am-4:30 pm Oct. 6-27, Wednesdays, 7-9 pm Are you or a family member considering 2-4 pm: concert, $10 The series will focus on European retirement residence living? Are they The Canadian Polish Congress London Philosophy in the Twentieth Century. regulated? What is a Long Term Care District and the London Public Library invite Oct. 6: The Genealogy of Morals. Home? Ask our panel experts and learn everyone to come celebrate the life and Oct. 13: Love and Intersubjectivity about your options! Co-sponsored by music of Fryderyk Chopin. Displays about Oct. 20: The Importance of Meaning: Revera Retirement and Ontario Retirement his life, achievements and his influence Husserl and the Interior Life. Communities Association. in the music world will be presented in Oct. 27: The ‘sense’ of being human: Stevenson Hunt Room A . A concert Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Search for a Prenatal Classes featuring Chopin’s music will be presented New Humanism. Sept. 29-Nov. 3 OR Nov. 10-Dec. 8 in the Wolf Performance Hall at 2 pm. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:45 pm Windows into the Mind- 2010 film series Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2262. $55. Never Too Young, Never Too Old, Oct. 7-28, Thursdays, 7-9 pm Learn what to expect during pregnancy Never Just For Gamers... A film series aimed at exploring lives and how to care for your new baby. Please Oct. 4 & Nov. 3, Wednesday, 2-5 pm touched by mental illness. Q&A with guest register early in your pregnancy. Classes Dec. 1, Wednesday, 3:30-5:30 pm speakers will follow each film. fill quickly. Check with MLHU for classes at Health information is provided by the Sexual alternate times and locations. Fee can be Health Promotions Team of the London Oct. 7: About Face-The Story of Gwendellin waived and partial fees accepted. Middlesex Health Unit followed by one-on- Bradshaw. Gwen’s mother, a drug-user with Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Health Unit. one question time with the Health Nurse. psychosis, threw her into a campfire when she was 9-months-old. The film follows Oct. 4: Never Too Young... From birth Gwen through much of her 20s as she Speaking With Friends: children begin to learn about touch, love and Peter Robinson searches for her mother and battles her relationships. This presentation will discuss own mental and substance abuse demons. Sept. 30, Thursday, 7:30-9 pm healthy sexuality from birth to puberty. Tickets available at Community Outreach Critically acclaimed, award winner, Hot Docs Nov. 3: Never Too Old. Our sex life changes 2009 Selection. in person or by phone 519-661-5122 and at as we age, but most Canadians over 65 the Oxford Book Shop, 740 Richmond St. Oct. 14: Cry for Help. This documentary remain sexually active. This presentation takes a critical look at the issues $20 or $15 for seniors and students. will discuss ways to maintain a sexually Meet internationally acclaimed award- surrounding teen depression and suicide. healthy lifestyle as we age. Oct. 21: The Devil and Daniel Johnston. winning author Peter Robinson, who reads Dec. 1: Never Just For Gamers. Do you from his newly released Inspector Banks Beck, Pearl Jam, Wilco and Sonic Youth think you know everything about safer sex? have recorded his songs. His drawings Novel “Bad Boy”. Presented by the Friends Join Captain Condom and play the game of the London Public Library and Oxford and sketches are exhibited worldwide. But Adventures in Sex City. Prizes to be won!!! beneath Daniel Johnston’s success as an Books. Book sale and signing to follow. artist and musician is an incredible story of Forgotten Stories of London 2010 genius touched by madness. Community Legal Workshops Oct. 5-Nov. 9, Tuesdays, 7 pm Sept. 30 & Oct. 28, Thursdays, 2-4 pm Oct. 28: Shadow Voices-Finding Hope in From people and politics to science and Mental Illness. The film deals with stigma, Do you have an issue around evictions? arts and entertainment, six lectures by local Are you locked into an expensive multi-year recovery & hope through an inside look at historians will look at fascinating aspects of what it is like to live with a mental illness. contract by a private energy company? Are London lost in the sands of time. you concerned about identity theft? Law students from Community Legal Services Oct. 5: London’s Lost Artists The World According to (UWO) will be holding free information Oct. 12: Dr. Oronhyatekha Monsanto: a documentary sessions on these topics. Sept. 30: Oct. 19: Vanishing Villages Oct. 12, Tuesday, 6:30 pm Evictions, Oct. 28, Energy Re-billing. Oct. 26: Tolpuddle Martyrs Monsanto - world leader in agricultural Note: legal advice will not be provided. Nov. 2: London Law School 1885 chemicals and genetically modified Nov. 9: Secrets of Radar organisms, creator of Agent Orange, PCBS and polystyrene, described as “Gestapo” and “Mafia” by farmers due to pressure tactics, attempts at corruption, misleading reports, and collusion with the American Government, named in trial after trial due to the toxicity of its products - claims it can eradicate world hunger and poverty while protecting the environment. Join us for this interesting documentary.
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Richard Maurice Bucke Display “Beautiful Dreamers”- 20th Author Visit: Dr. Bruce Perry Oct. 12-31, Daily, Library hours Anniversary Screening Oct. 26, Tuesday, 7-9 pm A special London Room exhibit of historical Oct. 18, Monday, 7-9 pm Free tickets available starting Oct. 1 artifacts about Richard M. Bucke and The film “Beautiful Dreamers” is a semi- Meet renowned child psychiatrist and the Ontario Asylum for the Insane (now fictionalized account of American poet Walt trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry who reads Regional Mental Health). Whitman’s visit to London, Ontario when from his book “The Boy Who Was Raised Richard Maurice Bucke (author of the as a Dog”. Dr. Perry is currently the Senior Your Library...for Newcomers spiritual classic “Cosmic Consciousness”) Fellow of the ChildTrauma Academy in Oct. 13 OR Nov. 17, Wednesday, 4-5 pm was director of what was then known as the Houston, Texas. He has consulted on many An introduction to all of the services that Ontario Asylum for the Insane (now Regional high-profile incidents involving traumatized the Library offers. Learn how to get a free Mental Health). Dr. Bucke was known for children and has given presentations at the library card and manage your account. his humane treatment of the patients in White House Summit on Violence, been Practice searching the library’s catalogue. that facility at a time when people with featured in many well-known television Learn about free programs and services for developmental disabilities or mental illness programs, journals and newspapers, and children, ESL learners and newcomers. were most often subjected to cruel, painful has received many awards and honors. and experimental treatments. The effects Question/Answer period and book signing The Geography Of Arrival: An Evening on Bucke, his family and his community of courtesy of Oxford Books to follow. With Author George Sipos Whitman’s visit are beautifully portrayed Cosponsored by Vanier Children’s Services. Oct. 13, Wednesday, 7-9 pm in this film starring Colm Feore, Rip Torn, In his book, “The Geography of Arrival”, Wendel Meldrum & Sheila McCarthy. Do You Have Trouble George Sipos revisits the city of London, Sleeping? Explore Meditation Ontario, where his family settled after Chinese Painting Oct. 26, Tuesday, 7-8:30 pm immigrating to Canada from Hungary in 1957. Oct. 18-Nov. 29, Mondays, 7-9 pm Do you toss and turn until the wee hours Divided into short chapters, each related to Register starting Aug. 30. $17. of the night? Sleep is essential. Prolonged a different local landmark, the book depicts This 6 week introductory course uses sleepless nights can have a detrimental the world through the eyes of a boy getting traditional materials: rice paper, special affect on your mental, emotional and the hang of North American culture, and of an brushes, inks, and water colours. physical well-being - not to mention your adolescent finding his way in the larger world. Co-sponsor: Chinese Canadian National quality of life! Learn how meditation can Book sale & signing follows. Council, London Chapter. There will be no relax your body and your mind to a give you class on Monday Nov. 8. deep restful sleep. The Fine Art Scene in London and Toronto Don’t Survive – Thrive! Jazz for the People Oct. 13, Wednesday, 12-1:30 pm Conquering Disease & Achieving Vitality Oct. 27 & Nov. 24, Wednesday, 7:30-9 pm Join award-winning instructor Sonia Halpern Oct. 19, Tuesday, 6 pm A free concert series featuring local and as she discusses “The Fine Art Scene Come and find out how to lengthen your life regional jazz musicians. in London and Toronto in the 1960s and span and increase the quality of your health Oct. 27: The Grant Graham Trio 1970s-- Jack Chambers, Greg Curnoe and and well-being. Discover energy rich cuisine Nov. 24: Alex Ernewein and his their contemporaries”. This will be a slide based on living-foods, vital to cellular and Neighbourhood illustrated lecture. general health. This is a unique opportunity to spend an evening with Dr. Brian Clement, Gentle Yoga For The Keys - Unlocking the Soul’s Purpose internationally renowned nutritionist. Seniors (60+) Oct. 14, Thursday, 7-9 pm Nov. 1-Dec. 6, Mondays, 10-11 am Determining one’s spiritual purpose is a ESL Homework Help Register starting Oct.18. $30. question that many people face, though Oct. 20-Dec. 15, Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30 pm Practice simple movements, breath the answer often seems locked away and Drop-in and get free help with your ESL awareness and relaxation. Suitable for difficult to grasp. In this talk, William Meader homework. complete beginners and for those with prior will examine this question from several experience. Led by certified yoga instructor angles. The search for the right relationship, Job Search Methods: Moving Beyond Angela Savory. Please bring a yoga mat or divine indifference, and the establishment Your Comfort Zone towel to class. of a point of tension will be emphasized as Oct. 25, Monday, 10-11:30 am keys that can reveal the soul’s destiny. Join Goodwill staff as they introduce the many job search methods. Instructors will help Small Biz : Learn From The Experts 2010 identify your job search comfort zone and help Oct. 18, Monday, 9:30 am-4 pm you explore ways to move beyond it. Register starting Sept. 27 See Page 33 for details.
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Reduce Stress, Experience How to Get Published Immigrant and Francophone Seniors’ Peace, Live Your Life! Nov. 6, Saturday, 10 am-4 pm WrapAround Program Nov. 2, Tuesday, 7-9 pm Register starting Sept.7. $44. Nov. 10, Wednesday, 10 am-noon Do you feel overwhelmed with your life? If you dream of becoming a published Learn how the Seniors’ WrapAround Project Feel like something is missing? Desire author, this workshop is for you. We’ll cover works with isolated, immigrant seniors and more peace and contentment? Learn everything from getting started to getting their primary caregivers and how the access how meditation can help you to live more an agent, from getting your short pieces to the right combination of supports that in the moment, let go of your stress, tap published to finding a publisher. Leader affect day-to-day living can help seniors live into a deep level of peace and bring more Brian Henry brings 25 years of experience happier, healthier lives in their own homes meaning and joy into your day-to-day life. to this workshop. Guest speaker Tina for as long as possible. Co-sponsored with Tsallas of Great Titles Inc will be on hand the Library Settlement Partnership and the Much Ado About the Flu to give you the inside scoop on publishing. London InterCommunity Health Centre. Nov. 3, Wednesday, 7 pm You are invited to bring a draft of a query Are you ready for flu season? Join letter you might use to interest an agent or Making History: Celebrating AIDS naturopathic doctor Richard Vuksinic publisher (please bring 3 copies). Committee of London and the for a discussion of the immune system HIV/AIDS Movement and flu statistics. Learn about herbs and Introduction to Excel 2007 Nov. 10, Wednesday, 7-8:30 pm supplements that can be beneficial in Nov. 8-22, Mondays, 6:30-8:30 pm The HIV/AIDS movement is a defining force boosting your immune response and tips Register starting Oct. 4. $21. in the history of the LGBTT2Q. As AIDS on what to eat and what to avoid over the Spreadsheets are everywhere. Learn how to Committee of London celebrates its 25th holiday season. set up and navigate worksheets, including Anniversary, we welcome you to come and simple formula composition. We’ll create participate in an oral history project to share London Jazz Orchestra databases and links, and look at how Excel stories and experiences of how we came Nov. 4, Thursday, 7:30-9 pm connects to other Microsoft programs. In together to fight AIDS here in London. The The London Jazz Orchestra performs order to benefit from this program, you must history of our evolution and the lessons we popular selections of Big Band, Swing and have a basic knowledge of Windows and can take from our past are important in the Jazz music. Ralph de Luca directs the 18 be able to use the mouse. Six hours total shaping of our actions today. piece stage band. class time. Handouts are provided but come prepared to take notes. Media and Gender, Isn’t That Spirituality in an Unpredictable World Yesterday’s News? Nov. 4, Thursday, 7-9 pm Greening Your Holidays: Nov. 16, Tuesday, 7-8:30 pm David Brazier (Dharmavidya) is a Celebrate Peace of Mind The library will be hosting a panel filled with psychotherapist and teacher of Buddhist & Peace on Earth brilliant minds and a surpise celebrity or psychology. He is a poet, an educator, Nov. 9, Tuesday, 7-9 pm two. Each panelist will discuss this year’s and founder of communities and social aid Let Leslie Garrett, author of The Virtuous theme from their unique perspective. There projects internationally. He holds a doctorate Consumer, guide you through what you will be time for questions and answers and from Keele University and professional need to know to enjoy a season that’s autographs at the end! qualifications in psychodrama, social work easier on the planet, on your pocketbook and management. He is Head of the Amida and on you. Q&A and book sale to follow. Shine the Light: Film and Discussion Order, a Pureland Buddhist community, and See page 2 for details. Nov. 17, Wednesday, 6:30-9 pm author of a number of books on Buddhism, The Library will be hosting a film and psychology and related subjects. Dreams and their significance discussion by experts in the field of violence in our daily lives against women. Join us as we hear about Nov. 10, Wednesday, 7 pm a woman’s journey into a new land with an Great artists, scientists and spiritual leaders abusive husband. This will be followed by have often honoured their dreams. Why is an opportunity to learn what is being done it that so many of us do not pay attention locally and nationally for women who are to them? Come and learn what they mean, experiencing violence. and how to work with them in your own life.
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Abraham’s Cafe: a new approach to |Cherryhill Just Beginning inter-faith dialogue 301 Oxford St. Nov. 10-Dec. 1, Wednesdays, 1:30-3 pm Nov. 25, Thursday, 7 pm 519-439-6456 Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2378 Scriptural Reasoning is a dynamic process A free 4-week series of classes for new that lets Jewish, Christian, and Muslim moms with a baby birth-6 months of age. sacred texts speak to each other. Along the Bring your baby to a relaxed and supportive way, it opens us up to see our respective See page 10 for computer courses. setting and meet other new moms. Talk faiths in challenging, new ways. Come for about your baby’s growth, learning and play, a demonstration of Scriptural Reasoning Books For Babies ask questions and learn about community in action. Co-sponsored by the Centre for Sept. 22-Oct. 13, Wednesdays, 9:30-10 am resources. Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Abrahamic Religions, Huron University Register starting Sept. 8 Health Unit. College. Free. Nov. 3-Dec. 1, Wednesdays, 9:30-10 am Register starting Oct. 20 PA Day Craft Volunteering and Your Job Search Birth-18 months with caregiver. Nov. 12, Friday, 10 am-4 pm Nov. 29, Monday, 10-11:30 am Drop in to make an awesome craft. Would you like to enhance your resume? Tales For Tots Make new community contacts? Learn new Sept. 22-Oct. 13, Wednesdays, 10:30-11 am Cherryhill Book Club skills? Try out a new field of work? Gain Register starting Sept. 8 Ongoing, 2nd Wed./month, 7-8:30 pm current experience? Then volunteering might Nov. 3-Dec. 1, Wednesdays, 10:30-11 am Read each book in advance and join a be just the thing for you to do! Join staff from Register starting Oct. 20 lively, informal discussion. Phone the branch Pillar Nonprofit Network and London Public 18-36 months with caregiver. for upcoming titles. Books are available 1 Library to find out how volunteering can help month prior to each meeting. New members you with your search for employment. Storytime (3-5) welcome. Sept. 24-Oct. 15, Fridays, 10:30-11 am Gordon McDonald’s Richmond Register starting Sept. 8 ESL Reading Group Street Post Card Exhibit Nov. 5-Dec. 3, Fridays, 10:30-11 am Ongoing, Thursdays, 3:30-5 pm Oct. 1-Dec. 30, Daily, Library hours Register starting Oct. 20 A place for adults to practice reading and Each month in the London Room from speaking in English in a group led by a October to December, Londoner Gordon Cherryhill Community Playgroup volunteer. Build English vocabulary and McDonald’s display will give us a changing (birth-6 with caregiver) practice pronunciation. Newcomers always view of Richmond Street spanning the Ongoing, Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am welcome. We provide free books and other 1900’s to the early 2000’s. Parents, caregivers and children participate interesting things to read. in interactive early learning activities. Art Exhibits @ Central Presented by Ontario Early Years Centre, ESL/LINC Class for the Older Adult Sept. 1-30: 1st Floor - Susie Matthias, 2nd London North-Centre (519-434-3644). Ongoing, Tues. & Thurs., 9:15-11:45 am Floor - Robin Baratta, 3rd Floor - Megan Register with the instructor. Williamson, 3rd Floor Display Case- Joey Reading Rocks: In the Wild! (Family) Classes specially designed for the older Ianni (Potter’s Guild) Sept. 11, Saturday, 10:30 am-noon immigrant focus on the language necessary Oct. 1-30: 1st Floor - Roman Maciejewski, Fun, interactive and hands-on activities for for use in everyday living with an emphasis Oil on Canvas Selections 2nd Floor - Anna school-aged children and their families to on Canadian customs and culture. Lots of Sobot “Glorified Doodles”-digital and mixed celebrate and encourage reading together. opportunity to talk with English speakers. media 3rd Floor - Dave Doxtator There will be games, crafts, books, food Partially funded by the Federal Citizenship & Nov. 1-30: 1st Floor - Janice Arandelovic: and prizes, so drop in for this special event. Immigration Ministry. Acrylic and Mixed Media Artist, 2nd Floor Sponsored by EDPRO Energy Group Inc. - Tom Straub, 3rd Floor- Poppy Seeds: Call 519-521-5921 for more information. Mixed Media Painters Intergenerational Artwork with the Veterans Ongoing, Tuesdays, 1:30-4:30 pm Of Parkwood Hospital, Teen Annex - Amy Halloween Film Painters of any media and experience are Redmond (Kids Learning Connection) Oct. 30, Saturday, 2-3:30 pm invited to join together every Tuesday for Get into the trick-or-treating mood. Watch a an afternoon of painting. Bring your own Halloween film on the big screen. materials. All ages welcome on drop-in basis only. Limited spaces available. Halloween Storytime (3-6) Oct. 30, Saturday, 10:30-11 am Stitch ‘n Time Register starting Oct. 16 1st & 3rd Wed./month, 9:30-11:30 am Join us for spooky songs, stories, and a Bring your own needlework or knitting for a craft. Don’t forget your costume! morning of sharing.
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Watercolour Painting English Conversational Circles for |Crouch Helen Bruzas will be sharing her Newcomers to Canada 550 Hamilton Rd. enthusiasm and knowledge in teaching Ongoing, Tuesdays, 6:30-8 pm 519-673-0111 these classes, each at a different Register by calling 519-432-1133 x224 or experience level. Course outline will be emailing [email protected] provided at registration. Participants bring Celebrate diversity through friendship and their own supplies. Cost of materials not cultural exchange. All newcomers are Saturday Cinema (Family) included in course fee. welcome. Co-sponsor: LCCLC. Funded by Ongoing, 1st Sat./month, 2:30-4 pm
Intermediate - Evening Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Bring your friends and refreshments and Sept. 7-Oct. 26, Tuesdays, 6:15-8:45 pm watch a recently released movie on our Big Register starting Aug. 5. $65 Fully Alive Screen! Call the Branch to see what’s playing. Nov. 2-Dec. 7, Tuesdays, 6:15-8:45 pm Oct. 15-Dec. 17, Fridays, 1-3 pm Register starting Oct. 7. $50. Register by calling 519-661-1621. $10. Stamping Class: Make, A chance for Seniors to learn about building Take & Donate! (7+) Beginners on their strengths and expanding their life. Sep. 8-Nov. 10, 2nd Wed./month, 3:30-5 pm Sept. 10-Oct. 29, Fridays, 9:30 am-noon Come and have fun in a free stamping Register starting Aug. 13. $65. Ontario Public Library Week Open House class! This is a great opportunity to make Nov. 5-Dec. 10, Fridays, 9:30 am-noon Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm specialty themed-cards take two cards Register starting Oct. 7. $50. Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library home and donate one to charity! Intermediate/Advanced Week! Drop in to your local branch for Sept. 10-Oct. 29, Fridays, 1-4 pm refreshments and entertainment. Friends and Family Storytime (Birth-5 yrs) Register starting Aug. 13. $65. Sept. 17-Dec. 17, Fridays, 10:3-11:15 am Nov. 5-Dec. 10, Fridays, 1-4 pm Volunteering For Newcomers: Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and other Register starting Oct. 7. $50. How To Get Started! fun activities! Oct. 21, Thursday, 2-4 pm Tai Chi for Register starting Sept. 1 Artsy Autumn (5+) Beginners/Intermediates Learn about volunteering in Canada and Sept. 25, Saturday, 2:30-3:30 pm Sept. 8-Nov. 3, Wednesdays, 1-2 pm London, how to use PILLAR Nonprofit’s Fall is here! Join us as we create some Register starting Aug. 11. $45. OR volunteer database, the benefits of awesome autumn art to celebrate the season. Nov. 10-Dec. 15, Wednesdays, 1-2 pm volunteering and tips on how to get started. Register starting Oct. 13. $35 Co-sponsored by Pillar Nonprofit Network. Just Beginning An instructor from the Phoenix Tai Chi Oct 6-27, Wednesdays, 1:30-3 pm Centre leads this class suitable for both Lest We Forget: The Memory Project: Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2378 beginners and intermediates. Participants Stories from Those Who Served A free 4-week series of classes for new must sign a waiver at first class. Nov. 4, Thursday, 2-3 pm moms with a baby birth-6 months of age. The Dominion Institute’s Memory Project Bring your baby to a relaxed and supportive Government Pensions: Canada Pension Veteran’s Speakers Bureau makes it setting and meet other new moms. Talk Plan and Old Age Security possible for us to hear first-hand what it about your baby’s growth, learning and play, Sept. 9, Thursday, 2-4 pm is like to serve in the Canadian Armed ask questions and learn about community Learn more about Canada Pension Plan, Forces. Join us in this opportunity to hear resources. Old Age Security benefits, Guaranteed local Veterans talk about their experiences Income Supplement and other retirement serving their country. Speakers: Veteran Letter Fun (3-6) benefits you might be eligible for. Find out and author Mr. Albert (Roy) Taylor, Second Oct. 7-28, Thursdays, 9:45-11:15 am about proposed changes to the CPP that World War (operations in Sicily and Italy) Register by calling 519-455-2791 may affect your future entitlements. Meet A four week literacy program for parents with a representative from the Service Art Exhibits @ Cherryhill and their children, introducing a wide range Canada Pension office who will answer your Sept. 1-Oct. 1: Nine Fine Artists of alphabet-based activities. Co-sponsored pension questions, and help you fill out the Opening reception Sept. 4, 2-4 pm with the Ontario Early Years Centre. application forms. Call 1-800-Canada for Oct. 5-29: John Easby more information. Opening reception Oct. 7, 6-8 pm. Gobblin’ Good Times (5+) Oct. 19-Nov. 12: Kay’s Art Class Oct. 9, Saturday, 2:30-3:30 pm Thursday Movies Nov. 2-26: Cathy Speigler Drop in and create a terrific top notch turkey! Sept. 16-Dec. 16, Thursdays, 1:30-3 pm Opening reception and sale Nov. 6, 1-4 pm A selection of movies and travel films shown Haunting Halloween at Cherryhill Branch Library. For a list of Handicrafts (5+) titles phone the branch. Oct. 30, Saturday, 2:30-3:30 pm Create some ghoulishy great goodies! PAGE 22 • www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 crouch, east london|
PA Day Movie English Conversational Circles |East London Nov. 12, Friday, 2:30-4 pm for Newcomers to Canada 2106 Dundas St. Come in and watch a recently released Sept. 14-Dec. 14, Tuesdays, 6:30-8 pm 519-451-7600 movie on our big screen! Call the branch to Register by calling 519-432-1133 x224 or find out what’s playing. emailing [email protected] Celebrate diversity through friendship and Gifts for Giving! (5+) cultural exchange. All newcomers are See page 10 for computer courses. Nov. 20 & 27, Saturdays, 2:30-3:30 pm welcome. Co-sponsor: LCCLC. Funded by Create perfect little gifts to give to family and Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Family Storytime friends this holiday season. Sept. 9-Dec. 9, Thursdays, 10:30-11 am All-Candidates Mayor and Councillor Musical Mayhem! (10+) Meetings - Municipal Election 2010 I’m Home (10-12) 1st & 3rd Tues./month, 6:30-8:30 pm Oct. 7, Thursday, 7 pm Oct. 2, Saturday, 9:30 am-4 pm Music! Videos! Karaoke! Come out and On October 25 we go to the polls to elect Register starting Sept. 4. $30. make mayhem! a new Municipal government. Here is your A program designed to support parents in chance before voting to meet your Ward 1 preparing their 10 to 12 year old child to Teen Tuesdays (10+) candidates and hear their views on a variety move successfully from supervised before 2nd & 4th Tues./month, 6-8:30pm of topics of concern to everyone. and after school care, to safe, home-based Bring your friends and join us for a variety of Co-sponsored by the Urban League. self care. Parent attendance is required for activities. Arts and crafts, gaming and new part of the program ask for details when movies on the Big Screen! Ontario Public Library Week Open House you register. Financial assistance may be Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm available, please inquire at registration. Art Attack (8+) Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library Co-sponsor: London Children’s Connection. Sept. 15-Dec. 15, Wednesdays, 6:30-8 pm Week! Drop in to your local branch for Join our art club for fun every Wednesday refreshments and entertainment. Reading Rocks: On the Go! (Family) evening! Nov. 12, Friday, 2:30-4 pm Lest We Forget: The Memory Project: Fun, interactive and hands-on activities for Hamilton Road Gaming Group Stories from Those Who Served school-aged children and their families to Ongoing, Saturdays, 10 am-5 pm Nov. 3, Wednesday, 1:30-3 pm celebrate and encourage reading together. A free open group promoting tabletop The Dominion Institute’s Memory Project There will be games, crafts, books, food games. Historical, fantasy and sci-fi Veteran’s Speakers Bureau makes it and prizes, so drop in for this special event. miniatures, board games and card games. possible for us to hear first-hand what it is Sponsored by EDPRO Energy Group Inc. like to serve in the Canadian Armed Forces. Call 519-521-5921 for more information. Literacy and Basic Skills Program Join us in this opportunity to hear local Ongoing, Fridays, 9 am-noon Veterans talk about their experiences serving Government Pensions: Canada Pension Literacy London offers a part-time, one to their country. Speakers: Veterans Mr. Leo Plan and Old Age Security one/small group adult literacy program. Joseph, Korean War and Mr. Frank Gaudio, Sept. 15, Wednesday, 10 am-noon Second World War. This presentation is Learn more about Canada Pension Plan, Crouch Library Artists part of the Educational Opportunities for Old Age Security benefits, Guaranteed Ongoing, Fridays, 1-4 pm Seniors series, cosponsored with Third Age Income Supplement and other retirement Join our group of independent artists. Outreach, St. Joseph’s Health Care, CARP, benefits you might be eligible for. Find out Bring you own paint and supplies. All levels and the Council for London Seniors. For about proposed changes to the CPP that welcome. additional presentations in this series, call may affect your future entitlements. Meet 519-661-1621. with a representative from the Service Focus on Art at Crouch Canada Pension office who will answer your Ongoing, Thursdays, 1-4 pm pension questions, and help you fill out the Join a group of established artists of mixed application forms. Call 1-800-Canada for media and teacher Jacqueline Wojtowich. more information. Everyone welcome. Free introductory session. For more information contact [email protected].
Mystery Book Club 1st Thurs./month, 7-8 pm Add a little mystery in your life! Join us as we discuss great mystery novels.
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East London R.E.A.D. |Jalna PA Day Movie Volunteering: Learn More 1118 Jalna Blvd. Nov. 12, Friday, 2:30 pm Sept. 16, Thursday, 5-7 pm & 519-685-6465 Come in and watch a recently released Sept. 22, Wednesday, 5-7 pm movie on our big screen! Call the branch to This is an opportunity to drop by and chat find out what’s playing. with our Administrator of Volunteer Services about volunteering with the R.E.A.D. See page 10 for computer courses. Gaming Party! (9+) program at the East London Library. Nov. 27, Saturday, 2:30-4 pm R.E.A.D. volunteers are matched with one Books for Babies Come play some of the latest video games! child and meet weekly at the Library for one Sept. 16-Dec. 16, Thursdays, 9:30-10:15 am hour during the school year to play games, Birth-18 months with caregiver. Couples Apart/Parents Forever read together and discover the joy that Ongoing-Oct. 6, 1st Wed./month being a reader brings. Volunteers of all ages Tales for Tots Nov. 24, Wednesday, 7-9 pm are needed (13+). Training is provided. Sept. 15-Dec 15, Wednesdays, 10-10:30 am Register by calling 519-660-3001 18-36 months with caregiver. Free information and support about issues Birthday Bash: Happy #5 East London relating to separating families. Sept. 18, Saturday, 12-2 pm Storytime (3-5) Drop in for a fun filled celebration with music, Sept. 16-Dec. 16, Thursdays, 10:30-11:15 am English Conversational Circles activities and refreshments. Help us celebrate! for Newcomers to Canada Event will be held in the parking lot. Ramadan Craft (6+) Ongoing-Nov. 24, Wednesdays, 6:30-8 pm Sept. 2, Thursday, 2:30-3:15 pm Register by calling 519-432-1133 or All-Candidates Mayor and Councillor Make a special craft to celebrate Ramadan! emailing [email protected] Meetings -Municipal Election 2010 Celebrate diversity through friendship and Oct. 5, Tuesday, 7-9 pm Just Beginning cultural exchange. All newcomers are On October 25 we go to the polls to elect Oct. 7-Oct. 28, Thursdays, 1:30-3 pm welcome. Co-sponsor: LCCLC. Funded by a new Municipal government. Here is your Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2378 Citizenship and Immigration Canada. chance before voting to meet your Ward 2 A free 4-week series of classes for new moms candidates and hear their views on a variety with a baby birth-6 months. Bring your baby Jalna Book Club of topics of concern to everyone. to a relaxed and supportive setting and meet Ongoing-Nov. 18, Thursdays, 7-8 pm Co-sponsored by the Urban League. other new moms. Talk about your baby’s Read each book in advance and join a growth, learning and play, ask questions and lively, informal discussion. Book titles are Tai Chi learn about community resources. available one month in advance. Oct. 12-Dec. 14, Tuesdays, 7:30 pm Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Health Unit. Register in person. $40. Prenatal Classes Learn a series of flowing movements that tone Terrific Thanksgiving Day Turkeys Sept. 2-Oct. 21, Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm muscles, loosen joints, increase circulation, Oct. 9, Saturday, 2:30-3:30 pm Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2262. improve digestion, and reduce stress. Make a turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving! Learn what to expect during pregnancy and how to care for your new baby. Please Ontario Public Library Week Open House I’m Home (10-12) register early in your pregnancy. Classes Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm Oct. 27-Nov. 17, Wednesdays, 7-8:30 pm fill quickly. Check with MLHU for classes at Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library Register starting Sept. 28. $30. alternate times and locations. Fee can be Week! Drop in to your local branch for A program designed to support parents in waived and partial fees accepted. refreshments and entertainment. preparing their 10 to 12 year old child to Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Health Unit. move successfully from supervised before and after school care, to safe, home-based Ontario Public Library Week Open House |Glanworth self care. Parent attendance is required for Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm 2950 Glanworth Dr. part of the program ask for details when Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library 519-681-6797 you register. Financial assistance may be Week! Drop in to your local branch for available, please inquire at registration. refreshments and entertainment. Co-sponsor: London Children’s Connection.
Ontario Public Library Week Open House Spooktacular Halloween Sept. 16, Saturday, 10 am-noon Storytime Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library Oct. 30, Saturday, 2:30-3:30 pm Week! Drop in to your local branch for Join us for some spooky stories and a craft! refreshments and entertainment. Costumes are welcome.
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LSP Day Celebration | Landon Landon Book Discussion Group Oct. 22, Friday, 10-12 am 167 Wortley Rd. Ongoing, 2nd Tues./month, 7-8:30 pm Come and celebrate the Library Settlement 519-439-6240 Local writer, Jean McKay, leads an Partnership with refreshments, storytime, informative and lively discussion of literature. and other fun activities. Sept. 14: “Sweetness in the Belly” by Camilla Gibb, Oct. 12: “The Geography of Lest We Forget: The Memory Project: Books For Babies Arrival” by George Sipos, Nov. 9: “Through Stories from Those Who Served Sept. 16-Oct. 21, Thursdays Black Spruce” by Joseph Boyden, Dec. Nov. 9, Tuesday, 2-3 pm 10-10:30 am OR 11-11:30 am 14: “Half of a Yellow Sun” by Chimamanda The Dominion Institute’s Memory Project Register starting Sept. 9 Ngozi Adichie Veteran’s Speakers Bureau makes it Nov. 4-Dec. 9, Thursdays possible for us to hear first-hand what it 10-10:30 am OR 11-11:30 am Emma Donoghue: Reading is like to serve in the Canadian Armed Register starting Oct. 28 Sept. 13, Monday, 7:30-8:30 pm Forces. Join us in this opportunity to hear Birth-18 months with caregiver. We are proud to host Emma Donaghue local Veterans talk about their experiences as she reads from her new work “Room”. serving their country. Speaker: World War 2 Tales For Tots This book was recently nominated for the Veteran and Historian Mr. Doug Hogg Sept. 15-Oct. 20, Wednesdays, 10-10:30 am prestigious Booker Prize. Publishers Weekly Register starting Sept. 8 observes that “there are enough plot twists Nov. 3-Dec. 8, Wednesdays, 10-10:30 am to provide a dramatic arc of breathtaking |Lambeth Register starting Oct. 27 suspense.” Reading co-sponsored by Oxford 7112 Beattie St. 18-36 months with caregiver. Books. NOTE: This reading is on a Monday 519-652-2951 evening when Landon Branch Library is Storytime (3-5) closed. There will be access through the Sept. 15-Oct. 20, Wednesdays, 11-11:30 am front door to the Martha Bishop Community Register starting Sept. 8 Room on the lower level. Storytime with Karen and Friends (3+) Nov. 3-Dec. 8, Wednesdays, 11-11:30 am Oct.8,15,22, Friday,10:30-11 am Register starting Oct. 27 Arts and Humanities Register starting Sept. 1 Lecture Series Designed for the older preschooler to attend Just Beginning Sept. 23, Oct. 21, Nov. 25 & Dec. 16 with caregiver or parent. Enjoy exciting and Oct. 22-Nov. 12, Fridays, 1:30-3 pm Thursdays, 7-8:30 pm funny stories with Karen and her puppet Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2378 Join award-winning Professors from the friends. Audience participation is required. A free 4-week series of classes for new moms Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the with a baby birth-6 months. Bring your baby University of Western Ontario to learn Ontario Early Years Esso Math (3-6) to a relaxed and supportive setting and meet more about Art, Music Videos, Myths Oct. 29-Dec. 3 Fridays, 9:30-10:30 am other new moms. Talk about your baby’s and Literature. We bring the University Register starting Sept. 1 growth, learning and play, ask questions and classroom to you to learn about some of our A 6 week fun and interactive Math Program learn about community resources. most popular subjects taught by some of our for parents and children age 3-6 yr. Max 2 Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Health Unit. most popular Professors. children per adult. No childcare provided. Sept. 23: The Judgement of Helen : Brides Book-O-Lanterns! (8-12) and Wives in Greek Myth and Poetry, Prof. Inspirational Book Club Oct. 23, Saturday, 2:30-3:30 pm Chris Brown, Dept of Classical Studies Ongoing, last Fri/month, 1:30-2:30 pm Register starting Oct. 9 Oct. 21: Is it Art or Is it Junk? , Prof. John Join us for an informal book discussion. Make and decorate your own jack-o-lantern Hatch , Dept of Visual Arts out of a paperback book for Halloween. Nov. 25: Aristotles’s Worst Idea, Prof. John Thursday Nite Book Club Thorp, Dept of Philosophy Ongoing, 2nd Thurs./ month, 7-8 pm Creepy Craft (Family) Dec. 16: “Speak White” or “Speak What”: Join us for an informal book discussion. Oct. 30, Saturday, 2-4 pm The Changing politics of language in Drop in to make a creepy Halloween craft! Quebec, Prof. Anthony Purdy, Dept. of Wednesday Afternoon Book Club French Studies Ongoing, 2nd Wed./month, 1:30-2:30 pm Join our informal book club. Fall Plant Exchange Sept. 25, 9:30-11:30 am Ontario Public Library Week Open House Calling all gardeners! Bring in your extra Sept. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm seeds, bulbs, plants and cuttings to exchange Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library with other gardeners. Please label plants. Week! Drop in to your local branch for refreshments and entertainment. www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 • PAGE 25 |landon, masonville
Poetry London Workshop Prenatal Classes |Masonville Sept. 29, Oct. 20 & Nov. 24 Oct. 26-Nov. 30, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm 30 North Centre Rd. Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 pm Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2262. $55. 519-660-4646 The Poetry London Workshops, facilitated Learn what to expect during pregnancy by Michelle Doege of Fanshawe College, and how to care for your new baby. Please are open to anyone who enjoys discussing register early in your pregnancy. Classes poetry. The workshops provide an fill quickly. Check with MLHU for classes at See page 10 for computer courses. opportunity for participants to take a closer alternate times and locations. Fee can be look at the work of that evening’s featured waived and partial fees accepted. Books For Babies poets, and to share their own poetry in a Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Health Unit. Sept. 22-Oct 20, Wednesdays, 2:30-3 pm OR mutually supportive atmosphere. Sept. 23-Oct. 21, Thursdays, 10:30-11 am A Poetry Evening with Register children in your care only in person Poetry London Readings Karen Enns, Michelle Doege starting Sept. 16 at 9 am. Registration Sept. 29, Oct. 20 & Nov. 24 & Christine Walde online or by phone begins at 1 pm if space Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 pm Oct. 27, Wednesday, 7:30-8:30 pm is still available. Poetry London celebrates accomplished Brick Books presents the new work of poet Nov. 10-Dec. 8, Wednesdays, 2:30-3 pm OR local poets, and also cooperates with Karen Enns, “ That Other Beauty.” Karen Nov. 11-Dec. 9, Thursdays, 10:30-11 am Toronto’s Art Bar, The Hamilton Poetry will be joined by the vibrant London voices Register children in your care only in person Centre, Ancaster’s Redeemer College, and of Michelle Doege and Christine Walde. starting Oct. 28. Registration online or London’s Fanshawe College to provide by phone begins at 1 pm if space is still nationally acclaimed poets a multi-stop Writing Our Life Stories: available. Ontario tour. A Seniors’ Writing Workshop Birth-18 months with caregiver. Sept. 29: Eve Joseph & Lorri Nelson Glenn Nov. 2-Nov. 23, Tuesdays, 1:30-3 pm Oct. 20: Charles Mountford & Jeramy Dodds Explores the art of reminiscent writing with Tales For Tots Nov. 24: Ken Babstock writer Jean McKay. Cost: $30. Sept. 23-Oct. 21, Thursdays, 9:30-10 am OR Sept. 24-Oct. 22, Fridays, 10-10:30 am All-Candidates Mayor and Councillor Poetry Café Register children in your care only in person Meetings - Municipal Election 2010 Nov. 6, Saturday, 2-4 pm starting Sept. 16 at 9 am. Registration Oct. 7, Thursday, 7-9 pm Join us for a unique presentation of poetry online or by phone begins at 1 pm if space On October 25 we go to the polls to elect featuring Penn Kemp, Betsy Struthers, is still available. a new Municipal government. Here is your Susan McMaster and Terry Ann Carter. Nov. 11-Dec. 9, Thursdays, 9:30-10 am OR chance before voting to meet your Ward 11 Program sponsored by the League of Nov. 12-Dec. 10, Fridays, 10-10:30 am candidates and hear their views on a variety Canadian Poets. Register children in your care only in person of topics of concern to everyone. starting Oct. 28 at 9 am. Registration online Co-sponsored by the Urban League. Teaching Limits With Love or by phone begins at 1 pm if space is still Nov. 10 & 17, Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm available. Painting with Peter Lam Register by calling 519-473-2825. 18-36 months with caregiver. Oct.13-Dec. 1, Wednesdays, 1:30-3:30pm Guiding your child’s behavior is easier London artist, Peter Lam, provides guidance when you know about child development, Storytime (3-5) for artists of all levels. Bring your own temperament, and parenting styles. We will Sept. 23-Oct. 21, Thursdays, 2:15-3 pm OR materials. Cost: $64. look at ways to prevent power struggles and Sept. 24-Oct 22, Fridays, 11-11:45 am turn situations around. Setting limits with Register children in your care only in person Ontario Public Library Week Open House love is effective and it keeps everyone’s starting Sept. 16 at 9 am. Registration Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm dignity intact! online or by phone begins at 1 pm if space Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library is still available. Week! Drop in to your local branch for Nov. 11-Dec. 9, Thursdays, 2:15-3 pm OR refreshments and entertainment. Nov. 12-Dec 10, Fridays, 11-11:45 am Register children in your care only in person Pen to Paper starting Oct. 28 at 9 am. Registration online Oct. 21-Nov. 25, Thursdays, 7-8:30 pm or by phone begins at 1 pm if space is still London writer Jean McKay leads this available. informal creative writing workshop. This six week program is intended for those at any Wacky Word Fun! (7-12) stage of the writing process, shy and bold Ongoing, Saturdays, 10-11:30 am alike. Cost: $45. Improve your English skills the fun way! Play a variety of games and activities designed to help your language skills. PAGE 26 • www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 masonville|
Back to School Storytime (4-6) ESL Class for Adult Newcomers Masonville Book Club: Sept. 2, Thursday, 10-10:45 am Ongoing, Wednesdays, 9:15-11:45 am Prize Books: Which and Why? Register starting Aug. 12 Register with instructor at first class. 4th Tues./month, 7:30-8:30 pm Whether you’re starting school for the very These classes focus on learning and using Join our monthly book club for stimulating first time or heading back to school this fall, the type of English that is necessary for discussions about interesting books. enjoy a storytime that will feature books and everyday living in Canada. The emphasis Sept: The Bishop’s Man by Linden activities to get you ready to learn! will be on Canadian cultures, customs and MacIntyre, Oct: Too Much Happiness by communities. Non-permanent residents Alice Munro, Nov: The Cellist of Sarajevo by PA Day Movie may attend for a fee. There will be lots of Steven Galloway Nov. 12, Friday, 2:30 pm opportunity to talk with English speakers. Come in and watch a recently released Join anytime. Co-sponsored by Thames All-Candidates Mayor and Councillor movie on our big screen! Call the branch to Valley District School Board, G.A. Wheable Meetings - Municipal Election 2010 find out what’s playing. Centre for Adult Education. Oct. 6, Wednesday, 7-9 pm On October 25 we go to the polls to elect I’m Home (10-12) ESL Reading Group a new Municipal government. Here is your Nov. 24-Dec. 15, Wednesdays, 7-8:30 pm Sept. 11-Dec. 4, Saturdays, 10:15-11:45 am chance before voting to meet your Ward 5 Register starting Nov. 3. $30. A place for adults to practice reading and candidates and hear their views on a variety A program designed to support parents in speaking in English in a group led by a of topics of concern to everyone. preparing their 10 to 12 year old child to volunteer. Build English vocabulary and Co-sponsored by the Urban League. move successfully from supervised before practice pronunciation. Newcomers always and after school care, to safe, home-based welcome. We provide free books and other Masonville’s 15th Birthday Party! self care. Parent attendance is required for interesting things to read. Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm part of the program ask for details when Celebrate Masonville Branch Library’s 15th you register. Financial assistance may be English Conversational Circles for Birthday! Join us for magic, balloon animals, available, please inquire at registration. Newcomers to Canada face painting, scavenger hunts, crafts, and Co-sponsor: London Children’s Connection. Sept. 14-Dec. 14, Tuesdays, 6:30-8 pm light refreshments. Register by calling 519-432-1133 x224 or Just Beginning emailing [email protected] Ontario Public Library Week Open House Nov. 25-Dec. 16, 1:30-3 pm Celebrate diversity through friendship and Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2378 cultural exchange. All newcomers are Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library A free 4-week series of classes for new welcome. Co-sponsor: LCCLC. Funded by Week! Drop in to your local branch for moms with a baby birth-6 months of age. Citizenship and Immigration Canada. refreshments and entertainment. Bring your baby to a relaxed and supportive setting and meet other new moms. Talk ESL Book Club for Active Parenting Now in 3 about your baby’s growth, learning and play, Korean Speakers Oct. 19-Nov. 2, Tuesdays, 6:30-8:45 pm ask questions and learn about community Sept. 14-Dec. 7, Tuesdays, 9:30-11 am Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2378 resources. Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London For Korean speakers who want to practice A workshop for parents of children aged Health Unit. English reading and conversation. We read 5-12, facilitated by Public Health Nurses. one or two chapters of books per week. This entertaining and informative 3 Mother/Daughter Teen Books are provided. Newcomers and non- evening program uses video, activities, Book Club (11+) Korean speakers are welcome. and discussion to show you ways to raise 2nd Last Wed./month, 7:30-8:30 pm responsible, cooperative children who Register mother & daughter starting Sept. 7 Prenatal Classes are able to resist negative peer pressure. Join us once a month (excluding December Sept. 23-Oct. 21, Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm Registration closes 1 week prior to class. and summer holidays) as we read and Nov. 4-Dec.2, Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 pm share our favourite books. Snacks are Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2262. $55. Art Exhibits @ Masonville provided! Learn what to expect during pregnancy Sept. 1-23: The Many Sides of Me by Karen and how to care for your new baby. Please Caughlin Your Art Here - register early in your pregnancy. Classes Sept. 28-Oct. 28: Architecture London, Masonville Teen Annex fill quickly. Check with MLHU for classes at Landscape Canada Ongoing, Daily, Library hours alternate times and locations. Fee can be Opening Reception Oct. 2, 2-4 pm What’s that on the wall? Interested in waived and partial fees accepted. Nov. 2-25: Painter’s View VII by the Artside exhibiting your work at the library? Contact Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Health Unit. Group the branch to arrange your show! Exhibit Opening Reception Nov. 6, 2-4 pm changes monthly.
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| Pond Mills ESL Reading Group |Sherwood 1166 Commissioners Rd. E. Ongoing, Wednesdays, 2-3:30 pm 1225 Wonderland Rd. N. 519-685-1333 A place for adults to practice reading and 519-473-9965 speaking in English in a group led by a volunteer. Build English vocabulary and practice pronunciation. Newcomers always See page 10 for computer courses. welcome. We provide free books and other See page 10 for computer courses. interesting things to read. Books For Babies Books For Babies Sept. 17-Oct. 22, Fridays, 10:30-11 am Hidden Histories: Stories Sept. 15-Oct. 20, Wednesdays, 10:30-11 am Register starting Sept. 9 of South London Sept. 17-Oct. 22, Fridays, 10-10:30 am Nov. 12-Dec. 10, Fridays, 10:30-11 am Ongoing, last Fri./month, 2-3:15 pm Register starting Sept. 8 Register starting Nov. 4 Drop in and hear about life in London’s Nov. 10-Dec. 15, Wednesdays, 10:30-11 am Birth-18 months with caregiver. past, with an emphasis where possible on Nov. 12-Dec. 17, Fridays, 10-10:30 am the south London area. Topics: September: Register starting Nov. 3 Tales For Tots Westminster Ponds. October: Parkwood Birth-18 months with caregiver. Sept. 16-Oct. 21, Thursdays, 10-10:30 am Hospital. November: Regina Mundi College Register starting Sept. 9 Tales For Tots Nov. 11-Dec. 9, Thursdays, 10-10:30 am Pond Mills Book Club Sept. 15-Oct. 20, Wednesdays, 9:30-10 am Register starting Nov. 4 Ongoing, last Wed./month, 7:30-8:30 pm Sept. 16-Oct. 21, Thursdays, 9:30-10 am 18-36 months with caregiver. Register prior to first meeting. Register starting Sept. 8 The club meets the last Wednesday of each Nov. 10-Dec. 15, Wednesdays, 9:30-10 am Storytime (3-5) month. Whether you’re a veteran Book Club Nov. 11-Dec. 16, Thursdays, 9:30-10 am Sept. 16-Oct. 21, Thursday, 2:30-3 pm Member or a first timer, you are welcome to Register starting Nov. 3 Register starting Sept. 9 join our informal discussion group. Contact 18-36 months with caregiver. Nov. 11-Dec. 9, Thursdays, 2:30-3 pm the branch for more information. Register starting Nov. 4 Storytime (3-5) Pond Mills R.E.A.D. Sept. 16-Oct. 21, Thursdays, 10:30-11:15 am Reading Rocks: The World of Science! Volunteering: Learn More Nov. 11-Dec. 16, Thursdays, 10:30-11:15 am Oct. 13, Wednesday, 6:30-8 pm Sept. 14, Tuesday, 5-7 pm Fun, interactive and hands-on activities for This is an opportunity to drop by and chat with Just Beginning school-aged children and their families to our Administrator of Volunteer Services about Sept. 17-Oct. 8, Fridays, 1:30-3 pm celebrate and encourage reading together. volunteering with the R.E.A.D. program at the Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2378 Sponsored by EDPRO Energy Group Inc. Pond Mills Library. R.E.A.D. volunteers are A free 4-week series of classes for new moms Call 519-521-5921 for more information. matched with one child and meet weekly at the with a baby birth-6 months. Bring your baby Library for one hour during the school year to to a relaxed and supportive setting and meet Halloween Party (Family) play games, read together and discover the other new moms. Talk about your baby’s Oct. 30, Saturday, 2:30-3:30 pm joy that being a reader brings. Volunteers of all growth, learning and play, ask questions and Spooky crafts, games, and activities! ages are needed (13+). Training is provided. learn about community resources. Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Health Unit. PA Day Movie Wii For All (Family) Nov. 12, Friday, 2:30 pm Oct. 9, Saturday 2:30-3:30 pm I’m Home (10-12) Watch a recently released movie on our big Play Nintendo Wii games! Oct. 5-Oct. 26, Tuesdays, 7-8:30 pm screen! Call the branch for movie title. Register starting Sept. 4. $30. Ontario Public Library Week Open House A program designed to support parents in I’m Home (10-12) Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm preparing their 10 to 12 year old child to Nov. 20, Saturday, 9:30 am-4 pm Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library move successfully from supervised before Register starting Oct. 12. $30. Week! Drop in to your local branch for and after school care, to safe, home-based A program designed to support parents in refreshments and entertainment. self care. Parent attendance is required for preparing their 10 to 12 year old child to part of the program ask for details when move successfully from supervised before Guess the Weight of the Pumpkin! you register. Financial assistance may be and after school care, to safe, home-based Oct. 26-30, Daily, Library hours available, please inquire at registration. self care. Parent attendance is required for Think you can tell how much a pumpkin Co-sponsor: London Children’s Connection. part of the program ask for details when weighs? Then prove it! Put your guess on its you register. Financial assistance may be weight in for a chance to win a prize! available, please inquire at registration. Co-sponsor: London Children’s Connection. PAGE 28 • www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 sherwood|
After-School Tutoring (Grades 1-12) ESL Reading Group Discover Canada - Canadian Oct. 21-Dec. 16, Thursdays, 5-7 pm Ongoing, Saturdays, 10-11:30 am Citizenship Preparation Register in person at first session. A place for adults to practice reading and Sept. 18 & 25, Oct. 2, 9 & 23, Saturday, 3-5 pm The STAND and ASA After-school Tutoring speaking in English in a group led by a Register starting Sept. 1 Program is designed for children and youth volunteer. Build English vocabulary and Families and individuals can receive grades 1-12 from Refugee and Newcomer practice pronunciation. Newcomers always assistance to prepare for their Canadian communities in London. The participants welcome. We provide free books and other Citizenship Test. Participants will learn about receive assistance with homework and interesting things to read. the various areas for the test including: building their reading, writing, and speaking Canadian History, Government, Rights & skills in English and/or French. Cosponsored Sherwood Book Club Responsibilities, Geography, Economy, by STAND Western and the African Students Ongoing, 1st Tues./month, 2:15-3:15 pm Elections, etc. All materials will be provided Association. For more information email: Register anytime by phone or in person. including Discover Canada Guide and [email protected]. Read each book in advance and join a lively, access to Citizenship test samples. informal discussion. Phone the branch for Cosponsored with LSP. Spooktacular Halloween titles and more information. Storytime Tai Chi for Health - Wu Style Oct. 30, 2:30-3:30 pm Breaking Free - Sept. 30-Nov. 25, Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 pm Join us for some spooky stories and a craft! Smoking Cessation Register starting Sept. 23. $40. Costumes are welcome. Sept. 7, Tuesday, 2-4 pm Tai Chi is an effective exercise for health Register starting Sept. 1 which originates from the martial arts in Reading Rocks: The World of Science! Thinking about quitting smoking? China. It helps to improve flexibility and Nov. 20, Saturday, 2:30-4 pm Understand why you smoke, the role of posture, strength and balance, and the Fun, interactive and hands-on activities for addiction in smoking, benefits of quitting integration of body and mind. Taught by school-aged children and their families to or smoking reduction, how to prepare, set Norman Lam, a certified Tai Chi instructor celebrate and encourage reading together. quit dates, medication options, and develop who has been teaching for 15 years. There will be games, crafts, books, food coping strategies for withdrawal symptoms. and prizes, so drop in for this special event. Presented by the Thames Valley Family Introducing Seniors’ Sponsored by EDPRO Energy Group Inc. Health Team Whitehills Site. WrapAround Call 519-521-5921 for more information. Oct. 6, Wednesday, 5-7 pm Prenatal Classes Register starting Sept. 1 Volunteering for Youth: Sept. 15-Oct. 13, Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm Come in and find out how the WrapAround How to Get Started! Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2262. $55. program at the London InterCommunity Oct. 20, Wednesday, 6-8 pm Learn what to expect during pregnancy Health Centre is helping seniors find Register online, in person or by phone. and how to care for your new baby. Please solutions to many of their day-to-day Do you need to complete your 40 hours of register early in your pregnancy. Classes concerns and to be able to live happier volunteering before you graduate from High fill quickly. Check with MLHU for classes at and healthier lives in their own homes. School? Are you looking for a job? However, alternate times and locations. Fee can be Cosponsored with the InterCommunity you are asked to have experience? Come waived and partial fees accepted. Health Centre and LSP. in and find out how you can enhance Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Health Unit. your skills, complete your 40 hours of Ontario Public Library Week Open House volunteering and get to know other youth English Conversational Circles Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm who are interested in the same things you for Newcomers to Canada Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library are. Cosponsored with the Pillar Nonprofit Sept. 16-Dec. 16, Thursdays, 6:30-8 pm Week! Drop in to your local branch for Network and LSP. Register by calling 519-432-1133 x224. refreshments and entertainment. Celebrate diversity through friendship and Homework Centre cultural exchange. All newcomers are LSP Day Celebration Tuesday-Thursday 3-9 pm, welcome. Co-sponsor: LCCLC. Funded by Oct. 23, Saturday, 2-3 pm Friday 3-6 pm & Saturday 9 am-5 pm Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Come and celebrate the Library Settlement Sherwood Library’s 8 station IBM Homework Partnership with refreshments, storytime, Centre is available to students for homework and other fun activities. use. Computers are equipped for printing. Log on with your library card for a maximum of 90 minutes a day. There is limited free printing for students from these computers.
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Volunteering For Newcomers: |Westmount Reading Rocks: The World of Science! How To Get Started! 3200 Wonderland Rd. S. Oct. 23, Saturday, 10:30 am-noon Nov. 10, Wednesday, 6-8 pm 519-473-4708 Fun, interactive and hands-on activities for Register starting Sept. 1 school-aged children and their families to Learn about volunteering in Canada and celebrate and encourage reading together. London, how to use PILLAR Nonprofit’s There will be games, crafts, books, food volunteer database, the benefits of Books for Babies and prizes, so drop in for this special event. volunteering and some tips on how to get Sept. 16-Oct. 21 & Nov. 18-Dec. 16 Sponsored by EDPRO Energy Group Inc. started. Cosponsored with Pillar Nonprofit Thursdays, 9:30-10am Call 519-521-5921 for more information. Network. Birth-18 months with caregiver. Pumpkin Decorating (Family) PA Day Movie Tales for Tots Oct. 30, Saturday, 2:30-3:30 pm Nov. 12, Friday, 2:30-4 pm Sept. 16-Oct. 21 & Nov. 18-Dec. 16 Register starting Sept. 28 Free tickets available starting Nov. 5 Thursdays, 10:15-10:45 am Decorate your own pumpkin to take home. Bring your family and friends and enjoy a 18-36 months with caregiver. Wear your costume for a costume parade movie on the big screen! Call the branch for throughout the library. titles. Storytime (3-5) Sept. 16-Oct. 21 & Nov. 18-Dec. 16 Just Beginning Prenatal Classes Thursdays, 11-11:30 am Nov. 9-30, Tuesdays, 1:30-3 pm Nov. 17-Dec. 15, Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2378 Register by calling 519-663-5317 x2262. $55. Westmount Community Playgroup A free 4-week series of classes for new Learn what to expect during pregnancy (birth-6 with caregiver) moms with a baby birth-6 months. Bring and how to care for your new baby. Please Thursdays, 10-10:50 am & 11-11:50 am your baby to a relaxed and supportive register early in your pregnancy. Classes The Ontario Early Years Centre (OEYC) setting and meet other new moms. Talk fill quickly. Check with MLHU for classes at hosts a drop-in playgroup every Thursday about your baby’s growth, learning and play, alternate times and locations. Fee can be morning at Westmount. Join us for games, ask questions and learn about community waived and partial fees accepted. crafts, songs and rhymes as well as resources. Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Co-sponsor: Middlesex-London Health Unit. valuable resources on parenting. Run in Health Unit. conjunction with library storytimes. Fanshawe College Information Session PA Day Craft Nov. 23, Tuesday, 4-6 pm Chess Club (7+) Nov. 12, Friday, 2-4 pm Register starting Sept. 1 Sept. 21-Oct. 26, Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 pm Drop in to make an awesome craft. Explore the variety of classes available Learn to play or improve your chess game. at Fanshawe College during this 2 hour Our instructor, Steve Demmery, Master, Standing Snowman in Clay information session. Cosponsored with from the London Chess Club will be on hand (6-12 with caregiver) Fanshawe College and LSP. to assist all players. Boards and playing Nov. 13, Saturday, 10:30 am-noon pieces provided. Register in person starting Oct. 5. $12. Create a standing snowman in CLAY using I’m Home (10-12) your own 2Hands. Mold, pinch, paint and Oct. 16, Saturday, 9:30 am - 4 pm create with wet clay together and add your Register starting Sept. 1. $30. own personality to the clay art. Clay is kiln A program designed to support parents in fired and clear glazed ready for Christmas preparing their 10 to 12 year old child to time. Dress for a bit of a mess. move successfully from supervised before and after school care, to safe, home-based Are you a Luddite? self care. Parent attendance is required for Ongoing, 4th Sat/month, 11 am-noon part of the program ask for details when Does technology have you confused? you register. Financial assistance may be Check out Westmount’s Are you a Luddite available, please inquire at registration. program. The only program which tries to Co-sponsor: London Children’s Connection. help make sense out of technology related to the information age. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Book Club (10-14) Ongoing, 4th Tues./month, 7-8 pm Come meet new people, make a craft and talk about cool books starring some amazing girls! PAGE 30 • www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 westmount|
Be A Book Critic Friday Morning Book Club Destination Westmount Ongoing, Daily, Library hours Ongoing, 3rd Fri./month, 10-11 am Ongoing, Daily, 9 am-4 pm Give some recommendations to your fellow Join us for a lively discussion of current and Attention all community groups, if you are Westmount patrons and help them avoid the classic fiction and non-fiction titles. Please interested in arranging a behind the scenes duds. Fill out the book review form, give it pick up current book selection at the meeting tour of Westmount Branch Library, please a thumbs-up or down and hand it in at the or at the Westmount circulation desk. call us to arrange a visit. Circulation Desk. Prizes will be awarded on a Sept: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty monthly basis as we recognize the critical (or Smith, Oct: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by Googling to the Max - Internet amusing) talents of our reviewers. Ask for a David Wroblewski, Nov: poetry selections Ongoing, 3rd Sat./month, 10:30 am-noon form at the Westmount Circulation desk. Drop in to the Library and learn how to get Did you know? the most out of Google, the best general Bookcrossing @ Your Library Ongoing, 2nd & 4th Wed./month, 2-3 pm web search engine. We will teach you how Ongoing, 4th Sat./month, 10-11 am Learn about interesting Internet databases to use this program and negotiate around BookCrossing is a project that tracks the and web sites. its weaknesses. Discover how to make your movement of books that are left in unusual iGoogle homepage, use image search, places. Check out www.bookcrossing.com English Conversational Circles for language tools, and Google Docs, Maps, and come to the library to find out more! Newcomers to Canada News, Scholar, Suggest and more. Ongoing, Thursdays, 6:30-8 pm Geocaching at Westmount Register by calling 519-432-1133 x224 or Knit n’ Stitch Ongoing, 3rd Sat./month, 9-10 am emailing [email protected] Ongoing, Wednesdays, 6:30-8:30 pm Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting Celebrate diversity through friendship and Looking for time to knit, crochet or stitch? game in which the participants use a cultural exchange. All newcomers are Need some help on your project? Come join Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver welcome. Co-sponsor: LCCLC. Funded by the Knit n’ Stitch group at Westmount. or other navigational techniques to hide Citizenship and Immigration Canada. and seek containers (called “geocaches” Macintosh Computer User Group (Muglo) or “caches”) anywhere in the world. Internet Surfing for Adults Ongoing, 3rd Tues./month, 7-9 pm Geocaches are currently placed in over Ongoing, 1st & 3rd Wed./month, 2-3 pm If you have questions about Macintosh 100 countries around the world and on all Come explore selected topics related to computer systems, come ask the group. seven continents, including Antarctica and the Internet with one of our knowledgeable Westmount Library. Westmount staff members. Learn the secrets on how to Tuesday Evening Book Club co-ordinates: N 42° 55.5’ W 81°16.542’ use the library catalogue, access our online Ongoing, 2nd Tues./month, 7-8 pm databases, download audio books and Love to read? Want to chat with other book Community Group Displays much, much more. lovers? For more information call at Westmount 519-473-4708 and ask for Sherry. Ongoing, Daily, Library hours Stars of the Town If you are a community group and have Ongoing, 4th Wed./month, 7-8 pm Your Personal Search Engine a display you would like to set up at our Join us to watch snapshots of the Ongoing, 3rd Sat./month, 2-3 pm branch, please give us a call. Space is people, streets, business and activities of Are you confused about Google? Are you limited. If you are looking for a particular Southwestern Ontario towns captured on baffled trying to find information on the web? date please contact the library asap. film in 1949. Sept: Norwich, Oct: Belmont, Are you finding too many or too few matches Nov: Burgessville. when you search the web? Drop into this Library Orientation Tours free program and get personal, one-on-one Ongoing, 2nd Sat./month, 11 am-noon Ontario Genealogical Society advice to help tune up your Internet search We offer a friendly tour of the Westmount Ongoing, 1st Tues./month, 7-9 pm strategies. library to help you find what you’re looking Everyone is welcome to attend the meetings for and see what services are available for of the London & Middlesex County Branch of Beginners Drawing - you or your group. the Ontario Genealogical Society. Yes You Can! (17+) Sept. 15-Oct. 6, Wednesdays Revisiting Your Youth Ancestry Library.com 1-2 pm OR 7-8 pm Adult Book Club Ongoing, 1st Sat./month, 2-3 pm Register starting Aug. 24. $64.80. Ongoing, 4th Thurs./month, 7-8 pm. Anyone who is interested in learning how Join artist Cheryl O for a 4 week class on If you enjoyed reading classical and to research his or her family tree is invited the essentials to start you drawing. No art contemporary books in your youth, join to join us for a demonstration of the library experience required. us for an informal, relaxed discussion of database: www.ancestrylibrary.com. children’s favourites. Books may be picked up at the Westmount circulation desk.
www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 • PAGE 31 |westmount Happy Birthday Westmount! All-Candidates Mayor and Councillor Top Ten Tax Resolutions for 2010 Sept. 16, Thursday, 2-4 pm Meetings - Municipal Election 2010 Oct. 26, Tuesday, 7-8 pm Come and celebrate Westmount’s 8th Oct. 6, Wednesday, 7-9 pm Register by calling 519-471-7120 Birthday! It is hard to believe - we are eight Oct. 7, Thursday, 7-9 pm Learn 10 ways to make sure you aren’t years old in this location in September. Join On October 25 we go to the polls to elect paying more in taxes than necessary. us for some birthday activities and cake. a new Municipal government. Here is your Find out about the tax advantages of chance before voting to meet your Ward 9 investments, tax minimizing strategies and Fall Plant Exchange candidates (Oct. 6) and Ward 10 candidates options for a tax efficient monthly income. Sept. 18, Saturday, 9 am-noon (Oct. 7) and hear their views on a variety of Walk away with some new tax saving ideas. Calling all gardeners! Bring in your extra topics of concern to everyone. seeds, bulbs, plants and cuttings to Co-sponsored by the Urban League. The Healing Circle exchange with other gardeners. Please Oct. 27, Wednesday, 7-8 pm label plants. Creative Beginners Painting - Everyone on the cancer journey knows it is All Media (17+) different when it is you. Combining common Robert Q and Westmount Oct. 13-Nov. 3, Wednesdays, 1-3:30 pm OR sense and humour, Andrew will discuss Library Travel Talks Nov. 10-Dec. 1, Wednesdays, 1-3:30 pm the new book “The Healing Circle” with its Sept. 22, Oct. 20 & Nov. 17, Register starting Aug. 24. $86.40. enlightening teachings from the “Skills for Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30 pm Join artist Cheryl O and learn to paint Healing” cancer retreat week-ends. Sharing RSVP to Robert Q at 519-672-9020 or email landscapes and seascapes. No experience inspiring, true stories of people who defied [email protected] required. Student’s bring their own painting statistics and made it. Co-Sponsor London Information sessions featuring various guest supplies. Watercolour, acrylic, and water Regional Cancer Program. speakers and destinations. Sept.: Worry mixable oil only. No turpentine allowed in class. Free Travel, Oct: Insight Vacations, Canada At War Nov: Greece Ontario Public Library Week Open House Oct. 28, Nov. 4 & 11, Thursdays 7-9 pm Oct. 16, Saturday, 2-4 pm Watch films about the military history of Careers In Uniform Information Session Help us celebrate Ontario Public Library Canada selected from the Library collection Sept. 25, Saturday, 10 am-1 pm Week! Drop in to your local branch for and 1st Hussars museum. See page 33 for details. refreshments and entertainment. Art Therapist, Wellspring DVD and Video Swap Ontario Public Library Week Tours Nov. 3, Wednesday, 7-8 pm Sept. 25, Saturday, 1-4 pm Oct. 19 & 21, 7 pm & Oct. 19-22, 2-3 pm Wanda Sawicki, Art Therapist, will explore Bring in DVDs and VHS tapes that you Ontario Public Library Week - see how the a basic understanding of the benefits of would like to trade with others. All different library works. art therapy. Learn a simple art/meditation genres to be swapped, including kids, technique for regaining focus and creative westerns, science fiction. Material in good Soul Medicine for the Heart-Mind energy while you draw upon creative condition only please. in the Cancer Journey experience to approach self care from a Oct. 20, Wednesday, 7-8 pm position of centredness. Co-sponsor London How to Raise a Money Smart Child The session will share practical ways we Regional Cancer Program. Sept. 30, Thursday, 7-8 pm can offer nourishment and support for our Register by calling 519-471-7120 hearts and minds in the emotional and Making Your Money Last: 10 Principles A piggy bank is just the first step. Learn how spiritual crisis of cancer. This time will offer for Living in Retirement to start teaching your child or grandchild some simple ways to explore ‘soul-medicine’ Nov. 23, Tuesday, 7-8 pm about financial goal setting, self-discipline, for anyone living with cancer or their close Register by calling 519-471-7120 and the basics of wise money choices. supports. Co-Sponsor London Regional Learn practical ways to manage your money This program is ideal for parents and Cancer Program. in retirement with the goal of providing a grandparents of children 4-12 yrs old. stable, steady income. As you may spend Ontario Public Library Week - Library Films more than 20 years in retirement, help Oct. 23, Saturday, 1:30-4 pm ensure your money lasts as long as you Come and see a special selection of feature need it. films about people who work in libraries. Art Exhibits @ Westmount Sept. 2-30: Dorothea de Jaeger & Carol Brink Opening reception Sept. 2, 2-4 pm Oct. 1-30: Peter Lam Nov. 2-30: Gail Jongkind & Barbara Ludgate
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Careers in Uniform Attracting Information Session Peace Saturday, September 25 September 21 10 am-1 pm Tuesday, 7-9 pm Westmount Branch Library Wolf Wonder what it’s like to be a police officer, fire figher or Performance paramedic? You can find out at this special event hosted by Hall the Library Employment Resource Centres. Host Jake Levesque, local musician Our guests will be from the OPP, RCMP, London Police and entertainer, and friends will lead Services, Canadian Forces, London Fire Services, Canadian Attracting Peace, an evening of Coast Guard and London-Middlesex Emergency Medical music, poetry, performance art and Services. shared dreams. A group meditation for peace will follow. Drop by, check out the vehicles and talk to professionals who wear uniforms to Other 2010 International Day of work. It’s free and it’s for all ages. Peace Celebrations will be held along Dundas Street between Wellington and Clarence from 11 am to 8 pm on September 21. The London Peace Committee includes: Small Biz: Learn From Chiropractic Medicine The Happy Monks, London the Experts 2010 Discussion Series Downtown Yoga Studio, London Monday, October 18 The Library and local chiropractors Public Library, London Homeless Stevenson & Hunt Room have created a two-week series of talks Coalition, All Our Sisters and Central Library on chiropractic health and wellbeing. Women’s Community House. Register starting Sept. 27 online, at any Topics being discussed include: spinal branch or by calling 519-661-4600. health and care, headaches and tension, pain prevention, nutrition and stress London Public Library Free mini-workshops with some of management. and The Great Wall London’s leading small business experts of China will return to the Library as a special This is a week day, lunch hour series Mary Lake Collins holds a London event for Small Business Week. This is at Central Library running Monday, Public Library bag at the Great Wall of a full-day series of four talks dealing September 20 to Friday, October 1 China. Mary and Jeny Wallace escorted with a range of topics to consider when from noon to 1 pm. See page 17 of the 22 enthusiastic people to China in the starting or running a small business. program listings for details. spring. They thank London Public Library staff for help with researching 9:30-11 am the trip and compiling book & movie Do you have what it takes to start National Conference recommendations. Their research a business? in London and preparation allowed everyone to John Anagnostou, Small Business London Public Library is a proud embrace the experience fully. Centre cosponsor of All Our Sisters, the 11 am-12:30 pm first National Forum on housing and Is financing your startup a safe communities for women. It will challenge? take place May 9-11, 2011 at the Deborah Lawlor, Scotiabank London Convention Centre. For more 1-2:30 pm information see the website Does your company need a www.alloursisters.ca. marketing boost? Carmen Gicante, TechAlliance 2:30-4 pm Are legal issues on your business horizon? Sandra Balsdon, Harrison Pensa
www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 • PAGE 33 |spotlight New to Canada? Star t here. NEW • Stories • Videos 2nd Annual Photo Contest begins • e-News September 8. 2010, International Literacy Day
Submit your photo with a short statement on how literacy impacts your life.
Prizes in each category 1st Prize - $300 2nd Prize - $200 3rd Prize - $100
Contest Deadline: Midnight, December 31, 2010 Contest is open to all residents of London, Middlesex, Oxford and Elgin Counties.
For contest details go to www.literacyclicks.com
www.welcome.london.ca www.welcome.middlesexcounty.ca
Client: City of London Live: N/A Publication: Access Magazine (LPL) Project: iWeb Ads - English Trim: 2 3/8” x 4 7/8” Colours: 4c Date: February 24, 2010 Bleed: N/A Other: FINAL Family. Fitness. CommunitCity Contact: Shannony. Byron Tel: 519 661-2500 ext. 1870 Email: [email protected] It’s coming to Adelaide and Sunningdale in late 2010
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PAGE 34 • www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 friends| Speaking with Friends Peter Robinson September 30 Thursday, 7:30 pm
Wolf Performance Hall, Central Library
$20 General $15 Seniors & Students • 519-661-2448 • www.londonpublicLibrary.ca Registered Charitable #: 89347 2886 RR0001 Mystery writer, Peter Robinson, reads from his latest Inspector Banks novel Bad YOUR EXECUTIVE Boy. Reception and book signing will President: Newsletter Editor: Book Sale A Book for follow. Tickets available at London Public Carmen Sprovieri Len Carey Coordinator: Every Child®: Library and Oxford Book Shop (740 Vice-President: Library Store Don Menard Gail Turpin Richmond St. / 519-438-8336). For more Don Menard Co-Managers Book Sale Volunteer Past Co-Presidents: information call the Library at 519-661- Treasurer: Jackie Looper Coordinators Suzanne O’Neill, 5122. Joan Lang Mary Blasl Sandra Whitehall Connie Sullivan Secretary: Speaking with Friends: Karin Palmer Library Board Liaison: Speaking With Friends raises funds for Peter Geigen-Miller Carmen Sprovieri Warehouse Gina Barber literacy programs sponsored by the Library. Membership: Receptions: Coordinator Director, LPL: Anne Rasmussen Karen Payne Jim Lambe Margaret Mitchell
Donations to Friends Fall 2010 Meet & Greet Book Sale We always need materials for sale in Municipal Election Candidates either The Library Store or at the annual Tuesday, September 21 – 5-8 pm Our giant annual book sale is coming book sale. If you have items to donate call Stevenson & Hunt Room and there will be bargains. You can find Friends to find out where to bring them, Central Library books, CDs and magazines, plus VHS or if you have a large volume we can movies, cassettes and vinyl LPs. help by picking them up. Your donations Friends of the London Public Library are greatly appreciated. Proceeds from invite municipal election candidates to Shop til you drop. the sale of books fund enhancements to learn about the Library’s important role in Friday, October 22 the Library’s programs, activities and the community. There will be a reception 9 am-9 pm resources. Call 519-661-2448. where the public can talk to candidates Saturday, October 23 about libraries. Everyone is welcome to 9 am-5 pm attend. Sunday, October 24 11 am-4 pm Friends Annual General Meeting Special Events Thursday, September 30 - 6:45 pm Building Stevenson & Hunt Room B ~ Central Library Western Fairgrounds Everyone is welcome to attend the AGM.
Volunteer at the Book Sale The Library Store Volunteers make the Book Sale a is 5 Years Old success. We need help during the hours August 8th marked of the sale and for set-up the Thursday the 5th birthday of morning before. Families are welcome the library book store. and students can get community service Welcome to Mary hours. Call the Friends number (519- Blasl as the new 661-2448) and leave a message with co-manager. Check your name and number and say you’d the back cover for the like to volunteer at the book sale. store’s fall hours. Scheduling starts in September. Jackie Looper (left) and Mary Blasl (right), co-managers of The Library Store. www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 • PAGE 35 |spotlight
Coming LOLA is Coming Soon! to Town September 14: Ask how you can down- load audiobooks at your branch library. LOLA 2010 Events at London Public Library September 21: Reserve a public September 9 – 8-9:30 pm computer workstation for a 90 minute Wolf Performance Hall session. You can reserve in the library The Space Between: A or from home by visiting our website. Transmorphous Journey with Chris See staff for more information. Meloche & the Transmorphous Sound Ensemble. With special guest Penn Kemp. Tickets $5 at the door or in HOURS advance at Grooves or check the lolafest Mon-Thurs - 12:30-8:30 pm website. Fri-Sat - 12:30-4:40 pm Sun - 2:30-4:30 pm September 16, 17 & 18 – 6 pm Fall Hours Begin September 13 Rotary Reading Garden The Libro Library Territoriality by internationally Road Show Van You’re at home doing acclaimed, award winning artist Anitra homework or working Hamilton, is a sound recording of a at Western Fair on a project and suddenly gardener mowing grass, with interesting results. September 10-19 you need help with your Visit the Libro Library Road Show at research. But there’s no way the Western Fair. We’ll be in North www.lolafest.com you can get to the library. LOLA (London Ontario Live Arts Festival) Park. You can talk to staff, get a card That’s when askON can is supported by Ontario Arts Council. Look and find out what’s going on at the for more events happening in London. Library. help. Go to London Public Library’s website and click And watch for the Western Fair on the askON icon for live Bumper Car promotional display at these five library locations: Byron, chat reference help during Jalna, Masonville, Westmount and The select hours. Hudson’s Bay Passageway at Central.
PAGE 36 • www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 heART| We’re Full of heART! London Public Library has art going on all the time - author events, art exhibits, music, films, art & craft programs. Here’s a taste of what’s happening this fall. Check the program listings for more and join us on the creative side of life. Find out more details about London’s heART at www.londonarts.ca, launching September 24, 2010.
Author Readings Coming to the Library this Fall Art Shows at the Library Pam Killeen George Sipos For details see the program listings in Addiction: The Hidden Epidemic The Geography of Arrival Access magazine or ask at the Library. September 1 – 7-9 pm October 13 – 7-9 pm Stevenson & Hunt Room Stevenson & Hunt Room B September London Public Library Staff Art Show (Byron) Emma Donoghue Terry Griggs & Jennifer Masters - Historic Photographs Room Barbara Haworth-Attard (Carson) September 13 – 7:30-8:30 pm Halloween Author Reading Susie Matthias; Robin Baratta; Megan Landon Branch Library October 20 – 7-9 pm Williamson; Joey Ianni (Central) Stevenson & Hunt Room Nine Fine Artists (Cherryhill) A.J. Somerset Nancy Latchford (Landon) Combat Camera Dr. Bruce Perry Karen Caughlin (Masonville) Alexander MacLeod The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog Dorothea de Jaegar & Carol Brink Light Lifting October 26 – 7-9 pm (Westmount) September 20 – 7-8:30 pm Wolf Performance Hall Stevenson & Hunt Room B October Karen Enns Terry Woods (Byron) Poetry London Readings That Other Beauty Roman Maciejewski; Anna Sobot; Dave September 29, October 20, Poetry Reading Doxtator (Central) November 24 – 7:30-8:30 pm October 27 – 7:30-8:30 pm John Easby; Kay’s Art Class (Cherryhill) Eve Joseph & Lorri Nelson Glenn; Landon Branch Library Youth Art Contest - Oct 19 through Charles Mountford & Jeramy Dodds; November (East London) Ken Babstock Charles Mountford Sara Parsons (Landon) Landon Branch Library Poetry Fero An (Masonville) October 28 – 7-8 pm Peter Lam (Westmount) Peter Robinson Byron Branch Library Bad Boy November September 30 – 7:30-8:30 pm Poetry Café Sara Parsons (Byron) Janice Arandelovic; Tom Straub; Veterans Wolf Performance Hall November 6 – 2-4 pm of Parkwood Hospital; Amy Redmond Tickets: $20 and $15 Landon Branch Library (Central) Cathy Speigler (Cherryhill) Arthur Slade Leslie Garrett Lily Keightley & Brad St. John (Landon) Virtual Children’s Author Greening Your Holidays Artside Group (Masonville) October 1 – 1-2 pm November 9 – 7-9 pm Gail Jongkind & Barbara Ludgate Wolf Performance Hall Stevenson & Hunt Room (Westmount) # Find the heART Contest Entry Form Count the number of heART logos in this
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www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 • PAGE 37 |the last word
Johnnene Maddison is a fulltime artist and parttime art instructor and has exhibited by Johnnene Maddison and won awards in Canada and the USA. It all starts the way it always does. My In the midst of all the knowledge in a Silent and strong, she lets me have my painting is going badly (it usually is). If library there is sure to be an answer to way with her. it went smoothly and every stroke that my questions about my relationship to left my brush or every stitch that left my my art. Here, I can spend hours looking At the beginning of my career as an fingers was perfect, why not stop there? at works by artists from every period in artist, the Library was an excellent So, as usual, it’s not going well. I stomp history. I have art books at home but at place to exhibit both one person and around. I call my paints and brushes the Library I can distance myself from group shows. It was a place to get several nasty names. Then, as always, I the disappointment in my own work my feet wet before approaching the head for the Library. and get lost in all the great works that intimidating gallery system. Now I go came before me. to the Library to view young artists with their first shows. I visit group shows I pull the large volumes from the and drop in on art classes. shelves and enjoy their weight, the feel of the bindings, even the musty smell. If At the Library I also listen to readings I pore over images of works by Louise by authors and understand their words Nevelson, Childe Hassam or Emily in a new way. I sit and sketch young Carr, will I find answers to my current mothers and children, admire hand- artistic dilemma? Will I be assured crafted creations, listen to concerts and that they too struggled with the chasm watch films. All this I soak up like a between the perfect image in their mind sponge and take back to my studio, then and the one the hand delivers to the attempt to brush or stitch it into place paper? while it’s fresh in my imagination. There are times when I take home I know what you’re thinking. I can five or six books even though I will stay home and find everything on my probably spend hours devouring only computer. But can a computer let me sit one and ignoring the rest. The Library in a comfortable chair and flip back and doesn’t care, unlike a friend who will forth between several books comparing Running #1 (mixed media) ultimately say, “How did you like the early Francis Bacon works with later book I loaned you?” This leads me to As an artist, I find something peaceful ones while occasionally receiving a desperately search for a profound and and soothing about a library. It could be smile from a senior or a toddling infant? pithy statement about a book that is as the quiet hush that welcomes me as I Does a computer smell like decades exciting to me as Formica. Not easy for enter. The doors close on the noise and of dust and knowledge and humanity? one who is pithy challenged. chaos outside. It could be the sight of Will a computer give me information children reading books on the floor, a and inspiration along with human reminder of long ago days when I too interaction? sat on the library floor with a perfect Like a great and pile of colourful books. It could be the respected ship, the Library Well, not yet. Perhaps it will in a future Library staff always ready to help with is a “she” and she is a friend I’ll no longer be a part of, but for now a search or request. I’m just delighted to have the Library without judgments or and all the wonders that she holds. It is also the promise of finding an expectations. answer that eludes me in my studio. PAGE 38 • www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 Community Borrowing Periods Late Charges Outreach Books & paperbacks 21 days London Public Library has a policy of collecting late charges on overdue • Meeting room rentals Bestsellers 14 days materials to encourage prompt return. Central Library ~ 519-661-5120 CDs 21 days Overdue materials are charged on a Monday-Friday ~ 9-5 (September) High demand materials 7 days calendar day basis, including Sunday, 9-6 (Starting October) Information file material: at all locations. An electronic or phone Branches ~ Call location for rates Central Branch 7 days message will be left about overdue items & availability. all other locations 21 days 6 days after the due date. • Distribution of community materials Magazines 21 days NOTE: Give us your e-mail address (for cultural, educational, non-profit/ Quick Picks 7 days and we’ll send you a notice before your Videos/DVDs 7 days charitable organizations) materials are due! Drop materials off at the Welcome Downloadable books 14 days per item max. Desk, Central Library during regular per day per item hours for distribution to Library Renewals Adult Materials locations. Materials will be posted only if space is available - staff will • Materials may be renewed DVDs, Quick Picks try to accommodate as many requests • in person, at any Library & bestsellers $ 2 $ 10 as possible. • on-line through “My Account” All other materials 30¢ $ 9 in our catalogue: Children’s Materials www.londonpubliclibrary.ca DVDs & bestsellers $ 1 $ 6 InterLibrary Loan • by calling 519-661-4600 All other materials 15¢ $ 6 You can borrow materials from many • Limit of 3 renewals Senior Citizens (65+) other Library systems through the • 7-day materials & items with holds DVDs, Quick Picks Library’s InterLibrary Loan service. cannot be renewed & bestsellers $ 2 $ 10 All other materials 15¢ $ 6 Visiting Library Returns Service You may return materials to any London Public Library - not just the one from Anyone unable to use standard Library which they were borrowed. Even when facilities may request home delivery by we’re closed, material return chutes are Fall Hours calling 519-661-6444. Visiting Library open for your use. Please check to make 10 am - 6 pm Monday - Thursday Service also oversees the distribution of sure that video or CD cases are 10 am - 5 pm Friday 10 am - 4 pm Saturday CNIB “Talking Books”. not empty!
Employment Settlement Services London Public Resource Centres for Newcomers Library Board Looking for employment? We are here The London Library Settlement Meets on Thursday evenings once a to help! Employment Resource Centres, Partnership (LSP) provides information month in the Central Library Board staffed with facilitators, are located in and referral services to newcomers Room (unless otherwise noted). six Library locations to assist with about employment, volunteer Public session begins at 5:30 pm your job search. Questions? opportunities, language learning and • [email protected] assessment, and many other issues Chair: Jan Lubell • Call 519-661-5100 related to settling in London. Library Vice-Chair: Josh Morgan Beacock Branch ext. 7415 Settlement Workers are on hand to help Members: Central Library ext. 5834 at four Library locations: 2nd floor, Gina Barber Crouch Branch ext. 7420 Central Library, Beacock Branch, Nancy Branscombe Jalna Branch ext. 7425 Jalna Branch and Sherwood Branch. Jerry Colwell Pond Mills Branch ext. 7430 Gloria Leckie Westmount Branch ext. 7435 Svetlana MacDonald Joanne Tilley David Winninger
www.londonpubliclibrary.ca • fall 2010 • PAGE 39 Locations Hours Central & Children’s Mon. 9 am-9 pm Tues. 9 am-9 pm Wed. 9 am-9 pm Thurs. 9 am-9 pm Fri. 9 am-6 pm Sat. 9 am-5 pm Sundays 1-4 pm from October 17 to November 28
Beacock, Byron, Cherryhill, Crouch, East London, Jalna, Landon, Masonville, Pond Mills, Sherwood, Westmount, North London Tues. 9 am-9 pm Wed. 9 am-9 pm Thurs. 9 am-9 pm Fri. 9 am-6 pm Sat. 9 am-5 pm Glanworth Tues. 7-9 pm Sat. 10 am-noon Carson & Lambeth Tues. 1-5 & 6-9 pm Wed. 9-noon & 1-5 pm Thurs. 1-5 & 6-9 pm Fri. 9 -noon & 1-5 pm Sat. 9 -noon & 1-5 pm
Ramped, level or elevator access to Library materials is available at all locations except Glanworth.
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