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2018-19
Winter
PROGRAM GUIDE
Winter WH Cover T/C
DECEMBER
What's JANUARY
Happening FEBRUARY
Did you know HPL offers free book clubs,
family storytime and LEGO building?
2018/19 Winter Program Guide
TABLE OF CONTENTS
5 BRANCH HOURS
6 GALLERY HPL
7 BLACK HISTORY MONTH
The Hamilton Public Library
10 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Board meets monthly from
11 LOCAL HISTORY & ARCHIVES September through June at
Central Library. For more
12 ADULT PROGRAMS information, please contact
Karen Hartog 905-546-3214.
23 TECH & MAKERSPACE
29 OLDER ADULTS & SENIORS PROGRAMS Hamilton Public Library Board
Members (as of October 20)
32 STORYTIMES Lori-Anne Spence-Smith (Chair)
George Geczy (Vice Chair)
34 EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS Doug Brown
36 SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMS Vikki Cecchetto
Suzan Fawcett
42 TEEN PROGRAMS Jennifer Gautrey
John Kirkpatrick
44 2018 IN REVIEW Mary Ann Leach
47 BOOKMOBILE IN THE COMMUNITY Councillor Judi Partridge
Councillor Maria Pearson
48 MOVIES Clare Wagner
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HPL LOCATIONS
Registration
Central
905-546-3200 55 York Blvd., Hamilton Look for the ® next to
Program registration: Children's: x3416
Adult's: x3434 programs that require
Ancaster 905-648-6911 300 Wilson St. E., Ancaster registration. To register
Barton 905-546-3450 571 Barton St. E., Hamilton
for a program, contact
the branch. For a listing
Binbrook 905-692-3323 2641 Hwy 56, Binbrook
of programs by branch,
Carlisle 905-689-8769 1496 Centre Rd., Carlisle check the online event
Concession 905-546-3415 565 Concession St., Hamilton
calendar at hpl.ca.
Dundas 905-627-3507 18 Ogilvie St., Dundas Disclaimer: All program dates
and times are subject to change
Freelton 905-659-7639 1803 Brock Rd., Freelton without notice. Visit our website
hpl.ca or call your neighbourhood
Greensville 905-627-4951 59 Kirby Ave., Greensville
branch for the most current
Kenilworth 905-546-3960 103 Kenilworth Ave. N., Hamilton information. Reproductions of
any part of the publication, in any
Locke* 905-546-3492 285 Locke St. S., Hamilton format, is forbidden without the
express authorization of Hamilton
Lynden 519-647-2571 110 Lynden Rd., Lynden Public Library.
Mount Hope 905-679-6445 3027 Homestead Dr., Mount Hope
Winter 2018/19 What’s
Red Hill 905-546-2069 695 Queenston Rd., Hamilton Happening Program Guide
printed circulation 17,000.
Saltfleet 905-662-8611 131 Gray Rd., Stoney Creek
Sherwood 905-546-3249 467 Upper Ottawa St., Hamilton
Stoney Creek 905-643-2912 777 Highway 8, Stoney Creek
Terryberry 905-546-3921 100 Mohawk Rd. W., Hamilton
Turner Park 905-546-4790 352 Rymal Rd. E., Hamilton
Valley Park 905-573-3141 970 Paramount Dr., Stoney Creek
Waterdown 905-689-6269 163 Dundas St. E., Waterdown
Westdale 905-546-3456 955 King St. W., Hamilton
Bookmobile 905-546-3477
*Temporarily closed until Dec 2018. Programs held at Melrose United Church,
86 Homewood Ave. Bookmobile also stops here on Fridays 10am-noon.
ACCESSIBILITY
If you require part of this publication in another format,
please contact communications@hpl.ca or call
905-546-3200 x3280.
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All locations are CLOSED: December 23, 25, 26 & 30, 2018 and January 1, 2019.
HPL HOLIDAY Branches will be open: December 24, 27, 28, 29 & 31 on a holiday schedule.
HOURS Family Day: Only Central Library and Turner Park Branch are open 1-5pm on Monday February 18.
Xmas Eve Xmas Boxing Day New Year’s
Dec 23 Dec 24 Dec 25 Dec 26 Dec 27 Dec 28 Dec 29 Dec 30 Dec 31 Jan 1 Jan 2
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed
Ancaster Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Barton Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Binbrook Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Carlisle Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Central Closed 9-1 Closed Closed 9-6 9-6 9-5 Closed 9-1 Closed Regular Hours
Concession Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Dundas Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Freelton Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 2-6 2-6 2-6 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Extended Access Closed 9-1 Closed Closed 9-6 9-6 9-5 Closed 9-1 Closed Regular Hours
Greensville Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 2-6 2-6 2-5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Kenilworth Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Locke Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 1-6 1-6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Lynden Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Extended Access Closed 9-1 Closed Closed 9-6 9-6 9-5 Closed 9-1 Closed Regular Hours
Mount Hope Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 2-6 2-6 2-5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Red Hill Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Saltfleet Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Sherwood Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Stoney Creek Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Terryberry Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Turner Park Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Valley Park Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Waterdown Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Westdale Closed 10 - 1 Closed Closed 10 - 6 10 - 6 10 - 5 Closed 10 - 1 Closed Regular Hours
Hamilton Public Library What’s Happening Winter 2018/19 | 5
GALLERY HPL
Susan AJ Davis, Winter! Swans: An Artist's Journey Margaret Flood, Something Round
Gallery4 – Central Library Gallery Barton Gallery Turner Park
1st Floor December – February December – Rob Crosby,
December – Fuzzy Mall, Margaret Flood, Something Round East Coast Reflections
#facesofhamilton January – Prerana Das,
January – Susan AJ Davis,
Gallery Dundas Movement & Stillness
Winter! Swans: An Artist's Journey December – February February – Student Art from Lincoln
Gerald Zeldin, New Acquisitions: Alexander Elementary School for
February – Black History Month
After the Rain VII and After the Rain XI Black History Month
Gallery4 Annex, Central
Library 4th Floor Gallery Stoney Creek Special Exhibits @ Central
December – February February – Freedom to Read Week
December – Art Club @ Central,
Carol Woods, Badlands (1st Floor)
Art Club Creations
January – Youth artists and
RE-create mentors, DIY-together
February – Melanie Gillis and
Researchers’ Night Hamilton
Scientists and Innovators -
A portrait series
Prerana Das Movement & Stillness
Gallery HPL: Call for Entries
Local artists: submit your work for consideration in one of our galleries at Central Library
Gallery 4, Gallery 4 Annex, Gallery Dundas, Gallery Turner Park, Gallery Stoney Creek or
Gallery Barton.
Submit your application through the online form on HPL.ca between
February 15-March 30. Questions can be directed to arts@hpl.ca.
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BLACK HISTORY
MONTH
ADULT PROGRAMS
Jackie
Washington Day
Join us for a Noon Hour Concert on
Friday February 15 to celebrate the
life and music of Hamilton’s own
Jackie Washington. Blues master,
musical pioneer and performer
and Canada’s first black disc jockey,
Washington remains an influential
part of Hamilton’s music scene. This
year we celebrate the 100th year since
Washington's birth in 1919 and 10
years since his death in 2009, at age 89.
TURNER PARK CENTRAL LIBRARY KIDS PROGRAMS
Free Movies Gallery4 1st Floor
Underground Railroad
Sun Feb 3 2pm 4 Little Girls (1997) Feb 1-28 Black History Month exhibit Paper Quilt Ages 4-12
Thu Feb 7 6pm Learn about the Underground
I am Not Your Negro (2016) Railroad Quilt codes and make a
Sun Feb 17 2pm STONEY CREEK paper quilt of your own to celebrate
Hidden Figures (2016) Black History Month.
Thu Feb 21 6pm Josiah Henson Sidney Poitier Film Festival
Wed Feb 6 4pm Terryberry ®
Tue Feb 5 2pm A Raisin in the Sun Sat Feb 9 10:30am Dundas
Turner Park Book Club (1961) Sat Feb 9 10:30am Lynden ®
Tue Feb 12 2pm To Sir, With Love
Thu Feb 21 2pm
Dreams From My Father
(1967) Book Explorers Ages 4-8
Tue Feb 19 2pm Guess Who's Coming Oscar Lives Next Door
by Barack Obama
to Dinner (1967) by Bonnie Farmer
Tue Feb 26 In the Heat of the Night
Gallery Turner Park (1967) Fri Feb 15 4pm Central
Thu Feb 21 3:30pm Concession
Feb 1-28 Student art from Lincoln
Alexander Elementary School for
Black History Month
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Hidden Oscar Lives
STAFF PICKS Figures Next Door: A
The True Story Inspired
Story of Four by Oscar
KIDS Black Women Peterson’s
and the Childhood
Be A King Space Race by Bonnie Farmer
Dr. Martin by Margot Lee Shetterly (2018) & Marie Lafrance
Luther King (2015)
The author tells the compelling
Jr.'s Dream stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Long before Oscar Peterson became
and You Jackson, Katherine Johnson and a virtuoso jazz pianist, he was a
Christine Darden as they navigated boy who loved to play the trumpet.
by Carole Boston
mathematical equations, the space When childhood tuberculosis
Weatherford (2018) weakened his lungs, Oscar could
race, and the civil rights movement
You can be a King. over three decades of brilliant no longer play his beloved
Stamp out hatred. Put your foot computing and discoveries. instrument. He took up piano
down and walk tall. You can be and the rest is history: Oscar
a King. Beat the drum for justice. Mae Among went on to become an international
March to your own conscience. See jazz piano sensation.
a class of young students as they
the Stars
by Roda Ahmed
begin a school project inspired by Radiant Child
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (2018)
The Story of
When young Mae Young Artist
Ellen's Broom Jemison is asked by Jean-Michel
her teacher what she
by Kelly Starling Basquiat
Lyons (2012) wants to be when
by Javaka Steptoe
she grows up, African American Mae
Ellen has always (2016)
known that the tells her mostly white classmates that she
wants to be an astronaut, a dream that Jean-Michael
broom hanging on Basquiat and his unique, collage-style
her family's cabin her parents wholeheartedly support.
paintings rocked to fame in the 1980s
wall is a special as a cultural phenomenon unlike
symbol of her parents' wedding Meet Viola anything the art work had ever seen.
during slave days, so she proudly Desmond But before that, he was a little boy
carries it to the courthouse when the by Elizabeth who saw art everywhere: in poetry
marriage becomes legal. MacLeod (2018) books and museums, in games and in
On the night of the words that we speak, and in the
Fancy Party pulsing energy of New York City.
November 8th
Gowns
1946, Nova Scotia
The Story businesswoman
Sweet Clara
of Fashion Viola Desmond stood up for her right to and the
Designer Ann be in the "unofficial" whites-only section Freedom
Cole Lowe of a New Glasgow movie theatre... Quilt
by Deborah and was arrested for it. Viola took her by Deborah
Blumenthal (2017) quest for the right to freedom from Hopkinson (2013)
discrimination to the courts. While she A young slave
As soon as Ann Cole Lowe could
walk, her momma and grandma ultimately did not succeed, she was a stitches a quilt
taught her to sew. When her mom beacon to other with a map pattern
died, Ann continued sewing dresses. early civil-rights activists. which guides her to freedom in
It wasn't easy, especially when she the North.
went to design school and had to
learn alone, segregated from the rest
of the class. But the work she did set
her spirit soaring, as evidenced in
the clothes she made.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH - STAFF PICKS CONT'D
Washington Becoming
ADULT FICTION Black by Michelle
by Esi Edugyan Obama (2018)
Sing (2018) In this inspiring
Unburied Unexpectedly memoir, the former
Sing chosen to First Lady recounts
by Jesmyn Ward be a family her remarkable life,
(2017) manservant, from her childhood
A story of how an 11-year-old on the South Side
the past affects Barbados sugar- of Chicago, to
the present and of plantation slave is initiated into a
her years as a lawyer balancing the
deeply entrenched world of technology and dignity
demands of motherhood and work, to
racism. Sing Unburied Sing describes before a devastating betrayal
propels him throughout the world in her time at the White House where
the life of a biracial boy, his addicted,
search of his true self. she emerged as one of the most iconic
grieving black mother, and his
incarcerated white father. A road women of our time.
trip to Dad's prison kick-starts the She Would
novel, which offers deeply affecting be King Black Like
characters and a strong sense of by Wayetu Moore Who?
place (rural Mississippi). (2018) by Rinaldo
Walcott (2018)
A reimagining of
An American the dramatic story This is the 20th
Marriage of Liberia’s early anniversary
by Tayari Jones years through edition of
(2018) three unforgettable Walcott’s
Celestial and Roy characters who groundbreaking
are newly married share an uncommon bond. study of black
professionals culture in Canada,
leaning in to a with essays on hip-hop, film,
bright future when ADULT NON-FICTION
literature, social unrest, sports,
Roy is convicted of a crime he did
Barracoon: music and the electronic media.
not commit. This is not a heroes vs.
villains tale with a tidy resolution. The Story In the Black:
It is a complicated, messy, moving of the Last My Life
and thought-provoking story about “Black Cargo”
love, family and the wide-reaching by Jolly B.
by Zora Neale
effects of incarceration. Denham (2017)
Hurston (2018)
Winner of the
No One is The acclaimed
2017 Toronto
Coming author, Zora Neale
Hurston (1891- Book Award, this
to Save Us 1960), drafted Barracoon in 1931, is a compelling
by Stephanie but the work was not published memoir about
Powell Watts until now. This riveting biography achieving success
(2017) is based on the interviews she and prosperity despite experiencing
A tale inspired conducted with Cujio Lewis (1840- decades of discrimination. The author,
by The Great 1935), the last known survivor of the a Jamaican immigrant, pays tribute
Gatsby is set in the Atlantic slave trade. to a generation of activists who
contemporary worked to transform Canada into
South and follows the difficulties a more just society.
endured by an extended black
family with colliding visions of
the American dream.
Hamilton Public Library What’s Happening Winter 2018/19 | 9
We Need You!
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES @ HPL
Hamilton Public Library is currently recruiting for several volunteer positions.
More information and applications can be found at hpl.ca/volunteer-opportunities
English Language Tutors Needed for Newcomer Learning Centre
The Newcomer Learning Centre requires adult volunteers to help adult newcomers improve their English
communication skills. Volunteers must have a good command of the English language, strong interpersonal skills,
patience and be available to meet with an adult learner for two hours twice a week.
Visiting Library Service Volunteers
Deliver the joy of reading to someone who is not able to get to the library on their own. Adults with their own
transportation, who can spare about three hours per month, are needed to deliver library materials, pick up finished
items and ensure their customers are happy with what they are receiving. Good interpersonal skills, trustworthiness
and reliability are required.
For more information and to apply please visit,
hpl.ca/volunteer-opportunities.
10Connect with us!
Phone 905-546-3408 LOCAL HISTORY
Email localhistory@hpl.ca
Online lha.hpl.ca & ARCHIVES
Discover Your
Family History
For those who are just beginning
to research their family history,
Hamilton Public Library has
resources available to help you.
Thu Jan 24 1:30pm Ancaster ®
Wed Feb 6 10:30am Dundas ®
Genealogy Club
If you are new to genealogy and
need help with research, or an avid
researcher looking to connect with
fellow researchers, our Local History
& Archives has the resources to help
you trace your family history.
Wed Dec 19 1pm Central ®
Ukrainian Christmas, 1979, Hamilton Spectator Collection. Preserving Family Photographs
Wed Jan 16 1pm Central ®
Flamborough Archives
Wed Feb 20 1pm Central ® Using
Newspapers for Genealogy Research
What's New in LH&A!
Discover all of the new and exciting
items and collections at Hamilton
Public Library’s Local History
& Archives.
Thu Feb 28 1:30pm Ancaster ®
Children learning to skate at the Forum,
Children discovering reading as recreation, 1977, Hamilton Spectator Collection. 1959, Hamilton Spectator Collection.
Hamilton Public Library What’s Happening Winter 2018/19 | 11ADULT
PROGRAMS
Noon Hour Concerts
ARTS & MUSIC Add a little culture to your lunch
BUSINESS & MONEY
hour; visit Central Library on
Fridays and enjoy a mix of music,
Art Club literature and art.
A weekly, informal art-making club
to share ideas and techniques with Fri Dec 7 12pm Central
fellow artists. Feel free to bring your Holiday Brass Concert
current project. Fri Dec 14 12pm Central Sarah Emm
Fri Dec 21 12pm Central
Mondays Dec 3, Jan 7, 28 & Feb 4 Holiday Sing Along
6:30pm Stoney Creek Fri Jan 4 12pm Central Alex Miller
Fri Jan 11 12pm Central Laura Keating
Tuesdays 1:30pm Central
Fri Jan 18 12:30pm Central
The Art of Change
HPO Concert Master & Associate Management
Christmas Concert Fri Jan 25 12pm Central in Leadership
A musical treat of holiday Guitar Hamilton
favourites. Presented by Aaron Fri Feb 1 12pm Central Gillian Nicola Most managers fail at leadership
and Aidan. Fri Feb 8 12pm Central Laura Keating in less than 24 months. Discover
Fri Feb 15 12pm Central how to avoid common pitfalls. Learn
Mon Dec 17 6:30pm Barton Jackie Washington Day why leadership has a systematic
Fri Feb 22 12pm Central Jesse Luciani approach to empowering others
to follow your vision for change.
Friday Night Tour Presented by Andrew Guy,
Paint Night
Meet at 5pm in the Living Room at international motivational speaker,
Central Library on the first Friday Join staff as they guide you
author and leadership and staff
of each month for a highlights tour through the process of creating
development trainer.
of HPL’s art collection. It continues your own masterpiece. No
on to the Art Gallery of Hamilton experience necessary. Supplies Mon Jan 28 6pm Central
at 6pm for a docent-led tour. provided. Bring a shirt or smock for
painting. Registration opens Jan 28.
Fridays Dec 7, Jan 4 & Feb 1 5pm Kick-off
Mon Feb 4 6:30pm Sherwood ®
Central Networking Event
We’re hosting a networking
Greensville Pickers event for Hamilton entrepreneurs
Share your love of guitar and to launch our spring Power Up
music. All skill levels welcome. Mondays series. Bring your
Bring your instrument. business cards, questions and
friends to connect with like-
Mondays 6:30pm Greensville minded business owners in
the community.
Hands-on Art Workshop Beginner Ukulele Mon Feb 25 6pm Central
Learn basic art techniques and Learn the basics of the ukulele with
how art can promote physical and other adults over four sessions.
mental well-being. Presented by Ukuleles provided.
Stephan Hossbach.
Tuesdays Feb 26-Mar 19 10am
Mondays 1:30pm Barton ® Turner Park®
12FINANCES Money Basics for RRSP Strategies
Newcomers Examine different ways to use
Learn about Canada’s banking and your RRSPs to maximize their
Buying and Selling credit system, as well as how to benefit, learn the ins-and-outs
Your Home avoid debt and scams. Presented by of spousal RRSPs and strategies
Whether buying your first home, or the Credit Counselling Society. to boost your retirement.
upgrading or downsizing your current Presented by Arlo Graham
one, a real estate agent can help you Tue Feb 5 7pm Turner Park ® from IG Wealth Management.
navigate through today’s market.
Presented by Sutton Group Innovative Mon Feb 11 7pm Waterdown ®
Organizing Your Finances
Realty Inc.
Learn which documents are
important to keep, how to store Tax Planning Tips
Thursdays Dec 13, Jan 10 & Feb 14
them securely and how to create a Learn strategies to help minimize
12pm Barton your taxes and keep more of your
just-in-case-something-happens-
Thu Feb 7 12pm Red Hill to-me sheet so your loved ones can hard-earned money in your pocket.
take care of your affairs. Presented Presented by Arlo Graham from IG
Credit-Free Christmas by the Credit Counselling Society. Wealth Management.
Learn how to avoid a debt hangover Thu Feb 21 7pm Waterdown ®
Tue Jan 8 7pm Turner Park ®
in January. Presented by the Credit
Counselling Society.
Tue Dec 4 7pm Turner Park ®
18-29 Years Old?
Let our Navigator Jobs
connect you to: Education
Skill Building (Formerly known as the Learning Annex)
Community Connections
The Circuit 4.0, Central Library, 4th Floor
(55 York Blvd, attached to Jackson Square)
hamilton.ca/xperienceannex
xperienceannex@hamilton.ca
Hamilton Public Library What’s Happening Winter 2018/19 | 13CRAFTS, GAMES & HOBBIES
Adult Colouring Circle Book Page Wreath Central Chess Nuts
Colouring – it’s not just for kids Repurpose old, unwanted books Drop in and play chess with your
anymore. Join us for a relaxing into beautiful wreaths for the set, or borrow one with your
session of colouring. Supplies holiday season. Supplies provided. library card.
provided or bring your favourite
colouring pages to share. Wed Dec 12 2pm Turner Park ® Tuesdays 1pm Central
Thursdays 4:30pm Central
Fridays 10:30am Red Hill Saturdays 1pm Central
Boredom Busters
Tuesdays Dec 4, 18, Jan 15,
Challenge yourself or a friend to Christmas Paper Crafts
Feb 5 & 19 2:30pm Terryberry
a fun board or card game, or put
Make a holiday paper craft.
together a puzzle.
Presented by Michelle Kotyk
Mondays & Thursdays 1pm Central from Stampin' Up.
Mon Dec 17 2pm Saltfleet ®
TRY COLLEGE FOR FREE
LEARNING IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
Apply for courses this winter!
City School by Mohawk offers FREE college Our Mobile Classroom is bringing
courses at : skilled trades training to a
neighbourhood near you!
Circuit 4.0 on the 4th floor of Central Library*
Eva Rothwell Centre
City School Mobile Classroom
* Visit our website for our office hours at the Central Library
905-575-2489 cityschool@mohawkcollege.ca
mohawkcollege.ca/trycollegeforfree
[ @mocityschool
14Embroidery Hoop Weaving
Turn wooden embroidery hoops
into beautiful woven circles to hang
on the wall. Supplies provided.
Thu Jan 10 2pm Kenilworth ®
Holiday Card Making
Make a holiday- or winter-themed
greeting card to take home.
Supplies provided.
Craft Circle Tue Dec 18 7pm Dundas ®
Exchange ideas, inspiration and new Knitting & Crochet
techniques related to crafts. Bring
your own supplies.
Holiday Ornaments Hamilton Public Library has
Make and take home holiday ornaments. knitting and crocheting programs
Thursdays 1:30pm Dundas for all ages and skill levels. Drop in
Tue Dec 11 2pm Barton ® and check one out today!
Crafternoon Mondays 2pm Stoney Creek
A new crafty creation each month. Mondays 7pm Sherwood
Supplies provided. Tuesdays 10am Valley Park
Tuesdays 2pm Binbrook
Mon Dec 3 2:30pm Terryberry ®
Tuesdays 6:30pm Carlisle
Button Wreath Ornament
Tuesdays 6:30pm Saltfleet
Thu Jan 24 2:30pm Terryberry ®
Tuesdays 6:30pm Terryberry
Mandala Stones
Wednesdays Dec 19, Jan 16 & Feb 20
Thu Feb 7 2:30pm Terryberry ®
6:30pm Dundas
Book Art Flowers
Wednesdays 6:30pm Red Hill
Wednesdays 6:30pm Westdale
Create a Holiday Photocard Wednesdays 7pm Greensville
Bring in a digital photo to create Thursdays 10am Concession
a photocard with Microsoft Thursdays 1:30pm Turner Park
PowerPoint to send to your family
Fridays 2pm Central
and friends this holiday season.
Saturdays Dec 1, 15, 29,
Wed Dec 5 10:30am Red Hill ® Intro to Calligraphy Jan 12, 26, Feb 9 & 23
Thu Dec 13 2:30pm Terryberry ® Learn the basics of simple script 10am Kenilworth
calligraphy and create your own
greeting card or similar small project
Cribbage & Euchre to take home. An introductory class Make a Holiday Card
Enjoy playing popular games with held over two, two-hour sessions. Parents, grandparents and
new and old friends. Supplies provided. caregivers work with children to
create a holiday card. Presented
Wednesdays & Thursdays 3:30pm Tue Dec 4 6pm Dundas ® by Hamilton Aging Together
Central (hamiltonagingtogether.ca).
Keep Calm & Paint On Sat Dec 1 10am Central
Cross Stitch Club Join us for a fun afternoon of
Bring your current project, or start exploring a variety of painting
a new one. Find friendship and techniques and styles. No experience Paper Flowers
inspiration in the company of other necessary. Supplies provided. Learn how to make giant paper
stitchers. All skill levels welcome. flowers in bright, cheerful colours.
Thursdays Jan 17, 31, Feb 14 & 28 Supplies provided.
Tuesdays 2pm Kenilworth 2pm Binbrook ®
Thu Feb 14 2pm Kenilworth ®
Hamilton Public Library What’s Happening Winter 2018/19 | 15Paper Quilling Spa Colouring Circle
Create beautiful Christmas Join us for a relaxing candle-lit session
ornaments or holiday pendants of colouring, conversation,
with strips of coloured paper. tea and music. Supplies provided.
Supplies provided.
Wednesdays Jan 9-23 & Feb 6-20
Thu Dec 13 2pm Kenilworth ® 2pm Binbrook
Personalized Gift Tags Trivia Night!
Prove to your friends who’s the
Create one-of-a-kind gift tags to Social Scrabble smartest at this fun, pub-style trivia
impress your friends and family.
Create words with this classic family night. Teams welcome.
No craft experience necessary.
game. Players of all skill levels are
Supplies provided.
welcome. Game boards and Scrabble Thu Feb 28 6:30pm Red Hill
Thu Dec 6 2:30pm Waterdown ® dictionaries provided.
Tue Dec 11 2:30pm Freelton ®
Wednesdays 1pm Concession
Wii U Gaming
Thu Dec 20 2:30pm Carlisle ® Join us for some Wii U excitement.
Tuesdays Dec 18, Jan 15 & Feb 19
11am Westdale
Mondays Jan 7 & Feb 4 1pm Westdale Thursdays Dec 6, Jan 3 & Feb 7 2pm
Kenilworth
16Mindfulness Meditation Taking Control of
A talk that covers the basics of Chronic Illness
mindfulness, including how you A discussion about the impact of
might integrate it into your own life. chronic illness, such as diabetes,
Mindfulness meditation can prevent arthritis, chronic pain, Multiple
depression, reduce anxiety, help people Sclerosis, Crohn’s and colitis, on daily
Assertiveness manage stress, and even improve life and strategies for coping and
If you struggle with being assertive, immune system functioning. managing illness.
we have some practical strategies on
how to address and overcome barriers Sat Feb 2 11am Central Sat Feb 9 11am Central
to assertive communication. Learn the Presentation by Rachelle Pullmer, and Presented by Matilda Nowakowski,
characteristics of effective assertive Joanna Bhaskaran, both psychology clinical and health psychologist at
communication and how it differs from residents at St. Joseph’s Healthcare. the Chronic Pain Clinic at St. Joseph’s
passive or aggressive communication. Healthcare.
Thu Feb 7 7pm Terryberry
Presented by Katherine Holshausen,
Mon Feb 25 6:30pm Sherwood
Presented by Matilda Nowakowski,
psychologist in the Dialectical Understanding and
clinical and health psychologist at
Behavioural Therapy Program in Dealing with Excessive
the Community Psychiatry Clinic at Clutter and Hoarding
the Chronic Pain Clinic at St. Joseph’s
St. Joseph's Healthcare and Hanna
Healthcare and Karen Zhang, clinical, About five per cent of the general
McCabe-Bennett, clinical psychologist
health and rehabilitation psychologist population struggles with excessive
at the Anxiety Treatment and Research
at the Medical Bariatrics Clinic in St. clutter and hoarding. This educational
Clinic at St. Joseph’s Healthcare.
Joseph’s Healthcare. talk focuses on understanding how
clutter problems develop, how to tell if
Managing Big Emotions Tackling Anxiety you or a loved one may have a problem
A discussion about the strategies and with hoarding and strategies to begin
Those who sometimes feel controlled the process of de-cluttering.
techniques to effectively cope with
by their emotions can learn practical
anxiety, which is a common emotion
strategies to help manage and cope with Mon Feb 18 6:30pm Sherwood
often experienced in response to stressful
difficult situations in this talk. Presented by Hanna McCabe-Bennett,
or threatening situations and life events.
clinical psychologist at the Anxiety
Sat Feb 9 2pm Turner Park Treatment and Research Clinic at St.
Sat Feb 2 2pm Ancaster
Presented by Jenna Boyd, psychology
Presented by Jesse Renaud, psychology Joseph’s Healthcare.
resident at St. Joseph’s Healthcare
resident in the Anxiety Treatment and
Hamilton in the Anxiety, Mood,
Research Clinic at St. Joseph’s Healthcare
and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
and Jenna Boyd, psychology resident at
programs and Katrina Bouchard,
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton in the
psychology resident at St. Joseph’s
Anxiety, Mood, and Dialectical Behaviour
Healthcare Hamilton in Forensic
Therapy programs.
Psychiatry and the Borderline
Personality Disorder Clinic. Wed Feb 20 7pm Turner Park
Presented by Matilda Nowakowski,
clinical and health psychologist
at the Chronic Pain Clinic at St.
Joseph’s Healthcare.
Hamilton Public Library What’s Happening Winter 2018/19 | 17Leaving Stress-land
HEALTH & WELLNESS Learn to recognize your stress
triggers, change how you react
to them and opt for healthier
Check Your Hearing alternatives to alleviate daily
Hearing loss negatively impacts stress and anxiety.
one’s quality of life. Sign up for a
complimentary hearing screening Tue Dec 11 2pm Concession
Taoist Tai Chi Demonstration
onsite with specialists. Presented by
Connect Hearing. An ancient art that provides benefits
Local Health Integration to body, mind and spirit with gentle
Wednesdays Dec 19 & Feb 6 2pm Networks Services movements. Wear comfortable
Red Hill ® clothing. Presented by the Fung Loy
Get answers to your important
Kok Taoist Tai Chi Society.
Thu Jan 10 2pm Red Hill ® questions about home health
and community care services
Thu Jan 17 2pm Red Hill ®
available in the community.
Diabetes: Living Well Presented by Local Health
Learn diabetes self-management Integration Networks (Community VON Caregiver Series
skills on topics including medication, Care Access Centres). Are you caring for a family member
healthy eating, physical activity, or friend with a long-term health
preventing complications and blood Wed Dec 5 10am Sherwood condition? This series talks about stress,
sugar targets. Presented by health staying on top of your care situation,
professionals from Hamilton Health tackling your emotions and linking
Sciences and the Les Chater YMCA. Meditation with community resources. Register
Register by calling 905-667-1515. Transform a driven, frantic life by calling 905-523-1055 x408.
into a harmonious and balanced
Wednesdays Dec 12, Jan 9 & Feb 13 one through meditation, which Fridays Jan 4-25 1pm Turner Park ®
6:30pm Turner Park ® can help improve your concentration,
health and self-esteem. Presented
by Omid Hassani of Heartfulness COOKING
Diabetes: Eating Well Hamilton.
Discover healthy food choices, meal Slow Cooker Meals
planning and carbohydrate counting Wednesdays 7pm Saltfleet Chop, grate, peel and stir your way to
with health professionals from healthy eating and learn more about
Hamilton Health Sciences and the
Les Chater YMCA. Register by calling Take Charge: Chronic Canada's Food Guide in an interactive
cooking demonstration using slow
905-667-1515. Pain Self Management
cookers. All food and recipes are
A six-week workshop to help included. Presented by City of
Wed Jan 23 6:30pm Turner Park ® those with chronic or ongoing Hamilton Community Food Advisors.
pain improve their quality of
Happy & Healthy Holidays life. Find out about treatments, Thu Jan 17 6:30pm Terryberry ®
healthy eating, exercise, stress
Essential oils and mindfulness tools management, problem solving
to help you be your best over the and how to talk to your doctor
Tasty Tuesdays
holiday season. and/or healthcare provider. Food-themed programs that include
Register by calling 905-521-2100 sharing recipes, watching videos, guest
Tue Dec 4 2pm Concession ® speakers and sampling tasty treats.
x77153. Presented by Hamilton
Health Sciences.
Tuesdays Dec 11, Jan 8 & Feb 12 2pm
Improve Your Work/
Mondays Jan 7-Feb 11 10:30am Red Hill
Life Balance
Sherwood ®
An introduction to the process necessary
for integrating work with life. Presented
Winter Soup Workshop
by Andrew Guy, international speaker, Learn how to make a hearty, healthy
author and leadership and staff winter soup. Presented by City of
development trainer. Hamilton Community Food Advisors.
Mon Jan 14 7pm Saltfleet ® Tue Jan 15 2pm Concession ®
18LANGUAGE & CULTURE
Club De Lecture
Francophone
Les rencontres du Club de Lecture
Francophone ont lieu une fois par
mois, le premier jeudi du mois a la
succursale centrale.
Thursdays Dec 6 & Feb 7 7pm Central ®
English Conversation Circle
Practice your English-speaking French Conversation Circle Learn a Language
skills, meet new friends, learn about
library services and talk about your Practice your conversational Hola. Buon Giorno. Bonjour. Learn
community, culture and customs. French with a group of friendly, a new language through HPL’s
For permanent residents and fellow francophones. vast borrowing collection and our
convention refugees. Presented in online resource, Mango Languages,
Wednesdays Jan 16-Feb 27 10am available through hpl.ca.
partnership with the Community
Connections Program of the YMCA Turner Park
Mon Jan 21 10:30am Saltfleet ®
Hamilton Brantford Burlington.
Register by calling 905-531-3953. Thu Feb 21 1pm Central ®
Thu Feb 21 2:30pm Waterdown ®
Mondays & Wednesdays 4pm Thu Feb 21 6:30pm Red Hill ®
Terryberry ®
Tuesdays & Thursdays 4pm Central ®
Newcomer
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Central Library 4th Floor I 905 546-3444 I nlc@hpl.ca
Hamilton Public Library What’s Happening Winter 2018/19 | 19LITERARY
Author Event:
Books and
Chocolate
Author Luba Lesychyn
talks about her book
Theft by Chocolate, a
museum mystery about
a woman looking for chocolate, love
and an international art thief. And
because reading is always better with Barton Book Club Books @ One: Non-Fiction
chocolate, there will be samples. Book Club
Wed Dec 12 2pm Barton
Thu Feb 7 7pm Central The Sense of an Ending Tue Dec 11 1pm Central ®
by Julian Barnes
The Other Wes Moore: One Name,
Wed Jan 9 2pm Barton
Stories from the Vinyl Cafe Two Fates by Wes Moore
BOOK CLUBS Tue Jan 8 1pm Central ®
by Stuart McLean
Wed Feb 13 2pm Barton Mennonite in A Little Black Dress
4th Friday Book Club
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter by Rhoda Janzen
Fri Dec 28 2pm Dundas ® and Sweet by Jamie Ford Tue Feb 12 1pm Central ®
The Five People You Meet in Heaven On Mexican Time: A New Life in San
by Mitch Albom Beyond the Book Club Miguel by Tony Cohan
Fri Jan 25 2pm Dundas ®
How to be a Victorian Tue Dec 18 2:30pm Terryberry ®
by Ruth Goodman Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey Book Ends Book Club
Fri Feb 22 2pm Dundas ® Tue Jan 22 2:30pm Terryberry ®
The Winter Palace: A Novel of Tue Dec 18 2pm Saltfleet ®
Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Catherine the Great Tue Feb 26 2:30pm Terryberry ® Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay
by Eva Stachniak Tue Jan 15 2pm Saltfleet ®
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
AGH Reads Two Book Club Binbrook Book Club by Susannah Cahalan
Hamilton Public Library partners Tue Feb 19 2pm Saltfleet ®
with the Art Gallery of Hamilton Wed Dec 19 2pm Binbrook The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty
in offering a club that focuses on The Curious Incident of the Dog in
fiction and non-fiction art books. the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Register by emailing education@
Book Lovers Book Club
Wed Jan 23 2pm Binbrook
artgalleryofhamilton.com or calling Sarah's Key by Tatiana Rosnay Mon Dec 10 1pm Saltfleet ®
905-527-6610.
Wed Feb 27 2pm Binbrook Mon Jan 14 1pm Saltfleet ®
Sat Dec 15 2pm Central ® The Lady in Gold by Mon Feb 11 1pm Saltfleet ®
Sofie & Cecilia by Katherine Ashenburg Anne Marie O'Connor
Sat Jan 12 2pm Central ®
Carlisle Book Club
Lisette's List by Susan Vreeland Books and Brews
Sat Feb 16 2pm Central ® Tue Jan 8 3:30pm Carlisle ®
Meets at Mulberry Coffee House,
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
163 James St. N. Pick up book at Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
Central, 2nd Floor. Tue Feb 5 3:30pm Carlisle ®
Ancaster Book Club It’s Kind of a Funny Story
Mon Dec 10 7pm 163 James St. N.,
Thu Dec 13 1:30pm Ancaster ® by Ned Vizzini
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett Tue Dec 4 3:30pm Carlisle ®
Thu Jan 17 1:30pm Ancaster ® Mon Jan 14 7pm 163 James St. N.,
The Husband's Secret
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl Klee Wyck by Emily Carr
by Liane Moriarty
by Mona Awad Mon Feb 11 7pm 163 James St. N.,
Thu Feb 21 1:30pm Ancaster ® The Elegance of the Hedgehog
News of the World by Paulette Jiles by Muriel Barbery
20Concession Adult Kenilworth Adult Page Turners Book Club
Book Club Book Club
Wed Dec 12 2pm Central
Thu Dec 13 2pm Concession ® Mon Dec 17 2pm Kenilworth The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood They Left Us Everything: A Memoir Wed Jan 9 2pm Central
Thu Jan 10 2pm Concession ® by Plum Johnson Saints, Unexpected
Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay Mon Jan 28 2pm Kenilworth by Brent Van Staalduinen
Thu Feb 14 2pm Concession ® The Fishers of Paradise Wed Feb 13 2pm Central
A Disappearance in Damascus by Rachael Preston Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
by Deborah Campbell Mon Feb 25 2pm Kenilworth
Fifteen Dogs by Andre Alexis Red Hill Book Club
Dundas #1 Book Club
Wed Dec 19 2pm Red Hill
Kenilworth Mystery
Fri Dec 14 2pm Dundas ® Book Club The Views from Castle Rock
The Puppy Diaries: Raising a Dog by Alice Munro
Named Scout by Jill Abramson Wed Dec 5 2pm Kenilworth Wed Jan 30 2pm Red Hill
Fri Jan 11 2pm Dundas ® Mr. Churchill's Secretary The Woman Who Walked into Doors
Medicine Walk by Richard Wagamese by Susan Elia MacNeal by Roddy Doyle
Fri Feb 8 2pm Dundas ® Wed Jan 2 2pm Kenilworth Wed Feb 27 2pm Red Hill
The Mermaid's Daughter The Thirteenth Tale The Best Kind of People
by Ann Claycomb by Diane Setterfield by Zoe Whittall
Wed Feb 6 2pm Kenilworth
Dundas Drop-In Book Club Station Eleven Sherwood Monday
by Emily St. John Mandel Book Club
Wed Jan 16 2:30pm Dundas
The Boy in the Moon by Ian Brown Locke Adult Book Club Mon Dec 3 2:30pm Sherwood ®
Wed Feb 20 2:30pm Dundas The World We Found
The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta Thu Jan 10 1:15pm Locke by Thrity Umrigar
Still Life by Louise Penny Mon Jan 7 2:30pm Sherwood ®
Great White North Thu Jan 24 1:15pm Locke The Prison Book Club
Book Club The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Ann Walmsley
A drop-in club that discusses by Gabrielle Zevin Mon Feb 4 2:30pm Sherwood ®
Canadian non-fiction titles. Theme: Thu Feb 14 1:15pm Locke The Little Paris Bookshop
Men and Women Behaving Badly. The Little Red Chairs by Edna O’Brien by Nina George
Thu Feb 28 1:15pm Locke
Thursdays Dec 13, Jan 10 & Feb 14
7pm Dundas
Daisy Bates in the Desert Sherwood Wednesday
by Julia Blackburn Adult Book Club
Greensville Drop-In Wed Dec 12 2:30pm Sherwood ®
Meandering Minds
Book Club Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
Book Club
by Helen Simonson
Wednesdays Dec 19, Jan 16 & Feb 20 Booklovers aged 17-25 discuss
inspiring literature. For book pick Wed Jan 16 2:30pm Sherwood ®
7pm Greensville
up and registration, contact Full Tilt Dunkirk to Delhi
Jordanna at jlaman@stjoes.ca. by Bicycle by Dervia Murphy
Presented in partnership with Wed Feb 20 2:30pm Sherwood ®
St. Joseph's Healthcare. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Thu Jan 31 5pm Central
Hamilton Public Library What’s Happening Winter 2018/19 | 21Stoney Creek Adult STORIES & WRITING
Book Club
Mon Dec 17 6:30pm Stoney Creek ® Adult Reading Circle
The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje An inclusive and engaging storytime
Mon Jan 21 6:30pm Stoney Creek ® with music, stories, jokes and fun for
Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay supported adults with limited abilities.
Mon Feb 25 6:30pm Stoney Creek ®
The World According to Bertie by Wednesdays Jan 9, 16 & 23 10:30am
Alexander McCall Smith Turner Park
Turner Park Book Club Hamilton Mountain
Writers’ Circle
Dec 20 2pm Turner Park ® AA bi-weekly meeting for people
The Little Paris Bookshop interested in learning about the book-
by Nina George writing process. Participants share
Thu Jan 17 2pm Turner Park ® stories, practice creative writing, hone
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls short fiction, novel and non-fiction
Thu Feb 21 2pm Turner Park ® writing skills and network with other
writers. Led by educator Barry Gottlieb.
Dreams From My Father
by Barack Obama Wednesdays Dec 5, 19, Jan 2, 16 &
30, Feb 13 & 27 6:30pm Terryberry
Valley Park Adult
Book Club Hamilton Poetry Centre
Tue Dec 4 2pm Valley Park ® A supportive atmosphere for new and
experienced poets to share their work
The Midwife by Jennifer Worth
with peers. Bring 12-15 copies of a poem
Tue Jan 8 2pm Valley Park ®
you would like to workshop.
Room by Emma Donoghue
Tue Feb 5 2pm Valley Park ® Thursdays Jan 10 & Feb 7 7pm Westdale
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Lit Chat
Waterdown Adult Authors host each meeting and discuss
Book Club a different theme each month.
Wed Dec 12 2pm Waterdown ® Tuesdays Dec 11, Jan 8 & Feb 12
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 7:30pm Central
Wed Jan 9 2pm Waterdown ®
Gutenberg's Apprentice
by Alix Christie
Wed Feb 13 2pm Waterdown ®
A Possible Life: A Novel in Five Parts
by Sebastian Faulks
Westdale Mystery
Book Club
Stoney Creek Writers' Circle
Gary Tue Dec 4 1:30pm Westdale Connect with local authors and readers.
Barwin
An Agatha Christie title of your choice
Mon Dec 10 6:30pm Stoney Creek
Tue Jan 8 1:30pm Westdale
Guest Author Christin Whitlock
Writer-in- The Seagull by Ann Cleeves Navigating writing conferences
Tue Feb 5 1:30pm Westdale Mon Jan 14 6:30pm Stoney Creek
Residence Pagan Spring by G.M. Malliet Guest Editor Trudi Down
Pros and cons of self-publishing
Mon Feb 11 6:30pm Stoney Creek
22Tower Poetry Society John Howard Society
Open to poets of all ages and Learn about the criminal justice
TECH & MAKERSPACES
inclinations. Bring 20 copies of system, how to apply for a record
your best work and receive suspension (pardon) and community
constructive criticism from your programs and services. Presented by COMPUTER CLASSES
literary colleagues. the John Howard Society.
Saturdays Jan 12 & Feb 9 2pm Wednesdays 1pm Barton Level 1-4:
Westdale
Level 1: Using a Mouse
Podcast Club
An introductory program to the
Writing Through Listen and discuss different podcasts Windows operating system and
Illness & Crisis each week with new and diehard computer basics. No previous
Find your style and tell your story podcast enthusiasts and discover new experience required.
through journaling, blogging, letter- shows to enjoy between sessions.
writing and other formats. Sat Dec 1 10am Central ®
Wednesdays Dec 19, Jan 23 & Feb 27 Thu Jan 3 1:30pm Ancaster ®
Sat Jan 12 2pm Concession 6:15pm Stoney Creek Mon Jan 7 2pm Turner Park ®
Wed Jan 9 10:30am Red Hill ®
Special Needs Social Sat Jan 12 10am Central ®
THIS & THAT Drop-in Tue Jan 22 2:30pm Sherwood ®
Join us for games and crafts in an Sat Feb 2 10am Central ®
inclusive, social setting and feel free to Mon Feb 25 2:30pm Terryberry ®
be you. Bring along your support staff
and meet new friends.
Level 2: Computer Basics
Tuesdays Dec 4, Jan 8 & Feb 5 with Windows
2:30pm Saltfleet Learn the basics of using a Windows-
based computer: hardware, software,
storage devices and how to navigate
True Crime Meetup on it.
Discuss gruesome crimes and creepy
killers, share your favourite books, Sat Dec 8 10am Central ®
documentaries and podcasts and Thu Jan 10 1:30pm Ancaster ®
discover new ones. Warning: Not
Dog Training 101 Mon Jan 14 2pm Turner Park ®
for the faint of heart.
Meet three professional dog trainers Wed Jan 16 10:30am Red Hill ®
and their well-trained, happy dogs. Tuesdays Dec 18, Jan 15 & Feb 19 Sat Jan 19 10am Central ®
Trainers answer your questions and 6:30pm Saltfleet Tue Jan 29 2:30pm Sherwood ®
the dogs demonstrate some tricks. Pets Sat Feb 9 10am Central ®
can’t attend. Presented by Invisible Winter Birds
Fence Brand.
Find out which birds make Hamilton Level 3: Intro to the
Sat Jan 26 10:30am Valley Park ® their home in the winter and how to World Wide Web
attract them to your yard. Presented
Sat Jan 26 2:30pm Waterdown ® Access the Internet, learn basic
by the Hamilton Naturalists Club.
techniques for successful searches
Film Forum and how to use search engines.
Sat Jan 5 11am Sherwood
For fans who want to talk about films Sat Dec 15 10am Central ®
as much as watch them. A new title Thu Jan 17 1:30pm Ancaster ®
each month. Borrow the film from the Mon Jan 21 2pm Turner Park ®
library, view at home and drop in to Wed Jan 23 10:30am Red Hill ®
discuss. Held at the Hamilton Air Force Sat Jan 26 10am Central ®
Association, 128 King St., Dundas. Tue Feb 5 2:30pm Sherwood ®
Thu Feb 14 1:30pm Central ®
Tuesdays Dec 18, Jan 15 & Feb 19 2pm
Hamilton Public Library What’s Happening Winter 2018/19 | 23iPad: Level 1-2: Become a 3D Maker
Learn how to create 3D designs
iPad Level 1 through Tinkercad, a browser-based
Learn the basics, like navigating the program that teaches the basics of
iPad, finding apps, downloading and 3D design. Includes an introduction
organizing them. Bring your fully to 3D printing.
charged device.
Saturdays Dec 1, Jan 5 & Feb 2 10am
Tue Dec 11 2:30pm Sherwood ® Central ®
Wed Dec 12 2:30pm Valley Park ®
Mon Jan 7 10:30am Saltfleet ® Become a Smart Internet
Level 4: Searching Thu Jan 17 6:30pm Red Hill ® User: Security
with Google Mon Feb 11 2pm Turner Park ®
Learn how to protect yourself
Learn tips and tricks for Internet Wed Feb 20 2:30pm Valley Park ® from scams, malware, viruses
searching using Google. Make your and fake news.
time online faster and more productive. iPad Level 2
Mon Dec 10 2pm Turner Park ®
Wed Dec 12 10:30am Dundas ® Explore more advanced multimedia
Thu Dec 20 1:30pm Ancaster ®
features (pictures, music and video)
Sat Dec 22 10am Central ® Wed Jan 9 10:30am Dundas ®
and home-sharing capabilities. Bring
Mon Jan 28 2pm Turner Park ® your fully charged device. Wed Feb 6 10:30am Red Hill ®
Wed Jan 30 10:30am Red Hill ® Thu Feb 28 1:30pm Central ®
Thu Jan 31 1:30pm Ancaster ® Mon Jan 14 10:30am Saltfleet ®
Thu Jan 31 1:30pm Central ® Thu Jan 31 6:30pm Red Hill ®
Tue Feb 12 2:30pm Sherwood ® Tue Feb 12 2pm Turner Park ®
Sat Feb 23 10am Central ®
24Become a Smart Internet SOFTWARE & Microsoft Word Basics
User: Privacy PROGRAM SKILLS Learn the basics of Microsoft Word
Simple strategies and tools to make including formatting text, copying and
your time online more secure. Intro to Microsoft pasting, inserting images, clip art and
PowerPoint more.
Mon Dec 3 2pm Turner Park ® Enhance your reports and presentations;
Thu Dec 13 1:30pm Ancaster ® learn the basics of Microsoft PowerPoint. Wed Dec 12 10:30am Red Hill ®
Wed Feb 13 10:30am Red Hill ® Mon Jan 14 2:30pm Terryberry ®
Wed Feb 20 2:30pm Waterdown ® Wed Dec 19 10:30am Red Hill ® Tue Jan 22 10am Central ®
Thu Feb 21 1:30pm Central ® Wed Jan 30 2:30pm Waterdown ®
Intro to Windows 10
iMac Basics Learn how to connect to a Wi-Fi Microsoft Word Applied
network, locate and run applications. A follow-up to the Microsoft Word
Learn the basics of using a Mac
Bring your fully charged Windows Basics class. Practice formatting a
computer: hardware, software, storage
10 laptop. document and working with tables,
devices and how to navigate on it.
Learn new skills to use on the iMacs headers, footers, pictures, margins
Thu Dec 13 1:30pm Central ® and more. Basic knowledge of Word
in our Makerspaces.
Thu Jan 10 6:30pm Red Hill ® is a prerequisite.
Fri Jan 18 10:30am Red Hill ® Tue Jan 15 10am Central ®
Mon Feb 4 2pm Turner Park ® Mon Jan 21 2:30pm Terryberry ®
Wed Feb 13 10:30am Dundas ®
Thu Feb 7 1:30pm Central ® Tue Jan 29 10am Central ®
Wed Feb 27 10:30am Red Hill ® Thu Jan 31 2:30pm Waterdown ®
MAKERSPACE & Thu Feb 14 1:30pm Ancaster ®
DIGITAL STUDIOS
Microsoft Excel Basics
Learn the basic functions of Microsoft
SPECIAL INTEREST
Excel including formulas, commands TECH CLASSES
and keystrokes. Basic knowledge of Ancestry Library Edition
computers, keyboarding and mouse
Learn the basics of searching
skills are prerequisites for this class.
census, immigration and military
Tue Dec 4 10am Central ® records from Canada, the United
Kingdom, the United States and
Thu Dec 13 6:30pm Red Hill ®
around the world. Gain access
Thu Jan 10 1:30pm Central ® to charts and forms to help you
Mon Feb 4 2:30pm Terryberry ® organize your research.
Tue Feb 5 10am Central ®
Embroidery Intro Wed Dec 5 & Feb 6 1:30pm Central ®
Thu Jan 24 1:30pm Central ®
If you’re casually into embroidery, or Microsoft Excel Applied
would like to learn more, this program Learn the basic functions of Microsoft
is designed to get you started and make Excel including formulas, commands Appy Hour
the most of our embroidery machine in and keystrokes. Basic knowledge of Bring your device and discover
the Makerspace. computers, keyboarding and mouse free applications to put on it,
skills are prerequisites. including library apps for ebooks,
Saturdays Dec 8, Jan 12 & Feb 9
audiobooks, magazines, music, TV
10am Central ® Tue Dec 11 10am Central ® shows and movies.
Thu Jan 17 1:30pm Central ®
HPL Makerspace Meetup Mon Feb 11 2:30pm Terryberry ® Thu Dec 6 1:30pm Ancaster ®
Tue Feb 12 10am Central ® Thu Dec 6 1:30pm Central ®
We have the tools, equipment,
resources and space to collaborate Thu Feb 21 1:30pm Ancaster ® Mon Dec 17 2pm Turner Park ®
with fellow Makers. Mon Jan 28 10:30am Saltfleet ®
Mon Jan 28 2pm Kenilworth ®
Tuesdays Dec 4, Jan 8 & Feb 5
6:30pm Central
Hamilton Public Library What’s Happening Winter 2018/19 | 25Create Your Website Digital Devices Lights, Camera, Edit
Promote your business or organization Get help with library resources, web Learn the basics of video editing, such as
with a website. Choose from different tools and digital devices including how when to pan or zoom, dissolve or fade
templates and learn some of the to load books to an eReader or tablet, and add music. Intended for beginners.
fundamentals and best practices of transfer pictures from a digital camera
web design. to a computer, or music to MP3 players. Saturdays Dec 15 & Jan 19 10am
Central ®
Thu Jan 10 2:30pm Terryberry ® Mondays 2pm Central
Fridays 10:30am Barton
Sat Jan 26 10am Central ®
Fridays Dec 14, Jan 11 & Feb 8 10am
Picture Perfect Photos
Sat Feb 23 10am Central ® Learn how to retouch, crop, add text
Red Hill
Wednesdays Jan 16 & Feb 6 3:30pm or graphics, adjust the brightness and
Manage your Freelton ® resize photos.
Digital Pictures Wednesdays Jan 23 & Feb 13 2:30pm
Sat Dec 22 10am Central ®
Carlisle ®
Get help organizing your pictures Tue Jan 8 2:30pm Sherwood ®
or moving them from your camera, Wed Jan 23 2:30pm Valley Park ®
phone, or tablet to your computer. Digitize your Memories Tue Feb 5 7pm Red Hill ®
Learn how to use our photo scanner to Sat Feb 16 10am Central ®
Tue Feb 26 10am Central ® digitize film negatives and VHS cassettes. Thu Feb 28 7pm Ancaster ®
Session limited to eight participants.
Smarter Homes Shopping Online
Tue Dec 4 2:30pm Sherwood ®
Learn the basics of controlling Learn about online shopping and get
and automating your home’s Wed Dec 5 2pm Lynden ®
the answers to your questions about
lights and appliances using Wed Dec 5 2:30pm Valley Park ®
safety and security.
Apple's HomeKit framework. Tue Dec 11 10:30am Turner Park ®
Thu Dec 13 2:30pm Waterdown ® Mon Dec 3 2pm Kenilworth ®
Mon Jan 14 6pm Central ®
Fri Jan 18 2pm Central ® Wed Feb 20 10:30am Red Hill ®
Tue Jan 22 2pm Red Hill ®
TECH HELP Tue Jan 22 7pm Turner Park ® Tablet Club with Teen
Mon Jan 28 2:30pm Terryberry ® Tech Volunteers
Mon Feb 25 2pm Turner Park ®
Audio Drop-in Clinic Bring your tech questions and get
Thu Feb 28 2:30pm Waterdown ® one-on-one help with your tablet, iPad,
Learn to record your voice, use
various effects in GarageBand or eReader, computer or smartphone.
overcome a snag in an audio project. Learning with Lynda.com Wednesdays Dec 12, Jan 9 & Feb 13
Learn how to access thousands of video 3:30pm Ancaster
Sat Dec 29 10am Central courses taught by industry experts. Wednesdays Dec 12, Jan 9, 23,
Feb 6 & 20 4pm Turner Park
Thu Feb 7 1:30pm Ancaster ® Thursdays Dec 20 & Jan 17 3:30pm
Wed Feb 27 2:30pm Waterdown ® Dundas ®
Tuesdays Jan 29 & Feb 26 3:30pm
Red Hill ®
Tue Feb 26 4pm Terryberry
Book an Book up to one hour with library staff for help using online resources,
devices, computers and Centre for Equitable Library Access applications.
Appointment Staff is also able to assist people age 18+ with research. Contact your
neighbourhood branch to arrange an appointment.
Ancaster Branch...........905-648-6911 Kenilworth Branch...... 905-546-3960 Stoney Creek Branch....905-643-2912
Barton Branch............. 905-546-3450 Locke Branch................905-546-3492 Terryberry Branch........905-546-3921
Central Library... 905-546-3200 x3434 Lynden Branch.............. 519-647-2571 Turner Park Branch..... 905-546-4790
Central Makerspace... 905-546-3200 x3406 Red Hill Branch............ 905-546-2069 Valley Park Branch....... 905-573-3141
Concession Branch.......905-546-3415 Saltfleet Branch........... 905-662-8611 Waterdown Branch..... 905-689-6269
Dundas Branch.............905-627-3507 Sherwood Branch........905-546-3249 Westdale Branch......... 905-546-3456
26GET YOUR GUIDE TODAY!
OLDER ADULTS & SENIORS
PROGRAMS
Audiobook Club Friendly Calling Sit to be Fit
A monthly get-together for people Bring your questions to this information Increase your strength, balance, flexibility
who listen to books. table staffed by Friendly Calling and endurance through simple exercise.
volunteers who provide support and Presented by the Alzheimer Society.
Wednesdays Jan 30 & Feb 27 information to maximize seniors’ ability
10:30am Dundas ® to age at home. Presented by Dundas Mondays & Wednesdays 1pm Dundas
Community Services. Tuesdays 12pm Red Hill
Tuesdays 2:45pm Terryberry
Book Klatsch Fridays Dec 14, Jan 25 & Feb 22 Tuesdays Dec 4-Feb 12 1:30pm
A light-hearted discussion for book 2:30pm Red Hill Sherwood
lovers. You are sure to come away Wednesdays 12pm Saltfleet
with some great recommendations. Thursdays 12:15pm Kenilworth
Income Tax 101 Fridays 12:30pm Red Hill
Wednesdays Dec 5, Jan 2 & Feb 6 Do you know which federal and
2:30pm Dundas provincial credits you are entitled Tech Afternoons for Adults
to apply for if you are a senior or Sign out one of our laptops and learn
retiree? You may be overlooking tips and tricks such as searching,
Brain Fit some beneficial credits. shopping and learning online.
Keep your brain fit and sharp with
fun activities. We’ll also share a few Wed Jan 23 10:30am Dundas ® Fri Dec 14 2:30pm Binbrook ®
of the recent updates about reducing Shopping Online
your risk of dementia. Presented by Fri Jan 11 2:30pm Binbrook ®
the Alzheimer Society of Hamilton
News and Conversation Learning with Lynda.com
and Halton. Lively and civilized discussion about Fri Feb 15 2:30pm Binbrook ®
current events and shared ideas. Searching With Google
Tue Jan 8 2:30pm Valley Park
Wed Jan 16 3pm Terryberry ® Tuesdays Dec 4, Jan 8 & Feb 5 2pm
Tue Jan 22 2pm Concession Stoney Creek
Wed Jan 23 2pm Saltfleet ®
Older Adults Social Club
Chair Yoga Share your stories, talk about issues
Gentle and slow stretches increase that affect you and enjoy activities of
interest to you.
strength, balance, flexibility and Memory Café
endurance while increasing range of
Wed Dec 12 2pm Central A gathering for people and
motion and flexibility. Presented by a
Christmas Memories and Conversations their caregiver to get together,
Certified Seniors Fitness Instructor for
Wed Jan 9 2pm Central Social Hour socialize and enjoy relaxing
the Alzheimer Society.
Wed Jan 23 2pm Central conversations in a safe,
comfortable, supportive space.
Wednesdays 1pm Sherwood Information Hamilton
Includes music, art, performances
Wednesdays 2:15pm Concession Wed Feb 13 2pm Central
and guest speakers. A diagnosis of
Virtual & Augmented Reality Intro dementia isn’t required.
Wed Feb 27 2pm Central Social Hour
Conversation Commons Mondays 10:30am Dundas
A new topic each month features Tuesdays 10:30am Sherwood ®
lively and civilized discussion. Older Adult Writing Group Wednesdays 10:30am Central ®
Share ideas and a minimum of Connect with local writers and Wednesdays 1pm Stoney Creek
celebrity gossip. enhance your skills. Wednesdays Jan 9-Feb 27 2pm
Ancaster ®
Wednesdays Jan 23 & Feb 27 2:30pm Fridays 10am Central Wednesdays Jan 9-Feb 27 1pm
Dundas Turner Park ®
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