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3D Design Kids

10:00am - 12:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Willie Janssen Discovery Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Technology, Learning at the Library
Registration Required
Waitlist Seats Remaining: 1
About This Program:
Get creative and let your imagination come to life! This two-week program will introduce children to 3D design using Tinkercad. We will create something interesting together that you can take home. Participants will need to attend bo...

Just Sew

10:00am - 4:00pm
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Rotary Community Room
About This Program:
A sewing and quilting club is a great way to start or finish that project you have been working on!  Meeting every Thursday of each month, get together with fellow quilters and sewers and enjoy the comfort of friends while you sew.  Please ...

One-on-One Tech Help

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: GPPL
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 0
About This Program:
Need help navigating and understanding your technology? Get a device and have no idea how to use it? Come in to GPPL with your device and any questions you may have to receive one-on-one help on any technology related topic you need support with! ...

Paper Engineers Junior

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Sky Story Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Learning at the Library, Arts & Crafts
About This Program:
Join us to explore and build things from your imagination! Learn about forces, motion, community, animals, architecture, and machines all through paper and tape projects. Folding techniques and scissors will be used. Inspired by the resource Engin...

Summer Kickoff Teen Hangout

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Willie Janssen Discovery Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Hobbies & Games
About This Program:
WHAT TIME IS IT? SUMMER TIME!!! Come to GPPL for a summer kickoff hangout on July 7 from 1-4PM! ...

One-on-One Tech Help

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: GPPL
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
About This Program:
Need help navigating and understanding your technology? Get a device and have no idea how to use it? Come in to GPPL with your device and any questions you may have to receive one-on-one help on any technology related topic you need support with! ...

Jungle Dig

2:15pm - 2:30pm
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Sky Story Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes, Hobbies & Games
About This Program:
Dig up treasure! Come listen to stories and have fun digging up jungle treasure. We will be using bins of sand and other dry sensory products for digging. Plus, you can take home any 2 of the objects you find. This is a drop in program. Ages...

One-on-One Tech Help

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: GPPL
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
About This Program:
Need help navigating and understanding your technology? Get a device and have no idea how to use it? Come in to GPPL with your device and any questions you may have to receive one-on-one help on any technology related topic you need support with! ...

Paper Engineers

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Sky Story Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Learning at the Library, Arts & Crafts
About This Program:
Join us to explore and build things from your imagination! Design your own city, animal habitat, machines, and more all through paper and tape projects. Inspired by the resource Engineering with Paper. This is a drop-in program. Ages: 9 to 1...

Reel Talk: Everything Everywhere All at Once

6:00pm - 9:00pm
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Willie Janssen Discovery Room
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Movies
About This Program:
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022): An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.  Rated: R. Dire...

Summer Evening Stories

6:30pm - 7:00pm
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Sky Story Room
Age Group: All Ages, Babies & Toddlers, Children
Program Type: Storytimes
About This Program:
Come enjoy an evening storytime for the whole family! ...

Makerspace Room

10:00am - 12:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Willie Janssen Discovery Room
Age Group: All Ages, Teens, Adults
Program Type: Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
About This Program:
Have that creative itch that needs scratching? With the creative technology offered in our Makerspace Room, you can. Express your creative side with: Greenscreen Softbox Studio Lighting Kit + Light Reflectors LED Ring Light RGB Ring Light...

Grow Your Garden

10:30am - 11:30am
Registration
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Mamawe Concourse
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes, Learning at the Library, Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 2
About This Program:
Join us weekly to garden. Each week will feature a different story, craft, and seed to learn about and plant. Simply take home an instruction sheet and your plant, and watch it grow! This week’s plant is the Sunflower.  ...

Cool Crafts

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Sky Story Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
About This Program:
Make your own bracelet! Express yourself through handmade accessories made with small elastic bands. These aren’t regular crafts, these are cool crafts. Enjoy exploring new mediums of crafting with other children ages 9 to 12. Each week will be a ...

Playful Crafts

2:30pm - 3:30pm
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Sky Story Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
About This Program:
Make fingerprint foliage! We will use our fingers as tools to make a masterpiece. These aren’t regular crafts, these are playful crafts. Enjoy exploring new mediums of crafting with other children ages 6 to 8. Each week will be a different creatio...

Family Tech Time

11:00am - 12:00pm
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Willie Janssen Discovery Room
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Technology
About This Program:
Explore new technology with your whole family. Drop by anytime between 11:00 am and 12:00 pm to explore and discover. There will be Sphero robots, VR headsets, and much more. This is a drop-in program Maximum: 20 participants ...

Storytime at the Park

1:00pm - 4:00pm
Library Branch: Offsite
Room: Community Location
Age Group: All Ages, Children
Program Type: Storytimes
About This Program:
Have fun at the park with GPPL! Enjoy stories and outdoor games at Lion's Park.   ...

Wellness Exchange

10:00am - 11:00am
Registration
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Rotary Training Room
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
About This Program:
Wellness Exchange is a series of skill-building workshops that focus on increasing our ability to cope with change, build resiliency, and improve our overall well-being. The skills are taught in a series of five workshops. Topics covered are problem-...

Exam Proctoring

10:00am - 1:00pm
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Registration
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Testing Centre
Age Group: Teens, Adults
Program Type: Careers & Education
About This Program:
The Grande Prairie Public Library offers an exam proctoring service for written and online exams. The guidelines for the Library's service are as follows: Exam Times Mondays at 10:00 am Wednesdays at 10:00 am Exams are proctored in 3 hour (ma...

Baby and Toddler Time

10:30am - 11:00am
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Linda Smith Story Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Storytimes
About This Program:
Bond with your baby and enjoy interacting with your little ones in this fun-filled program with finger plays, rhymes, songs, and stories all designed to stimulate early literacy and social development. As this program is designed to facilitate caregi...

Partner Loss Support Group

6:00pm - 8:00pm
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Rotary Training Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Learning at the Library, Careers & Education
About This Program:
The loss of a spouse can be devastating. Join fellow grieving widows and widowers to foster the sharing of personal stories, ideas, and helpful information related to loss, grief, and end-of-life issues, as well as bring grievers with diverse backgro...

One-on-One Tech Help

10:00am - 11:00am
Registration
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: GPPL
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Technology
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
About This Program:
Need help navigating and understanding your technology? Get a device and have no idea how to use it? Come in to GPPL with your device and any questions you may have to receive one-on-one help on any technology related topic you need support with! ...

Wellness Exchange

10:00am - 11:00am
Registration
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Rotary Training Room
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 9
About This Program:
Wellness Exchange is a series of skill-building workshops that focus on increasing our ability to cope with change, build resiliency, and improve our overall well-being. The skills are taught in a series of five workshops. Topics covered are problem-...

Preschool STEM

10:30am - 11:00am
Registration
Library Branch: Grande Prairie Public Library
Room: Linda Smith Story Room
Age Group: Children
Program Type: Storytimes, Learning at the Library
Registration Required
Waitlist Seats Remaining: 0
About This Program:
Fun science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) stories and activities for preschoolers. Registration is required. Please sign up for each date your child wishes to attend. ...