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Calgary Public Library presents Paul Quarrington, award-winning author, and his folk/blues band, Porkbelly Futures.
Come attend this FREE performance which blends words and witty, adventurous songwriting.
Tuesday, November 25 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Central Library, John Dutton Theatre
616 Macleod Trail S.E.
No registration required.
The library will re-open as usual at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 21.
The outside returns chute will be closed and will re-open at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 21.
The closest Library is:
Crowfoot Library
8665 Nose Hill Dr. NW
403-221-4122
Thank you for your patience. I f you have any questions, please call Central at 260-2600.
Hear from prominent members of Calgary’s literary community and get ideas about different kinds of writing and publishing.
Saturday, November 22
10:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Fish Creek Library, Third Floor Meeting Room
11161 Bonaventure Drive SE
Ages 13-17
Featuring:
Cecilia Frey, Poet
Martine Leavitt, Fantasy Writer
Clem Martini, Playwright
Shirlee Smith Matheson, Non-Fiction and Historical Fiction Writer
Lunch is provided. Please register online here or by calling 403-260-2620.
He was a Mountie, a surveyor and a soldier. Join us as Barb Brydges discusses her research on this fascinating man, her ancestor Thomas Chalmers.
SAT November 29
1:00 - 2:30 PM
Central Library - 4th Floor North Meeting Room
Register in person, by telephone at 403-260-2620 or online
Wired Writers: Life and Times of a Non-Fiction Writer with Myrna Kostash -
As a veteran of writing and teaching creative non-fiction, Myrna Kostash will survey her experience and her works. Great for book clubs! Edmonton Public Library will host the live session.
Wired Writers of Alberta is a series of teleconferences offered through the Library Association of Alberta. Each of the series is being hosted live in a library in Alberta, and available to other sites in North America by web conference.
Monday, November 24 @ 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Central Library, 4th Floor North Meeting Room
616 Macleod Trail S.E.
Register for this event here
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Olive Gaudet Reads from Whitecaps and Watery Graves
Local award-winning author Olive Gaudet will launch, discuss, and sign her latest book. Join her for shipwrecks, tales of the ocean, and songs of Atlantic Canada.
Thursday, November 27 @ 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Louise Riley, Program Room
1904 - 14th Avenue NW
No registration required.
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Sustainable Calgary Book Club -
Join a lively discussion of books that help us understand the world, our place in it, and environmental sustainability. Each meeting has its own distinct focus.
Wednesday, December 3: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan.
NOTE: Topic changed for December 3rd. Chris Turner's reading for Geography of Hope has been moved to January 14 2009. Please see our new program guide in Mid-December for information on signing up.
We hope to see you there!
All meetings @ 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM in the Central Library 4th Floor North Meeting Room.
616 Macleod Trail S.E.Register for all these talks here
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Peter C Newman Talks about Izzy -
Donna McElligott interviews Peter about the passionate life and turbulent times of Izzy Asper, Canada's Media Mogul. Wine and cheese will be served.
Friday, December 05 @ 5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Main floor South - New and Notable, Central Library
616 Macleod Trail S.E.
Register for this event here
Our Words: Our World
Join us for a writing workshop with local author Carolyn Pogue in celebration of International Human Rights Day.
The workshop will include storytelling, freefall writing exercises, and group discussion. Anyone interested in writing should attend. As well, this workshop is a place to hear powerful discussion on Human Rights and the power of the individual to create change in the world.
Wednesday, December 10 @ 5:30 pm- 7:00 pm
Central Library, 4th Floor Boardroom
616 Macleod Trail S.E.
Please register online here or by calling 403-260-2620
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Human Rights Celebration Event
Join us in celebrating International Human Rights Day and the 2008 United Nations theme of International Year of the Languages. Listen to master of ceremony Sonya Denton as she leads a day of hope and dialogue with keynote speaker Manheet Bhullar and other speakers. The City of Calgary proclamation will also be read at this event followed by the Calgary Children's Choir & Crescent Heights High School Choir.
Join your fellow world citizens in celebrating human rights.
Monday, December 8 @ 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Central Library, John Dutton Theatre 2nd Floor,
616 Macleod Trail S.E.
No registration required