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📙Adult Summer Reading BINGO Challenge
| Monday, June 1st to Monday, August 31st - All Locations | Read, explore new titles, and complete your BINGO card for a chance to win prizes each month. Adults 18+ |
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📘Teen Summer Reading Challenge
| Monday, June 29th to Saturday, August 22nd - All Locations Ages 13 to 17 years |
Read books to win monthly prizes! Receive a stamp for every library item you check out. Fill a challenge card with 8 stamps and be entered into the monthly prize draws. |
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📗TD Summer Reading Club Launch Parties🎉
| Friday, June 26th at Bewdley Branch from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Cobourg from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ages 0 to 12 years |
Celebrate the start of the kids' summer reading season! Join us for a party to register for the club, pick up your reading notebooks, and enjoy fun activities to get the summer started. |
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🥞Breakfast & Books
| Saturday, June 6th - 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Harwood Hall |
Visit us at the Harwood Hall's monthly pancake breakfast! We'll have activities for the kids as well as a great selection of items for you to check out. Location: 5453 Front St, Harwood, Ontario K0K 2H0 |
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📻Beyond Books on 89.7FM
| Wednesday, June 3rd - 10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on 89.7FM | Listen to us live on Northumberland 89.7FM as we discuss upcoming programs, events and resources. This event happens on the first Wednesday of each month. |
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🧶Yarn Bombing Display
| Thursday, June 4th - BeginsFriday, June 5th - Visit us to see it!
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We’re partnering with Deafblind Ontario Services to celebrate National Deafblind Awareness Month with a splash of color! On June 4th, our space will be "yarn bombed" with vibrant knitted displays to raise awareness for the deafblind community. Make sure to stop by on Friday, June 5th to see the display in all its textile glory! |
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🦋Cobourg Farmers Market
| Saturday, June 13th - 35 Albert Street 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
10:30 a.m. - Family Storytime | Join us at the Cobourg Farmer's Market in the Kids Zone to sign up for a Library card or enjoy an engaging family storytime. |
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🏳️🌈PRIDE
| Saturday, June 20th10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Downtown Cobourg Outreach |
Join us at the annual Cobourg Downtown Business Initiative Association Pride Event. We'll be hosting a table with grab and go items and celebrating diversity and inclusion in our community.
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Take & Make Kits
Township of Hamilton Branches June 2nd to June 30th |
Stop by the Library and pick up your kit to make this campfire lacing craft. Each kit contains the materials to create one campfire craft. Drop-in program.
While Supplies Last. |
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Bewdley Family Storytime
Fridays | 10:00 a.m. | Join Library staff for storytime at our Bewdley Branch. Each week we will explore a different theme through stories, songs, and a craft.
Drop-in program. Ages 0 to 6 years with Parent/Guardian.
*Storytime on June 5th is replaced with our P.A. Day LEGO Extravaganza |
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P.A. Day LEGO Extravaganza!
Friday, June 5th - 10:00 a.m.
Bewdley Branch
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Join us for a morning of creativity and entertainment! Children will enjoy hands-on building with LEGO, while a movie plays in the background. A perfect blend of creativity and comfort packed into one exciting morning for LEGO fans. MOVIE: The Lego Batman Movie (Rated G). Families Welcome. Drop-in program. |
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Cobourg Family Storytime
Thursdays | 10:30 a.m. | Join us for stories, songs and rhymes. A great program for school readiness and meeting other families in our community.
Drop-in program. Rotary Room. Ages 0 to 6 years with Parent/Guardian. |
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Bewdley Storytime with Northumberland EarlyON
Friday, June 19th | 10:00 a.m. |
Join us for a special storytime and activities in partnership with Northumberland EarlyON Child and Family Centres.
Drop-in program. Ages 0 to 6 years with Parent/Guardian. Drop-In program. |
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Chess Club ♟️
Cobourg Library | Rotary Room Tuesdays | 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
Drop-in for this fun event!
Meet other local chess players. Pieces & boards available. A basic understanding of chess is required. *No Chess on June 23rd or 30th.
All Ages Welcome. Drop-In. |
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Mother Goose 🦢
Monday, June 1st & 8th | Rotary Room - 10:00 a.m. | Join us for an hour of rhymes, songs, and oral stories that are perfect for bonding with your baby in this 10-week program. Contact Rachael at rpurdy@cobourg.library.on.ca to join our wait list.
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Scientists in School Presents: Ride & Roll With Science!
Friday, June 5th | 2:00 p.m. | Cobourg Rotary Room - Registration Only. |
Welcome to the amusement park - where we'll be bumping, spinning, zipping and rolling! Discover actions and reactions of bumper cars. Explore the forces at work while you spin. Create a zipline while investigating gravity. Design a roller coaster to meet a challenge. It's all about the physics of riding n' rolling! This program was created in partnership with Kawartha Financial Credit Union. Register Online. Registration opens June 1st at 10:00 a.m. Ages 4 to 12 years. |
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Underwater Trivia
Monday, June 29th to Saturday, July 4th | All Locations | During Open Hours & Virtually | Youth are invited to test their knowledge of the wonders that lie below the surface. A new question will be posted each day in the library and through our social media accounts [Facebook & Instagram @CobourgPL]. Families Welcome. |
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Teen Exam Survival Kit
| Thursday June 18th to Thursday, June 25th - All Locations |
Swing by the Library and snag a free Exam Survival Kit for tackling your exams. Inside you will find handy items curated to help you survive those marathon study sessions. Teens Only (Grades 9 to 12). Drop-in program. |
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| Adult Programs & Events | Boomers - Ages 55+ |
Friday, June 5th, 12th and 19th - 10:00 a.m. - Cobourg Public Library - Rotary Room |
Are you 55+ and interested in meeting new friends, having interesting conversations and learning something new each week - all for free?! We host a weekly program that offers just that. Light refreshments provided. Drop-in. Adults Over 55 Welcome.
Friday, June 5th | ‘Coffee Chat with Transition House, Christian Harvey, Interim Executive Director.’ Join Christian for an informal conversation about the essential work Transition House does in our community. Learn about their mission to provide shelter and support services to those in need.
Friday, June 12th | Confused by the vitamin aisle? This week, we welcome Dr. Beatty, a local Naturopathic Doctor. Dr. Beatty will share expert insights on supplement selection, helping you understand what to look for and how to choose what's right for your health.
Friday, June 19th | Join us for this week's guest speaker, Rhonda Cunningham, from the Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation.Rhonda will be sharing insights into the vital work the Foundation does to support our local hospital and how community engagement helps keep high-quality healthcare close to home.
Boomers will return on Friday, September 4th. |
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🎬Monday Movies
| Mondays at 2:00 p.m. - Cobourg Public Library - Rotary Room | Drop in for a free movie and light refreshments. Movie lists available in the foyer at the Cobourg Public Library. Adults Only. Drop-in program. |
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📚CPL Readers Club
| Monday, June 15th at 6:30 p.m.Cobourg - Rotary Room |
Learn about the hot new reads coming out this summer and share your great reads at this new program. Drop-in. Adults Only. |
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🖌️Bewdley Adult Craft Night
| Wednesday, June 17th - 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. - Bewdley Branch |
Create a junk journal with us! No experience necessary. All materials will be provided. Registation is required, please contact the Bewdley Branch at (905) 797-2535 ext. 23. Adults Only.
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📘Bewdley Book Club
| Wednesday, June 10th - 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. - Bewdley Branch | Join us at the Bewdley Branch where we get together and discuss our latest book of choice. June's book is: Always by Sarah Jio
Registation is required, please contact the Bewdley Branch at (905) 797-2535 ext. 23. Adults Only. |
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🕊️Adult Bird Watching KitBorrow a Backpack with binoculars,
a bird identification book, and a bookmark - and head into the great outdoors to explore! Available first-come-first-serve at all locations. |
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