TABLE OF CONTENTS --6 BranchLocal History Hours & Archives --7 GalleryAdult Programs HPL 24-- BlackOlder HistoryAdults Month 27-- VolunteerStorytimes Opportunities 28-- LocalEarly LearningHistory & Programs Archives 30-- AdultSchool-Age Programs Programs 38--- OOlderMarch Adults Break ProgrProgramsams 40-- StorytimesTeen Programs 42-- EarlyMovies Learning Programs 46-- SchoolBookmobile Age Programs -- Teen Programs TABLE OF CONTENTS -- 2019 in Review -- Movies --- BBookmobile

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Hamilton Public Library Board Library Board 2020-2022 The board meets monthly from Lori-Anne Spence-Smith (Chair), Elly Bowen, September to June. For more info, Vikki Cecchetto, Robert Coruzzi, Harjit Dhaliwal, John Kirkpatrick, C. A. Klassen, Stu Laurie, please contact Karen Dennie, Assistant Councillor Judi Partridge, Councillor Maria to the Chief Librarian, at 905-546-3214. Pearson, Nicolas van Velzen. HPL LOCATIONS & PHONE NUMBERS Central 905-546-3200 55 York Blvd., Hamilton Program registration: Children's: x3416 Adult's: x3434 Ancaster 905-648-6911 300 Wilson St. E., Ancaster Barton 905-546-3450 571 Barton St. E., Hamilton Binbrook 905-692-3323 2642 Regional Rd. 56, Binbrook Carlisle 905-689-8769 1496 Centre Rd., Carlisle REGISTER Concession 905-546-3415 565 Concession St., Hamilton FOR SPRING Dundas 905-627-3507 18 Ogilvie St., Dundas PROGRAMS Freelton 905-659-7639 1803 Brock Rd., Freelton Registration for Spring 2020 Greensville 905-627-4951 59 Kirby Ave., Greensville programs opens February 15, 2020, 10am. Mark your Kenilworth 905-546-3960 103 Kenilworth Ave. N., Hamilton calendars and visit hpl.ca Locke 905-546-3492 285 Locke St. S., Hamilton to register online! Lynden 519-647-2571 110 Lynden Rd., Lynden Mount Hope 905-679-6445 3027 Homestead Dr., Mount Hope Disclaimer All program dates and times are subject to change Red Hill 905-546-2069 695 Queenston Rd., Hamilton without notice. Visit hpl.ca or call Saltfleet 905-662-8611 131 Gray Rd., Stoney Creek your neighbourhood branch for Sherwood 905-546-3249 467 Upper Ottawa St., Hamilton the most current information. Reproductions of any part of Stoney Creek 905-643-2912 777 Highway 8, Stoney Creek this publication, in any format, Terryberry 905-546-3921 100 Mohawk Rd. W., Hamilton is forbidden without the express Turner Park 905-546-4790 352 Rymal Rd. E., Hamilton authorization of Hamilton Public Library. *Valley Park 905-573-3141 1050 Paramount Dr. Unit 12, Stoney Creek Spring 2020 What’s Happening Waterdown 905-689-6269 163 Dundas St. E., Waterdown Program Guide printed Westdale 905-546-3456 955 King St. W., Hamilton circulation 20,000. Bookmobile 905-546-3477

*Temporary location. New Valley Park branch ready in Fall 2021. CALENDAR ALERTS The March Break may interrupt regularly scheduled programs from March 14-21. On PA Day, Friday March 6, all Branches are open, except Carlisle, Greensville and Mount Hope. All Branches are closed: Easter Easter Friday April 10, Sunday April 12 and Monday April 13. Open regular hours on Saturday April 11. Regular hours resume on Tuesday April 14. Victoria Day Monday May 18. Regular hours resume on Tuesday May 19.

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1 Gallery4, 2 Gallery4 Annex, LH&A Out of the Vaults Central Library 1st Floor Central Library 4th Floor 3rd Floor March–April 2020 March–May 2020 March–April – A Little Dirt Never Hurts Deeshani Fernando Amber Delaney May – Hamilton Music Archives Nature's Adventure In Unrepose Special Exhibition, Dundas Gallery 3 Jackson Square Lobby March–May 2020 Gordon Leverton March – May 2020 Cross-Currents Sarah Sproule Gossamer

CALL FOR ENTRIES Local artists: submit work for consideration in one of our branch galleries. Apply online through the form on HPL.ca. For more information or questions, email [email protected].

HPL SPRING 2020 5 LOCAL HISTORY & ARCHIVES

Lady Hamilton Club From the mid-1800s onwards Hamilton was a Walking Tours centre of seed distribution Meet at the Visitor Centre, 28 James in Canada, including John St., N., on the 1st Floor. Tours are about A. Bruce and Co. Ltd Seed 1.5 hours and cover 1.5 kilometres Merchants. Inside the Vaults of Local of ground. Wear comfortable shoes. History & Archives Wheelchair accessible. Pictured above left to right: LH&A Staff take you on a tour through “Bruce’s Seeds” seed Apr 10 2pm Visitor Centre the 3rd Floor archives and share catalogue, 1914 and Historic Tour - Sites and stories up to 1900 favourite items from the collection. the John A. Bruce Seed May 8 2pm Visitor Centre Company building, n.d. Tue Apr 7 10am Central ® Modern Tour – Sites and stories Wed Apr 8 2pm Central ® 1900 to the present

Genealogy Club McMaster Archives Canadian & Map Library Naturalization Records McMaster University’s map specialist Learn how to access Canadian details local historical maps and resources naturalization records with a walk available in the university's library and through of the request process. We’ll online for genealogical research. also take a look at the Montreal Circuit Wed Apr 15 1pm Central ® Court naturalization records — the only surviving collection of pre-1914 naturalization records in Canada. Before Vital Statistics Discover where to ﬁnd vital statistics Wed Mar 18 1pm Central ® prior to the Birth/Marriage/Death Index. Wed May 20 1pm Central ®

6 HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY ADULT PROGRAMS

ARTS AND CULTURE Guitar Club Ukulele for Beginners For aspiring guitarists to learn basic Learn the basics of the ukulele in this Art Club chords and strumming. Community- four-part program. Ukuleles provided. led. Bring a guitar. A weekly, informal art-making club Wednesdays May 20-Jun 10 2:30pm where you can share artistic ideas and Wednesdays 6:30pm Greensville Ancaster techniques with fellow artists. Feel free to bring your current project. International Dance Day Tuesdays 1:30pm Central Celebrate International Dance Day with a modern performance. Art Rocks Family Event Presented by To The Pointe Dance Re-purpose rocks in an artistic way. Project and Hamilton Public Library. Adults and children are welcome. Wed Apr 29 12pm Central Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Waterdown Lunchtime Learning Book Page Art Great Courses: Shakespeare Repurpose old, unwanted books into Learn about Shakespeare’s comedic and Enjoy a mix of music, literature a piece of art. Supplies provided. tragic plays, and how to interpret and and art each Friday. understand his stories, by watching a Thu Apr 23 2pm Terryberry ® Mobile Fri Mar 6 12pm Central Great Course video on the topic. Thu May 21 2pm Concession ® Bel Canto Strings: String Bird House Tuesdays 12pm Central (Except Apr 28) Instruments Fri Mar 13 12pm Central Opera Intro Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra: Celebrate South Asia Oboe Explore the world of opera and learn A celebration of the rich array of Fri Mar 20 12pm Central music, dance, drama and culture of more about this powerful art form with audiovisual examples and a lively Guitar Hamilton Community South Asian countries. All welcome. Showcase: Guitar Presented by the South Asian Heritage interactive discussion. Presented by Association of Hamilton and Region. Sabatino Vacca, Artistic Director of Fri Mar 27 12pm Central Southern Ontario Lyric Opera. Dover Lynn Fox: Guitar & Voice Sat Mar 7 2pm Terryberry Nepal Thu Mar 26 7pm Central General Intro Fri Apr 3 12pm Central Sat Mar 28 2pm Red Hill Bangladesh Hess Street Elementary School: Thu May 7 7:30pm Central Giuseppe Voice & Short Works Prize Winner Sat Apr 4 2pm Ancaster Sri Lanka Verdi’s Messa da Requiem Sat Apr 18 2pm Dundas India Fri Apr 10 – Library Closed for Good Friday Sun May 3 2pm Central Paint It! All Nations Party Fri Apr 17 12pm Central Bring a scene to life following step- Will Gillespie: Guitar, Voice by-step instruction. No experience & Short Works Prize Poet Friday Night Art Tour necessary. Supplies provided. Fri Apr 24 12pm Central Meet at the Central Library’s Living Tue Mar 24 6:30pm Dundas Birds Lisa Warren: Harp & Short Works Room at 5pm for a brief talk about Presented by Friends of the Aviary Prize Poetry Winner the Library’s art collection. Then, continue to the Art Gallery of Thu Mar 26 2pm Concession Fri May 1 12pm Central Hamilton for a 6pm docent-led tour. Birch Trees ® Luckystickz: Steelpan, Voice, Piano Fri May 8 12pm Central Fri Apr 3 5pm Central Spring Concert: Michael McGuire: Guitar & Voice Mighty Ludwig Fri May 15 12pm Central Greensville Guitar Pickers Join the Odin String Quartet and Kaleidoscope Singers: Voice Play guitar and share songs with fellow guest pianist, Victoria Kogan, to mark Fri May 22 12pm Central musicians. For guitarists with some 250 years since the birth of Ludwig Darcy Mitchison: Piano, Voice basic-to-advanced skills. Bring a guitar. van Beethoven. Fri May 29 12pm Central Mondays 6:30pm Greensville Wed Apr 15 7:30pm Central Earth, Wind & Choir: Voice

HPL SPRING 2020 ADULTS 7 8 HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Clubs If you are interested in reading and discussing great books, Bookthere is a book club near you.

Binbrook Book Club Books and Brews - Central Wed Mar 25 2pm Binbrook Meets at Toast: Wine Bar, 10 John St., At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon N. Pick up book at the 2nd Floor Info Wed Apr 22 2pm Binbrook Desk at Central Library. A Thousand Splendid Suns Mon Mar 9 7pm At Toast by Khaled Hosseni Everything I Never Told You Wed May 27 2pm Binbrook by Celeste Ng Full Tilt: Dunkirk to Delhi by Bicycle Mon Apr 20 7pm At Toast by Dervla Murphy Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland Books@1 Mon May 11 7pm At Toast Saints, Unexpected Tue Mar 10 1pm Central by Brent Van Staalduinen The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Susan Ackerman Tue Apr 14 1pm Central Books and Brews - Locke Ancaster Book Club The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Meets at West Town Bar and Grill, Thu Mar 26 1:30pm Ancaster Life and Freedom on Death Row 214 Locke St.,S. Pick up book at the There is a Season: Memoir in a Garden by Anthony Ray Hinton Locke Branch. by Patrick Lane ® Tue May 12 1pm Central Wed Mar 11 2pm At West Town (Note: This month’s meeting is H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald The Boys: Or, Waiting for the delayed due to March Break) Electrician’s Daughter Thu Apr 16 1:30pm Ancaster Book Ends by John Terpstra The Straight Man by Richard Russo ® Tue Mar 17 2pm Saltfleet Wed Apr 15 2pm At West Town Thu May 21 1:30pm Ancaster Beartown: A Novel Why Be Happy When You Can Be Mermaid’s Daughter by Fredrik Backman Normal by Jeanette Winterson by Ann Claycomb ® Tue Apr 21 2pm Saltfleet Wed May 13 2pm At West Town Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese Arts and Culture Book Club Tue May 19 2pm Saltfleet Sat Mar 21 2pm Central African art Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Sat Apr 18 2pm Central Costalegre by Courtney Maum Book Klatsch Sat May 23 2pm Central Lighthearted discussion of favourite The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer reads, what you’re reading now and great recommendations for what to Beyond the Book Club read next. Tuesdays Mar 31, Apr 28 & May 26 Wednesdays Mar 4, Apr 1 & May 6 2:30pm Terryberry 2:30pm Dundas

HPL SPRING 2020 ADULTS 9 Carlisle Book Club Kenilworth Adult Book Club Tue Mar 3 3:30pm Carlisle Mon Mar 30 2pm Kenilworth A Brief History of Anxiety Otherwise by Farley Mowat (Yours & Mine) by Patricia Pearson Mon Apr 27 2pm Kenilworth Tue Apr 7 3:30pm Carlisle Daisy Bates in the Desert This Is Not My Life by Julia Blackburn by Diane Schoemperlen Clubs Mon May 25 2pm Kenilworth Tue May 5 3:30pm Carlisle Book At Home in Mitford by Jan Karon Continued Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover Locke Adult Book Club Thu Mar 12 1:15pm Locke Club de Lecture Francophone The Wonder by Emma Donoghue Se reunit le premier jeudi de chaque Thu Mar 26 1:15pm Locke mois (sauf janvier, juillet et auot). A Disappearance in Damascus Des livres sont distribute lors de la reunion. Pour plu d’informations et by Deborah Campbell pour vous inscrire, envoyes un e-mail Thu Apr 9 1:15pm Locke Johanne at [email protected]. Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively Les jeudis Mar 5, Avr 2 & Mai 7 19 h Thu Apr 23 1:15pm Locke Central Loving Frank by Nancy Horan Thu May 14 1:15pm Locke Glass Castles: A Memoir Concession Book Club by Jeanette Walls Thu Mar 12 2pm Concession Thu May 28 1:15pm Locke Full Tilt: Dunkirk to Delhi by Bicycle The Queen of Katwe by Tim Crothers by Dervia Murphy Dundas Drop-In Book Club Wed Mar 18 2:30pm Dundas Thu Apr 9 2pm Concession The Curious Incident of the Dog in The World We Found: A Novel Meandering Minds the Nighttime by Mark Haddon by Thrity Umrigar Book Club Wed Apr 15 2:30pm Dundas Thu May 14 2pm Concession A bi-monthly book club that discusses Lion by Saroo Brierley Yiddish For Pirates by Gary Barwin inspiring literature. Book lovers aged Wed May 20 2:30pm Dundas 17-25 are welcome. For book pick up Laughing all the Way to the Mosque and registration, contact Jordanna via Dundas #1 Book Club by Zarqa Nawaz e-mail: [email protected] Presented Fri Mar 13 2pm Dundas in partnership with St. Joseph’s All the Light We Cannot See Healthcare. by Anthony Doerr Great White North Drop-In Book Club Thu Apr 2 5pm Central Fri Apr 17 2pm Dundas The Hacienda: My Venezuelan Years Thu Mar 12 7pm Dundas by Lisa St Aubin de Téran The Last Days of Night Mystery & Classics Book Club by Graham Moore Fri May 8 2pm Dundas Wed Mar 4 2pm Kenilworth The Road to Little Dribbling Thu Apr 9 7pm Dundas 1984 by George Orwell by Bill Bryson My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Wed Apr 1 2pm Kenilworth Thu May 14 7pm Dundas The Stranger Diaries by Elly Grifﬁths Dundas 4th Friday Book Club News of the World by Paulette Jiles Wed May 6 2pm Kenilworth To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Fri Apr 24 2pm Dundas The Orchard: a Memoir Greensville Drop-In by Adele Crockett Robertson Book Club Mystery Book Club Fri Mar 27 2pm Dundas Discuss your latest reads with Tue Mar 3 1:30pm Westdale Laughing all the Way to the Mosque fellow book lovers. Perfect Remains by Helen Fields by Zarqa Nawaz Wednesdays Mar 18, Apr 15 & Tue Apr 7 1:30pm Westdale Fri May 22 2pm Dundas May 20 4pm Greensville Triple Jeopardy by Anne Perry The Aviator’s Wife: A Novel Tue May 5 1:30pm Westdale by Melanie Benjamin The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)

10 ADULTS HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Page Turners Book Club Stoney Creek Booksmarts Turner Park Book Club Wed Mar 11 2pm Central Mon Mar 16 6:30pm Stoney Creek Tue Mar 17 7pm Turner Park The Tattooist of Auschwitz The Invention of Wings The Widower’s Tale by Julia Glass by Heather Morris by Sue Monk Kidd Tue Apr 21 7pm Turner Park Wed Apr 8 2pm Central Mon Apr 20 6:30pm Stoney Creek The View from Castle Rock The Boat People by Sharon Bala Wave: A Memoir by Alice Munro Wed May 13 2pm Central by Sonali Deraniyagala Tue May 19 7pm Turner Park Beartown: A Novel Mon May 25 6:30pm Stoney Creek Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf by Fredrik Backman Precious Cargo: My Year Driving the Kids on School Bus 3077 by Craig Davidson Waterdown Book Club Red Hill Book Club Wed Mar 11 2pm Waterdown Wed Mar 25 2pm Red Hill Balzac and the Little Chinese Lullabies for Little Criminals Thursday Book Club Seamstress by Dai Sijie by Heather O'Neill Thu Mar 12 2pm Westdale Wed Apr 8 2pm Waterdown Wed Apr 29 2pm Red Hill La Prisonniere by Malika Oufkir The Alice Network by Kate Quinn Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan Thu Apr 9 2pm Westdale Wed May 13 2pm Waterdown Wed May 27 2pm Red Hill A Lesson Before Dying The American Heiress: A Novel Pachinko by Min Jin Lee by Ernest Gaines by Daisy Goodwin Thu May 14 2pm Westdale Sherwood Wednesday Birdie by Tracey Lindberg Book Club Wednesdays Mar 18, Apr 15 & May 20 2:30pm Sherwood ®

HPL SPRING 2020 ADULTS 11 Business, Employment

& Finance Grow Your Business With Google Learn how to create a Budget Breakers Food and Finances Google business account and Learn strategies to deal with Learn how to create healthy meal increase your company’s and prepare for unexpected plans on a frugal budget. Presented presence on Google Search expenses. Presented by the by the Credit Counselling Society and Maps. Credit Counselling Society. Hamilton. Mon Feb 24 6:30pm Central Tue Apr 7 6:30pm Concession ® Tue Mar 3 2pm Concession ® Starting a Sidehustle Car-Buying Seminar Grow Your Business If you are dreaming about Helpful information for car buyers with Google leaving your 9-5 job, here are five tips you need about their rights and protections, Learn how to create a Google business to know. Presented by including details dealers must account and increase your company’s entrepreneur Liz Enriquez. provide in advertisements and presence on Google Search and Maps. contracts, the risks of dealing with Optimize your website to improve Mon Mar 30 6:30pm Central ® illegal and unlicensed dealers, search and mobile reach to help financing tips, credit ratings and customers find you through online Maximize Your Business negative equity. Presented by advertising. Presented in partnership Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry with Google. Learn the key concepts of Council. cash management, working Mon Feb 24 6:30pm Central capital and operational Mon Mar 2 6:30pm Sherwood ® Tue May 19 2pm Turner Park ® efficiency. Presented by Saturdays monthly: Mar 7, Chartered Professional Create a Business Proposal Apr 11 & May 16 2:15pm Central ® Accountants of Canada. Learn how to use the Gale Small Mon Apr 27 6:30pm Central Business Builder toolkit to create Investment Intro an entrepreneur profile, add business plans and generate Learn about risks, fees and basic Small Business Insights financial reports. types of investments such as RRSPs, Discuss the ins and outs of TFSAs and RESPs. Presented by the starting and growing a small Tue May 12 2pm Turner Park ® Credit Counselling Society. business. Presented by YWCA Thu Mar 5 7pm Turner Park ® Hamilton Business Advisor. Mon May 25 6:30pm Central

12 ADULTS HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY GAMES, CRAFTS & HOBBIES

Cross Stitch Club Macramé Find friendship and inspiration in the Learn how to do simple macramé Board Game Central company of other stitchers. All skill techniques. Supplies provided. levels welcome. You can borrow our board games Thu May 14 2pm Kenilworth anytime and every day of the week Tuesdays 2pm Kenilworth at Central Library. Head to the 3rd Floor and ask staff at the Info Desk for Make a Button Scrabble, Chess, Checkers and more. Flower Fairy Dolls Design and create a button. Create a flower fairy doll using wire, Supplies provided. silk flowers and embroidery floss. Wed Apr 1 3:30pm Terryberry Board Games and Puzzles Supplies provided. Challenge yourself or a friend to one Thu Apr 9 10am Central of our many board games and puzzles. Thu Mar 12 2pm Kenilworth ® Wednesdays 4pm Barton Mason Jar Bunnies Wed Mar 18 10am Terryberry Glue Gun Art Using chalk paint, stencils and ribbon, Thu Mar 19 10:30am Westdale Create a sunburst painting using a turn mason jars into bunny jars. Fill Sat May 23 10am Westdale glue gun and paint. Supplies provided. with candy, faux candles or potpourri. Thu Mar 26 2pm Terryberry ® Supplies provided. Boredom Busters Thu Apr 9 2pm Kenilworth ® Pass the time away playing a board or How-to Festival card game, putting together a puzzle Make crafts, watch demonstrations, Paper Flowers or making a craft. sample food, tea and more. Make paper flowers for your next event Saturdays monthly: Mar 7, Apr 4 & Tue Apr 14 2pm Terryberry or to decorate a gift. Supplies provided. May 2 2pm Binbrook Thu Apr 30 2pm Concession ® Dahlias Knitting and Crochet Thu May 28 2pm Terryberry ® Roses Chess Club Hamilton Public Library has knitting Play chess and hone your skills. and crocheting programs for all ages Puzzle Swap and skill levels. Drop in and check out Saturdays 12:30pm Ancaster Bring your puzzles between 10-10:30 one today. Saturdays 12pm Terryberry am and pick up new-to-you puzzles at Mondays 1:30pm Ancaster 10:35am. Colouring Circle Mondays 2pm Stoney Creek Sat May 9 10am Sherwood Mondays 6:30pm Sherwood Join us for a relaxing colouring session. Supplies provided or bring your Tuesdays 2pm Binbrook Social Scrabble favourite colouring pages to share. Tuesdays 6:30pm Carlisle Drop in and try your luck at creating Tuesdays biweekly: Mar 3, 24, Apr 7, Tuesdays 6:30pm Saltfleet words with this classic family game. 21, May 5 & 19 2:30pm Terryberry Tuesdays 6:30pm Terryberry All skill levels welcome. Game boards and Scrabble dictionaries provided. Wednesdays Mar 4, 11, Apr 1-May Wednesdays monthly: Mar 18, 20 2pm Binbrook Apr 15 & May 20 6:30pm Dundas Mondays monthly: Mar 2, Apr 6 & Wednesdays 6:30pm Red Hill May 4 1pm Westdale Craft Circle Wednesdays 6:30pm Westdale Tuesdays monthly: Mar 17, Apr 21 & May 19 11am Westdale Exchange ideas, inspiration and new Thursdays 10am Concession craft techniques with other creative Wednesdays 1pm Stoney Creek enthusiasts. Thursdays 1:30pm Turner Park Thursdays 3pm Greensville Tuesdays monthly: Mar 31, Apr 28 Trivia Night & May 26 10:30am Waterdown ® Fridays 2pm Central Put your trivia knowledge to the test Saturdays biweekly: Mar 7, 21, Wed Apr 22 2:30pm Carlisle ® with this fun, pub-style trivia. Teams Apr 4, 18, May 2 & 16 10am Wednesdays Mar 4 & May 6 3:30pm welcome. Freelton ® Kenilworth Thursdays monthly: Mar 26, Apr 30 Thursdays 1:30pm Dundas & May 28 6:30pm Red Hill Thursdays monthly: Mar 12, Apr 9 & May 7 2pm Binbrook HPL SPRING 2020 ADULTS 13 Podcast Intro HEALTH AND WELLNESS Learn the basics of podcasts, including how to find podcast genres Aging Gracefully that you’ll enjoy and how to listen to Learn how to reduce inflammation the audio shows. and the effects of aging through Mon Mar 9 1pm Central ® simple lifestyle changes. Presented by Naturopath, Dr. Lisa Tabrizi. Reduce Food Waste Tue Mar 10 2pm Concession ® Learn how to reduce food waste Tue Mar 31 1pm Terryberry ® with quick tips and simple solutions. GENERAL INTEREST Samples provided. Presented by Check Your Hearing Hamilton’s Community Food Film Forum Advisors. Sign up for a complimentary hearing screening test on site. For fans who want to talk about Thu May 7 2pm Concession ® Presented by specialists from films as much as watch them. A Connect Hearing. Call Red Hill new title each month. Borrow the Tasty Talks branch at 905-546-2069 to book a film from the library, view at home. time. Drop-ins welcome. Meetings at the Hamilton Air Force Share recipes, watch videos, listen Association, 128 King St., Dundas. to guest speakers and sample tasty Thursdays Mar 12 & Apr 23 2pm treats each month. Red Hill Tuesdays monthly: Mar 17, Apr 21 & May 19 2pm Air Force Tuesdays monthly: Mar 10, Apr 14 & May 12 2pm Red Hill Funeral Planning Make informed decisions around Travel Vietnam and Cambodia planning a funeral. Presented by Visit the exotic and mystical licensed funeral planner, Ruth Disher. faraway lands of Bangkok (Thailand) and Cambodia through Tue May 5 7pm Dundas ® a photographer’s lens. Join us for Thu May 7 6:30pm Red Hill ® some armchair travel, the safe, effortless and affordable way to Homeownership see the world. Learn about the costs involved Mon Mar 9 7pm Sherwood in purchasing and maintaining a home, what is required to qualify for Diabetes: Eating Well a mortgage and whether renting or True Crime Meetup Learn healthy food choices, meal owning is better for you. Presented Share your favourite books, planning and carb counting. by the Credit Counselling Society. documentaries and podcasts with Presented by Hamilton Health fellow true crime fans. Sciences and Les Chater YMCA. To Thu May 14 7pm Turner Park ® register, call 905-521-2100 x76061. Tuesdays monthly: Mar 17, Apr 21 & May 19 6:30pm Saltfleet Wed Apr 22 6:30pm Turner Park ® Podcast Club Listen to podcasts that fit into a monthly theme and discuss What’s the Big Idea? Diabetes: Living Well with fellow fans. Presented in Engage with the best of TED Talks, Learn about self-management partnership with Podcast Brunch followed by lively discussion. skills including blood sugar targets, medication, healthy eating, activity Club. Visit podcastbrunchclub.com Thu Mar 26 6:30pm Dundas and preventing complications. for the monthly playlists. Happiness: The Surprising Science Presented by Hamilton Health Mondays Mar 23, Apr 20 & May 25 Thu Apr 23 6:30pm Dundas Sciences and Les Chater YMCA. To 2pm Ancaster ® Deep Fakes: Serious Undermining register, call 905-521-2100 x76061. Wednesdays monthly: Mar 25, of the Truth Wednesdays monthly: Mar 11, Apr 8 Apr 29 & May 27 6:30pm Thu May 28 6:30pm Dundas & May 13 6:30pm Turner Park ® Stoney Creek Strength of Diversity - Revolutionary Power

14 HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Hiking Intro Take Charge: Chronic Learn a few tips for those beginning Disease Self Management a walking routine. Presented by the Learn about healthy eating, how Iroquoia Bruce Trail Club. to add exercise to your day, how to Tue Apr 28 2pm Concession ® manage stress, planning and problem solving, and how to talk to your healthcare provider. Presented by Meditation Circle Hamilton Health Sciences. To register, Learn simple and effective relaxation call 905-521-2100 x 77153. and meditation techniques to de- Wednesdays Apr 1-May 6 10:30am stress, develop calmness leading to Sherwood ® better concentration, inner balance and true wellness of being. Thursdays Apr 2-May 7 12:30pm Ancaster ® Tuesdays Mar 10, 31, Apr 14, 28, May 12 & 26 6:30pm Ancaster Presented by Heartfulness Hamilton Take Charge: Chronic Pain/ Fibromyalgia Support Group Tue Apr 21 2pm Concession Disease Support Group The Fibromyalgia Support Group Sacred Garden Coaching Centre Continue your positive health offers support to those with Wednesdays 7pm Saltfleet improvements at this support group fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue Presented by Heartfulness Hamilton for anyone who has attended the Take Charge: Chronic Disease/Pain in our community. Thursdays Mar 12 & May 7 2pm workshop series. To register, call Terryberry ® Thursdays monthly: Mar 5, Apr 2 Charlene at 905-388-1044. & May 7 1pm Sherwood Presented by Sacred Garden Coaching Centre Tuesdays monthly: Mar 17, Apr 21 & May 19 1pm Sherwood ® Fitness Intro Reiki Intro A sample class to mixup your fitness routine or start a new healthy habit. Learn and experience this hands- Taoist Tai Chi Demonstration Presented by City of Hamilton Parks on healing technique. Presented by An ancient art that provides benefits and Recreation. certified Reiki teacher, Lori Goldblatt. to body, mind and spirit with gentle Tue Apr 14 11am Turner Park movements. Wear comfortable Wed Mar 11 12:30pm Westdale ® clothing. Presented by the Fung Loy Thu Apr 16 2pm Concession ® Strength, Balance, Cardio Kok Taoist Tai Chi Society. Thu Mar 12 10:30am Dundas Tue Apr 21 10:30am Saltfleet Thursdays monthly: Mar 5, Yoga Apr 16 & May 21 2pm Red Hill ® Fri Mar 13 11:30am Barton Relaxation and Movement Thursdays Mar 5 & May 28 2pm Cardio Dance Enjoy a relaxing session of breathing Concession ® Fri Mar 20 11:30am Barton and movement combined with mild Chair Fit exercise to release tension and stress. Wed Mar 25 12:30pm Westdale Presented by the Alzheimer Society. VON Caregiver Tai Chi Mondays monthly: Mar 30, Education Series Fri Mar 27 11:30am Barton Apr 27 & May 25 6:30pm Sherwood Learn how to manage stressful caregiving situations and find out about Tai Chi Wednesdays monthly: Mar 4, community resources (LHIN, adult day Apr 1, May 6 2pm Sherwood Tue Mar 31 7pm Dundas programs, caregiver respite) in this four- Cardio Dance Wednesdays Mar 25, Apr 22 & part series of workshops. Each weekly May 20 2pm Concession session is two hours. To register, call Healthy Egg Recipes Fridays Mar 13, Apr 3 & May 1 Renate Fries at 905-523-1055 x408 or Have fun learning how to chop, grate, 10:30am Red Hill email [email protected]. peel and stir your way to healthy Tuesdays Mar 3, 10, 24 & 31 10am eating. Make some healthy egg recipes Stretch It Out Turner Park ® in celebration of the season. Presented Learn a series of stretches to ease Thursdays May 7-28 6pm Central by Hamilton's Community Food common body aches. Presented by Advisors. sports and exercise nutritionist, Wed Apr 8 2pm Concession ® Adele Velasco. Tue Mar 3 2pm Saltfleet Tue May 5 2pm Concession HPL SPRING 2020 15 LANGUAGE English Conversation Circle LITERARY AND CULTURE Learn about Library services and talk about your community, culture and LitChat customs. For permanent residents and A literary salon hosted by a guest Compassionate convention refugees. Presented by the Communication author each month. Presented YMCA Hamilton Brantford Burlington Hamilton Public Library and Hamilton Learn tools for effective communication Community Connections Program. Arts Council. Go to http://litchat- to better understand ourselves in Tuesdays & Thursdays 4pm Central hamilton.blogspot.com for updates. relation to our families, co-workers and others. Presented by End-of-Life Mondays & Wednesdays 4pm Tuesdays Mar 10, Apr 14 & May 12 Doula Lori Goldblatt and Grief and Terryberry 7:30pm Central Bereavement Counsellor, End-of-Life Doula and Palliative PSW, Rebecca Orr. French Conversation Circle Poetry Clubs Thu Apr 2 1pm Lynden ® Practise your conversational French Discuss your poems in progress with by speaking with a group of friendly fellow poets. fellow Francophones. Conversation Commons Thursdays Mar 19 & Apr 16 7pm Join us for lively and engaging Wednesdays 10am Turner Park Westdale Presented by the Hamilton discussions about current affairs Wednesdays 5pm Central Poetry Centre each month. Saturdays Mar 14, Apr 11 & May 9 Wednesdays Mar 25, Apr 22 & May Spanish Conversation Circle 2pm Westdale Presented by the Tower Poetry Society 27 2:30pm Dundas Practise your conversational Spanish Tue Mar 3 2pm Stoney Creek by speaking with a group of friendly Our Obsession with Eternal Youth fellow Hispanophones. Reading Circle Tue Apr 7 2pm Stoney Creek Thursdays 10am Turner Park A 30-minute program for supported Tips to Reduce Stress adults with different abilities. This Tue May 5 2pm Stoney Creek is an inclusive program; families are Are There Limits to Freedom welcome. of Expression? Wednesdays Mar 4, 25, Mondays Mar 30, Apr 27 & Apr 1-May 27 10:15am Turner Park May 25 1pm Central AuthorEvents

Sara Pipher Gilliam Sheri McDonald Ophelia in 2020: Raising Strong Girls Luba Lesychyn Canada is much more than poutine in Disruptive Times. Twenty-ﬁve and snow. With 100 Things to Do in Lesychyn draws on more than years after the release of the culture- Canada Before You Die as your guide, 20 years at Canada’s largest museum changing Reviving Ophelia: Saving the discover all that the Great White to write her sequel, Theft Between Selves of Adolescent Girls, Hamilton- North has to offer, including where the Rains, her follow-up novel based writer Sara Pipher Gilliam has to ﬁnd delectable butter tarts and to Theft by Chocolate. The novel co-authored a revised edition of the follows Kalena Boyko who works at the best times to be dazzled by the best seller. a reputable international museum Northern Lights. Sun Mar 8 2pm Central where art works listed as still missing Sun Apr 26 2pm Central since Second World War are now showing up on her doorstep. Thu Apr 16 6:30pm Central

16 ADULTS HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY NATURE AND Sustainable Gardening THE ENVIRONMENT Learn how to create pollinator gardens, host plants, rain gardens, low- maintenance lawn alternatives and drought-resistant landscapes. Presented by Halton Master Gardeners. Tue Mar 3 7pm Dundas Tue Apr 7 7pm Ancaster ®

A partnership with Stratford Festival and McMaster Waste Less University Alumni Learn everyday ways to reduce use Association. of one-time plastics and disposables. Presented by zero waste educator, Tue Apr 7 7pm Dundas ® Christine Kempf. Much Ado About Nothing Presented by Professor Wed Mar 4 6pm Lynden ® Mary Silcox, Department of Thu Mar 26 6:30pm Ancaster ® English and Cultural Studies. Thu Apr 2 7pm Terryberry ® Tue Apr 14 7pm Dundas ® Wed Apr 22 6:30pm Sherwood Monty Python’s Spamalot! Presented by Dr. Stephen Backyard Birding Low, scholar and freelance Find out which birds make Hamilton PARENTING writer. their home and how to attract them to your yard. Presented by the Tue Apr 21 7pm Dundas ® Hamilton Naturalists Club. Hamlet Presented by Dr. Peter Cockett, McMaster Wed May 13 2pm Concession University. Tue Apr 28 7pm Dundas ® Climate Change Talk The Rez Sisters Presented Learn about climate change by Stephanie Johnson, and how we can meet the 2030 Education Associate, deadline set by the United Nations’ Stratford Festival. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent across Dealing with the globe. Presented by Hamilton Challenging Behaviours 350. A two-hour workshop that discusses Thu Mar 12 7pm Turner Park common reasons children ages 2-6 Thu Apr 16 7pm Ancaster have difﬁculty following instructions, ways to prevent and manage Tue Apr 21 3pm Waterdown challenging behaviours and set appropriate limits. To register, call Hamilton’s Unique Health Connections at 905-546-3550. Biodiversity Mon Apr 20 5:30pm Red Hill ® We live in a biodiversity hotspot in Canada. Discover the variety of life in Repairing Relationships our own city, from the 350 species of bees to the 400 species of birds, and Improve compliance and more than 1,000 kinds of plants. Learn communication to resolve conﬂicts what you can do in your own yard and and repair parent-child relationships. beyond to help increase biodiversity. Presented by Hamilton Health Sciences and the Ron Joyce Children’s Health Thu Apr 2 2pm Red Hill Centre. To register, call 905-521-2100 x74147 or visit mchcommunityed.ca. Fri Mar 27 10am Turner Park ®

HPL SPRING 2020 ADULTS 17 STORIES AND WRITING Hamilton Mountain Hamilton Mountain Writers’ Writers’ Circles Guild Book Event Creative Writing A group for people interested in Listen to the recently published Workshop learning about the book-writing process. short stories of the members of the In this collaborative weekly Participants share stories, practise Hamilton Mountain Writers’ Guild. creative writing, hone short ﬁction, workshop, writing prompts and Thu Apr 2 7pm Turner Park exercises encourage writers of all novel, and non-ﬁction writing skills, and skill levels to stretch their creative network with other writers. Led by the muscles and explore new themes Hamilton Mountain Writers’ Guild. Stoney Creek Writer’s Circle and styles. Bring a notebook, a pen, Wednesdays biweekly: Mar 11, 25, A monthly gathering for aspiring your creativity and enthusiasm. Apr 8, 22, May 6 & May 20 6:30pm writers to share stories and poetry, Wednesdays 6pm Dundas Terryberry network, hone your writing skills and Wednesdays Mar 4, Apr 1, 15, 29, have your work critiqued. May 13 & 27 1pm Turner Park Group 2 Mondays monthly: Mar 9, Apr 6, Wednesdays Mar 4, 18, Apr 8, 22, May 11 6:30pm Stoney Creek May 6 & 20 7pm Turner Park Group 6 Thursdays Mar 5, Apr 2, 16, 30, May 14 & 28 1pm Turner Park Group 1

CELPIP Info Newcomer Reading Circle for Children Learn more about types of Canadian English Language Ages 6-12 Proﬁciency Index Program tests, test locations, online Explore books, practise reading and enjoy fun booking options and preparation materials, including activities in a program designed for newcomer free online resources. To register, call the Newcomer children. Learning Centre at 905-546-3444 or email at [email protected]. Participants must show proof of Permanent Residency Wednesdays monthly or Protected Person status. Mar 11, Apr 8 & May 13 4pm Central Wed Apr 29 3:30pm Central

18 HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Tech & Digital Literacy Programs

COMPUTER CLASSES Level 3: Intro to the Level 5: Email Level 1: Using a Mouse World Wide Web Learn email basics including how to create an account, read and send An introduction to computer basics Learn how to access the Internet, messages. If you already have an and how to operate a computer. No including basic techniques for email address, bring your username previous experience required. successful searches and how to use search engines. and password information. Tue Mar 3 2pm Turner Park ® Sat Mar 7 10am Central ® Thu Mar 12 2:30pm Sherwood ® Thu Mar 5 2:30pm Sherwood ® Wed Mar 11 10:30am Red Hill ® Tue Mar 31 2pm Turner Park ® Sat Apr 4 10am Central ® Thu Mar 26 2:30pm Sherwood ® Wed Apr 1 10:30am Red Hill ® Mon Apr 20 2:30pm Terryberry ® Sat May 2 10am Central ® Mon May 25 2:30pm Terryberry ® Tue Apr 28 10:30am Ancaster ® Mon May 4 2:30pm Terryberry ® Tue May 26 10:30am Ancaster ® Tue May 12 10:30am Ancaster ® Thu May 28 2:30pm Sherwood ® Level 2: Computer Basics with Windows iPad Level 1 Learn the basics of using a Level 4: Searching Targeted to new users who need Windows-based computer: with Google help doing the basics, like navigating hardware, software, ﬁle Learn tips and tricks for faster, the iPad, ﬁnding apps, downloading management and how to navigate. more productive Internet searches using Google. and organizing them. Bring your Wed Mar 4 10:30am Red Hill ® own fully charged device. Sat Mar 21 10am Central ® Tue Mar 10 2pm Turner Park ® Tue Apr 28 2pm Turner Park ® Sat Apr 18 10am Central ® Tue Mar 24 2pm Turner Park ® Wed Mar 25 10:30am Red Hill ® Mon Apr 27 2:30pm Terryberry ® Windows 10 Intro Thu Apr 23 2:30pm Sherwood ® Tue May 5 10:30am Ancaster ® From connecting to a Wi-Fi Mon May 11 2:30pm Terryberry ® Network to locating and running Sat May 16 10am Central ® applications, learn all about Tue May 19 10:30am Ancaster ® Windows 10. Bring your fully charged Windows 10 laptop. Tue Mar 31 10am Central ®

HPL SPRING 2020 ADULTS 19 SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMS

MAKERSPACE AND DIGITAL STUDIOS

3D Design Intro Cricut Design Space Learn the basics of 3D designs Learn the basics of the Cricut with the browser-based program Design Space software to help you Microsoft Excel Basics Tinkercad. Also includes an get started creating personalized Learn the basic functions introduction to 3D printing. projects on the Cricut ExploreAir 2 including formulas, commands cutting machine. and keystrokes. Basic knowledge of Sat Mar 21 2:15pm Central ® computers, keyboarding and mouse Sat Apr 25 2:15pm Central ® Sat Mar 7 10am Central ® skills are prerequisites. Sat Apr 11 10am Central ® Mon Mar 23 2:30pm Terryberry ® Sat May 16 10am Central ® Thu Mar 26 1:30pm Central ® Tue Apr 14 10:30am Ancaster ® Embroidery Intro Tue Apr 14 2pm Turner Park ® If you are new to embroidery or Wed Apr 15 10:30am Red Hill ® would like to learn more about this craft, we show you how on Thu Apr 23 2:30pm Waterdown ® our machine in the Makerspace Wed Apr 29 2pm Westdale ® at Central Library. Tue May 5 10am Central ® Sat Mar 14 10am Central ® Sat Apr 18 10am Central ® Microsoft Excel Sat May 23 10am Central ® Basics Applied Practise formulas, functions, sorting iMac Basics and more to create a practice worksheet. Basic knowledge of Audio Recording Intro Learn the basics of using a Mac Excel is a prerequisite. Step into the world of audio computer, including hardware, recording. Learn the basics of software, storage devices and Tue Apr 14 10am Central ® connecting instruments, recording how to navigate on it. Tue Apr 21 10:30am Ancaster ® tracks, mixing a song and sharing Thu Mar 12 6:30pm Red Hill ® Thu Apr 30 2:30pm Waterdown ® the ﬁnal product. Intended for Wed May 6 2pm Westdale ® beginners. Video Editing Intro Sat May 2 10am Central ® Become familiar with basic editing Microsoft Excel Intermediate Sat May 30 10am Central ® tools such as when to pan or An introduction to more advanced zoom, dissolve or fade and add features and functions such as Create Music with music using iMovie. Intended for data sorting, graphing, creating GarageBand beginners. tables and advanced formatting. Learn how to produce music Sat Mar 28 10am Central ® Prerequisites: Microsoft Excel Basics and Microsoft Excel Basics Applied. without instruments using Thu May 21 6:30pm Red Hill ® GarageBand’s loop library. Mon Mar 30 2:30pm Terryberry ® Wed Mar 18 2pm Turner Park ® Sat May 2 10:30am Red Hill ® Thu May 7 2:30pm Waterdown ® Wed May 13 2pm Westdale ® Sat May 16 10:30am Red Hill ®

20 ADULTS HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY BECOME A INTERNET SMART USER

Privacy Simple strategies and tools to make you immediately more secure. Wed Apr 29 10:30am Red Hill

Security Protect yourself from scams, malware, viruses and fake news. Wed Mar 11 10:30am Dundas Wed Apr 22 10:30am Red Hill

Shopping Online Learn strategies for keeping yourself safe when shopping online. Wed May 6 10:30am Red Hill ® Thu May 14 2:30pm Sherwood ®

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HPL SPRING 2020 ADULTS 21 Microsoft PowerPoint Intro Microsoft Word Intermediate Appy Hour Learn the basics of Microsoft Learn more advanced design and Bring your Apple or Android device PowerPoint to enhance your reports layout techniques such as how to and learn how to download free and presentations. create headers, footers, sections, apps including library applications text boxes, columns and tables. for ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, Thu Mar 5 6pm Red Hill ® Prerequisites: Microsoft Word Basics music, TV shows and movies. Tue Mar 31 10:30am Ancaster ® and Microsoft Word Basics Applied. Thu May 14 6:30pm Red Hill Thu Apr 9 1:30pm Central ® Mon Mar 9 2:30pm Terryberry ® Thu May 14 2:30pm Waterdown ® Thu Mar 12 10am Central ® Thu Apr 9 6:30pm Red Hill ® Create a Website with Wix Microsoft Word Basics Thu Apr 16 2:30pm Waterdown ® Start building a website using the Wed Apr 22 2pm Westdale ® free website builder called Wix Learn the basics including (Windows version). formatting text, copying and Tue May 19 10am Central ® Sat Mar 14 2:15pm Central ® pasting, inserting images and clip art and more. Tue Mar 24 10:30am Ancaster ® SPECIAL INTEREST Thu Apr 16 2:30pm Sherwood ® Mon Mar 2 2:30pm Terryberry ® TECH CLASSES Sat Apr 18 2:15pm Central ® Thu Apr 2 6:30pm Red Hill ® Tue May 5 2pm Turner Park ® Thu Apr 2 2:30pm Waterdown ® 3D Design Intro Sat May 23 2:15pm Central ® Tue Apr 7 2pm Turner Park ® Learn the basics of 3D designs Wed May 27 10:30am Red Hill ® Wed Apr 8 2pm Westdale ® with the browser-based program Thu Apr 23 1:30pm Central Tinkercad. Also includes an introduction to 3D printing. TECH HELP Microsoft Word Applied Tue May 26 2pm Turner Park ® Practise formatting a document Sat May 30 2:15pm Central ® Digital Devices and working with tables, headers, Bring your device and your footers, pictures, margins and Ancestry Library Edition technology questions to this drop in program. Learn how to load books to more. Basic knowledge of Word is a Learn the basics of searching an eReader or tablet, transfer photos prerequisite. census, vital immigration and from a digital camera to a computer military records from Canada, the Thu Apr 9 2:30pm Waterdown ® or transfer music to an MP3 player. Wed Apr 15 2pm Westdale ® United Kingdom, the United States and around the world. Gain access Mondays 2pm Central to charts and forms to help you Thursdays 10am Central organize your research. Wed Mar 25 2:30pm Carlisle ® Tue Mar 17 10am Central ® Wed Apr 1 3:30pm Freelton ® Tue Apr 7 10:30am Ancaster ® Tue Apr 14 2pm Concession ® Wed Apr 8 10:30am Red Hill ® Tue May 12 2pm Concession Thu May 14 1:30pm Central ® Wed May 20 2:30pm Carlisle ® Thu May 28 2:30pm Waterdown ®

22 ADULTS HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Digitize Your Photoshop Intro Memories Learn how to retouch, add text or Book an Use our photo scanner to create graphics, adjust and resize photos. appointment digital images from film negatives, Sat Mar 21 10am Central ® digitize VHS casettes and upload Book up to one hour with Thu Apr 23 6:30pm Red Hill ® images and videos to the Internet. Library staff for help using online Sat Apr 25 10am Central ® resources, devices, computers and Thu Mar 12 2:30pm Waterdown ® Centre for Equitable Library Access Sat Mar 28 10:30am Red Hill ® applications. Staff is also able to Tablet Intro Mon Apr 6 10am Central ® assist people age 18+ with research. Learn the basics of navigating your Please contact your neighbourhood Wed Apr 8 2:30pm Valley Park ® device, changing settings, taking branch to arrange an appointment. Thu Apr 30 2:30pm Sherwood ® photos and finding, downloading and organizing apps. Bring your Ancaster Branch: 905-648-6911 Get Around With fully charged device. Barton Branch: 905-546-3450 Tue Mar 3 1:30pm Ancaster ® Central Library: Google Maps 905-546-3200 x3434 Thu Apr 2 2:30pm Sherwood ® Learn about Google’s online Central Makerspace: mapping service and get hands- Tue Apr 21 2pm Turner Park ® 905-546-3200 x3406 on help with directions, planning Wed May 13 10:30am Dundas ® Concession Branch: 905-546-3415 routes and exploring the world in 360-degree street view. Wed May 20 10:30am Red Hill ® Dundas Branch: 905-627-3507 Thu May 21 2:30pm Waterdown ® Kenilworth Branch: 905-546-3960 Wed Apr 8 10:30am Dundas ® Locke Branch: 905-546-3492 Thu May 21 2:30pm Sherwood ® Virtual Vacations Lynden Branch: 519-647-2571 Explore your dream destinations Red Hill Branch: 905-546-2069 using Virtual Reality. Parts of the Saltfleet Branch: 905-662-8611 program may be an issue for people Sherwood Branch: 905-546-3249 who suffer from motion sickness Stoney Creek Branch: 905-643-2912 or vertigo. Terryberry Branch: 905-546-3921 Tue Mar 24 3pm Concession ® Turner Park Branch: 905-546-4790 Valley Park Branch*: 905-573-3141 *Temporary location at 1050 Paramount Dr., Unit 12. Waterdown Branch: 905-689-6269 Westdale Branch: 905-546-3456

Wed Mar 11 3:30pm Ancaster Wed Mar 25 3:30pm Terryberry Wed Mar 25 4pm Turner Park Tue Mar 31 3:30pm Red Hill TABLET Wed Apr 8 3:30pm Ancaster Wed Apr 22 3:30pm Terryberry Wed Apr 22 4pm Turner Park CLUB Tue Apr 28 3:30pm Red Hill with Teen Tech Volunteers Wed May 13 3:30pm Ancaster Bring your tech questions about tablets, iPads, Wed May 20 3:30pm Terryberry eReaders, computers and smartphones and get Tue May 26 3:30pm Red Hill one-on-one help from teen tech volunteers. Wed May 27 4pm Turner Park

HPL SPRING 2020 23 OLDER ADULTS & SENIORS PROGRAMS

Aging Gracefully Explore Watercolour Learn how to reduce inflammation Paintings and the effects of aging through Use experimental techniques and simple lifestyle changes. Presented tools to create a unique landscape by Naturopath, Dr. Lisa Tabrizi. painting. Supplies provided. Tue Mar 31 1pm Terryberry Presented by artist, Cailey Massey. Mon Apr 20 10:30am Dundas ® Boomer Social Club Thu Apr 23 2:30pm Waterdown ® Share stories and relaxing Tue Apr 28 2pm Westdale ® conversations while enjoying activities of mutual interest. Floral Design Workshop Wednesdays monthly: Mar 25, Make a floral arrangement in a Apr 29 & May 27 10:30am Dundas glass vase. Learn about the care and handling of fresh flowers. Supplies Glow & Stretch Chair Yoga provided. Presented by florist, An instructor-led fitness class Nancy Elliott. Gentle and slow stretches increase specializing in gentle strength strength, balance, flexibility, and Thu Mar 12 2:30pm Sherwood ® and flexibility exercises using Tai Chi, Pilates, dynamic yoga and endurance. Presented by Alzheimer Tue Apr 14 2pm Westdale ® low-impact aerobics. Presented by Society’s Certified Seniors Fitness Thu May 14 2pm Red Hill ® Instructor. Andrea Purnell. Wednesdays 1pm Sherwood Tue May 26 6:15pm Turner Park

Volunteer Opportunities at HPL

National Volunteer English Language Visiting Library Week – April 19-25 Learning (ELL) Service (VLS) Sincere thanks to the many volunteers Adult volunteers are needed to help Deliver the joy of reading to someone who who generously donate their time and adult newcomers improve their English is not able to get to the library on their talents to our valued Hamilton Public communication skills. Volunteers must own. Adults with their own transportation, Library programs. have a good command of English, who can spare three hours per month, are strong interpersonal skills, patience needed to deliver library materials, pick up You make a difference in and be available to meet with their ﬁnished items and ensure their customers the lives of many. student for two hours, twice a week, are happy with what they receive. Good for a minimum of six months. Virtual interpersonal skills, trustworthiness and tutoring also available reliability are required.

Go to hpl.ca/volunteer-opportunities to apply and ﬁnd out more information about these and other volunteer opportunities.

24 ADULTS HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY

Hands-on Art Workshop Create art that promotes physical and mental well-being. Learn basic techniques and express yourself through different media. Presented by local artist, Stephan Hossbach. Mondays 1:30pm Barton

Learning for Seniors Educational talks focused on physical and financial health and navigating the health care system. Presented by Sit to be Fit Glanbrook Community Services. Increase your strength, balance, Thursdays Apr 2, Apr 30 & May 28 flexibility and endurance. Presented 2pm Binbrook by the Alzheimer Society. Mondays 12:30pm Binbrook '' Memories Trunk Mondays & Wednesday 1pm Dundas Explore the connections between Tuesdays 11am Red Hill tactile objects and memory. Can Tuesdays 1:30pm Sherwood MEMORY an image, a smell, a texture bring Tuesdays 2:45pm Terryberry back memories? Each object has its own stories, but what stories do the Wednesdays 12pm Saltfleet BAGS individuals have to tell? Presented Thursdays 12:15pm Kenilworth Books, games and photos to by the Dundas Museum & Archives. Fridays 12:30pm Red Hill encourage conversation. Borrow Mon May 11 10:30am Dundas ® for three weeks with a library card. The Art of Writing Older Adults Writing Group Legacy Letters Place a hold at any branch. Connect with local authors and Write personal stories to your readers while enhancing your loved ones about lessons learned. writing skills. Writing prompts are provided and participants are welcome to read Fridays 10am Central their work aloud. Attendance at MEMORY both sessions is encouraged. CAFÉS Sharing Dance for Mondays Apr 20 & 27 1pm Ancaster Older Adults A gathering for people with memory issues, and their Sit or stand in this eight-week Wii Bowling care partner, to socialize and accessible dance program. The sessions are taught through streaming video. A great opportunity to be social enjoy relaxing conversations, No dance experience required. Wear and get some exercise. music, art, performances comfortable clothing. Developed by Tuesdays 10:30am Ancaster and guest speakers in a safe, comfortable, supportive space. Baycrest and the National Ballet School. Thursdays monthly: Mar 5, Tuesdays Mar 3, 24, 31, Apr 7-May 12 Apr 2 & May 7 2pm Kenilworth Tuesdays 10am Central 10:30am Sherwood Fridays Mar 6, 27, Apr 3 & Wednesdays Apr 1-May 6 Apr 17-May 22 10am Central 2pm Ancaster

HPL SPRING 2020 ADULTS 25 WIN TICKETS!

Visit any HPL Branch and enter to WIN A FAMILY PACK OF FOUR (4) TICKETS

Disney on Ice 1/2 page

Monster Jam 1/2 page

YOU COULD WIN A FAMILY CALLING ALL PACK OF FOUR (4) TICKETS REPORTERS! PLUS PIT PASSES* *Contest starts March 14 and closes March 31. Visit kids.hpl.ca and tell us why Winners will be notiﬁed by April 7. Ages 8-12. Good luck! you’d make a good reporter. Thanks for FELD Entertainment for generously providing tickets. STORYTIME

Storytime programs combine age-appropriate books, songs, ﬁnger plays and movement that helps develop early literacy skills and allows parents and caregivers time to interact. Spring 2020 Storytime sessions typically start the week of March 23 and run until the week of May 25.

Baby Storytime: Get Ready to Read (Birth-24 months) Attend storytime with your baby, meet other families at this interactive program and get ready to read. Learn songs, rhymes, and stories to foster early Family Storytime: Get Ready to Read Bring the whole family to storytime and get ready to read. language development and a love of reading. Discover Discover stories, rhymes, music, finger plays and flannel our collections after the program and choose your boards at this interactive program. favourite items to take home. Ancaster Ancaster Mondays 10:30am Thursdays 9:30am (Birth-12 months) Barton Thursdays 11am Thursdays 10:45am (13-24 months) Binbrook Mondays & Tuesdays 10:45am, Binbrook Thursdays 10:45am Thu Mar 19 10:45am Central Wednesdays 10:30am Central Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays 10:30am Concession Tuesdays 10:30am Dundas Tuesdays & Thursdays 11am Concession Wednesdays & Fridays 10:30am Kenilworth Mondays 10:15am & 11am Dundas Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays 10:15am Locke Mondays 10:30am Greensville Tuesdays 11am Red Hill Wednesdays 9:30am Kenilworth Wednesdays 1:30pm Sherwood Thursdays 10:15am Stoney Creek Tuesdays 11am Locke Wednesdays 10:30am Terryberry Mondays 10:15am Lynden Thursdays 10:30am Turner Park Mondays & Thursdays 10am Red Hill Wednesdays 10:30am Waterdown Mondays & Thursdays 11:30am Saltfleet Tuesdays & Thursdays 10am Valley Park Thursdays 10:30am Sherwood Tuesdays & Wednesdays 10:15am Westdale Mondays 10:15am Stoney Creek Thursdays & Saturdays 11am Toddler Storytime: Get Ready to Read Terryberry Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays 10:15am, Tuesdays 6:30pm (Ages 2-3) Turner Park Mondays 10:45am, Tuesdays, Build your toddler’s vocabulary through picture books, Fridays & Saturdays 10am,Thursdays 6pm flannel boards, finger plays, songs and rhymes at this interactive program and get ready to read. Explore our Valley Park Tuesdays 6pm, Wednesdays 10:30am collections after the program and select your favourite Waterdown Mondays & Thursdays 10:30am items to take home. Ancaster Wednesdays 9:30am & 10:45am Central Tuesdays 10:30am Dundas Fridays 11am Kenilworth Tuesdays 10:15am

HPL SPRING 2020 CHILDREN 27 EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS (ALL PROGRAMS SUITABLE FOR BIRTH TO AGE 4 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)

HOLIDAY PROGRAMS STREAM PROGRAMS Fairytale Puppet Shows Enjoy two fun-filled fairytale puppet Easter Craft Baby Stay and Play shows full of stories and songs. Make a fun Easter craft. Supplies Drop in to explore the world of play Thu Mar 19 10:30am Concession provided. with your baby. Sat Apr 11 11am Terryberry Mon Mar 9 10am-Noon Kenilworth Family Dance Party (Birth-24 months) Join us for music, dancing and stories Easter Egg Extravaganza Tuesdays 10am-Noon Stoney Creek during our Family Dance Party. Paint or colour an egg for Easter. Tuesdays Mar 3, 10 & May 26 Tue Mar 17 10:30am Central 10am-Noon Binbrook Thu Apr 2 3:30pm Locke Tue Mar 17 2:30pm Stoney Creek Wednesdays 11-11:30am Valley Park Gardening Storytime Mother’s Day Craft Celebrate Spring Craft Make a special craft to give to mom You’ll dig this special storytime filled Make a fun and colourful craft. for Mother’s Day. Supplies provided. with songs, stories and activities that Supplies provided. celebrate the garden. We will plant Tue May 5 3:30pm Kenilworth Sat Mar 28 11am Terryberry some seeds too. Fri May 8 3:30pm Dundas Sat May 23 2:30pm Sherwood ® Sat May 9 10:30am Concession Sat May 9 11am Terryberry Children’s Colouring Circle Kids and caregivers are welcome Sat May 9 10:30am Locke Kids How-To Festival to colour to their heart’s content. Crafts, games and fun for kids of Supplies provided or bring your all ages. Mother’s Day Storytime favourite colouring pages to share. Wed Apr 15 3:30pm Terryberry and Craft Fridays Mar 13-May 29 10:30am Bring the whole family to storytime Binbrook and get ready to read. Discover stories, Little Artists rhymes, music, finger plays and flannel Fuel your little one’s creative side by boards at this interactive program. Dr. Seuss Birthday Craft exploring a variety of art materials. Craft included. Supplies provided. Create a craft befitting the children’s author of 60 books, Theodore Seuss Tuesdays 10:15am Westdale ® Sat May 9 10:30am Red Hill Geissel, who would be 96 years old Thu Mar 19 10:30am Barton on Mar 2. Thu Mar 19 2pm Central Storytime and Craft Mon Mar 2 3:30pm Locke Fri May 15 10:30am Red Hill Listen to a story and make a craft. Sat May 23 10:30am Locke Sat Apr 11 10:30am Locke Easter Theme Make a Card with Your Family Parents, caregivers, grandparents, Drag Queen Storytime friends and children work together Hear culturally diverse stories and to make a special themed card. songs in celebration of families Supplies provided. with LGBTQ2S+ parent(s) and Sat May 2 11am Westdale ® gender-variant children. Presented by Drag stars, Fay Slift and Fluffy Souffle and the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. Sun May 24 2pm Central

28 CHILDREN HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Parent-Child Mother Goose Stay and Play Storytime: An interactive program for parents Get Ready to Read and their children that focuses on Families with young children are the pleasure and power of rhymes, invited to drop-in, play, explore and songs and stories. Presented by discover, and listen to an interactive EarlyON Outreach. Register at storytime program to promote early 905-574-9344 x820. literacy development. Get ready to read. Tuesdays 1:30pm Dundas Tuesdays & Thursdays 9am-noon Step 1 (Except Mar 17) Saltﬂeet Storytime at 10am Tuesdays 2:45pm Dundas Thursdays 10am-12pm Stoney Creek Step 2 (Except Mar 17) Storytime at 11am

Music and Stories Rhythm and Rhyme for Children Storytime: Get Ready to Read Learn new songs and rhymes to sing Get ready to read and move in this at home with the whole family. storytime that focuses on physical Wednesdays 10:15am Westdale activity. Wednesdays 10:45am Binbrook Thu Mar 19 10am Turner Park Telling Tales Launch Fri May 22 10:30am Red Hill Join us for this year’s Telling Tales Scavenger Hunts Ages 4-8 launch. Find your next great read, Night Sky Storytime: Put your observation skills to the meet Canadian authors, and celebrate Get Ready to Read test in a fun way, in these self-guided family literacy. Look up to the night sky and what scavenger hunts. Tue May 5 4:30pm Central do you see? Discover stories, songs, Mon Mar 2-Sat Mar 21 ﬁngerplays and activities surrounding All Day Red Hill All Things Irish Wiggle and Shake Storytime: the night sky and get ready to read. Mon Mar 16 10:30am Sherwood Get Ready to Read Thu Mar 19 10:30am Waterdown Storybook Characters Get ready to read and move in this Tue Mar 17 10:30am Kenilworth storytime that focuses on physical All Things Irish Parent and Tot Social activity. Tue Mar 17 10am Lynden Meet new friends, discover our All Things Irish Tuesdays 10:30 & 11am Barton collections and choose your favourite Thursdays Mar 5, 26 & Apr 2-May 28 items to take home. Wed Apr 8 10:30am Kenilworth Easter Eggs 10:30am Kenilworth Thursdays Mar 5, Mar 26-May 28 10:50am Sherwood Wed Apr 22 10am Sherwood Nature

HPL SPRING 2020 CHILDREN 29 SCHOOL-AGE PROGRAMS (ALL PROGRAMS SUITABLE FOR AGES 4-12, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)

HOLIDAY STREAM PROGRAMS Amazing Amphibians What are those slimy jelly clumps Paper Bag Princess: 40 years in the water? What is making that Ages 4-8 high-pitched "peep" sound? Learn about our amazing amphibians in an Celebrate the 40th anniversary of interactive presentation. Presented Robert Munsch’s classic, The Paper by Bay Area Restoration Council. Bag Princess with stories and hands- on activities. Mon Mar 16 10:30am Kenilworth Sat Apr 18 2:30pm Sherwood Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Barton Tue Mar 17 10:30am Red Hill Activity Hour Ages 4-8 Tue Mar 17 2:30pm Mount Hope Easter Craft Ages 4-8 Play with LEGO, put together Wed Mar 18 10:30am Locke Make a fun Easter craft. Supplies puzzles, create crafts and play Wed Mar 18 2:30pm Waterdown provided. board games. Thu Mar 19 10:30am Carlisle Sat Apr 11 11am Terryberry Tue Mar 17 10:30am Binbrook Thu Mar 19 2:30pm Sherwood ® Thu Apr 23 4pm Red Hill Fri Mar 20 1pm Lynden Easter Egg Extravaganza Paint or colour an egg for Easter. All About Dinosaurs Art Rocks Thu Apr 2 3:30pm Locke Learn about dinosaurs through Re-purpose rocks in an artistic way. stories and activities. Fri Mar 6 10:30am Red Hill Storytime and Craft Ages 4-8 Wed Mar 18 3:30pm Lynden Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Waterdown Listen to an Easter-themed story and Tue May 26 4pm Locke Family Event make a craft. Tue Mar 17 2pm Binbrook ® Sat Apr 11 10:30am Locke

1:30pm 2:30pm Sherwood Central Three Little Pigs: Building Abominable (2019) G Challenge (Ages 4-8) 2pm Dundas Lion King (2019) G Binbrook LEGOMania Red Hill Movie Friday March 6 Terryberry Let’s Talk Science Abominable (2019) G Insects & Constellations (Ages 8-12) Saltﬂeet Turner Park Forest of Reading Family 10:30am Dora and the Lost City of Gold Celebration (Ages 4-8) Binbrook Book Explorers (Ages 4-8) (2019) PG Westdale Maker Cart Waterdown Maker Cart Concession Imagination Stations Trains, Planes and Automobiles Kenilworth Be a Supa Buddy with Dog Man! (Ages 8-12) Red Hill Art Rocks Waterdown ® Dr. Seuss Birthday Craft (Ages 4-8)

30 CHILDREN HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Arthur Paper Craft Build a Videogame Choose Your Adventure Make paper outfits for your with Bloxels Ages 8-12 Ages 8-12 favourite characters from author Become a videogame designer. We Discover what the human body can Marc Brown’s Arthur series. provide the Bloxels gameboard and do at stations designed to improve Supplies provided. blocks and get you up to speed in no physical literacy. Thu Mar 19 10:30am Terryberry time. No previous knowledge required. Thu Mar 19 2:30pm Dundas Mon Mar 16 2pm Turner Park ® Fantastic Fitness Be a Supa Buddy with Wed Mar 18 2pm Central ® Sat Apr 25 10:30am Locke Underwater Odyssey Dog Man! Sat Apr 4 10am Central ® Tue Apr 14 3:30pm Barton ® Join us for a fun-filled hour of Dog- Man activities. Celebrate your love Thu Apr 23 4pm Sherwood ® Comics and Secret Identities of reading by creating a Supa Buddy, Sat May 9 10am Central ® Read comics, discover new characters testing your Dog Man knowledge and create a superhero. and more. Build and Code a Robot Ages 8-12 Thu Mar 19 2:30pm Barton Fri Mar 6 10:30am Kenilworth Learn how to use simple code with Tue Apr 28 4pm Locke Ages 8-12 LEGO Mindstorms to make a LEGO Wed Mar 18 10:30am Waterdown robot come to life. Crafternoon Thu Mar 19 2:30pm Red Hill ® Wed Mar 18 3pm Carlisle ® Ages 5-12 Afternoons devoted to the joys of Fri Mar 20 2pm Central crafting. Supplies and inspiration Wed May 13 4:30pm Freelton provided. Candy Sushi Ages 8-12 Sat Mar 14 11am Westdale Bingo Feed your passion and put your St. Patrick’s Day Join us for a fun twist on this creative skills to the test with Tue Mar 17 2:30pm Red Hill classic game. gummies, marshmallows and other St. Patrick’s Day delicious treats. Tue Mar 17 10:30am Concession Tue Mar 17 2:30pm Terryberry Vacation Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Saltfleet ® St. Patrick’s Day Tue Mar 17 10:30am Terryberry Thu Apr 9 4pm Red Hill St. Patrick’s Day Catch Me If You Can Spring Crafts Thu Mar 19 2:30pm Saltfleet Test your powers of observation Thu May 7 4pm Red Hill Fri Mar 20 10:30am Dundas and deduction as you use forensic Mother’s Day Flower Pot science to solve the mystery of the missing munchies. Presented by Book Explorers Ages 4-8 Scientists in School. Create & Build Ages 4-8 Move from station to station building Learn about courage, respect, Sat Mar 14 2pm Kenilworth ® empathy, traditions and friendship. with LEGO and other materials and receive a certificate when your project Fri Mar 6 10:30am Binbrook Celebrate Spring Craft Ages 4-8 is completed. Sleep, Sheep by Kerry Lyn Sparrow Celebrate Spring by making a fun and Saturdays Mar 21 & May 23 10:30am Tue Mar 17 2:30pm Westdale ® colourful craft. Supplies provided. Binbrook Sleep, Sheep by Kerry Lyn Sparrow Sat Mar 28 11am Terryberry Wed Mar 18 2pm Central Blue Spruce Authors Curious Creatures & Cryptids Fri Apr 17 3:30pm Central Children’s Colouring Circle Are mermaids, Big Foot and the Ages 4-8 A Lion’s Mane by Navjot Kaur Loch Ness Monster real? Let’s Kids and caregivers are welcome explore these mysteries and more. to colour to their heart’s content. Tue Mar 17 10:30am Barton Brain Games Supplies provided or bring your Interactive games, brain teasers and favourite colouring pages to share. Thu Mar 19 10:30am Kenilworth puzzles for kids. Fridays Mar 13-May 29 10:30am Sat Apr 25 2pm Binbrook Binbrook Sat Mar 7 10:30am Concession Fridays Mar 20 & May 23 10:30am Concession

HPL SPRING 2020 CHILDREN 31 Cursive Writing Club Drag Queen Storytime Gardening Storytime Ages 4-8 Ages 8-12 Ages 4-8 You’ll dig this special storytime ﬁlled Learn how to write in cursive by Hear culturally diverse stories and with songs, stories and activities that practicing different letters and songs in celebration of families with celebrate the garden. We will plant phrases each week. LGBTQ2S+ parent(s) and gender- some seeds, too. variant children. Presented by Drag Wednesdays 3:30pm Stoney Creek Sat May 23 2:30pm Sherwood ® stars, Fay Slift and Fluffy Soufﬂe. Sun May 24 2pm Central Discovery Day Home School Fun Ages 8-12 Discover and learn through sensory Learn how to protect our planet play and activity stations. Draw Creatures Ages 8-12 through fun activities, in celebration Learn how to illustrate imaginary of Earth Day (April 22). Sat Apr 18 10am Ancaster Earth Day creatures on paper. Saturdays monthly: Mar 28, Apr 25 Tue Apr 21 10:30am Lynden ® & May 23 2pm Terryberry Tue Mar 17 2:30pm Sherwood ® Earth Day

Do-It-Yourself Terrarium Earth Day Craft Table Imagination Stations Ages 4-8 with Succulents Ages 8-12 Use your imagination and discover Drop in and celebrate Earth Day what you can create with our Science, Bring spring into your home by (Apr 22) with environmentally- Technology, Reading, Engineering, building a miniature garden. Tools friendly craft ideas. Supplies Arts and Math (STREAM) kits and and know-how provided to help you provided. educational toys. create a self-sustaining garden to sit on your windowsill. Sat Apr 18 10:30am Concession Barton Wednesdays 3:30pm (except Mar 18) Sat Apr 18 2pm Turner Park ® Binbrook Sat May 30 2pm Westdale ® Explore and Learn: Fri Mar 20 10:30am, String Quartet Saturdays Apr 18 & May 30 10:30am A one-hour, interactive Do-It-Yourself Herb Garden Carlisle performance that introduces Learn how to plant and care for Mon May 11 4:30pm children to the instruments played herbs. Supplies provided. by a string quartet and the various Central Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Carlisle ® sounds they make. Presented by the Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Tue Apr 14 6:30pm Waterdown Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra. Concession Tue Mar 17 2:30pm Central Fri Mar 6 10:30am, Saturdays Apr 4 & May 16 10:30am, Do-It-Yourself Journal Thu Mar 19 10am Ages 8-12 Explore Art Dundas Make a simple journal using Learn painting techniques to help Saturdays10:30am everyday items and start writing. you create a masterpiece or two. Supplies provided. Kenilworth Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Westdale ® Wednesdays 4pm (except Mar 18), Tue Mar 17 6:30pm Waterdown Thu Mar 19 2:30pm Forest of Reading Family Mount Hope Dr. Seuss Birthday Craft Tuesdays Mar 3, 24, Apr 7, 21, Celebration Ages 4-8 Ages 4-8 May 5 & 19 2pm Celebrate Canadian children’s Create a craft beﬁtting the children’s Saltﬂeet literature with Blue Spruce- author of 60 books, Theodore Seuss Thursdays Mar 5-Apr 30 3:30pm nominated author, Helaine Becker, Geissel, who would be age 96 on (except Mar 19) for a presentation on her picture March 2. book, Sloth at the Zoom followed Turner Park Mon Mar 2 3:30pm Locke by fun family activities. The Blue Thursdays monthly Mar 26, Fri Mar 6 10:30am Waterdown ® Spruce Award program recognizes Apr 30 & May 28 11am, recently published Canadian Mon Mar 2 4pm, Fri Mar 20 10am children’s books. Waterdown Fri Mar 6 2pm Turner Park Saturdays monthly: Mar 7, Apr 4 & May 2 2:30pm Thu Mar 19 2:30pm

32 CHILDREN HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Intro to Code with Ozobots Little Engineers Ages 8-12 STEM workshop Learn about code with Ozobot: Celebrate National miniature smart robots that fit Engineering month in the palm of your hand. It can with our hands- follow lines or roam around freely, on STEM (Science, detect colours and can also be Technology, programmed. Engineering and Thu Apr 16 4pm Terryberry Math) activities and meet an engineer. LEGOMania Mon Apr 20 3:30pm Terryberry ® Build, imagine and play with Sat Mar 21 10:30am Kenilworth LEGO. LEGO is provided for Kids How-To Festival use in the Library. Crafts, games and fun for kids of Barton all ages. Make a Card with Wed Mar 18 2:30pm Wed Apr 15 3:30pm Terryberry Your Family Ages 4-8 Binbrook Parents, caregivers, grandparents, Fri Mar 6 2pm friends and children work together to Thu Mar 19 2pm Let’s Talk Science make a themed card. Supplies provided. Sat May 16 10:30am Learn about volcanoes and what Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Ancaster ® makes them erupt. Presented by Concession Sat May 2 11am Westdale ® Saturdays monthly: McMaster University’s Let’s Talk Mar 21, Apr 25 & May 2 10:30am Science volunteers. Kenilworth Fri Mar 6 2pm Terryberry Make a Scene with Saturdays 2pm Insects & Constellations Ages 8-12 StikBots Ages 8-12 Locke Mon Mar 16 10:30am Terryberry Use StikBot flexible figurines to create Saturdays Mar 7 & 21 2:30pm Volcanoes anything from silly green screen photos to stop-motion animation. Red Hill Tue Mar 17 10:30am Waterdown Try them out. We’ll show you how. Fri Mar 20 10:30am Rethink Your Drink Saltfleet Tue Mar 17 2:30pm Kenilworth ® Mon Mar 16 4pm Freelton ® Mon Mar 16 10:30am Weather Wonders & Bubble Science Tue Mar 17 2:30pm Waterdown ® Ages 8-12 Stoney Creek Sat Apr 4 2:15pm Central ® Thu Mar 19 2pm Turner Park Thu Mar 19 2:30pm Sat May 9 2:15pm Central ® The Science of Yoga Ages 8-12 Terryberry Fri Mar 20 10:30am Central Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Make With Makedo Saturdays Mar 14, Apr 11, Weather Wonders May 9 & 30 2pm Fri Mar 20 10:30am Freelton ® Makedo is a simple-to-use set of tools Rethink Your Drink that let you build imaginative and Turner Park useful items from upcycled cardboard. Saturdays monthly: Supplies provided. Mar 7, Apr 4 & May 2 2pm Let’s Tangle: Fun with Wed Mar 18 10:30am Dundas Valley Park Zentangle Saturdays 2pm Create beautiful works in an easy- Waterdown to-learn and relaxing way using Marshmallow Catapult Tuesdays Mar 3, 31, repetitive patterns. Ages 8-12 Apr 28 & May 26 6:30pm Tue May 12 6:30pm Waterdown Build a catapult and see how far Saturdays Mar 21, Apr 18, your marshmallow flies. May 16 & 30 2:30pm Tue Mar 17 2pm Concession ® Westdale Library Mini Golf Ages 8-12 Saturdays monthly: Design an indoor mini golf course Mar 7, 28, Apr 4 & May 9 10:30am using library books and your Fridays Apr 17, May 15 & 29 imagination. Supplies provided. 3:30pm Wed Mar 18 1:30pm Stoney Creek

HPL SPRING 2020 CHILDREN 33 Math Quest Musical Storytelling Paper Mosaic Art Pull a quest from the Learn about the creative power Learn about mosaic art and make Math Quest Kiosk of music and how it is used to tell one with paper. Supplies provided. and complete math- author Roch Carrier’s story, The Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Kenilworth based activities. Ask Library staff to Hockey Sweater. A one-hour talk review your Math Quest answers, and piano demonstration. Presented Fri Mar 20 2:30pm Red Hill stamp your passport and redeem by the Hamilton Philharmonic for a prize. Orchestra’s Composer-in-Residence, Plant a Seed Abigail Richardson-Schulte. Thursdays 4pm Waterdown Plant a seed and watch it grow. Saturdays 10:30am Waterdown Fri Mar 20 3pm Dundas ® Supplies provided. Wed Apr 22 3:30pm Locke Métis Storytelling Newcomer Reading Circle Discover Métis culture through for Children Ages 6-12 Play Day Ages 4-8 storytelling. Presented by the Métis Explore books, practise reading and Explore creative and active play Nation of Ontario. enjoy fun activities in a program stations and make new friends. designed for newcomer children. Thu Mar 19 10:30am Ancaster ® Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Sherwood Fri Mar 20 2:30pm Westdale ® Wednesdays monthly: Mar 11, Apr 8 & May 13 4pm Central

Bring your imagination to the table and make a cool creation to take home. Supplies provided.

Binbrook Freelton Terryberry Sat Mar 14 2pm Tue Mar 17 2pm Saturdays monthly: Wed Mar 18 2pm Wednesdays Apr 1, 29 & May 27 4pm Mar 21, Apr 18 & May 16 2pm Sat Mar 28 10am Saturdays Apr 11 & May 9 10:30am Kenilworth Valley Park Tuesdays Mar 3, 10, 24, 31, Mon Mar 16 10:30am Carlisle Apr 14, 28, May 12, 19 & 25 3:30pm Tue Mar 17 10:30am Tue Mar 17 4pm Wed Mar 18 10:30am Mondays monthly: Locke Thu Mar 19 10:30am Mar 30, Apr 27 & May 25 4pm Sat Mar 14 2:30pm Tue Mar 17 3:30pm St. Patrick’s Day Waterdown Concession Sat Mar 28 2:30pm Fri Mar 6 2:30pm Wed Mar 18 10:30am (Ages 4-8) Saturdays Mar 14 , 28, Apr 11, 25, Sat Apr 11 10:30am Easter Theme Mount Hope May 9 & 23 2:30pm Saturdays Mar 28 & May 30 10:30am Tuesdays Mar 10, 31, Apr 14, 28, Mon Mar 16 10:30am (Ages 4-8) May 12 & May 26 2pm Westdale Red Hill Central Thursdays 3:30pm Fri May 22 3:30pm Saturdays 2pm Fri Mar 6 2pm Trains, Planes and Automobiles Dundas Sherwood Sat Mar 21 11am Green Reptiles ® Sat Apr 4 10:30am Spring Crafts Saturdays 10am Sat Apr 25 2pm Aliens in Space Wed Apr 22 4pm Fri May 1 11am Animals and Wildlife ® Earth Day Recycled Art

34 CHILDREN HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Play-Doh Fun Ages 4-8 Scavenger Hunt Ages 4-8 Spring Fling Enjoy an hour of creative fun. Put your observation skills to the A dance party that’ll put a ‘Spring’ in Supplies provided. test in a fun way in these self-guided your step! scavenger hunts. Wed Mar 18 10:30am Kenilworth Sat Apr 11 2pm Binbrook Fri Mar 20 10:30am Concession Mon Mar 2-Sat Mar 21 All Day Red Hill All Things Irish Sat Apr 11 10:30am Concession Spy Academy Ages 8-12 Easter Theme Mon Mar 16 10:30am Sherwood Storybook Characters Discover what it takes to be a spy Tue Mar 17 10:30am Kenilworth through fun activities. We also have a Poetry Party Ages 8-12 All Things Irish few books to recommend so that you Learn about limericks, adverb poems can delve into the adventures of our and blackout poetry, then start Tue Mar 17 10am Lynden favourite spy characters at home. writing. All Things Irish Tue Mar 17 2:30pm Ancaster ® Wed Apr 8 10:30am Kenilworth Mon Apr 6 4pm Waterdown Easter Eggs Mon Apr 20 4:30pm Freelton Wed Apr 22 10am Sherwood Nature STREAM Learning Lab Ages 8-12 Engage in hands-on STREAM (Science, Pokémon Club Ages 8-12 Seed Bombs Technology, Reading, Engineering, Join us for some Pokémon-themed Arts and Math) activities and learn Celebrate Earth Day (Apr 22) by making crafts, games and more. through experimentation. a seed bomb. Supplies provided. Mon Mar 16 10am Turner Park Wednesdays Mar 4, 25, Apr 1-May 27 Tue Apr 21 3:30pm Kenilworth Wed Mar 18 2:30pm Terryberry 4:30pm Waterdown ® Fri Mar 20 2pm Turner Park Mon Mar 16 3pm Lynden Sit! Stay! Read! Ages 8-12 Trained pet therapy dogs and adult Tabletop Collage-a-thon Puppet Show volunteers encourage reluctant Puppet shows, stories and songs readers to take part in literacy Make your mark on a tabletop canvas. performed by HPL puppeteers. activities. Presented in partnership Supplies and inspiration provided. Tue Mar 17 10:30am Saltﬂeet with the Hamilton-Burlington SPCA. Wed Mar 11 10am Binbrook Wed Mar 18 10:30am Binbrook Tuesdays biweekly: Mar 10, 24, Apr 7, Thu Mar 12 10am Binbrook Thu Mar 19 10:30am Dundas 21, May 5 & 19 6:30pm Waterdown ® Mondays Mar 2-May 11 6pm Puzzlemania! Turner Park ® Team up to build puzzles with your library friends. Puzzles supplied. Wed Mar 18 2:30pm Kenilworth

Ready to Read Science4Fun Ages 8-12 Reading takes you to far away Can You Walk on Water? imaginary adventures. Practise your Explore interesting facts about water, reading with a volunteer. including surface tension, buoyancy Mondays Mar 23-May 25 3:30pm and water splitting. Kenilworth (Except Apr 13 & May 18) Mon Mar 16 10:30am Ancaster ® Tuesdays 6:30pm Locke Tue Mar 17 10am Turner Park Tuesdays Apr 7-May 26 4pm Wed Mar 18 2pm Concession ® Sherwood ® Wednesdays Mar 11, Apr 8, 29, Flying Objects May 13 & 27 4pm Terryberry Learn to make and play with things that ﬂy, including paper airplanes, Wednesdays 3:30pm Westdale dragon helicopters and drones. (except Mar 18) Thu Mar 19 2pm Terryberry Thursdays May 7-28 3:30pm Saltﬂeet Fri Mar 20 1:30pm Binbrook Fridays Mar 27-May 29 3:30pm Turner Park ® (except Apr 10) Saturdays 11:30am Central HPL SPRING 2020 CHILDREN 35 Three Little Pigs: Virtual and Augmented Building Challenge Ages 4-8 Reality Intro Ages 8-12 Build houses for the three little An introduction to virtual and pigs and discover which building augmented reality followed by material makes the strongest house. interactive activities. Parts of the program may be an issue for people Fri Mar 6 2:30pm Central who suffer from motion sickness or Mon Mar 16 10:30am Binbrook ® vertigo. Wed May 20 3:30pm Kenilworth ® Wizarding School Urban Wildlife Ages 8-12 Ages 8-12 Learn about the wild animals A workshop for budding wizards. that live in your neighbourhood. Wii U Gaming Make a wand and many other tools Presented by a wildlife control Play Wii U games at the library. of the magical trade. Presented by expert. Tuesdays monthly: Mar 3, Apr 7 & the Hamilton Children’s Museum. Wed Mar 18 10:30am Westdale ® May 5 3:30pm Westdale Wed Mar 18 2:30pm Red Hill ® Wed Mar 18 2:30pm Valley Park Saturdays monthly: Mar 21, Apr 25 Thu Mar 19 10:30am Sherwood ® & May 29 2pm Turner Park ® Mon Mar 16 2:30pm Dundas ®

Zone Tween Book Club Ages 8-12 Ancaster Tue Mar 24 4:15pm ® Catboy by Eric Walters Tue Apr 28 4:15pm ® April Dirt by Denise Orenstein May 26 4:15pm ® Writing Circle A Boy Called Bat Ages 8-12 by Elana K. Arnold Join us for writing activities, encouragement, conversation, Binbrook contests, participation, instruction, Spa Ages 8-12 empowerment and ideas for where Mondays Mar 23,Apr 20 & Join Library staff for a fun day of to submit your writing. May 25 5pm science and spa treatments. Create Mondays monthly: Mar 16, Apr 6 & bath bombs and lip gloss from Locke May 11 5pm Binbrook everyday household items. Supplies Tuesdays Mar 3, Apr 7 & Tuesdays monthly: Mar 10, Apr 14 & provided. May 5 4pm May 12 3:30pm Westdale ® Tue Mar 17 2pm Turner Park ®

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TUESDAY MARCH 17

10am Turner Park Science4Fun Can You Walk on Water? (Ages 8-12) 10:30am Barton Curious Creatures & Cryptids Binbrook Activity Hour (Ages 4-8) Concession Bingo SATURDAY MARCH 14 MONDAY MARCH 16 Kenilworth Scavenger Hunt All Things Irish 10am 10am Red Hill Amazing Amphibians Sherwood Maker Cart Turner Park Pokemon Club Saltfleet Puppet Show 11am 10:30am Terryberry Bingo Westdale Crafternoon Ancaster Science4Fun Valley Park Maker Cart St. Patrick’s Day Can You Walk on Water? (Ages 8-12) ® Waterdown Let’s Talk Science Binbrook Three Little Pigs: 2pm Rethink Your Drink Concession Building Challenge ® 2pm Frozen 2 (2019) PG Kenilworth Amazing Amphibians Binbrook Art Rocks ® Kenilworth Catch Me If You Can ® Saltfleet LEGOMania Concession Marshmallow Catapult ® Stoney Creek The Angry Sherwood Scavenger Hunt Freelton Maker Cart Birds Movie 2 (2019) G Storybook Characters Terryberry Let’s Talk Science Volcanoes Turner Park Tween Spa ® Terryberry LEGOMania Valley Park Maker Cart 2:30pm Binbrook Maker Cart Waterdown Maker Cart Ancaster Spy Academy ® 2:30pm 2pm Mount Hope Amazing Amphibians Locke Maker Cart Turner Park Build a Videogame Central Explore and Learn: Waterdown Maker Cart with Bloxels ® String Quartet 3pm 2:30pm Dundas Central Ancaster Making Cards Together ® Abominable (2019) G The Princess Bride (1987) PG Barton Amazing Amphibians Kenilworth Let’s Talk Science Carlisle Do-It-Yourself Herb Garden ® Weather Wonders & Bubble Science Central Imagination Stations (Ages 8-12) ® Dundas Red Hill Crafternoon Abominable (2019) G St. Patrick’s Day Crafts Dundas Wizarding School Saltfleet Nancy Drew and the (Ages 8-12) ® Hidden Staircase (2019) PG Kenilworth Paper Mosaic Art Sherwood Draw Creatures ® Red Hill Maleficent: Stoney Creek Family Dance Party Mistress of Evil (2019) PG Terryberry Crafternoon Saltfleet Candy Sushi ® St. Patrick’s Day Sherwood Play Day Waterdown Make a Scene with Terryberry LEGOMania StikBots ® Waterdown Art Rocks Westdale Book Explorers ® Westdale Explore Art ® Sleep, Sheep by Kerry Lyn Sparrow 3pm 3:30pm Lynden STREAM Learning Lab Locke Maker Cart St. Patrick’s Day 4pm 4pm Freelton Make a Scene with StikBots ® Carlisle Maker Cart 5pm 6:30pm Binbrook Tween Writing Circle Waterdown Do-It-Yourself Journal (Ages 8-12)

38 CHILDREN HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY WEDNESDAY MARCH 18 THURSDAY MARCH 19 FRIDAY MARCH 20

10:30am 10am 10:00am Binbrook Puppet Show Concession Imagination Stations Turner Park Imagination Stations 10:30am Concession Maker Cart (Ages 4-8) 10:30am Binbrook Children's Colouring Circle Dundas Make with Makedo Ancaster Métis Storytelling ® Binbrook Imagination Stations Locke Amazing Amphibians Carlisle Amazing Amphibians Central Let’s Talk Science Kenilworth Play-Doh Fun Concession Fairytale Puppet Show Weather Wonders Red Hill Family Storytime Dundas Puppet Show Concession Children's Colouring Circle Sherwood Kenilworth Curious Creatures & Concession Play-Doh Fun Frozen 2 (2019) G Cryptids Dundas Bingo Valley Park Maker Cart Red Hill Freelton Let’s Talk Science Toy Story 4 (2019) G Westdale Urban Wildlife Rethink Your Drink ® (Ages 8-12) ® Sherwood Wizarding School ® Red Hill LEGOMania 1:30pm Valley Park Maker Cart 1pm Stoney Creek Library Mini Golf Westdale Board Games Lynden Amazing Amphibians (Ages 8-12) 10:45am 1:30pm 2pm Binbrook Family Storytime Binbrook Science4Fun Flying Objects Binbrook Makercart 2pm (Ages 8-12) Central Book Explorers Binbrook LEGOMania 2pm Blue Spruce Authors Locke Keep Calm and Fractal On Central Build and Code a Robot Central Build a Videogame Terryberry Science4Fun Flying Objects Concession Children’s Colouring Circle with Bloxels ® (Ages 8-12) Turner Park Pokémon Club 2pm Concession Science4Fun Turner Park Let’s Talk Science 2:30pm Can You Walk on Water? (Ages 8-12) ® The Science of Yoga (Ages 8-12) Red Hill Paper Mosaic Art 2:30pm 2:30pm Westdale Métis Storytelling ® Ancaster Ancaster Make Art 3pm Toy Story 4 (2019) G Barton Comics and Secret Identities Dundas Musical Storytelling Barton LEGOMania Dundas Choose Your Adventure The Hockey Sweater ® Kenilworth Puzzlemania! Fantastic Fitness Red Hill Wizarding School Red Hill Be a Supa Buddy (Ages 8-12) ® with Dog Man! ® SATURDAY MARCH 21 Saltﬂeet Pixel Art With Perler Beads Saltﬂeet Bingo 10:30am Sherwood Sherwood Amazing Amphibians ® Binbrook Create & Build Addams Family (2019) PG Stoney Creek LEGOMania Concession LEGOMania Terryberry Pokémon Club (Ages 8-12) 3:30pm Concession Play-Doh Fun Valley Park Urban Wildlife (Ages 8-12) Westdale Maker Cart Kenilworth Little Engineers Waterdown Amazing Amphibians STEM workshop 3pm 11am Carlisle Build and Code a Robot ® Westdale Maker Cart Green Reptiles ® Central 2pm The Lion King (2019) PG Stoney Creek Frozen 2 (2019) G Westdale Toy Story 4 (2019) G Terryberry Maker Cart Turner Park Wii U Gaming 3pm Central Kung Fu Panda2 (2011) G

HPL SPRING 2020 CHILDREN 39 TEEN PROGRAMS (ALL PROGRAMS SUITABLE FOR AGES 12-18, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.)

Artemis: Spaceship Fanfiction Club Knit for a Cause Bridge Simulator Whether you’re a seasoned fanfic Grades 9-12 students knit a scarf, hat Fly a virtual spaceship and defeat writer or just starting, this club is or mitts for the Hamilton In Out of enemies together using the Artemis: for you. Share, write and talk about the Cold program and earn volunteer Spaceship Bridge Simulator program. fanfiction with fellow writers. hours. Supplies and instruction provided. Bring your laptop. Game supplied. Mondays monthly: Mar 16, Apr 20 & Tuesdays monthly: Mar 17, Apr 14 & May 25 4pm Stoney Creek Mondays 4pm Westdale ® May 12 5pm Red Hill (Except Mar 16 & Apr 13) Job-Seeking for Teens Wednesdays 3pm Saltfleet Blackout Poetry Looking for a job or volunteer Create new poems using old opportunity? Learn about key websites Make Art newspaper, books, or magazine pages. and resources to use in your search. A drop-in program for teens interested Supplies provided. Wed Mar 18 2pm Westdale ® in creating art in the company of Wed Apr 29 4pm Kenilworth others. Watercolours, pastels and pencil crayons supplied. Keep Calm & Fractal On Thu Mar 19 2:30pm Ancaster Book Chat Explore fractals in the natural world Thursdays Apr 23 & May 28 4pm Chat about what you’re reading and and discover the relaxing benefits Ancaster get recommendations on what to read of colouring and drawing through next. Snacks provided. the Zentangle Method of structured Mondays 4pm Central patterns. Mondays monthly: Mar 2, Apr 6 & May 4 4pm Ancaster Thu Mar 19 2pm Locke

40 TEENS HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Pixel Art with Perler Beads Teen Hub Zone Youth Leadership Make retro pixel artwork from the Hang out with friends in the library Learn the fundamental skills of public eight-bit video games of yesteryear and explore some games and activities. speaking, impromptu speeches and or design something totally new. running a meeting while increasing Mondays-Thursdays 11am-1pm Your plastic Perler bead creation your self-confidence. Presented by Saltfleet can be turned into jewelry, keychains, Toastmasters International. magnets, coasters and more. Tuesdays 3:30pm Central Mondays Mar 23-May 25 6:15pm Supplies provided. Terryberry ® Wed Mar 18 2:30pm Saltfleet Wii U Gaming Play Wii U’s Super Smash Bros., Songwriting Intro at the library. An interactive workshop focused on Wednesdays monthly: writing lyrics and rhymes as part of Apr 1 & May 6 4pm Terryberry the songwriting process. Fridays monthly: Mar 27, Apr 24 & May 27 3:30pm Dundas Wed Mar 18 10am Turner Park

Ages 12-18 Submit your original short story and/or poem to the Power of the Pen Creative Writing Contest and be entered to win our grand prize. Submissions open March 16 and close September 30. For details, visit teens.hpl.ca or visit a branch location near you. Congratulations to the 2019 winners!

HPL SPRING 2020 TEENS 41 MOVIES @ HPL

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BABIES AND BLOCKBUSTERS Dundas Fri Mar 6 2:30pm ...... Lion King (2019) G Stoney Creek Tue Mar 17 2:30pm ...... Abominable (2019) G Mon Mar 2 1pm ...... Downton Abbey (2019) PG Red Hill Mon Mar 9 1pm ...... After (2019) PG Fri Mar 6 2:30pm ...... Abominable (2019) G Mon Mar 16 1pm ...... A Star Is Born (2019) R Thu Mar 19 10:30am ...... Toy Story 4 (2019) G Mon Mar 23 1pm ...... Spiderman: Far From Home (2019) PG Mon Mar 30 1pm ...... Fast & Furious: Saltﬂeet Hobbs & Shaw (2019) PG-13 Fri Mar 6 2:30pm ...... Dora and the Lost Mon Apr 6 1pm ...... Yesterday (2019) PG City of Gold (2019) PG Mon Apr 20 1pm ...... Little (2019) PG Tue Mar 17 2:30pm ...... Nancy Drew and Mon Apr 27 1pm ...... The Lighthouse (2020) R the Hidden Staircase (2019) PG Mon May 4 1pm ...... Green Book (2018) PG Sherwood Mon May 11 1pm ...... Frozen 2 (2019) PG Fri Mar 6 1:30pm ...... Abominable (2019) G Mon May 25 1pm ...... The Addams Family (2019) G Wed Mar 18 10:30am ...... Frozen 2 (2019) G Wed Mar 18 2:30pm ...... Addams Family (2019) PG FAMILY MOVIES Stoney Creek Ancaster Sat Mar 7 2pm ...... Abominable (2019) PG Sat Mar 14 2pm ...... The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) 6 Wed Mar 18 2:30pm ...... Toy Story 4 (2019) G Sat Mar 21 2pm ...... Frozen 2 (2019) G Central Sat Mar 28 2pm ...... Captain Marvel (2019) PG Sat Mar 7 3pm ...... African Cats: Kingdom Sat Apr 4 2pm ...... Babe (1995) G of Courage (2010) G Sat Apr 11 2pm ...... Minions (2015) G Sat Mar 14 3pm ...... The Princess Bride (1987) PG Sat Apr 18 2pm ...... The Secret Life of Pets (2016) G Wed Mar 18 3pm ...... The Lion King (2019) PG Sat Apr 25 2pm...... Mary Poppins (1964) G Sat Mar 21 3pm ...... Kung Fu Panda2 (2011) G Sat May 2 2pm ...... Lion King (2019) G Sat Mar 28 3pm ...... Kung Fu Panda3 (2016) G Sat May 9 2pm ...... Lion King (1994) G Sat Apr 4 3pm ...... Born in China (2017) G Sat May 16 2pm ...... Toy Story 4 (2019) G Sat Apr 11 3pm ...... The Adventures of Tintin (2011) PG Sat May 23 2pm ...... Dumbo (1941) G Sat Apr 18 3pm...... The Princess and the Frog (2009) G Sat May 30 2pm ...... The Addams Family (2019) G Sat Apr 25 3pm ...... Winnie the Pooh (2011) G Sat May 2 3pm ...... Oceans, Disney Nature (2009) G Terryberry Sat May 16 3pm ...... Planes (2013) G Sat Mar 7 2pm ...... Angry Birds 2 (2019) G Sat May 23 3pm ...... Toy Story 4 (2019) G Sat Apr 4 2pm ...... HOP (2011) G Sat May 30 3pm ...... Brave (2012) G Sat May 2 2pm ...... Toy Story 4 (2019) G Concession Westdale Sat Mar 14 2pm ...... Frozen 2 (2019) PG Sat Mar 7 2pm ...... Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) PG Fri Mar 13 3:30pm ...... Aladdin (2019) G Sat Mar 21 2pm ...... Toy Story 4 (2019) G Fri Mar 27 3:30pm ...... Captain Underpants: the First Epic Movie (2017) G

42 MOVIES HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Westdale (cont'd) Central (cont'd) Sat Apr 4 2pm ...... Peter Rabbit (2018) G Mon May 4 6pm ...... The Return of the Jedi (1983) PG Sat Apr 18 2pm ...... A Bug’s Life (1998) G Tue May 5 6pm ...... Ready or Not (2019) 14A Fri Apr 24 3:30pm ...... Bee Movie (2007) G Wed May 6 1pm ...... Duel (1972) PG Sat May 2 2pm ...... Lion King (2019) PG Tue May 12 6pm ...... Joker (2019) 14A Fri May 8 3:30pm ...... Beethoven (1991) G Tue May 19 6pm ...... Downton Abbey (2019) PG Sat May 16 2pm ...... Angry Birds Movie (2016) PG Wed May 20 1pm ...... The Invisible Man (1933) PG Fri May 22 3:30pm ...... Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019) PG Tue May 26 6pm ...... Judy (2019) PG Wed May 27 1pm ...... The Stranger (1946) PG GOOD MORNING MOVIES Concession Fri Mar 6 2pm ...... Maleﬁcent: Mistress of Evil (2019) PG Central Fri Mar 13 2pm ...... Judy (2019) PG Thu Mar 5 10am ...... Missing Link (2019) (PG) Fri Mar 20 2pm ...... The Seagull (2018) PG Thu Apr 2 10am ...... Brave (2012) PG Fri Mar 27 2pm ...... Dark Waters (2019) PG Thu May 7 10am ...... Karate Kid (1984) (PG) Fri Apr 3 2pm ...... Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood (2019) PG MOVIES FOR ADULTS Fri Apr 17 2pm ...... Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) NR Fri Apr 24 2pm ...... The Puzzle (2018) PG Central Fri May 1 2pm ...... Harriet (2019) PG Tue Mar 3 6pm ...... Wild Rose (2018) PG Fri May 8 2pm ...... Mother’s Day (2016) PG Wed Mar 4 1pm ...... This Gun For Hire (1942) PG Fri May 15 2pm ...... Little Women (2019) Fri Mar 6 1pm ...... Echo in the Canyon (2019) PG Fri May 22 2pm ...... Art of Racing In the Rain (2019) G Tue Mar 10 6pm ...... The Public (2017) 14A Fri May 29 2pm ...... Voyage of Doctor Doolittle (2020) PG Tue Mar 17 6pm ...... The Hate U Give (2018) 14A Wed Mar 18 1pm...... Julius Caesar (1953) PG Dundas Wed Mar 18 6pm ...... Macbeth (2016) PG Thu Mar 5 6:30pm ...... Adaptation (2003) 14A Tue Mar 24 6pm ...... Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) 14A Thu Apr 2 6:30pm ...... Waking Life (2001) 14A Tue Mar 31 6pm ...... Once Upon a Thu May 7 6:30pm ...... Under the Skin (2013) 14A Time in Hollywood (2019) 14A Red Hill Wed Apr 1 1pm ...... Ben Hur (1959) PG Sat Mar 7 2pm ...... Playing with Fire (2019) PG Fri Apr 3 1pm ...... Funny Face (1957) PG Sat Mar 14 2pm ...... Judy (2019) PG Tue Apr 7 6pm ...... Shazam (2019) PG Mon Mar 16 2:30pm ..Maleﬁcent: Mistress of Evil (2019) PG Tue Apr 14 6pm ...... Arctic (2018) PG Sat Mar 21 2pm ...... Charlie’s Angels (2019) PG Wed Apr 15 1pm ...... Them! (1954) PG Sat Apr 4 2pm ...... The Sun Is Also a Star (2019) PG Tue Apr 21 4pm ...... Girl Shy (1924) G (Silent Movie) Sat Apr 11 2pm ...... Rise of the Guardians (2012) G Tue Apr 21 6pm ...... Ad Astra (2019) PG Sat Apr 18 2pm ...... Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) PG13 Mon Apr 27 12pm ...... Fame High (2012) G Sat Apr 25 2pm...... A Beautiful Day in the Tue Apr 28 6pm ...... Blinded by the Light (2019) PG Neighborhood (2019) PG Wed Apr 29 1pm ...... Never Stand Still: Sat May 2 2pm ...... Star Wars: Dancing at Jacob’s Pillow (2010) Rise of Skywalker (2019) PG13 Fri May 1 2pm ...... Step (2017) G (Documentary) Sat May 9 2pm ...... Spies in Disguise (2019) PG Mon May 4 1pm ...... Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) PG Sat May 16 2pm ...... Cats (2019) PG Mon May 4 3:30pm...... Star Wars: The Empire Sat May 23 2pm ...... My Spy (2020) PG13 Strikes Back (1980) PG Sat May 30 2pm ...... Dolittle (2020) PG

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Saltﬂeet Ancaster Wed Mar 4 6:30pm ...... A Beautiful Day in the Wed May 13 6:15pm ...... Carol (2015) 14A Neighborhood (2019) G Wed May 20 6:15pm ...... Pride (2014) Wed Mar 11 6:30pm ...... Luce (2019) 14A Wed May 27 6:15pm ...... To Be Takei (2014) Wed Mar 18 6:30pm ...... Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) 14A Wed Mar 25 6:30pm ...... Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2019) PG13 NATIONAL FILM BOARD CLUB Wed Apr 1 6:30pm ...... Best of Enemies (2019) PG13 Wed Apr 8 6:30pm ...... Dark Waters (2019) PG13 Central Wed Mar 11 12pm ...... Junior (2007) PG Wed Apr 15 6:30pm ...... My Spy (2019) PG13 Wed Apr 8 12pm ...... First Stripes (2018) PG Wed Apr 22 6:30pm ...... Judy (2019) PG13 Wed May 13 12pm ...... Becoming Labrador (2018) PG Wed Apr 29 6:30pm ...... The Goldﬁnch (2019) PG Wed May 6 6:30pm ...... The Good Liar (2019) 14A Wed May 13 6:30pm ...... Bottom of the 9th (2019) 14A Dundas Wed Mar 11 2:30pm ...... Gun Runners (2015) Not Rated Wed May 20 6:30pm ...... Harriet (2019) PG13 Wed Apr 8 2:30pm ...... Waterwalker (1984) Not Rated Wed May 27 6:30pm...... The Kitchen (2019) 14A Wed May 13 2:30pm...... Limit Is The Sky (2016) Not Rated Stoney Creek Tue Mar 3 2pm ...... Bend of the River (1952) PG Tue Mar 10 2pm ...... Written on the Wind (1956) G Tue Mar 17 2pm ...... The Tarnished Angels (1957) G Tue Mar 24 2pm ...... Lover Come Back (1961) PG Tue Mar 31 2pm ...... Send Me No Flowers (1964) G Tue Apr 7 2pm ...... The Lost Weekend (1945) PG Tue Apr 14 2pm ...... The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) PG Tue Apr 21 2pm ...... One, Two, Three (1961) NR Tue Apr 28 2pm ...... Arizona Raiders (1965) PG Tue May 5 2pm ...... Ship of Fools (1965) PG Tue May 12 2pm ...... How to Murder Your Wife (1965) PG A massive one- Tue May 19 2pm ...... Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939) G day, coast-to-coast Tue May 26 2pm ...... A Child is Waiting (1963) PG celebration of Canadian cinema. Turner Park Tue Mar 3 7pm ...... Iris (2015) Documentary Wed Apr 22 Tue Apr 7 7pm ...... Al Purdy Was Here (2015) Documentary 6pm Central Tue May 5 7pm ...... Halving the Bones (1995) Documentary The Blackcoat’s Daughter 14A What's your favourite movie?

44 MOVIES HAMILTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Films by and about women Thursday, May 7 1pm & 5:30pm Central LUNAFEST Film Festival is a long-running celebration of female film makers. The 2020 lineup includes seven short films with a running time of 96 minutes. Purl by Kristen Lester & Gillian Libbert- Duncan. An earnest ball of yarn gets a job at a fast-paced, high-energy, bro-tastic start-up. Ballet After Dark by B. Monét. A young woman finds strength after an attack by creating an organization to help survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence through dance therapy. There You Are by Lisa Donato. A trans woman must dress like a man to say goodbye to her dying grandmother. Xmas Cake - This American Shelf-life by Petra Hanson & May Yam. This coming-of-middle-age story follows a pop singer’s journey from hot to not, and what ensues across cultures from New York to Tokyo. Game by Jeannie Donohoe. A new kid in town shows up at the high school boys’ basketball tryouts and instantly makes an impression. Will talent and drive be enough to make the team? Lady Parts by Erin Rye & Jessica Sherif. A struggling actor finally gets her big break, only to realize the glass ceiling can also be a camera lens How to Swim by Noa Gusakov. In the last days of her pregnancy, a terrified mother-to-be kidnaps a maternal stranger for an afternoon of hijinks.

1/3 approx LGBTQ or Gear winners National Bookmobile Day All Ages A celebration of all libraries on wheels and the dedicated professionals who work on them. When you see the HPL Bookmobile today, give a wave! Wednesday April 22

Accidental Poetry Family Storytime: Imagination Stations April is Poetry Month. Celebrate Get Ready to Read Use your imagination to build, with us by creating Accidental Bring the whole family to create and play with STREAM Poetry, which involves mixing and storytime and get ready to read. (Science, Technology, Reading, rearranging words. Photograph Discover stories, rhymes, music, Engineering, Arts and Math) kits and tweet your creations to finger plays and flannel boards at and resources. There’s something #hplaccidentalpoetry. this interactive program. for everyone. Apr 1-30 Mondays 3:30pm Laurier Stop, 70 Albright Ave., Hamilton Tuesdays 3:30pm Greencedar Stop, Lug-Nut Lottery Eggcellent Egg Hunt 295 Greencedar Dr., Hamilton One lucky Bookmobile stop enjoys a pizza during the week of April There are eggs on the bus. This Wednesdays 3:30pm Lawfield Stop, 20, in celebration of National March, visit the Bookmobile and 45 Berko Ave., Hamilton see if you can find them all. Bookmobile Day, on April 22. Thursdays 3:30pm McQuesten Stop March 1-31 785 Brittania Ave., Hamilton

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