Make your plans for the summer months with our library programming in mind.
We’ve scheduled informative and fun events for all ages – from our ever-popular Summer Reading Club to book clubs, craft nights, and even a blueberry pie challenge.
Read on for ideas to enjoy your summer to the fullest.
Hit the road with a good story. Our audiobooks will make the kilometres fly by. Try Libby, our free app for borrowing digital books and audiobooks. Libby offers you a huge array of borrowing options – no heavy bags required!
Download the app and you can be reading or listening in minutes. Give us a call if you’d like help getting started.
If summer gives you a little more leisure for reading, join our new Novel Bites Supper Club, where food and fiction meet! We have copies of this month’s selection, The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer, at the library – so grab one, then join us to discuss it on July 9, at 6:30 p.m. at Oaklynn and Vine, 4810 50 St, Stettler. Participants pay for their own meals.
Children:
Travel the world without ever leaving the library!
On July 4, the Tiny Tourists (ages 5 to 8) meet at 11 a.m. At 4 p.m., bring the whole family for our first Family Event of the summer, Minute to Win It Olympics and a pizza party for all ages.
During the week of July 7-11, Summer Reading Club goes “Around the World: Canada Edition,” featuring bannock-making, feather necklaces, animal charades, and even cow-milking fun! Be sure to sign up for exciting events happening all summer.
• Ages 5-8: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• Ages 9 and up: 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.
On Wednesdays, our team brings the club to:
• Buffalo Lake Community Hall: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• White Sands Community Hall: 2:30 to 4 p.m.
In Keyanna’s Kitchen, kids will be cooking up sweet treats on July 9 at 1 p.m. Next up: M&M Cookies! Registration opens one week in advance at 10 a.m. – spots fill fast, so don’t wait.
Celebrate Teddy Bear Picnic Day July 10 at 10:30 a.m. at the new Kinsmen Park.
Enjoy stories, songs, treats and playtime in the park. Bring your favourite teddy bear, your whole family – and don’t forget hats and sunscreen!
Read & Rhyme is for children ages 0 to 5 who love songs, stories, and early literacy fun. Join us Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 10:30 a.m. Use the free 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten app – or ask us for a paper log – to track progress and earn small prizes.
Teens & ’Tweens:
Dive into epic adventures and create wild stories with your crew at Dungeons & Dragons Night, Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m. For ages 13 and up. Snacks provided!
Adults:
Uncovering the mysteries of your family history might be the perfect pastime for you this summer. Find out all you need to know to start researching at the Stettler Genealogy Club meeting on July 3 at 2 p.m.
Caregiver Support Group meets July 8 at 1 p.m. Connect with others who understand the challenges of supporting a loved one with dementia.
Coffee stains never looked so good as when you paint a masterpiece with coffee at Crystal’s Crafters on July 3, 6:30 p.m. To register, call the library.
If you’re feeling the stress of a loved one’s drinking, you are not alone. Meet up with the understanding folks at Al-Anon Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. for confidential support.
Afternoon Friends meets Tues, July 8 at 1 p.m. – but first, ask yourself: are you up to the Blueberry Pie Challenge?
Reader’s Circle is reading Trust by Hernan Diaz this month.
The publisher calls it “a glorious novel about empires and erasures, husbands, and wives, staggering fortunes and unspeakable misery.” Grab a copy at the library and join us to discuss it on July 30, 6:30 p.m., to talk about this book.
Minds in Motion is a gentle, social fitness program for anyone experiencing cognitive decline. Enjoy light activity, games, and snacks in a supportive and fun setting, every Wednesday at 1 p.m.
All Ages:
Challenge your friends, choose your main, and see if you can endure to the end at our Super Smash Bros. Tournament on July 5, 1-4 p.m.
“This was my only and my constant comfort. When I think of it, the picture always rises in my mind, of a summer evening, the boys at play in the churchyard, and I sitting on my bed, reading as if for life.” ~Charles Dickens
For more information or to register for any of the above programs, call the library at 403-742-2292.
