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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

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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

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. Ages: 8 - 12. Use VR technology to design a the next level with four weeks of Cost: $40. virtual version of yourself. Then, challenging activities hosted by STEM BCRL Mar 9, 16, 23, 30 7 pm view your avatar in VR goggles that Minds. Ages: 8 - 12. Cost: $110. Let's Build a Computer you get to take home! Ages: 8 - 12. PBRL Mar 24, 31 We're building AND coding computers Cost: $5. Apr 7, 14 6:30 pm from scratch. Ages: 8 - 12. PL Apr 25 2 pm PBRL Apr 30 6:30 pm Gadgets and Gizmos Let's Build a Virtual World See what cool things you can do with Raspberry Pi Day In this two-part workshop, create the tech and gadgets in our Learn It! Come and explore the wonderful and code a 3D environment and lab. We've got Ozobots, augmented world of Raspberry Pi! See exciting then explore it in virtual reality. You and virtual reality games, the projects and take part in hands-on even get to keep the VR goggles! Rig-a-ma-jig and more! workshops and see what this little Ages: 8 - 12. Cost: $5. BCRL Mar 21 11 am computer can do. CCRL May 21, 28 6:30 pm BCRL Mar 14 10 am GameLab Let's Make a Hologram Learn how to develop your own game Record a Demo Create a simple hologram using using Game Maker Studio 2 and bring Work with a technician for personalized your phone or tablet. Ages: 8 - 12 the game of your dreams to life! studio set-up, software navigation and and accompanying adult. Ages: 8 - 12. recording. Come ready to perform. Tickets are available at the BCRL Mar 14 | Apr 11 Cost: $125 for a two-hour session. Service Desk 30 minutes before. May 9 2 pm CCRL Mar 29 | Apr 26 PBRL Mar 9 7 pm May 31 10 am DESIGN PROJECTS Recording Studio 101 Get an introduction to the Recording #BeAmaker Discover how to use some of the Studio equipment and software. tools in our Creation Spaces though CCRL Mar 2 | Apr 6 STEAM Careers In Action guided step-by-step projects. May 4 7 pm Meet professionals who work in Tickets are available at the Service STEAM-related fields and enjoy Desk 30 minutes before. Recording Studio Master Class activities related to their profession. 3D Flower This five-part workshop will teach you BCRL Mar 1 2 pm how to set up the live studio, use Logic Forensic Scientist Design, customize and 3D-print a Pro, and edit and export your files. Mar 29 2 pm flower. Ages: 8 - 12. Ages: 13+. Cost: $120. Psychologist PBRL Mar 26 6:30 pm CCRL Mar 7, 14, 21, 28 Apr 26 2 pm Custom Coasters Apr 4 10 am Jewelry Designer The Carvey® CNC machine will carve Screen Presence Workshop May 24 2 pm out your coaster design. For Adults. Sound Technician This two-part workshop will give PBRL Apr 18 2 pm you the edge to improve your screen STEAM Club Custom T-Shirts presence with a trained acting Explore a new STEAM topic each week Make custom iron-on vinyl designs. instructor. Ages: 16+. Cost: $20. with a guided, hands-on drop-in Bring your own t-shirt. For families. CCRL Mar 26 | Apr 2 6:30 pm workshop. Ages: 7+. PBRL May 17 6:30 pm BCRL Tuesdays 7 pm

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Preschool programs

Baby Social Countdown to Kindergarten Play by Numbers Drop in and meet other parents and This 10 week session is designed This 45 minute program will introduce babies in your community! We will to help prepare your little one for children to basic math concepts and feature a new topic every week along kindergarten. Preschoolers enjoy numeracy through games, activities with activities, singing, free play and an independent half hour of stories, and stories. Ages: 3 - 5. occasional guest speakers. Ages: 0 - 12 songs and hands-on activity stations. CCRL Thursdays 11:30 am months with a parent or caregiver. Caregivers must remain in the library. Apr 2 - 30 BCRL Fridays 10:30 am Registration begins March 11. DC Fridays 11:15 am May 1 - 29 Born to Read MA Wednesdays 10:30 am Apr 1 - Jun 3 Join us for an interactive program to STEAM Storytime share stories, songs, rhymes and early Hop, Sing, Read! Investigate early Science, Technology, literacy activities that you can continue For children who love to move, this Engineering, Arts and Mathematics to enjoy at home! Ages: 0 - 18 months storytime is 30 minutes of songs, concepts through songs, stories and with a parent or caregiver. rhymes and wiggles. For 2 to 4 year interactive play. Ages: 3 - 5 AN Mondays 2 pm olds and their enthusiastic adult. BCRL Saturdays 10:30 am BCRL Tuesdays 10:30 am DC Tuesdays 10:30 am Toddling to Read CCRL Wednesdays 2 pm VV Mondays 10:30 am This program features stories, songs, Fridays 2 pm WO Fridays 10:30 am action rhymes and early literacy DC Thursdays 10:30 am Musical Babies activities that you can continue to PBRL Tuesdays 10:30 am An hour-long program that enjoy at home! Toddlers will enjoy lots PL Mondays 11:30 am incorporates musical learning with of stimulation and activity. VV Wednesdays 10:30 am songs, rhymes and more! Offered Ages: 18 months to 3 years with a in partnership with EarlyON Centre. parent or caregiver. Space is limited. Ages: 0 - 12 months. AN Thursdays 10:30 am Tickets are available at the Service BCRL Thursdays 10:30 am Desk 30 minutes before. CCRL Mondays 11:30 am KL Wednesdays 2 pm MA Tuesdays 10:30 am MA Thursdays 1:30 pm PBRL Wednesdays 10:30 am Please pre-register at the Service Desk or on Eventbrite. Search by program name at Except Mar 19 PL Wednesdays 10:30 am vaughanpubliclibraries.eventbrite.com Fridays 10:30 am

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Be an Earth Ranger! Chess Club May the 4th Be With You Do you have a passion for animals and Play a game, talk strategy and meet Find your Star Wars name, visit a planet the environment? Become an Earth other like-minded chess players. far, far away, do a scavenger hunt and a Ranger and help us complete missions MA Fridays 4 pm lot more! Costumes are encouraged! as we learn about biodiversity and VV Saturdays 1 pm BCRL May 4 4 pm sustainability to protect the world we WO Tuesdays 6:45 pm PL May 2 11 am live in. Ages: 7 - 12. FR Fun With French Reading Buddies for Kids! VV Mar 26 | Apr 23 Parlez vous français? Practice French Have fun reading! Practice reading, May 28 6:30 pm with stories and activities led by play games and make friends. Contact WO May 2 2 pm French speaking volunteers from our the Service Desk or visit our website Bookbinding and Printmaking community. Ages: 7+. for details. Ages: 7 - 11. for Kids BCRL Thursdays 7 pm DC Wednesdays Learn to bind your own book as well Until May 14 4:30 and 5:30 pm as make patterned prints with paint, CCRL Wednesdays 7 pm Apr 15 - Jun 17 fruits, vegetables and plants! PBRL Mondays 7 pm MA Tuesdays 6:30 pm Ages: 8 - 12. Except Mar 16 Until Apr 14, except Mar 17 BCRL Mar 15 1:30 pm Hooked on Books St. John's Ambulance Celebrate Canadian Authors! Love books? Us too! We're discussing Home Alone Safety It's Canadian Children's Book Week! and exploring our favourite books and Presented by St. John's Ambulance, Join Soyeon Kim, a renowned children's characters with a new theme each this course is designed for children illustrator, for some special fun. week. Just drop in! ages 10 - 11 to give them basic MA May 4 10 am PL Tuesdays 4 pm emergency and safety training. Topics VV Apr 3, 10, 17, 24 3:30 pm include: handling phone calls, people at the door, 911 emergencies, first aid and at-home do’s and don’ts. Please pre-register at the Service Desk or on Eventbrite. Search by program name at Registration: $50. vaughanpubliclibraries.eventbrite.com BCRL Mar 8 10 am

8 What’s On | March - May 2020 905-653-READ (7323) Knights and Castles It’s medieval time at the library! Build a fort, design your coat of arms, play games and more! Ages: 4 - 12. AN CCRL DC KL MA PBRL PL VV ARCH WO M #VPLMarchBreak Mar 18 2 pm Creation Station We’ve got some cool ways to create FR Bilingual Play: Goldilocks and MARch 16 - 20 at the library – join us for a range of BREAK!the Three Canadian Bears STEAM using some of the coolest tech Little Red Theatre presents Goldilocks out there. Ages: 4 - 12. and the Three Canadian Bears! Bilingual All VPL Locations play in English and French. Q&A with FR Bilingual Robot Workshop Mar 19 2 pm the performers to follow. Ages: 4 - 8. STEAM-based robot fun in English CCRL Mar 17 10:30 am Mad Science: Up, Up, & Away! and French! Work together to build Explore the science and feel the power and code a robot. Navigate your Go Green! of air and air pressure in this fun and creation through obstacle courses and The leaves aren’t out yet, but that interactive show by Mad Science. complete challenges. Ages: 8 - 12. doesn’t stop you being green! Get Ages: 5 - 12. Space is limited. PBRL Mar 16 10:30 am back to nature with a host of games, BCRL Mar 20 2 pm Front of the Line! challenges and scavenger hunts PBRL Mar 20 11 am focused on the environment. Welcome to your March Break HQ! Ages: 4 - 12. Science Fun! Play games at our launch party, make All VPL Locations Unleash your inner scientist with cool things and pick out your next read. Mar 17 2 pm experiments and hands-on activities. We've got special fast-track copies of Ages: 4 - 12. all the hottest titles. Ages: 4 - 12. FR Bilingual Puppet Show AN BCRL CCRL DC MA PBRL PL VV All VPL Locations Bilingual fun for the little ones! WO Mar 16 2 pm Come enjoy plays in both French Mar 20 2 pm and English. BCRL Mar 18 2 pm

FR Club Franco for Homeschoolers It's French club for homeschoolers! For Join us for bilingual arts and science activities led by French-speaking staff. Homeschoolers Ages: 6 - 12. Venez nous joindre pour une heure STEAM Club for Homeschoolers d’activités en français organisée par un Hands-on workshops that explore de nos bibliothécaires francophones. science, technology, engineering, arts Pour 6 - 12 ans. and math. Ages: 6 - 12. BCRL Mar 10, 24 | Apr 7, 21 BCRL Mar 3, 17, 31 | Apr 14, 28 May 5 2 pm May 12, 26 2 pm

www.vaughanpl.info 9 family Storytime Spend time together enjoying great stories, songs and rhymes. Fun for the whole family!

BCRL Wednesdays 10:30 am CCRL Fridays 11:30 am DC Mondays 5:45 pm Starts Mar 23 KL Tuesdays 11 am MA Thursdays 10:30 am Family programs PBRL Mondays 6:30 pm Thursdays 11 am PL Tuesdays 6:30 pm Creation Lab Pokémon League VV Tuesdays 6:30 pm Explore all things STEAM with a variety Whether you own Pokémon cards, WO Thursdays 6:30 pm of library tech and tools. love Pokémon or just want something KL Saturdays 2 pm fun to do, come play Pokémon The MA Mar 12, Apr 9 Card Game at the library! All ages are { N { May 14 7 pm welcome. FR Bilingual Family Storytime Family Movie BCRL Mar 28 | Apr 25 May 23 2 pm The perfect intro to French! Awesome Bring your family and watch feature VV Mar 19 | Apr 16 stories and songs for everyone. films on the big screen. May 21 6 pm CCRL Mar 14, 28 | Apr 25 DC Mar 21 | Apr 18 May 9, 23 11 am May 23 2 pm Ready, Set, Read VV Mar 5, Apr 2 MA Mar 7, 21 | Apr 4, 18 Children will learn to read with ease May 7 6:30 pm May 2, 16, 30 2 pm and confidence through interactive Korean Storytime LEGO Mania activities. For SK & Grade 1 students. BCRL Wednesdays 6 pm The perfect intro to Korean! No prior If you like playing with LEGO, come knowledge of Korean required. design and build LEGO structures. Managing Your Child’s BCRL Wednesdays 7 pm Ages: 5 - 9. Health & Wellbeing Mar 11 - Apr 29 BCRL Sundays 10:30 am A free workshop helping parents Mandarin Storytime manage and regulate big emotions Paper Bag Princess Day! The perfect intro to Mandarin. No prior in children and tweens. Offered by Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the knowledge of Mandarin required. health professionals from SickKids' Robert Munsch classic with a special PBRL Tuesdays 2 pm Boomerang Health. Child care reading and fun activities. Apr 7 - May 12 BCRL Mar 7 2 pm available. CCRL Mar 7 2 pm PBRL Apr 7 7 pm Sensory Storytime for PL Mar 7 11 am Children with Special Needs WO Mar 7 2 pm Join a small group for a storytime in a sensory-friendly environment. FR Play Together/Jouons ensemble Ages: 3 - 8 and their families. Enjoy learning French together with CCRL Mar 7 | Apr 4 different games and fun activities. For May 2 10:30 am children of all ages and their families. Please pre-register at the Service Desk or on Eventbrite. Search by program name at Just drop in! vaughanpubliclibraries.eventbrite.com PBRL Mar 28 | Apr 25 2 pm

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D&D Adventures at the Library Money Smarts for Students Toastmasters for Teens Game on! Join in on the action and CIBC Financial Advisor, Alexandr Khan Have you ever felt nervous about public adventure as we campaign our way will present banking and money tips speaking? Join Toastmasters for Teens through the world of Dungeons for high school students. and conquer those fears! Develop and Dragons. No previous gaming BCRL May 3, 16 2 pm communication and leadership skills experience required. Ages: 12 - 16. Red Cross Babysitting Course with the guidance of a facilitator. CCRL Mar 30 | Apr 27 PBRL Thursdays 7 pm Learn important skills for becoming a May 25 6:30 pm Mar 26 - May 14 top-notch babysitter. Admission is $60. May 14 celebration session Escape the Library Ages: 11 - 15. 6:30 - 8:30 pm The clock is ticking. Test your wits by MA Mar 14 | Apr 25 10 am solving puzzles and clues to make your Table Top for Teens escape from the library. Ages: 9 - 13. Explore the world of table top board BCRL Apr 19 2 pm games and card games @ the library. HackerLab Bring your own games or choose from Learn about cybersecurity and our selection. hacking from experts visiting from PBRL Saturdays 1 pm HackStudent Toronto. Learn about online vulnerabilities, decryption and what it means to be a hacker Volunteer Opportunities BCRL Apr 20, 27 There are different ways you can volunteer at the library! We have opportunities May 4 6:30 pm for various age groups in a wide variety of subjects. For a full listing of all opportunities, please visit our website at www.vaughanpl.info/volunteer

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Amazing Nature ESL Café Hindi Kavi Sammelan Brings together lovers of nature Newcomers and ESL learners can Join us for free poetry readings in Hindi and advocates of environmental practice their English in an informal by local and global poets and writers. sustainability. Hear from gardeners, environment with adult volunteers. In partnership with Hindi Chetna. scientists and environmentalists. Contact the Service Desk to register. WO May 30 1:30 pm WO Mar 9 7 pm DC Mar 1, 15, 29 | Apr 26 Hot Topics: Managing Stress The beauty and importance May 10, 24 1:30 pm Learn how your diet can reduce stress of bees VV Mar 8, 22 | Apr 5, 19 and discover quick, easy and nutritious Apr 6 7 pm May 3, 31 1:30 pm recipes. Presented by Nutrihelpers. Conserving our great lakes FR French Meetup MA Mar 8 2 pm May 11 7 pm Practice your French in good company How to bring nature home to Hot Topics: with a new theme every month! your yard BCRL Mar 25 7 pm Healthy Screen Time Practices Brain Fitness Jours fériés | Favourite holidays Learn strategies to help parents and Fun and engaging activities to boost Apr 29 7 pm caregivers find a realistic and balanced your brain strength and flexibility. Jeux préférés | Favourite approach to managing screen time BCRL Mondays 2 pm games among younger age groups. Apr 20 - May 11 May 27 7 pm BCRL Apr 5 2 pm Zentangle for Seniors L'école | School Jewish Book Club Chinese Social Hour Guided Meditation in VR The library will provide copies of two Chat in Chinese about books, current Bring calm back into your studies with books on contemporary Jewish topics: events and life in Canada. Call or visit a guided meditation session in virtual People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, the Service Desk for more details. reality. Contact the Service Desk for and Witness by Ariel Burger. PL Mar 24 | Apr 21 information. DC Apr 2 2 pm May 19 10:30 am BCRL Apr 1 - Apr 30 Learn HTML + CSS Death Cafe CCRL Apr 1 - Apr 29 The Code Mobile by Canada Learning PBRL Apr 1 - Apr 23 A Death Cafe is part of a global Code is visiting to teach how to build a movement that creates an open Headshots for New Professionals website or digital resume. Ages: 18+. forum on death, dying and grief. In Get a professional photo taken for BCRL May 10 1 pm partnership with Hospice Vaughan. All your online resume and social media are welcome. presence. BCRL Apr 22 2 pm CCRL Mar 21 11 am PBRL May 3 2 pm

12 What’s On | March - May 2020 905-653-READ (7323) Let's Go to the Movies Study Hall More than just a great place to get Need a place to study for exams? VPL's TECH TRAINING books, the library is also a fun place to study hall is open late for college and Take it a step beyond the basics with enjoy a film - for free! university students who want to study these helpful hands-on sessions. DC Mondays 2 pm alone or in small groups. Except Mar 16 BCRL CCRL PBRL Make the Most of Saturdays 2 pm April 5 - 8, 14 - 22. Your Smartphone Except Mar 21, Apr 18, May 23 Mon - Thu: 9 pm - 12 am BCRL Mar 19 2 pm Fri: 6 - 9 pm FR Mar 4 | Apr 15 Apps for Newcomers May 13 2 pm Sat & Sun: 5 - 9 pm CCRL Apr 20 7 pm French movies with English Stuff You Forgot Apps for your Start-Up subtitles. From High School May 11 7 pm Join us for a refresher on some of your Photography Apps Online Safety and Banking Mar 23 7 pm most loved (or hated!) subjects, and Learn how to be safe online and use Productivity Apps online banking features and apps. In learn something new. partnership with Y-Digital, YMCA of CCRL Mar 31 7 pm Microsoft Office Greater Toronto. The Assassination BCRL Apr 16 2 pm BCRL May 21 2 pm of Julius Caesar Excel Apr 28 7 pm MA Apr 22 6:30 pm Plan for Retirement - and Life The Importance of Bees Powerpoint Canadians are living longer, and May 26 7 pm May 20 6:30 pm retirement could last 30 years or more. Introduction to Ancient Greek Excel Learn the importance of planning for it. Philosophy BCRL Apr 26 2 pm Tech 1-On-1 World Cinema Hands-on assistance from volunteers Plan Smart for Calling all film fans! Experience critically with computers, tablets and more. Your Financial Future acclaimed movies from around the Contact the Service Desk for details. Learn how to save for your family's world, with English subtitles. AN CCRL PL WO future. Presented by the Credit DC Mar 22 | Apr 19 Counseling Society. May 17 2 pm VV Apr 29 7 pm Planning financially for your Writers' Room THE LEARNING SERIES new arrival Work with other aspiring writers to Exotic Travels explore elements of writing like plot, May 27 7 pm DJ Howard Mednick will lead you on a character, and prose style. Perfect for Vacations on a budget musical tour to explore classical music discussion and feedback. that was inspired by the exotic travels of Social Hour CCRL Mar 17 | Apr 21 their composers. Older adults are invited to this free May 19 7 pm program featuring activities, guest BCRL Mar 12 2:30 pm speakers and informational workshops. Your First Job In Canada Music, Memory, and the Brain Newcomers learn how to get WO Mar 2 | Apr 1 Whether listening to Beethoven, Bach "Canadian" experience without a job, May 4 7 pm or Justin Bieber, music has a powerful, and tips for job searching and applying. Mar 19 | Apr 16 therapeutic and visible effect on the MA May 3 2 pm May 21 2 pm Brain. Presented by Dr. Claude Alain. Visit the Therapy Dogs BCRL May 14 2:30 pm Too stressed to study? Take a break and The Golden Age of visit the therapy dogs, in partnership with St. John Ambulance. Shanghai Jazz Shanghai in the 1930s and 40s was a Please pre-register at the Service Desk or BCRL Apr 18 2 pm on Eventbrite. Search by program name bustling place for jazz. Even during the CCRL Apr 6 7 pm at vaughanpubliclibraries.eventbrite.com Japanese occupation, movies, night clubs PBRL Apr 14 7 pm and dance halls were all very much alive. BCRL Apr 9 2:30 pm

www.vaughanpl.info 13 Recommended ReadsReads ADULT

American Dirt Woman on the Edge Finding Chika The Liar Girl at the Edge of Sky Jeanine Cummins Samantha M. Bailey Mitch Albom Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Lilian Nattel

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Pumpkinheads The Beautiful What the Eagle Sees The End and Other Slay Rainbow Rowell Renée Ahdieh Eldon Yellowhorn Beginnings Brittney Morris Veronica Roth

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Thank You, Omu! Brenda Is A Sheep Mr. Nogginbody Gets A Hammer Stargazing New Kid Oge Mora Morag Hood David Shannon Jen Wang Jerry Craft

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COMING NEW LIBRARY & STOREFRONT LOCATION COMING NEW LIBRARY AT MACKENZIE VAUGHAN HOSPITAL THIS LATE 2020 SUMMER AT VAUGHAN METROPOLITAN CENTRE (VMC) 3100 Major MacKenzie Drive West, Maple L6A 1S1 200 Apple Mill Rd, Vaughan L4K 5Z5 Mon–Thurs 10am–9pm; Fri 10am–6pm; Mon–Thurs 10am– 9pm; Fri 10am–6pm; Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm Storefront is accessible with your library card ANSLEY GROVE LIBRARY AN 350 Ansley Grove Road, Woodbridge L4L 5C9

BATHURST CLARK RESOURCE LIBRARY DUFFERIN CLARK LIBRARY BCRL DC 900 Clark Avenue West, Thornhill L4J 8C1 1441 Clark Avenue West, Thornhill L4J 7R4 CIVIC CENTRE RESOURCE LIBRARY MAPLE LIBRARY CCRL MA 2191 Major Mackenzie Drive, Vaughan L6A 4W2 10190 Keele Street, Maple L6A 1G3 PIERRE BERTON RESOURCE LIBRARY PBRL PL PLEASANT RIDGE LIBRARY 4921 Rutherford Road, Woodbridge L4L 1A6 300 Pleasant Ridge Avenue, Thornhill L4J 9B3 Mon–Thurs 9am–9pm; Fri 9am–6pm; WOODBRIDGE LIBRARY WO Sat & Sun 9am–5pm 150 Woodbridge Avenue, Woodbridge L4L 2S7 VELLORE VILLAGE LIBRARY KLEINBURG LIBRARY V V KL 1 Villa Royale Avenue, Woodbridge L4H 2Z7 10341 Islington Avenue North, Kleinburg, L0J 1C0 Mon–Thurs 10am–9pm; Fri 10am–6pm; Mon, Wed & Thurs 1–8pm; Tues 10am–5pm; Fri Closed; Sat & Sun 1–5pm Sat 10am–5pm; Sun 1–5pm

Library items may be returned to any branch location unless otherwise noted. Return boxes are open 24/7.

www.vaughanpl.info 15 A Night of Mystery with Maureen Jennings

Join Maureen Jennings, famed author of the Detective Murdoch Mysteries, for a night of celebrating the mystery genre.

Photo by Scarlet Page Pierre Berton Resource Library · Saturday, March 7 • 7 - 9 pm FAMILY NIGHT

Be amazed during a night of magical experiences, where you will learn new tricks, meet a magician, discover fantastical beasts and much more! #VPLFamNite

Dufferin Clark Library · Saturday, May 9 • 6:30 – 9 pm Hunger Games Prequel Party Join us in celebratration of the release of the newest book in the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Meet fellow fans, enjoy themed activities, and take on the escape room challenge! Ages: 13+.

Pierre Berton Resource Library · Saturday, May 23 • 7 - 9 pm

Your child will have a blast at VPL’s STEAM Summer Camp! Sign up for our fun STEAM-themed summer camp weeks. Each week features a build project, STEASTEAMM workshop or special guest. Flip to page 4 for full details and weekly camp descriptions! Summer Camps

Ages 7 - 11 • $180/Week 9 weeks of July and August MON - FRI • 9am - 4pm #VPLCamps

Ansley Grove Library • Registration opens on Monday, March 16!