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Midday Movie: Festival in Cannes

Come join us at our monthly movie series, featuring lighthearted selections from our Kanopy films, specially selected for in-library viewing. Relieve the monotony of the days with shared entertainment.

This month we watch Festival in Cannes

2001, 1 hour 40 minutes

A famed actress arrives at the Cannes Film Festival in the hopes of finding money to direct her first film. A farce of entertainment industry politicking ensues pulling in everyone from William Shatner to Tom Hanks.

Rated age 12+, for brief, strong language

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Crocheting 101

Crochet uses a hook to interlock loops of yarn to create a textile. Learn how to make a coaster using medium weight yarn, a 5 mm crochet hook, and basic crochet stitches – chain, single crochet, half double crochet and double crochet.

Crochet hook and yarn will be provided.

This class is suitable for anyone ages 8+. Those under age 10 must attend with a grown up.

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Knitting 101

Come join our beginner knitting class to learn the basics. Knitting uses two needles to create stitches and loops of yarn in a row.  We will learn how to make a small coaster using medium weight yarn and a pair of 5 mm needles to cast-on, knit stitch, purl stitch and bind-off.

Knitting needles and yarn will be provided.

Suitable for ages 8+. Those under age 10 must attend with an adult.

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Tunisian Crochet

Tunisian Crochet uses the technique of knitting and crocheting to create a fabric that is dense and squishy with a beautiful texture. Make a coaster using medium weight yarn and 7 mm size regular crochet hook or Tunisian Crochet hook. Learn foundation row, forward row, return row, basic Tunisian simple stitch (TSS), bind off and the slip stitch. Crochet hook and yarn will be provided.

This is suitable for ages 6+ but those under the age of 10 must attend with an adult.

 

If class is full, please send an email to askus@nwpl.ca to be put on the waitlist.

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Climate Friendly Homes Tour

Visit Climate Friendly Homes in New Westminster to see firsthand what people are doing to make their homes more comfortable and climate friendly.

What is a Climate Friendly Home? A Climate Friendly Home is an energy-efficient home that has been built or retrofit to reduce the energy demand and carbon emissions of the building. Whether it reaches higher steps of the BC Energy and Zero Carbon Step Codes, uses the most efficient heating, cooling and hot water systems or has an improved building envelope with added insulation and highly efficient windows, a Climate Friendly Home can have lots of features that make the home more sustainable, comfortable to live in, cheaper to operate, and more!

Check out homes in New Westminster and see which homes you would like to visit on the tour.

You may also like to check out the Sustainable Home Info Sessions which is a special event during the Climate Friendly Homes Tour.

Please note, there is no event AT the New Westminster Public Library around the Climate Friendly Homes Tour or the Sustainable Home Information Sessions. Follow the links to register, find the addresses, and tour the homes out in the community. This event is being promoted as part of the NWPL’s Earth Week programming.

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Learn to Meditate

Join us for a series of 6 meditation sessions at the library. Learn to reconnect with yourself and recharge your mind’s battery with this open-eyed meditation practice. The practice of meditation builds resilience, emotional stability and helps restore inner peace and natural state of happiness. This open and welcoming session is suitable for all.

 

Ages 14+, Drop-In

 

Instructor: Manisha Sharma of Sustainable Healthy Communities Association (SHCA)

SHCA is a registered non-profit society based in New Westminster with 3 members actively involved in promoting, teaching, and supporting meditation as well as related educational programs that support overall health and wellness. Over the years, thousands of people have benefited from practicing our meditation as a lifestyle. Many of these people who considered themselves to be hopeless cases with emotional instability, mental and/or physical illness, and relationship crisis had transformed their lives and others around them permanently as a result of being empowered with the knowledge from the foundation meditation course.

They have also offered these meditation program sessions at New Westminster School District Wellness Centre since September 2022, being a great success and having a positive impact on students involved across the New Westminster School District.

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Loom Knitting

Loom knitting uses a loom with pegs to create textiles similar to conventional knitting. Learn how to loom-knit a mug cozy to keep your hot drinks warm! We will be using a small round loom with acrylic yarn and will learn the basic stitches including cast on, knit, purl and bind off.

Loom and yarn will be provided.

Ages 6+, those under age 10 require an adult to be present.

 

This event is at the same time as our monthly knit and crochet drop-in. If you’d like to just come and work on your own project, that’s also fine!

 

**if event is full, please email askus@nwpl.ca to be placed on the waitlist**

Family Building Free Play (All Ages)

Drop in for some creative free play with Lego and KEVA Planks! Drop-in.

A parent must accompany children under the age of 8.

Family Literacy Week Bingo (all ages)

Drop by the library any time during Family Literacy Week (January 26-February 2) and pick up a literacy activity bingo sheet to work on at home. Bring back your sheet with at least one ‘Bingo’ by February 9 and be entered to win a prize!

After-School Drop-In (5-12 years)

Enjoy board games and do other fun activities with library staff. Children age 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Drop-in.