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Poetry in Place Book Launch

With Textile, The Creek Collective, and Words Worth Books

2025-05-15 18:30:00 2025-05-15 20:00:00 America/New_York Poetry in Place Book Launch For Teens and Adults Eastside Branch - Program Room

Thursday, May 15
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-05-15 18:30:00 2025-05-15 20:00:00 America/New_York Poetry in Place Book Launch For Teens and Adults Eastside Branch - Program Room

Eastside Branch

Program Room

For Teens and Adults

About the Event

Poetry in Place is a curated anthology for readers who love both poetry and the land. The subject matter addresses a very specific territory: the “land between the waters” of Lake Ontario and the Grand River, west of Toronto and east of London, in southern Ontario. The anthology includes poems by more than forty contemporary poets of different ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds. They pondered the natural world around them, and asked themselves, “What is it that the land has to say to us?” In these days of climate disruption, biodiversity loss, a new awareness of the dire history of colonized Indigenous peoples, and the spectre of global pandemic, how can we hear the voices of the natural world? We suggest that poetry offers a powerful mode of attention and analysis, now as it always has done. Contributors are also interviewed about their relationship with the land, their spirituality and worldview, and their motivation in writing poetry about the environment.

This event, in partnership with TextileThe Creek Collective and Words Worth Books, launches Poetry in Place: Poetry and Environmental Hope in a Southern Ontario Bioregion (Guernica Editions, 2025, edited by Deborah Bowen), and eight of the poets included in the anthology will join us to read and share their work:

About the Poets

Fitsum Areguy is a scholar-activist and writer based in Kitchener, Ontario. He is a 2025 Musagetes Fellow and a member of the inaugural Nazar Research Cluster (2025) at Concordia University's Dark Opacities Lab. With an interdisciplinary artistic practice that follows radical Black feminist and intellectual traditions, his work is animated by storytelling, place-making, and building cultural infrastructure that interrogates public memory and imagines otherwise worlds. His critical and creative writing have appeared in Briarpatch Magazine, ByBlacks, Canadian Dimension, Breach Media, and New Sociology, among others. He is the co-founder and co-director for Textile, and sits on the board of directors for Multicultural Theatre (MT) Space and Thrive HIV Prevention & Support (formerly ACCKWA).

Janice Jo Lee (she/they) is a queer folk musician, spoken word poet, theatre maker, sound designer and arts educator born and based in Toronto. She has released three albums of music, two poetry chapbooks, and has composed music and sound for two musicals and five stage plays. Janice founded and directed the KW Poetry Slam from 2011-2017.

Mark Kempf is a long-time member of Hamilton Poetry Centre and Brantford & Paris poetry circles, often leading workshops and special events. His major poetry collection, TUG, was published by Ars Omnia Press, (2016) under the pseudonym Mark Leslie Oliver. He is busy now publishing a non-fiction book in 2025, Unfurl Your Sales, and as usual, canoe tripping.

Paula Kienapple-Summers is a poet from Kitchener, Ontario. Her poems have appeared in Existere, The Nashwaak Review, Tower Poetry, Amethyst Review and Spadina Literary Review as well as several anthologies. She’s a recent 3rd prize winner of The Ontario Poetry Society’s “Across the Universe” contest.

Tanis MacDonald is the author of Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female as well as six other books of poetry and nonfiction. She teaches in the Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her next book, Tall, Grass, Girl, is forthcoming with Book*hug Press.

Geoff Martin’s place-based and environmental essays have won the 2024 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest and been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. His work has appeared in Literary Review of Canada, Boulevard, Creative Nonfiction, and The New Quarterly, among others. He is also a co-founder of The Creek Collective in Kitchener. After a decade spent teaching in Chicago, writing in Western Massachusetts, and care-giving in San Francisco, he moved home in 2021 to Waterloo Region, where he grew up.

Elizabeth McCallister grew up in Scarborough. She moved with her husband to Saskatoon to complete his PhD in history, and then back to Ontario, first to Kitchener and then to Brantford. Her work has appeared in Heartbeat: Poems of Family and Hometown, The World Around Us chapbook, Tamaraks: Canadian Poetry for the 21st century, and Voices Israel 2021 Poetry Anthology, as well as other anthologies.

Mariam Pirbhai is an academic and creative writer. She is the author of a book of creative nonfiction titled Garden Inventories: Reflections on Land, Place and Belonging (Wolsak and Wynn, 2023), recent winner of the 2024 Sarton Women’s Book award for nonfiction, and finalist for the 2024 Foreword Indies Book Prize for nature writing. She is also the author of two works of fiction titled Isolated Incident (Mawenzi House Publishers, 2022) and Outside People and Other Stories (Inanna Publications, 2017), both of which received the IPPY Gold Medal for Multicultural Fiction. She is professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University, where she teaches and researches in the area of postcolonial studies, the literatures of the global South Asian diaspora, and creative writing. Pirbhai lives and works in Waterloo, Ontario, the traditional territories of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishnawbe, and Haudenosaunee peoples. 


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Programmers: Julia and Ikhlas

Eastside Branch

Phone: 519-886-1310

Hours
Mon, Jul 07 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jul 08 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jul 09 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jul 10 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jul 11 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Jul 12 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Jul 13 Closed

About the branch

Located at the RIM Park Manulife Sportsplex, the Eastside Branch boasts specialized creative spaces, quiet study areas, a nature education space and lots of natural light.

Upcoming events

Sat, Jul 12, 10:00am - 11:00am
Main Library
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Sat, Jul 12, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
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Sat, Jul 12, 11:00am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch
For Families

Sat, Jul 12, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library
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Sat, Jul 12, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Adults and Older Adults

Sat, Jul 12, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
McCormick Branch
For teens ages 13 to 18 years old.
This event is full

Sat, Jul 12, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Families

Mon, Jul 14, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For children ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 14, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.
This event is full

Mon, Jul 14, 10:30am - 11:30am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Mon, Jul 14, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
McCormick Branch
For babies ages birth to 12 months old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 14, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
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Mon, Jul 14, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For babies ages 6 to 18 months with a caregiver.
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Mon, Jul 14, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 14, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 5 to 9 years old.
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Mon, Jul 14, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library
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Mon, Jul 14, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Tue, Jul 15, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 15, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Jul 15, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 15, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Study Room 1
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Tue, Jul 15, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Study Room 1
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Tue, Jul 15, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Tue, Jul 15, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For teens ages 13 to 18 years old.

Tue, Jul 15, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Tue, Jul 15, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For babies ages birth to 12 months old with a caregiver.

Wed, Jul 16, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.

Wed, Jul 16, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 6 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Main Library
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Wed, Jul 16, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.
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Wed, Jul 16, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library
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Wed, Jul 16, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 16, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 5 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 16, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Families
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Thu, Jul 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 11 to 23 months old with a caregiver.
This event is full

Thu, Jul 17, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Thu, Jul 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults
This event is full

Thu, Jul 17, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 5 to 9 years old.

Thu, Jul 17, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 17, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 17, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Thu, Jul 17, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
Everyone welcome

Fri, Jul 18, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library
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Fri, Jul 18, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Main Library
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Fri, Jul 18, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Library
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Sat, Jul 19, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Sat, Jul 19, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 3 to 5 years old with a caregiver.
This event is full

Sat, Jul 19, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults

Mon, Jul 21, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For children ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 21, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.
This event is full

Mon, Jul 21, 10:30am - 11:30am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Mon, Jul 21, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
McCormick Branch
For babies ages birth to 12 months old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 21, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 21, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 5 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Mon, Jul 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 3 to 7 years old. Children ages 3 to 5 years old must be accompanied by a caregiver.
This event is full

Mon, Jul 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For adults in their 20s and 30s.

Tue, Jul 22, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 22, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Jul 22, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 22, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Tue, Jul 22, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Tue, Jul 22, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 23, 10:30am - 11:00am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For babies ages birth to 12 months old with a caregiver.

Wed, Jul 23, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 23, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 23, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.

Wed, Jul 23, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.

Wed, Jul 23, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Older Adults

Wed, Jul 23, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Wed, Jul 23, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Adults
This event is full

Thu, Jul 24, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 11 to 23 months old with a caregiver.
This event is full

Thu, Jul 24, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Thu, Jul 24, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 5 to 8 years old.
This event is full

Thu, Jul 24, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 24, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 24, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Thu, Jul 24, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
Everyone welcome

Thu, Jul 24, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Adults

Sat, Jul 26, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Sat, Jul 26, 10:30am - 11:30am
John M. Harper Branch
For kids ages 4 and up with a caregiver.

Sat, Jul 26, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Families

Sat, Jul 26, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
McCormick Branch
For teens ages 13 to 18 years old.

Sat, Jul 26, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Families

Mon, Jul 28, 10:30am - 11:15am
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For children ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 28, 10:30am - 11:30am
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.
This event is full

Mon, Jul 28, 10:30am - 11:30am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Mon, Jul 28, 2:00pm - 2:30pm
McCormick Branch
For babies ages birth to 12 months old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 28, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For babies ages 6 to 18 months with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 28, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Jul 28, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 5 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Mon, Jul 28, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Tue, Jul 29, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 29, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Jul 29, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Jul 29, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults

Tue, Jul 29, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.

Tue, Jul 29, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 30, 10:30am - 11:15am
McCormick Branch
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Wed, Jul 30, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 30, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 6 to 12 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 30, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.
This event is full

Wed, Jul 30, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.

Wed, Jul 30, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For families with children ages birth to 8 years old with their caregiver(s).

Wed, Jul 30, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Adults
This event is full

Thu, Jul 31, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 11 to 23 months old with a caregiver.
This event is full

Thu, Jul 31, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 3 to 4 years old with a caregiver. This program is intended for children entering kindergarten in September 2025.

Thu, Jul 31, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 31, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Jul 31, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults

Thu, Jul 31, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Thu, Jul 31, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
Everyone welcome

Sat, Aug 02, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Sat, Aug 02, 11:00am - 11:45am
McCormick Branch
For Families

Mon, Aug 04, All day
All library locations
All library locations CLOSED for the Civic Holiday

Tue, Aug 05, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Aug 05, 10:30am - 12:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults

Tue, Aug 05, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Tue, Aug 05, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For teens ages 13 to 18 years old.
Registration opens Tuesday, July 15 2025 at 7:00pm

Tue, Aug 05, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Teens, Adults and Older Adults.
Registration opens Tuesday, July 15 2025 at 7:00pm

Tue, Aug 05, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
McCormick Branch
For kids ages 6 to 9 years old.
This event is full

Tue, Aug 05, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
Everyone welcome

Wed, Aug 06, 10:30am - 11:15am
McCormick Branch
For kids ages birth to 5 years old with a caregiver.
Registration opens Wednesday, July 16 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Aug 06, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 2 to 5 years old with a caregiver.
Registration opens Wednesday, July 16 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Aug 06, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
Registration opens Wednesday, July 16 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Aug 06, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults
Registration opens Wednesday, July 16 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Aug 06, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Older Adults

Wed, Aug 06, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For teens ages 13 to 18 years old.
Registration opens Wednesday, July 16 2025 at 7:00pm

Wed, Aug 06, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
Registration opens Wednesday, July 16 2025 at 9:00pm

Thu, Aug 07, 10:30am - 11:00am
McCormick Branch
For babies ages 11 to 23 months old with a caregiver.
This event is full

Thu, Aug 07, 2:00pm - 3:15pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 6 to 10 years old.
Registration opens Thursday, July 17 2025 at 7:00pm

Thu, Aug 07, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Aug 07, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Thu, Aug 07, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
McCormick Branch
For Adults
Registration opens Thursday, July 17 2025 at 7:00pm

Thu, Aug 07, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Main Library
Everyone welcome

Sat, Aug 09, 10:30am - 11:15am
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For Families

Sat, Aug 09, 11:00am - 4:00pm
Waterloo Park Promenade
Everyone welcome

Sat, Aug 09, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Adults and Older Adults

Sat, Aug 09, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Families

Mon, Aug 11, 10:00am - 11:30am
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For Older Adults
This event is full

Mon, Aug 11, 11:00am - 12:00pm
McCormick Branch
For Older Adults
Registration opens Monday, July 21 2025 at 7:00pm

Mon, Aug 11, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For babies ages 6 to 18 months with a caregiver.
Registration opens Monday, July 21 2025 at 7:00pm

Mon, Aug 11, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For kids ages 4 to 12 years old with a caregiver.

Mon, Aug 11, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
McCormick Branch
For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
Registration opens Monday, July 21 2025 at 7:00pm

Mon, Aug 11, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Program Room
For adults in their 20s and 30s.
Registration opens Monday, July 21 2025 at 7:00pm

Mon, Aug 11, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
For Adults