Out Loud 2026 begins in just a few days with Tim Hus bringing us his Canadian cowboy music on Saturday, October 3. On October 10, John Wort Hannam, Alberta’s 6th Artist in Residence will be at the library. John’s story-telling music focusses on life in western Canada. October 17 sees The Shakespeare Company performing scenes from A Midsummer Nights Dream. We finish up the series on October 24 with Elinor Florence speaking about her latest novel Finding Flora. All events are at 7:00 pm. Please drop by the library to pick up your free tickets (call to see what is still available).
We are thrilled to be co-hosting our 2nd Annual Western Foothills Pumpkin Derby with the Millarville Library on Saturday, October 24 at 11:00 am in the Sheep River Library parking lot. Registration opens at 10:00 am. If you need help decorating or building your pumpkin, come along to the preparation session on Monday, October 19 at 1:00 pm. Trish Draper from Art Adventures will lend her expertise to help you decorate the pumpkin racer of your dreams. A limited number of sets of wheels will be available for purchase from the library. Prizes will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the following categories: Overall Winner, Greatest Distance Travelled, Best Decorated, and Most Scary. If the weather is uncooperative, races will take place inside the library.
Over the summer, the staff spent some time re-organising the collection. Our Library of Things outgrew its home since we added to the collection due to receiving an Alberta Blue Cross Community Wellness grant. With this grant we purchased some Pickleball and Disc Golf sets (suggested during last year’s community survey) and some Pilates equipment to support our new Pilates class which takes place on Fridays at 4:00 pm. Many of these items are now in staff only areas but we have a solution: each item whether it be a tool, craft supply or sport equipment is represented by a repurposed DVD case in our new Information Station. These cases can be found near the Children’s area on the former paperback shelves. Simply bring the case to the front desk and the staff with retrieve the item for you.
Simply bring the case to the front desk and the staff will help you find the item. Other items that have moved to the old paperback shelves are the children’s DVDs and board books. If you are not sure where something has been moved to, please ask the staff.
Looking forward to November, we are excited to host the Vested Interests Climate Change Walking Art on Sunday, November 1 at 2:00. Join us for a fun, entertaining, informative and a little bit quirky show of garments with original graphics telling stories of climate change. We are still looking for models for this event, please contact the library if you are interested. Also in November, we have the Hollywood Got It Wrong Remembrance Special on Saturday, November 14. Details about the movie, speaker and start times will be on our website shortly. Links to more information about all these events and collections can be found at sheepriverlibrary.ca/News.
Please note that the library will be closed on Monday, October 12 for Thanksgiving. Regular resume on Tuesday, October 13.
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