MEDIA RELEASE: Greater Sudbury Public Library Events, September 2012

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Adult programming:

Osteoarthritis Education: 5-week series: New Sudbury - Tuesdays @ 1:30 pm, starting Sept 4

Hiring a Contractor to Renovate or Build Your Home - a 4-Part Series (in partnership with Sudbury Home Builders' Association): Lively Library; once a month (Sept 13, Oct 11, Nov 15, Dec 13); Thursdays @ 6 pm. First session topic: 'Tailgate businesses and the underground economy'

Downloading Clinics: Learn to Download Library eBooks and Audiobooks, hosted by Library staff:

South End - Wed, Sept 19 @ 10 am

Dowling - Tues, Oct 23 @ 5 pm

Copper Cliff - Sat, Nov 17 @ 11 am

Valley East - Mon, Dec 3 @ 5 pm

Main Library - Sat, Jan 12 @ 11 am

New Sudbury - Wed, Feb 13 @ 5 pm

Starting a Small Business:

Chelmsford - Mon, Sept 10 @ 6 pm

Lively - Tues, Sept 11 @ 6 pm

Valley East - Wed, Sept 12 @ 6 pm

Main Library - Thurs, Sept 13 @ 1:30 pm

New Sudbury - Fri, Sept 14 @ 1:30 pm

Financial Well-Being: a 6-part Series:

Chelmsford - Mondays @ 6 pm, starting Sept 17

South - Tuesdays @ 6 pm, starting Sept 18

Valley East - Wednesdays @ 6 pm, starting Sept 19

Stand Up! Falls Prevention Program for Seniors - 12-week Program:

*Valley East - Tues & Thurs @ 11:30 am, starting September 18

*Chelmsford - Tues & Thurs @ 2 pm, starting September 18

*Garson - Tues & Thurs @ 2 pm, starting September 18

**Lively - Mon & Wed @ 2 pm, starting September 10

*These sessions are in partnership with Older Adults Centre, please register through OAC by calling 673-6227.

**These session are in partnership with Sudbury District Nurse Practitioners Clinic, please register by calling 692-1667.

Discover Inner Gifts with Reiki:

Chelmsford - Tuesday, Sept 18 @ 6 pm

Valley East - Wed, Sept 19 @ 6 pm

New Sudbury - Thurs, Sept 20 @ 6 pm

Writing 101 - 4-part Series: South End Library; Mondays & Thursdays @ 6 pm, starting September 10

Creativity Workshop - Vision Board 3-part Series: Main Library; Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm, starting Sept 12. Cost: $5

Book Talk with Author Gretchen Roedde: South End - Saturday, Oct 13 @ 10:30 am (Book: A Doctor's Quest. The Struggle for Mother and Child Health Around the Globe)

Meditation with Pierre: New Sudbury Library; Saturdays @ 10:30 am, starting September 15

Meditation with Angie: Main Library; Drop-in on Mondays @ 7 pm, starting October 15

Teens/Tweens Programs:

TEENS: NHL 13 Play station Tournament: South Branch Library - Saturday, September 22.

This is going to be a 1v1 tournament for the PS3. Winner will win an autographed Wolves jersey. You may even be able to meet some of the players from the Sudbury Wolves! More details coming soon!

TWEENS: Pokemon Tournament: Variety of branches - throughout fall and winter.

Gotta catch em’ all! Compete in the GSPL Pokemon Tournament. Open play Wii games provided for those who aren't competing. Winners receive Pokemon swag. Make a Pokemon button while awaiting your turn, or enter our Pokemon drawing contest. Ages 7-14. Tournaments will be held in a variety of branches throughout the fall and winter. Winners will compete in a grand Tournament on the March Break to determine who is Sudbury's ultimate Pokemon master! More details coming soon!

Teen Read Week: October 14 - 20

Teen Read Week is a convenient opportunity to highlight what our library has to offer teens and their families, from best sellers to quirky special collections. This will encourage the community's teens to use the library to read books, magazines, audio books, e-books, graphic novels, and participate in organized teen programming. More details coming soon!

Frightening Friday at the Farm: Friday, October 26 @ Anderson Farm.

Anderson Farm will be transformed into a Horrifying Haunted Farm to celebrate Halloween. For younger patrons and their families the Greater Sudbury Public Library will have a pumpkin carving and a Halloween story time in the evening at the Farm. The Haunted Farm (for ages 12 and up) will be open at 7:30 until 9:30. Their will also be a scary story circle. More details coming soon!

* For more information on any of these tween/teen programs please contact Pierre Dubuc at 673-1155 ext. 4752 or pierre.dubuc@greatersudbury.ca.

Children:

Our Fall Story Time schedule starts next week, the week of September 10. Many branches are participating in story times at various times:

Location/Succursale

Type

Day / Jour

Time / Heure

Name/Nom

Main / Centrale

English

Tuesday (weekly)

10:30 am

Monique

Français

Mercredi – une fois par mois:

Sept 12, Oct 10, Nov 14, Dec 12

10 h 30

Pierre

Valley East / Valley Est

English

Thursday (weekly)

10:00 am

Liette

Français

Mercredi (chaque semaine)

10 h 00

Liette

South End / Sud

English

Thursday (weekly)

10:00 am

Tammy

Français

Mardi (chaque semaine)

10 h 00

Liette

Chelmsford

English

Wednesday (weekly)

10:30 am

Denise

Français

Lundi (chaque semaine)

10 h 30

Liette

Lively

English

Tuesday (weekly)

10:00 am

Cynthia

Dowling

English

Friday (weekly)

10:00 am

Liette

Garson

English

Monday (weekly)

10:00 am

Cynthia

New Sudbury

English

Wednesday (weekly)

10:00 am

Tammy

English

Pyjama

Tuesday (weekly)

6:30 pm

Tammy

Azilda

French Immersion

Pyjama

Wednesday – once monthly:

Sept 12, Oct 10, Nov 7, Dec 5

6:30 pm

Liette

Levack/Onaping

Craft

Wednesday - once monthly:

Sept 26, Oct 24, Nov 21, Dec 12

4:00 pm

Liette

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