Julio Cesar Oliva, classical guitar composer and performer, is considered to be one of the greatest in the history of guitar in Mexico. Luis Medina’s lecture-recital will shed light on Oliva’s incredible life and career and offer a glimpse into his compositional output, exploring samples from his solo works to chamber music. Founder of the Vancouver Classical Guitar Festival, Luis Angel Medina (M.Mus) is an avid performer and teacher across North America. Now serving as a guitar instructor at CapU, Luis supports music students in pursuing their degrees and careers in music. Free! In person and livestreamed on Zoom. More information and registration on our website.
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Scrabble Tournament
Join the fun at this free Scrabble tournament! Round-robin: everyone gets to play four 2-person games. Teens and adults, all levels welcome. Book prizes for all, and a grand prize of a book store gift certificate!
Limited to 12 players; advance registration is required. Contact the Library to register or register below by March 14th.
For more information, call the tournament master Vern Giesbrecht at 604-886-7226 or email Lise: LKreps@gibsonslibrary.ca
Book Club – Prophet Song
On a dark night in Dublin, Eilish Stack answers her door to find the secret police, who want to speak with her trade unionist husband. Caught in the nightmare logic of a collapsing society, and assailed by unpredictable forces beyond her control, she must do whatever it takes to keep her family together. Winner of the 2023 Booker Prize, Prophet Song is a breathtakingly original parable of the present, future, and past. Come join our discussion. Ask at the Library Checkout Desk for a special Book Club copy. Free but space is limited; register online or call the Library at 604-886-2130.
Author Reading: Leslie A. Davidson, Dancing in Small Spaces: One Couple’s Journey with Parkinson’s Disease and Lewy Body Dementia
Leslie and her husband Lincoln were enjoying retired life to the fullest as ardent outdoor enthusiasts, travellers, and soon-to-be grandparents. But when Lincoln’s confusion became a concern and Leslie began to experience a hesitant leg and uncontrollable tremors in one arm, a devastating double diagnosis completely changed their life.
“A sad and beautiful story that sparkles with wit, wisdom, and honesty; a primer on courage that insists on a simple but profound truth: love is the domain of the brave.” —Kara Stanley, author of Fallen and Ghost Warning
FREE but space is limited. Registration is recommended. Also available live on Zoom from the Library’s website.
PR – Powell River Library: Poetry Circle
Last Thursday of the Month – Drop In.
A shared creative space for poetry with Amira Abouelalla. A place for listening, connecting, and being inspired…and of course, POETRY!
Bridge Club
Do you enjoy playing the card game of Bridge? Or would you like to learn to play? Join our weekly group on Tuesday afternoons to play Chicago bridge (regular, not duplicate), starting Jan 9th. Cards supplied. All levels are welcome, including beginners.
Games start promptly at 12:30. Limited to 12 in-person participants.
Drop in, no registration, first-come first served. Through Apr 30th.
Write On: Quiet Writing Time
You’re invited to Come Write On for some quiet writing time here at the Library every first Thursday of the month, 3:00-5:00 pm. No instruction or critique, just quiet time and space to write. Work on any writing you wish, with wifi and tea, in the company of your fellow writers. Facilitator: Cathalynn (Cindy) Labonte-Smith
FREE, drop in, no registration required. First Thursdays, 3:00-5:00 pm: Jan 4, Feb 1, Mar 7, Apr 4, May 2, June 6
English Language Learners’ Conversation Circle
to Oct 9. Are you learning to speak English? Would you like to practice expressing yourself in conversations about common topics, in a small, friendly group? Join our ELL Conversation Circles on the second Wednesday of the month, in person only. Parents are welcome to bring children. Children may participate in our conversation or play with Lego. Free! Drop in, no registration.
Word Whips—Creative Writing Workshops with Fran Bourassa
Calling all poets, writers, and would-be writers of all ages and experience levels! Bypass your inner “editor” to find your authentic voice. Practice “free writing” short pieces from “word whip” prompts, that elicit memories, emotions, and powerful ideas for poetry and stories. This method is quick, powerful, and everyone can enjoy it. Fran Bourassa is an award-winning poet and contributing writer to numerous anthologies, including Breaking the Surface, Pacific Poetry Anthology, Force Field: 77 BC Poets. Free but space is limited (in person only). Registration is required; register online or call the Library at 604-886-2130.
How to Stay Safe Online: A TELUS Wise® Workshop for Seniors
Get the most out of participating in our growing digital society, safely. Learn how to keep your online information secure and avoid scams.
TELUS WISE® Seniors is an Internet safety program meant for seniors who are already using the Internet (e.g. email, surfing the Internet). Through this interactive, conversational program, our goal is to help you keep yourself, your family and your community safer online.
Presenter: Manjit Kang, TELUS Community Ambassador.
FREE but space is limited (in person only). Registration is required; register online or call the Library at 604-886-2130.
Book Club: Tom Lake
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Come discuss the latest novel by Ann Patchett, “Tom Lake.”
At her grown daughters’ request, Lara recalls her youthful acting career, and the romance she had at Tom Lake summer theatre with a wild young man who later became very famous. A rich and luminous novel told with intelligence and emotional subtlety, Tom Lake is an elegiac yet hopeful meditation on fame and family, youthful and married love, and the lives parents led before their children were born. Come join our discussion. Ask at the Library Checkout Desk for a special Book Club copy. Free but space is limited; contact the Library at 604-886-2130 or register online.
Documentary Film Screening: Water on the Table with Liz Marshall
Featuring activist Maude Barlow ’s crusade to have water declared a human right, protected from privatization, this award-winning documentary explores Canada’s relationship to its freshwater, arguably our most precious natural resource.
Written, directed, and produced by award-winning local filmmaker Liz Marshall, who will be in attendance for the screening, Q&A and discussion following. (2010, 80 minutes)
FREE but space is limited (in person only); register online or call the Library at 604-886-2130.
Advance Care Planning Workshop
Advance care planning helps you have a say in the health care you would like to receive if you get very sick and cannot speak for yourself. In this workshop, presenters from Sunshine Coast Hospice will introduce you to the Sunshine Coast Green Sleeve and explore the steps involved in making an advance care plan. Putting a plan in place will help ensure you get the care you want, and it will help your family at a difficult time. Presenters: Joan Hibbard and Jackie Scott, Sunshine Coast Hospice Society.
Free but in-person space is limited. Registration is required to attend in person: please register online or call the Library at 604-886-2130. This workshop is also accessible live via Zoom from the Library’s website.
Poetry Reading & Talk: Cathy Stonehouse
Dream House: A Poem
Part Tardis, part townhouse, part Howl’s Moving Castle, Dream House is a long poem in six sections that interrogates what metaphor might hold of personal and social history after a mother’s passing.
“Stonehouse nails what it’s like to bring ghosts who will not rest from one hallucinatory place to the next. This is a deeply affecting collection you will not want to miss.” –Elizabeth Bachinsky, author of The Hottest Summer in Recorded History
Free but in-person space is limited; contact the Library to register or register below. Also accessible live via Zoom from the Library’s website.
Repair Café
Bring your small appliances and other items for free repairs. Volunteers will help you bring new life to your old appliances.
In person only. Drop-in; space is limited; first come first served.
Hosts: Wayne Harjula & Fred Mason
Gibsons Library: Seasonal Singalong
Come raise some holiday spirit by singing along with traditional and favourite Christmas carols and seasonal songs.
Lyrics will be provided, and songs will be led and accompanied on keyboard so we will sound glorious together. Not a performance, just having fun in our own indoor “winter wonderland”.
All ages, all heritages, and all voices welcome. Young and old, divas and shower singers, we want you!
In person only. Drop in, no registration required. Free!
Gibsons Library: Movie at the Library: The Little Mermaid
Ariel is a young mermaid curious about life beyond the sea. When she meets Prince Eric she makes a deal with the evil Ursula to experience life on land. This is the 2023 live-action adaptation of the 1989 Disney movie.
Drop in. No registration required.
Rated PG, 2hr 15min
Book Club: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
In 1960s California, sexism derails Elizabeth Zott’s career from chemist to TV cooking show host. But her scientific approach creates a smash hit, as she encourages women to subvert the status quo.
Laugh-out-loud funny and shrewdly observant, Lessons in Chemistry is now the basis of a popular new TV series. Come join our discussion.
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