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Read This Next Podcast

12:00 AM to 11:59 PM |

Join TBPL staff members Ruth and Nicole on your favourite podcast app or YouTube for the latest edition of Read This Next! They'll share their top recommendations and talk about ebooks you can check out from TBPL.

This program will be available afterward on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/tbpl

Reserved YOUth Use

9:30 AM to 05:00 PM | YOUth in grades 7-12 are welcome to use the YOUth space to suit their needs.

The Way of Mastery discussion

11:00 AM to 12:30 PM |

The Way of Mastery is a non-dual spiritual teaching with no religion, dogma or doctrine attached to it.

It is a process of allowing the old to pass away and the new to become your being...an 'un-doing' of every belief and concept we have.

Alpha Court Study Room Support

1:00 PM to 04:00 PM |

Intake to Coordinated Housing Access Table (CHAT) for individuals and families that are navigating being unhoused, experiencing homelessness www.tbaychat.com for more info
Connections to resources
Assistance with completing applications and system navigation
Brief supportive counseling

Wit Knits

1:30 PM to 03:00 PM | For new and experienced knitters aged 55+, you are welcome to join the Wit Knits. We gather weekly to knit (and crochet). Share stories and laughs with fellow group members while you work.

Blissful Beading

3:00 PM to 07:30 PM | Drop in and relax while you create beaded trinkets-necklaces, keychains, and more!. Ages 4+. Program ends 30 min before closing

Northern Nature Trading

3:00 PM to 05:00 PM | Northern Nature Trading is a special kind of swap shop! Show us items you've found in nature and we'll award you points for what you know about your item, what makes it different, and the quality of it. Trade points for things in our collection like rocks, shells, and pine cones.

For more information or to learn how you can trade virtually, email us at nnt@tbpl.ca or visit www.tbpl.ca/northernnaturetrading

YOUth: Rec Room

4:30 PM to 06:15 PM |

Drop-in and join the activity of the night such as gaming, arts and crafts, sports, and more. Grades 7-12.

YOUth: Minecraft

6:30 PM to 08:00 PM | Join the Library's Minecraft server virtually or in person at Mary JL Black Library! Grades 8-12.

All Locations Closed - Lieu Day for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

12:00 AM |

YOUth Review Volunteer!

12:00 AM | Review books or movies that you loved (or hated) for community service hours. For each 250-300 word review you can earn up to 3 volunteer hours! Successful reviews will be posted to our blog. Volunteers must be ages 13-18. Sign up here!

All Locations Closed - National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

12:00 AM |

There are no events for this day.

Registration for Subscription Book Bags for Adults Oct-Dec

12:00 AM | Fill out the form here: Registration Form

Curated book bags for adults have returned! Register and for the next 3 months, a specially selected bag of books will be waiting for you to pick up from your chosen branch in October, November, and December.
Choose your genre and location, and we'll do the rest. If no genre is noted we will surprise you!

Registration opens October 2, with pickup dates October 30, November 27, and December 18.

Registration for Subscription Book Bags for Kids

12:00 AM |

Register your child and for the next 3 months, a specially selected bag of books will be waiting for you to pick up from your chosen branch.
Choose the genre, format, and location, and we'll do the rest. All ages, but please note all books will be chosen from the Children's Collection.

Bag pickup dates will be October 30, November 27, and December 18. You will receive an email when the monthly bag is ready, and you will have 1 week to collect it.

Tales for Twos (At MJLB) Registration

12:00 AM | Find registration for MJLB Tales for Twos here

Reserved YOUth Use

9:30 AM to 04:00 PM | YOUth in grades 7-12 are welcome to use the YOUth space to suit their needs.

EarlyON Playgroup

9:30 AM to 11:30 AM | Caregivers and children ages 0-6 are invited to come to the County Fair Mall for a playgroup with the EarlyON Centre on Mondays from 9:30 to 11:30.

Activities will take place in the mall space just outside of the County Park branch library.

For more information call Diane at 807-624-2378.

The Adventure Seekers

10:00 AM to 11:30 AM |

Preschool Storytime

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | A school readiness program for children ages 3 and 4 to attend on their own while caregivers remain nearby in the Library. Parental participation is required for the craft and play portions of the program.

Online Author Reading w/ Phyllis Webstad

2:00 PM to 03:00 PM | As founder of Orange Shirt Day and ambassador for the Orange Shirt Society, Phyllis Webstad facilitates dialogue around the Indian Residential School system and creates space for healing. Orange Shirt Day, recognized annually on September 30, is a day to reflect, educate and commit to Truth and Reconciliation. At this online Zoom event, Phyllis will be reading from her new book, Every Child Matters.

Registration for Subscription Book Bags for Adults Oct-Dec

12:00 AM | Fill out the form here: Registration Form

Registration for Subscription Book Bags for Kids

12:00 AM |

Bag pickup dates will be October 30, November 27, and December 18. You will receive an email when the monthly bag is ready, and you will have 1 week to collect it.

Reserved YOUth Use

9:30 AM to 04:00 PM | YOUth in grades 7-12 are welcome to use the YOUth space to suit their needs.

Tales for Twos

10:30 AM to 11:30 AM | This program is for children ages 24 months up to three years of age plus a caregiver. There will be stories, songs and rhymes, crafts and other activities with time for play and socialization.

Preschool Storytime

NDN Book Club

1:00 PM to 02:30 PM | Join us as we explore some of the titles and authors in our Indigenous Knowledge Centre's collection. We will be reading together and discussing the content as a group after each chapter.

Baby Time

1:15 PM to 01:45 PM | A drop-in literacy based program for babies from birth to 24 months. This program combines stories, music, rhymes and play.

Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre

1:30 PM to 04:30 PM | Services offered include -

Housing Assistance (short/long term emergency assistance, non-financial housing assistance), Community Outreach & Support Services (mental health & addiction support for individuals not in supportive housing, case management, outreach, food security, employment, education & training supports, basic needs support, referrals, and Supportive Housing Services (long term housing assistance, mental health & addiction.

THINK Hub Drop-In @Brodie

4:30 PM to 07:30 PM |

School age children (aimed at 6+) will love exploring the Northern THINK Hub activities in our Programming Room. Younger children can enjoy puzzles, a scavenger hunt, and more in the Children's Department. Just drop in! *The THINK Hub contains small parts, heavy pieces, etc and is not suitable for babies, toddlers, or any children still putting pieces in their mouths. Please keep little ones in the general Children's area to keep them safe.*

Ages 6+

Reading Buddies

5:30 PM to 06:30 PM | Reading Buddies is a weekly program for children grades 1-3 to help children build confidence and practice their reading skills. Children will be partnered with a volunteer/Buddy every week to read stories and play literacy based games. Registration opens for children: August 22 @ 9:30am

The Poetry Hub

5:30 PM to 07:00 PM |

You don't have to be Emily Dickinson to be a poet. Do you read poetry? Write it? Do you pay more attention to the lyrics and meaning of a song than the rhythm? Register for the Poetry Hub and explore the art of words with the rest of the club!

The program will run twice a month from September-December. Activities will include - Poem Show and Tell, Black Out Poetry, Word Scramble Poetry, Favourite Song Analysis, and more. We'll wrap up our program with a Poetry Reading Event where you can present your work to the group, friends, and family!

Program takes place in the Brodie IKC Reading Room - We'll be using Studio 216 on October 3rd!

Registration will stay open until November 30th.

**This program is for Adults 18+ - for Children and Youth programs, please check out the online calendar!**

Community Conversation - Safety

6:00 PM to 08:00 PM | Register now to join us for a Community Conversation featuring a panel of five critically-placed community leaders and Thunder Bay's hardest questions.

Meet the Panel:

Fort William First Nation - Chief Michele Solomon
City of Thunder Bay - Mayor Ken Boshcoff
Thunder Bay Police Service - Chief Darcy Fleury
Elevate NWO - Executive Director Holly Gauvin
Canadian Mental Health Association - Executive Director Jennifer Hyslop
Moderator: Thunder Bay Public Library - CEO Richard Togman

There will be an opportunity for audience members to ask questions of the panelists after the formal question set.?

Reading Buddies

6:30 PM to 07:30 PM | Reading Buddies is a weekly program for children grades 1-3 to help children build confidence and practice their reading skills. Children will be partnered with a volunteer/Buddy every week to read stories and play literacy based games. Registration opens for children: August 22 @ 9:30 am

North End Book Club

6:30 PM to 08:00 PM | North End Book Club meeting is at 6:30pm.

Registration for Subscription Book Bags for Adults Oct-Dec

12:00 AM | Fill out the form here: Registration Form

Registration for Subscription Book Bags for Kids

12:00 AM |

Bag pickup dates will be October 30, November 27, and December 18. You will receive an email when the monthly bag is ready, and you will have 1 week to collect it.

Reserved YOUth Use

9:30 AM to 05:00 PM | YOUth in grades 7-12 are welcome to use the YOUth space to suit their needs.

Quilter's Guild Sew Day

9:30 AM to 04:00 PM |

Read. Sing. Play.

10:30 AM to 12:00 PM | Children and their family or caregivers will enjoy this 100% literacy based drop in storytime combining stories, music, rhymes, and play. Take and make crafts are available to bring home afterwards.

THINK Hub @Brodie

4:30 PM to 07:30 PM |

Ages 6+

Northern Nature Trading

5:00 PM to 07:00 PM | Northern Nature Trading is a special kind of swap shop! Show us items you've found in nature and we'll award you points for what you know about your item, what makes it different, and the quality of it. Trade points for things in our collection like rocks, shells, and pine cones.

For more information or to learn how you can trade virtually, email us at nnt@tbpl.ca or visit www.tbpl.ca/northernnaturetrading

Calling All Cooks - Cookbook Club

5:30 PM to 07:30 PM |

*Registration is now closed. Thank you for your interest.*

Join us for our monthly Cookbook Club!

Register for a spot, and each month we will choose a cookbook that suits the theme for you. Try a few of the recipes and then we'll meet to review the books and discuss all your recipe results.

Registration opens August 2, with pick up of the first meeting's cookbooks beginning August 14.

We will meet the first Wednesday of the month September to December at 5:30pm at Mary J.L. Black. Light refreshments will be served.

Themes will be as follows:

September 6 session - Vegan/Vegetarian

October 4 session - Cultural Exploration

November 1 session - Comfort Cooking

December 6 session - Seasonal Celebrations

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