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A free guide to programs, special events and using your library. What’s OMarchn - May 2020 Meet Ollie! VPL's newest member of the family. Vaughan Public Libraries www.vaughanpl.info Vaughan Celebrating Summer 30+ years with our biggest Camps summer camp lineup ever! 17 NEW summer camps STEM, mixed media art, nature play + (lots!) of water adventures 1 & 2 week sessions • busing & after hours swimming + water play • trips & special guests View our NEW summer camps brochure and video at vaughan.ca/camps What’s On is published quarterly Upcoming Holiday Closures by the Marketing & Communications Friday, April 10 Good Friday CLOSED Department of Vaughan Public Libraries. Sunday, April 12 Easter Sunday CLOSED For more information about programs, Monday, April 13 Easter Monday CLOSED please contact the branch listed. Monday, May 18 Victoria Day CLOSED For general information about this publication contact the following. Subscriptions Editor: Robert Symes Monthly e-mails about what's happening at the library. 905-653-READ (7323), Ext: 4608 eNewsletter www.vaughanpl.info/newsletters [email protected] For Your VPL staff blog on recommended titles and themed lists. Staff Assistant Editor: Zahra Khaki PiCKS Leisure www.vaughanpl.info/leisure 905-653-READ (7323), Ext: 4646 Up-to-date progress reports of new libraries and renovations. [email protected] www.vaughanpl.info/building Design & Layout: Mark Yang 905-653-READ (7323), Ext: 4633 Connect with us! [email protected] Vaughan Public Libraries vaughanpl Vaughan Public Libraries Vaughanpubliclibraries Vaughan Public Libraries 2191 Major Mackenzie Drive Vaughan, Ontario, L6A 4W2 905-653-READ (7323) Mission Statement www.vaughanpl.info Vaughan Public Libraries offers welcoming destinations that educate, excite and empower our community. All programs and events listed are free of charge unless otherwise noted. Enrich Inspire Transform STEAM Summer Camps #VPLCamps Your child will have a blast at VPL’s STEAM Summer Camp! Sign up for one (or all) of our fun STEAM-themed summer camp weeks. Kids will love the action-packed days with enough time to get outside for some fun in the sun too. Each week features a build project, workshop or special guest. Register starting Monday, March 16, 2020 at the Service Desk or on Eventbrite. vaughanpubliclibraries.eventbrite.com * ANSLEY GROVE LIBRARY Ages 7 - 11 • $180/Week 350 Ansley Grove Road, Woodbridge MON - FRI • 9am - 4pm Extended care is available. WEEK 1 | MAKER MADNESS $144 WEEK 5 | STEM CHALLENGES $180 June 29 - July 3 (Closed July 1 for Canada Day) 4 days July 27 - July 31 We have all things MAKER this week! Try out all our MAKER Can you code the robot mouse to get the cheese? Or build a Classics: Snap Circuits®, button making, robotics, 3D design roller coaster out of straws? Our campers will expand their logic and printing, cardboard forts, augmented reality and more. and problem solving skills with a week of STEM challenges. WEEK 2 | VIRTUAL REALITY $180 WEEK 6 | ANIMATION $144 July 6 - July 10 August 4 - August 7 (Closed August 3 for Civic Holiday) 4 days We'll be exploring virtual and augmented reality through a ton Learn stop-motion and claymation animation techniques and of activities and technology. Go on a virtual scavenger hunt, create your own movies with the latest technology. explore new worlds with the Merge Cube, create your own hologram and more. WEEK 7 | ROBOTICS $180 August 10 - August 14 WEEK 3 | ENGINEERING $180 We’ve got robots, big and small! Campers will learn robotics coding July 13 - July 17 basics and experience a variety of robots. Engineers build the world around us! Our campers will have the opportunity to design, build, test, and refine their own WEEK 8 | GAME DESIGN AND CODING $180 creations from bridges to catapults and more. August 17 - August 21 WEEK 4 | SCIENCE $180 Learn to create, code, and play your own games using Bloxels®, July 20 - July 24 online apps and robots like Botley®. This week is jam packed with science fun, experiments WEEK 9 | MAKER MADNESS 2.0 $180 and learning. We'll be making homemade slime, erupting August 24 - August 28 volcanoes and more. Ready for round 2? Try out even more MAKER Classics: KEVA block challenges, build your own marble run and more. Payment is due at the time of registration. Cancellation requests received at least seven days prior to the camp start date will receive a full refund. *Weeks 1 and 6 are shortened to 4-day weeks due to holiday closure. The price for these weeks are $144 each. www.vaughanpl.info 3 WWhaelcomet’s What’s New Greetings from Rose Savage Chair, Vaughan Public Library Board Vaughan is a great City and for the very best experience we believe you need to make Vaughan Public Drop Your Drawers! Small acts can make a big difference in someone’s life! This Libraries part of your life. That’s why I’m excited to say that April drop off new underwear at any of VPL’s ten branches. 2020 might be our best year yet! We will be donating the underwear to 360 Kids to benefit We will be opening three new branches, launching at-risk youth. Help us support our community! innovative approaches to accessibility. Our Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) branch will be offering new innovative culinary literacy programming later this year. Our self-serve VMC Storefront will enable commuters to quickly access our most popular items. Finally, our new branch in Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital will serve the needs of our local community as well as patients and healthcare workers. Exhibit: Ornamenting the Ordinary We’re always looking at creative ways to serve you better and Learn about the artistic styles, craftsmanship, and craft meet your needs. traditions of South Asia's many culturally diverse regions. Bathurst Clark Resource Library Attention to Accessibility has always been at the heart of April 12 - June 14 what we do and that’s why I’m incredibly proud to announce that our Civic Centre Resource Library has received GOLD CERTIFICATION from the Rick Hanson Foundation in recognition for accessible design and facilities. This year we’ll also be launching a new look to make our spaces even more attractive and inviting – taking inspiration from our new logo, which you can see on the front of this magazine. While you are there, check out our cover star, Ollie! Our new mascot will be Experience Vaughan Bus Tours making appearances at our family events throughout the year. Join the library as we tour local museums and cultural institutions. Please contact the Service Desk for more Our programming also covers all age groups and interests. information. Ages: 65+. We’ll be conjuring up a fantastical evening at our Do You March 12 | McMichael Canadian Art Collection Believe in Magic Family Night. Teens and fans of YA will love March 26 | Royal Ontario Museum the escape rooms and themed activities of our Hunger Games Prequel Party and adults will love our book clubs and #VPLWrites workshops. We also have full-day STEAM camps to keep kids busy and engaged this summer break. For more information on our events and services, please visit us at www.vaughanpl.info. You’ll find a host of resources Lilian Nattel there, including links to our digital collection and birthday parties, as well as recommendations for future borrowing via Bestselling author Lilian Nattel will share her creative writing our For Your Leisure Blog. process and discuss her latest book Girl at the Edge of Sky. Bathurst Clark Resource Library I invite you to make the library part of your life! Sunday, April 19, 2 - 3:30 pm 4 What’s On | March - May 2020 905-653-READ (7323) VPL Adults Ages 19+ AN Mar 25 7 pm The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris We'll provide copies of the books a month ahead of Apr 29 7 pm Booktime at the ServiceClubs Desk. Pick one up, read it, then Moon of the Crusted Snow come share your thoughts on how you liked it! by Waubgeshig Rice May 27 7 pm Lessons for the 21st Century Children Ages 8 - 12 Teens Ages 12 - 19 by Yuval N. Harari CCRL Mar 10 7 pm AN Mar 4 7 pm CCRL Mar 3 6:30 pm The Inconvenient Indian The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton The Brilliant World of Tom Gates by Thomas King by Liz Pichon Apr 1 7 pm Apr 14 7 pm Apr 7 6:30 pm Red, White, and Royal Blue I Shall Not Hate Land of Stories: The Wishing by Casey McQuiston by Izzeldin Abuelaish Spell by Chris Colfer May 6 7 pm May 5 6:30 pm The Hazel Wood May 12 7 pm Big Nate Flips Out by Melissa Albert Eternal Life by Dara Horn by Lincoln Pierce PL Mar 30 7 pm PL Mar 11 7 pm PBRL Mar 11 7 pm Truly Devious Educated by Tara Westover The Little Prince by Maureen Johnson Apr 22 7 pm by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Apr 27 7 pm The Testaments Apr 8 7 pm American Born Chinese by Margaret Atwood Badir and the Beaver by Gene Luen Yang May 13 7 pm by Shannon Stewart May 25 7 pm Where the Crawdads Sing May 13 7 pm Dry by Neal Shusterman by Delia Owens The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer Holm VV Mar 12 7 pm Ru by Kim Thuy PL Mar 26 6:30 pm Apr 9 7 pm Rain, Reign by Ann M. Martin Hang out That Time I Loved You Apr 30 6:30 pm by Carrianne Leung All's Faire in Middle School with your fellow by Victoria Jamieson May 14 7 pm Witness by Ariel Burger May 28 6:30 pm Restart by Gordon Korman book-lovers! WO Mar 30 7 pm Hillbilly Elegy by J.D Vance VV Mar 2 6:30 pm Gangsta Granny Apr 27 7 pm by David Walliams The Other Einstein Apr 6 6:30 pm by Marie Benedict The Invention of Hugo Cabret May 25 7 pm by Brian Selznick The Third Daughter May 4 6:30 pm by Talia Carner Drama by Raina Telgemeier AN– Ansley Grove Library | BCRL–Bathurst Clark Resource Library | CCRL– Civic Centre Resource Library | DC–Dufferin Clark Library | KL–Kleinburg Library MA–Maple Library | PBRL–Pierre Berton Resource Library | PL–Pleasant Ridge Library | VV–Vellore Village Library | WO –Woodbridge Library www.vaughanpl.info 5 ! MMaak e ItIt Learn ItI t! It! Create Learn How To CRICUT Design your own graphics that can be VIRTUAL REALITY cut out with the CRICUT machine in Advanced LEGO Robotics Create a Virtual Avatar Push your problem solving skills to this four-part workshop.