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Silent Auction Friends of the Library 11th Annual |
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S.T.E.M. Science, technology, engineering, maths workshops We have limited space still available for youth 8-13 years old in our S.T.E.M. workshops. Register, in person, at the library in Port Carling to secure your spot. Fridays, July 29-August 26 11:00 to noon. |
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Power of OneFor one week only, July 19-23, 2022, the Port Carling branch will host a powerful display of images. A thought provoking exhibit, it is meant to inspire and empower all people to take action to make the world a better place.
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Art on the Shelf ExhibitWe asked and you responded! July 19 to August 16. Search the library shelves for mini masterpieces displayed amongst the books at the Port Carling branch that have been produced by MLPL library users and staff. Vote for your favourite piece to help decide the People's Choice Award winner. Some masterpieces will be available for purchase. $20, cash only.
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Painting WorkshopsJoin Nancy Hunter at the Port Carling branch for a fun afternoon of painting and come away with your own masterpiece! July 22 (watercolour) and August 26 (acrylic). 1:00-3:00. For ages 6 to 106. $35 per participant per class. Pre-registration with Nancy required. art@nancyhunter.ca 705-790-1412
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The Punishing Journey of Arthur Delaney by Bob KrollFor readers of Paulette Jiles and Gil Adamson, a 19th-century tale of a father's greatest regret and path to redemption Devastated at his wife's death and stricken at raising two girls and a boy on his own, Arthur Delaney places his children in a Halifax orphanage and runs off to join the Union Army in the American Civil War. The trauma of battle and three years in a disease-ridden prisoner-of-war prison changes his perspective on life and family. After the war, Delaney odd-jobs his way up the American east coast and catches a schooner to Halifax. There he discovers the orphanage has relocated to a farm in rural Nova Scotia. His children are not there. They and others had been sold and resold as farm workers and house servants through the Maritime provinces, as well as Quebec and Ontario. Their whereabouts is unknown. Arthur Delaney sets out on a punishing 20-year journey across Canada to find them. This is a heartbreaking, beautifully told story of a father's attempt to reconnect with his children.
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Lessons in Chemistry : a novel
by Bonnie Garmus
In the early 1960s, chemist and single mother Elizabeth Zott, the reluctant star of Americas most beloved cooking show due to her revolutionary skills in the kitchen, uses this opportunity to dare women to change the status quo.
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Storm Tide by Wilbur A. SmithIn 1774, Rob Courtney, desperate and penniless, enlists in the navy and is sent across the Atlantic to join the war against the rebellious American colonists, but, unbeknownst to Rob, his distant cousins in America are determined to drive the British out by whatever means necessary.
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Cobalt : Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower
by Charlie Angus
The current demand for cobalt, the mining of which has a troubled past and present, has renewed interest in the small town of Cobalt, Ontario. The author looks at the history of the town and how the mining rush there impacted Indigenous lands, the treatment of workers, and the natural environment--and how the template for resource extraction that was established during that time led to Canada becoming the world's dominant mining superpower.
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