LIBRARY ACTIVITIES FOR OCTOBER – SOME HIGHLIGHTS

SYDNEY — Here’s a list of some of the activities planned by the Cape Breton Regional Library for the month of October, which is library month.

Children and youth

Lego programs

Reserve library, Friday, Oct 4, 2:30-4 p.m. Call the branch to sign up.

Dominion library, Friday, Oct 11, 3-4:30 p.m. Call branch to sign up.

Lego drop-in at New Waterford library, Saturdays starting Oct 12., 10:30 a.m. - noon. Registration is not required. Origami fun

Sydney Mines library, Saturdays in October at 2 p.m. For young people ages six and up. Pre-registration is required. Puppet show

McConnell library, Sydney, Saturday Oct 26, at 2:30 p.m.

Everyone is welcome. Trash 2 Treasure Contest (for ages 10-18)

Submissions will be accepted at all library branches. From Sept. 27- Nov. 2. The challenge is to create a functional item or a piece of artwork that would otherwise be discarded. Prizes will be awarded. This contest is for young people between the ages of eight and 18. Entry forms are available at www.cbrl.ca. Tween Scene (ages 9-12)

Ingonish library, Saturday Oct. 12, 1-2 p.m. This activity includes snacks, games and a chance to hang out with friends. Wee Ones Drop-ins

This activity is for young ones up to the age of five and their parents or caregivers.

Dominion library, Fridays from Oct. 4 to Nov. 8, 10:30-11:45 a.m

Glace Bay library Tuesdays, 10-11 a.m.

Ingonish library, Fridays from Oct. 4 to Nov. 8, 9:30-11 a.m.

New Waterford library, Fridays starting Oct. 18, 10:30 -11:30 a.m.

Libraries will also offer regular programs like Babies & Books, Toddler Time, Pre-school Story Time and Saturday Story Time.

Adults and seniors

Seniors cafés

McConnell library, Sydney, Wednesdays, Oct. 2. and Oct. 9, 1 p.m. The topics will be telling your story, writing memoirs and more.

McConnell library, Sydney, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1 p.m. The topic will be Cape Breton ghost stories with historian and storyteller Jim St. Clair.

• Glace Bay library, Friday, Oct. 4, 2 p.m. The topic will be an introduction to reflexology with Elizabeth McIntosh.

Glace Bay library, Friday, Oct. 11, 2 p.m. The topic will be about having a healthy brain lifestyle with Patsy Leblanc.

Senior Cafés are a weekly activity at the Glace Bay library on Fridays at 2 p.m. with registration required by calling 849-8657, and at the McConnell library in Sydney on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. The presentations are aimed at people at the age of 55 and over.

In My Community – Storytelling

The regional library and the Beaton Institute are presenting In My Community — Storytelling as a fun way to build stories within communities. They are inviting people to join friends and neighbours at the Grand Mira Community Hall on Oct. 2, starting at 7 p.m. for this storytelling event. The event is free and everyone is welcome to come and to hare stories. The storytelling event will also be held at the Middle River community hall on Oct. 9, starting at 7 p.m. and at the Gabarus community hall on Oct. 23, starting at 7 p.m. Death Midwifery

Baddeck library, Thursday Oct.

3, 6:30 p.m. Cassandra Yonders serves individuals and families holistically throughout the dying process. She will share from her experiences. One Book Nova Scotia: Author Reading

McConnell library, Sydney, Thursday, Oct. 10, 7 p.m. Readers are invited to read the book “Fauna” by Alyssa York and to share in this provincewide reading event. Readers are also invited to meet the author.

Growing up in Panama

Baddeck library, Thursday, Oct. 10, 6:30 p.m. David Fairchild, the son of Alexander Graham Bell Fairchild, has retired to Cape Breton. He was born and raised in Panama, where his father worked as a research entomologist. He will talk about a boy’s view of life in a small Latin American country.

Celtic Colours Conversation Series (in association with the Celtic Colours International Festival)

McConnell library, Sydney, from 12:15-1:15 p.m. for the following topics on the following days: Tuesday, Oct. 15, Finland fiddle traditions, Wednesday, Oct. 16, the Snowflake Trio, Thursday, Oct. 17, Raz de Maree, and Friday, Oct. 1, festival artists-in-residence Kimber-

ley Fraser and Harald Haugaard. Celtic Consciousness: Our Mythic Past in the Present Moment

Baddeck library, Thursday, Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m. Celtic myths are not just stories and legends. Join mythic scholar and monk Robert O’Hearn for a discussion on finding our ancestral past in the present.

The Senate

McConnell library, Sydney, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m. Most Canadians have been outraged by the current Senate scandals. Should the Senate be abolished? Join David Johnson, CBU political scientist, to explore why the Senate exists, and why it works (and doesn’t work).

Big Hill pottery

Baddeck library, Thursday, Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m. Experienced potter Lynda Wright will talk about her craft and share insights from the perspective of an artisan.

Book launch

McConnell library, Sydney, Thursday, Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m. Third Person Press will launch its latest anthology of speculative fiction “Grey Area: 13 Ghost Stories.”

National Film Board film night

McConnell library, Sydney, Tuesday, Oct . 7 p.m. NFB documentary screening of “Stories We Tell” by Oscar-nominated writer and director Sarah Polley.