Calgary Public Library
Calgary Public Library Events: New Year’s Eve
Select Calgary Public Library locations will host special New Year’s Eve celebrations on December 31, 2024. Enjoy a special storytime, a dance party, a mock countdown, and more. Check it out at Central, Crowfoot, Fish Creek, Seton, and Village Square libraries. Calgary Public Library Events: When: December 31, 2024 Time: 1
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Locked Library: Forces of Nature
A brand-new Locked Library is coming on November 22, 2024! Locked Library: Forces of Nature brings riddles, puzzles, and mysteries as you explore the library. Puzzle difficulty is geared toward adults and while families have successfully escaped the Locked Library before, they recommend this event for ages 12+. Calgary Public
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Free Drop-in Family Storytime for Kids Aged 2 – 5 at Your Calgary Public Library
The Calgary Public Library offers free storytime. Storytimes include for stories for babies, little walkers, boy-sterous stories about dragons and dinosaurs, french storytime hosted by Alliance Francaise, family storytimes and much more. […]
Join Calgary Firefighters for Storytime at Calgary Public Library
Join Calgary Firefighters at the Calgary Public Library for Firefighter Storytime! At various times of the year, children and families can participate in weekly Firefighter Storytimes at select Library locations, featuring a story read by a local firefighter, and a tour of a working fire engine (availability and weather permitting).
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Calgary Public Library My First Bookshelf – FREE Books For You to Love
Early literacy is so important in a child’s life – and so much fun! The Calgary Public Library is launching My First Bookshelf, in partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. They will fill your child’s home bookshelf and foster a love of reading for the whole family! With the My
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Adventure in an Afternoon: Early Learning Centres at the Calgary Public Library
Have you ever wanted to hunt dinosaur bones or fly a helicopter? Maybe you’ll find the perfect book in a forest or settle down to read in a rainbow! The Early Learning Centres at the Calgary Public Library have been revitalized over the last few years to make libraries a
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Three Reasons to Visit the Calgary Central Library This Winter (And Always!)
January 2019 I have always loved libraries, with their rows of books and the endless worlds to which you could escape. Growing up, I would walk down to our small-town library with my brother and cousins. We would confidently proclaim that we could read every book on a certain shelf over
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The New Central Library is Now Open!
October 2018 The 240,000-square-foot Central Library, located in East Village is now open. Did you know a Library membership is free to all Calgarians? Visit www.calgarylibrary.ca or sign-up in person. And in honour of the opening, there will be city-wide FREE transit on November 3 from 7 am to 7
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Kids Can Have Firetruck Adventures at Calgary Public Library’s Engine 23 (Central Library)
January 2017 Do your kids love fire trucks? Of course, don’t we all?! At the Central Library’s Engine 23 interactive installation, kids can put on their fire hats, pull on their coats, and act out their favourite fire truck daydreams and fantasies. Engine 23 at the Library is approaching its
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Exciting Changes at Your Calgary Public Library
January 2015 In 2015, the Calgary Public Library recently revealed some exciting changes and future plans, all geared toward getting Calgarians into their library. These changes also take library toward its goal of being the best public library system in the world. Here’s a quick summary of what’s new and what’s coming. Free
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