If you find good books and great food irresistible, you’ll want to join our newest book club, Novel Bites Supper Club.
Each month, we’ll sample a different local restaurant and enjoy lively discussions of a popular book. Our debut meeting will be held on April 16 at 6:30 p.m. at East to West (4826-50 St, Stettler).
Stop by the library to sign up for Novel Bites and pick up a copy of April’s selection, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter by New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor. Participants are responsible for purchasing their own refreshments.
Find your next good read at the Friends of the Library’s Spring Book Sale taking place during the Stettler Trade Show (April 11, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and April 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
Donations of books and movies have been pouring in for the past month, so the selection will be vast at bargain prices –whatever you’d like to offer.
Proceeds go toward library programs. Also, come and check out our booth at the Trade Show this weekend.
Drop by and chat up one of our staff or board members, let us know how we are doing and see what the library has coming up.
While you’re with us, test out our Virtual Reality equipment for an amazing experience. Don’t forget to fill out our yearly survey for a chance to win an incredible gift basket perfect for book lovers.
Children:
Fun can be had at Something Cool After School on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 p.m.
On April 10, we’ll experiment with aquarium beads to make a colourful suncatcher. Make something fantastical or life-like with polymer clay on April 15. Then join us on April 17 to mess around with squishable fluffy slime.
For a fun morning out with your little people (0-5 yrs) Read & Rhyme provides engaging stories and stimulating activities each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10:30 a.m.
Our program, 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten, lets you track your total books read, and you’ll be eligible for a small prize each time your child reaches a reading goal.
Teens & ’Tweens:
It may be too early to grow flowers, but why not make some? Join us on April 16 at 4:30 p.m. to create blooms of your own. Ages 10+.
Dungeons & Dragons Night offers adventure, fun, and storytelling for youth ages 13 + on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. Snacks will make an appearance!
Adults:
Anyone struggling to cope with the drinking of someone close to them can get free, confidential help and support at Al-Anon meetings on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Create something cute and cuddly out of polymer clay with the Afternoon Friends on April 15 at 1 p.m.
Keep yourself flexible and reduce stress with the stretching exercises offered at Gentle Yoga for Seniors on April 15 at 10:30 a.m.
You can catch a free ride by HandiBus to this program if you call 403-742-5858 to request pick up.
Read along with Reader’s Circle this month and meet on April 30 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss John Vaillant’s Fire Weather, whose “masterly prose and cinematic eye reveal the devastation wrought by modern forest fires.”
Are you, or someone close to you, experiencing mild-to-moderate cognitive decline? Join us on Wednesdays, from 1-3 p.m., for Minds in Motion. We spend an hour in light exercise and an additional hour in brain-stimulating games in a low-key social setting. Caregivers are welcome.
Stettler Public Library is pleased and excited to have a special Film Circuit on May 9 at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Centre.
Our movie for the evening is a movie set in 1930s Alberta about a family caught in a large scandal and is filmed in and around Central Alberta.
Called The Ties that Bind, we are excited to have director/producer James Reckseidler and members of the cast and crew join us for a Q&A following the movie. Early bird tickets are $10, available at the library, or $15 at the door. Come and celebrate local cinema!
All Ages:
Get real with a Virtual Reality adventure in space, the tropics, or even cartoon land. If you’ve always wanted to try this immersive 3D experience, join us on Sat, April 12, at the Stettler Trade Show at 1 p.m. Ages 6 and up.
“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?” ~Oscar Wilde
For more information or to register for any of the above programs, call the library at 403-742-2292.
