Library News - April 2025

Special Events

Spring Take Home Kit - Pick up April 4th

Spring Take Home Kit

Pick up Date - April 4th

Kit includes 3 library books, 2 non-fiction books, a craft, and garden seeds!

Active library card required.  Registration required

Family Nerf Wars - April 25 from 4:45 to 6pm. Registration required.

Family Nerf Wars

April 25| 4:45 to 6:00pm | All ages

All participating family units must have at least one adult.

Registration requred

Lifemark Resume Workshop - March 27th from 5:30 to 6:45pm

Earth Day Story Time

April 12 | 10:30am

Join us for a read aloud story with crafts and activities specially selected to learn about and care for nature around us

Gardening Day - April 26th from noon to 2pm.

Gardening Month Celebration

April 26 | Noon to 2pm

Come celebrate Spring with us!  We will have our annual Plant & Seed Swap, a talk with Kate Wilson about growing native plants, giveaways, and as always, our seed library.

REGULAR PROGRAMS

Preschool

Story Time - Thursdays at 10:30am. 0-6 years with parent participation. Drop-in.

Story Time

Thursdays | 10:30am | Ages 0-6

Join us for a story and stay for fun games and activities!  Drop-in event

Parent participation required

Kids 6-12

Kids' Book Club - Tuesdays, March 4, 11, & 18 from 3:45 to 4:45pm. Ages 7-10. Registration Required.

Kids' Book Club

Tuesdays, April 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29 | 3:45 - 4:45 pm

In April we are reading The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Ages 7-10 | Registration Required

Kids' Builders Afterschool Club - Wednesdays from 3:45 to 4:45pm. Ages 7+. Registration Required.

Kids' Builders Club

Wednesdays, April 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30 | 3:45 - 5:00 pm 

 Ages 7+| Registration Required

Kids' Board Game Afterschool Club - Thursdays from 3:45 to 4:45pm. Ages 7+. Registration Required.

Kids' Board Game Club

Thursdays, April 3, 10, 17, & 24| 3:45 - 5:00 pm 

 Ages 7+| Registration Required 

Teens

Performing Arts Club - Mondays, January 20 to March 31st from 3:45 to 4:45pm. Ages 14 to 18. Registration required.

Performing Arts Club

Monday, April 7 | 3:45 - 4:45 pm  

.Current session runs January 20th to April 7th excluding school holidays 

Grades 9 to 12 | Registration Required

Young Teen Book Club: April 12, May 10, May 24 - Ages 11 to 14

Young Teen Book Club

April 12 | 2:30 to 3:30pm | Ages 11 to 14 

Each meeting will have social time, book discussion, and activities.  Registration Required

Crafternoons, ages 12 to 19, April 5 and 26 at 2:30pm

Crafternoons

 April 5 & 26 | 2:30 to 3:30 pm | Ages 12 to 19

 .All supplies provided

.Registration required

Adults

Adult Book Club meets April 30th at 5:45

Adult Book Club

April 30 | 5:45 pm 

Be a part of the Adult Book Club, where members pick the books and help make it into a club they love!  Each month, one of our members will pick two book choices - a fiction and non-fiction - for other members to choose from (or read both).  Then at the meeting at the end of the month, join in for some book talk and refreshments.  Register to add your name to the members list

Bookmobile is coming to Heritage Tower on March 18th at 2:30pm.

Bookmobile - Heritage Tower

April 15 |2:30pm

To become a Bookmobile patron, please call the library at 780-624-4076

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Bookmobile - Points West

April 1st & 29th | 1:30pm

To become a Bookmobile patron, please call the library at 780-624-4076

Crafty Knitwits - Peace River Chapter. Thursdays from 5:30 to 7:00 pm. Ages 16+

Crafy Knitwits - Peace River Chapter

+Thursdays from 5:30 to 7pm | Ages 16

!No registration required to join.  Just drop in and craft

Email Crafty Knitwits

All Ages

Roll for initiative! Dungeons and Dragons - March 1, 15 & 29 from 11am to 2pm. Beginners to experts. All ages welcome. Drop-in event.

Dungeons & Dragons

April 12 & 26  | 11am to 2pm | All ages welcome

Beginners to experts welcome to join an ongoing campain

Pre-made characters available or create your own.  Drop in

Nerf Wars - April 11 from 4:45 to 6pm. Ages 9+

Nerf Wars

April 11  | 4:45pm to 6pm | Ages 9+

Waiver must be on file before play. Registration required per session.

Fantasy Fridays : Warhammer - April 4 from 5 to 7:30pm

Warhammer

April 4  | 5pm to 7:30pm

Fantasy Fridays are here and will alternate between Warhammer and Magic: the Gathering.  As this is an after hours program, registration is required 

The Beading Circle - Every 2nd Saturday form 12 to 3:30pm.

The Beading Circle 

 April 12 & 26  | 12:00 to 3:30pm | All ages welcome

The Beading Circle is a place for people to come together to bead socially.  It is not a course but a space for beaders ot all abilities to visit, bead, and share.

Chess Club - April 5 from 2:30 to 3:30pm. All ages

Chess Club

April 5| 2:30 to 3:30pm | All Ages

For players of all ages from beginners to experienced.  We invite you to join us to learn and play chess together.  Drop in.

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In the Gallery

 Artist Spotlight
Call for artists for the Annual Indigenous Art Show
TREX : The Nature of Ornament - in the art gallery from April 17 to May 14

Did you know?

3D printing services available starting April 1st.

3D Printing Services

Starting April 1, 3D printing services are available at the Peace River Municipal Library. Check our website and Facebook page for more information.

White Table Clock and Books on Bookshelf

Library Hours


Monday, Tuesday | 10am-5pm

Wednesday, Thursday | 10am-7pm

Friday | 10am-5pm

Saturday | 10am-4pm

Sunday | CLOSED

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Peace River Municipal Library
9807 97 Ave
Peace River, Alberta T8S 1H6
780-624-4076

www.prmlibrary.ab.ca/