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THE BLUE MOUNTAINS PUBLIC LIBRARY
SEPTEMBER 2017
LIBRARY NEWS
JUNE 2021 TheBlueMountainsLibrary.ca | 519-599-3681
REEL History Films in Action This Summer
The Craigleith Heritage Depot is creating two more REEL History films. The first will be ready for the Thanksgiving weekend and
celebrates the Apple Harvest. It will follow the development of the apple and show the process and the diverse skills required to
grow this amazing fruit. We have partnered with Mountain Goat Film Company, local fruit farmers, fruit processors as well as a
local nursery, a beekeeper, and Apple Harvest Festival
organizers to share this story.
At the same time, we have been working on a longer
documentary telling the story of Blue Mountain Pottery. This
iconic business was a key factor in the success of the Blue
Mountain Resort. Made from the clay from the ski hills and
established at the resort, it helped make it a seasonal
destination while providing income to support the resort. The
pottery grew and moved several locations in Craigleith before
growing into the large factory located in the town of
Collingwood. It kept its name and quality until closing in
December of 2004.
Look for this film to be launched next July with a community event celebrating Blue Mountain Pottery. A staff reunion, pottery
show and sale, Blue Mountain Collectors Club Annual Meeting and many more activities are planned. If you want to lend us a
hand, be a sponsor or get involved with
this event, contact our Museum
Curator, Depot@TheBlueMountains.ca
or call 519-599-3681 ext. 372.
This Month In the Gallery
Exhibit Launch: Places I Know - Art About Memory
Our memories are often associated with a place in time. The connections we make with human space begins an exploration of
identity. Whether it is a historical, cultural or personal journey, through our art, we can explore memories of the relationships,
sensations and connections we have. In this exhibit, the
Grey Highlands Artists Collective and invited guests will
explore this theme with new work in a variety of media. This
exhibit features the works of Shauna Earle, Carol Binns-Wood,
Melanie Earle, Jennifer Hicks, Sean Keating, and Soo Joyce.
Join us online on our Exhibits page. We'll see you in-person
when Library's and Galleries are permitted to open.
All purchases can be taken by phone by calling 519-599-3681
ext. 5. Pre-purchase viewing is available by appointment. For
any inquiries about this or any other exhibit, please email
TheGallery@TheBlueMountains.ca.
TD Summer Reading Club
Registration for Summer Reading Club
is still open! Are you ready for another
fun and exciting summer?
Summer Reading Club is a free
program for kids and teens that
promotes literacy and encourages a
lifelong love of reading. Be sure to
register for programs, activities, and
contests all summer long! There is so
much to look forward to, such as our weekly Game On!
Challenge, Sports Trivia, Fact or Fiction, and Summer
Reading Club Virtual Meet-Ups.
Register for an account at
bmpl.readsquared.com/ or
download the READsquared
app. Once you have an
account, enroll kiddos into TD
Summer Reading Club.
Parents need to help the
kiddos out with this step.
SRC Virtual Meet-Ups Apply to The Gallery
Every Friday, your Summer Reading kit will be ready for pick Application forms for exhibiting in The Gallery can be found on
up. At 1:00pm check out our YouTube channel and follow our Applying to Exhibit page. The Application period is now
along with us as we guide you through the weekly craft. open, and closes August 31, 2021.
JULY 2021 LibraryInfo@TheBlueMountains.ca | 519-599-3681
WEEKLY PROGRAMS
Seniors Exercise Museum From Home #YourArchives
Mondays | 10:00am Mondays | 12:30pm Mondays | 1:00pm
BMPL Facebook | Drop-in CHD Facebook & Twitter | Drop-In CHD Facebook & Twitter | Drop-In
Improve your health and Start your week with highlights and Our initiative #yourarchives aims to
fitness with light aerobic the history of items in the Craigleith get the community involved in digital
exercises and stretches. Heritage Depot’s Museum collection. archives. Tag us in your archive posts!
Techy Tuesday Kids Clubhouse
Tuesdays | 7:00pm Tuesdays | 4:30pm
BMPL Facebook | Drop-in BMPL YouTube | Registration
Swing by BMPL's Facebook page to learn Kids Clubhouse will be taking a break for the summer
something new and exciting about technology months. Registration for the next session opens in
each week. August. Stay tuned to our website for more information.
Wired Wednesday Bedtime Story Time
Wednesdays | 1:00pm Wednesdays | 7:00pm
BMPL Facebook & YouTube | Drop-in BMPL Facebook & YouTube | Drop-in
Join Ashley on our Facebook page for virtual tech help. These quiet stories and rhymes will help get your
She will discuss a different Library resource or tech family ready for bed. Wear your PJs and bring
topic every week and provide tech assistance. your teddy bear.
101 Things About the Craigleith Station Building
Digital Book Club
Thursdays | 12:00pm
Thursdays | 1:00pm
CHD Facebook & Twitter | Drop-in
BMPL Facebook | Drop-in
We will be posting stories and histories of the little Craigleith Station
Each week features a new book discussion topic
from its inception in the late 1880s to its transformation into a
to hear your thoughts on books.
museum, archive, and library.
Virtual Story Time Outdoor Story Time
Fridays | 11:00am Fridays | 11:00am
BMPL Facebook | Drop-in LES Lawn | Drop In, Spaces Limited
Support your young children develop a love of reading. Songs, rhymes and Bring your blankets! We will be hosting an engaging
stories are shared. Suitable for children of all ages, stages and abilities. and fun Story Time session every week on Friday.
Please note that Outdoor Story Time is dependent
on weather and restrictions being lifted.
Trivia Game Night
Favourite Fossils
Fridays | 7:00pm
Fridays | 5:00pm
BMPL Facebook & Event Calendar | Drop-in
CHD Facebook & Twitter | Drop-in
New weekly Trivia themes posted every
Explore the prehistoric past with
Friday for you to enjoy all week long!
fossils from the Craigleith Heritage
Get the link on our Facebook page
Depot!
or Event Calendar.
Monthly Scavenger Hunts
L.E. Shore & Craigleith Heritage Depot | Drop-in SCAN TO VISIT
Each month a new outdoor scavenger hunt will go up EVENT CALENDAR
on the windows of each of our branches buildings.
Test your eyes and see if you can find all the hidden items!
JULY 2021 TheBlueMountainsLibrary.ca | 519-599-3681
SPECIAL THIS MONTH
Exhibit Launch: Places I Know -
Art About Memory Teen Group
July 6 Launch | The Gallery at L.E. Shore July 8 | 5:00pm
Our memories are often associated with a place in BMPL Zoom | Registration
time. In this exhibit, the Grey Highlands Artists Join the Teen Group & have your say on Teen
Collective and invited guests will explore this theme programs and services, become involved in
with new work in a variety of media. your community, & meet new friends!
Advanced Narrative Film Editing Sound Editing and Mixing for Film Class
Master Class July 8 | 11:00am
July 8 | 10:00am Zoom | Registration
Zoom | Registration A four part workshop that explores sound design, editing
A multi-week master class that expands on and mixing for film and video using Blackmagic DaVinci
the concepts of narrative film editing. Resolve Fairlight software.
Runs Thursday, July 8, 15, 22 and 29th. Runs Thursday, July 8, 15, 22 and 29.
Dorothy Crysler Bird Club
Illustration for 2D Animation Master Class
June 17 | 9:30am
July 10 | 10:00am
BMPL Zoom | Registration
Zoom | Registration
Join Curator Andrea as we learn about our wild avian
A multi-session workshop that explores illustrating 2D
friends, their habits and habitats. This will not only help
animated characters and key frames with animator and
you identify birds, but you will learn about migration,
illustrator Jeff Wilson. Saturday, July 10, 17, 24 and 31.
nesting, environmental needs, species at risk and more.
Digital Arts Book Publishing Master Class
July 22 | 2:00pm
Zoom | Registration
This two part workshop will explore publishing digital arts
illustrations, 3D scenes and photographs as books for release in
digital or printed formats with Affinity Publisher software. Learn more about digital design.
Runs Thursday, July 22 and 29. New online classes are posted on our Event Calendar.
For more information on these programs, visit our Event Calendar on our website.
Follow us on social media!
Community Consultation
BMPL is now in the Phase I "Listening Phase" of our Strategic Planning Process for our
Strategic Plan 2022-2026. Our micro-surveys continue to be released every two weeks with a
short list of questions on a specific topic. Additionally, our A/Manager of Community Engagement,
Mary, is starting her "Roving Librarian" days out in he community, beginning this month. Watch our
social media pages for notices of where she will be the day prior, and her live posts when she is at locations across TBM. At
each location, gift certificates to local businesses will be provided to a number of those who take the chance to speak with Mary.
If you haven't yet completed any of our User Surveys, these are open all summer. Starting in the fall, the BMPL will be
scheduling a variety of focus groups and group meetings. If you or your organization would like to participate, feel free to notify
us at BMPLconsultation@TheBlueMountains.ca. You may also, watch our Community Consultation pages for more opportunities
to participate and an up to date Progress Report of activities to date.
JULY 2021 LibraryInfo@TheBlueMountains.ca | 519-599-3681
Fossil Kits New by Canadian Authors
The Craigleith Area is home to thousands of fossils dating Enjoy some new, notable titles from
back over 450 million years. Fossil specimens are present in Canadian authors this Canada Day.
both the limestone and shale, spanning from a few millimetres
Sufferance by Thomas King.
to a metre long. The Craigleith Heritage Depot has compiled a
Jeremiah can look into the heart of
booklet to help you and your mini paleontologist find, ID and
humanity. Problem is, he has looked
learn about local fossils!
one too many times, has seen what
Booklet Includes:
he hadn’t expected to see.
Magnifying glass
Sufferance is a novel about the
Fossil Safety
social and political consequences of
Best places to hunt for fossils
the inequality created by privilege
Types of local fossils and how to ID them
and power.
Back ground history of the area
Lucky by Marissa Stapley. Lucky is a failed scam artist,
Fossil themed activities
alone, and in possession of a winning lottery ticket. To cash it
Want to Learn More?
Visit us at the Craigleith Heritage Depot to check out our in will expose her. What will she do?
fossil collection. Check out our REEL History film on Letters Across the Sea by Genevieve Graham. A love story
Craigleith Fossils. Visit our website for our Fossils Book List. of a Protestant girl and her Jewish neighbour in Toronto
This list includes all of our fossil books! This kit is available during the Depression and leading up to WWII.
at CHD. Call to place a hold. The Good Father by Wayne Grady. Harry and his daughter
Daphne are forced to examine the ways in which their self-
absorption has eroded their connection and discover whether
their relationship can be salvaged.
Call me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to
Becoming the NHL's First Treaty Indigenous Player by
Fred Sasakamoose. This isn't just a hockey story; it sheds
light on history and politics, and follows this extraordinary
man's journey to reclaim pride in an identity and a heritage
that had previously been used against him.
The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, A Temptation, and the
Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm
Gladwell. A thought-provoking book about military strategy.
All you need to place a hold in our catalogue is your
library card and PIN. Call us if you need assistance.
101 Things About the Craigleith Station Building
Spanning 101 weeks we will be posting stories and histories of
the little Craigleith Station from its inception in the late 1880s
to its transformation into a museum, archive, and library.
Through photographs, letters, paintings, newspaper articles,
and journals join us in discovering how the small train station
has changed over the decades to what it is today. Join us on
CHD's Facebook, Twitter, and our Instagram page every
Thursday at 12:00pm for a little piece of local history.
JULY 2021 TheBlueMountainsLibrary.ca | 519-599-3681
Board Corner
The June Board meeting is the last regularly scheduled meeting
of the summer. The BMPL Board will be gathering for a special
meeting to review the proposed BMPL/TBM Annual Budget
Agreement which will be presented to Council following their
summer break.
A new series of Community Consultation webpages released in
May are continuously being updated with new materials,
surveys, and an updated Progress Report of completed tasks.
At the June 17th Regular Board Meeting, the Board had an
hour-long deputation from the TBM Salary Study consultant,
Gallagher Benefit Services Group. This included an overview of
study milestones, as well as how the BMPL positions could be
assessed and improved to repair the last of the 2016 changes to
the organizational model and the subsequent wage allocations.
Our Virtual Branch is open 24/7
and Curbside Pickup at L.E. Shore & Craigleith
Heritage Depot is available.
Have a question? We're here for you!
519-599-3681 | LibraryInfo@TheBlueMountains.ca
www.TheBlueMountainsLibrary.ca
L.E. Shore Library Craigleith Heritage Depot
173 Bruce St. S., Thornbury 113 Lakeshore Rd. E., Blue Mountains
LibraryInfo@TheBlueMountains.ca Depot@TheBlueMountains.ca
LES plans to open for hybrid services Curbside Pickup Hours
Curbside Pickup Hours
on July 15 and CHD in Step 3. Sun / Tues / Thu: 12pm-4pm
Tues / Thu: 11am-6pm
Visit our Services Updates page Wed: 4:30pm-7:30pm
Wed / Fri: 12pm-5pm
for newest updates.
Sat: 10am-2pm
JULY 2021 TheBlueMountainsLibrary.ca | 519-599-3681
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