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  • Healthy Aging Series with Welland McMaster Family Health Team
    Healthy Aging Series with Welland McMaster Family Health Team
    Multiple Dates
    May 23, 2024, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
    Welland Public Library, Seaway Mall Branch
    "The Welland McMaster Family Health Team is holding their Healthy Aging Workshop series at the Seaway Mall branch of the Welland Public Library. Register here, https://wellandmcmasterfht.com/eventcalendar.php
  • Improv Class for Kids
    Improv Class for Kids
    May 25, 2024, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
    Main Branch , 50 The Boardwalk, Welland, ON L3B 6J1, Canada
    This intro to improv for kids focuses on game play, saying yes, building confidence, and having fun! Fee: $5 per child. Intended for ages 8-11 yrs.
  • Yoga for Older Adults
    Yoga for Older Adults
    Multiple Dates
    May 27, 2024, 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
    Seaway Mall Branch, 800 Niagara St, Welland, ON L3C 1M3, Canada
    Pose and stretch in this yoga class designed for older adults. Presented in partnership with the Seaway Mall.
  • Pop-Up Produce Market
    Pop-Up Produce Market
    May 27, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
    Main Branch, 50 The Boardwalk, Welland, ON L3B 3X4, Canada
    Pay what you can as there are no set prices at this in-library fresh produce market! Please bring your own bag.
  • Learn Calligraphy with John Manley
    Learn Calligraphy with John Manley
    Multiple Dates
    May 27, 2024, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
    Seaway Mall Branch, 800 Niagara St, Welland, ON L3C 1M3, Canada
    Have you wanted to learn the art of calligraphy? These sessions will introduce basic strokes that get quick style results along with size, spacing and different styles of calligraphy.
  • Return2Hope Counselling Group Therapy Sessions
    Return2Hope Counselling Group Therapy Sessions
    Multiple Dates
    May 28, 2024, 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
    Main Branch, 50 The Boardwalk, Welland, ON L3B 6J1, Canada
    Are you interested in learning more about proven strategies for self-care and mental wellbeing in a safe and supportive group environment? If so, you are invited to join our weekly group therapy sessions led by a counsellor from The Hope Centre’s Return2Hope program
  • Care for The Caregiver with Welland McMaster Family Health
    Care for The Caregiver with Welland McMaster Family Health
    Multiple Dates
    May 28, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
    Seaway Mall Branch, 800 Niagara St, Welland, ON L3C 1M3, Canada
    During this 4-week series with the Welland McMaster Family Health team, you will learn ways to feel more empowered and confident by building and improving your skills as a caregiver.
  • English Conversation Circle
    English Conversation Circle
    Multiple Dates
    May 28, 2024, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
    Main Branch, 50 The Boardwalk, Welland, ON L3B 6J1, Canada
    In partnership with the Welland Heritage Council and Multicultural Centre and the Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre, this group is open to newcomers or anyone looking to improve their English language skills.
  • Mixed Media Art with Robin Nisbett
    Mixed Media Art with Robin Nisbett
    May 28, 2024, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
    Seaway Mall Branch, 800 Niagara St, Welland, ON L3C 1M3, Canada
    Have fun and explore working with mixed media. Mixed media art uses paint combined with other things like found images, bits of text, watercolour, ink or different materials to create interesting and expressive works of art. Fee $5.00
  • Writer's Guild
    Writer's Guild
    Multiple Dates
    May 29, 2024, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
    Main Branch, 50 The Boardwalk, Welland, ON L3B 6J1, Canada
    Looking for a scribe tribe to share your creative writing with!? Look no further! You are invited to join the newly-formed Writer’s Guild.
  • Seniors on the Move with Aapex Driving Academy
    Seniors on the Move with Aapex Driving Academy
    May 30, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
    Main Branch , 50 The Boardwalk, Welland, ON L3B 6J1, Canada
    Regain confidence to drive in Niagara’s ever updating, fast-paced traffic environments. Attend an in-person seminar for senior and mature drivers, providing an overview to changing technologies and the effects that age can have on driving abilities.
  • Afternoon Book Club-Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
    Afternoon Book Club-Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
    May 30, 2024, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
    Seaway Mall Branch, 800 Niagara St, Welland, ON L3C 1M3, Canada
    Inspired by true events, Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom tells us the story of Goes First, an indigenous woman from the Crow Tribe who at the age of sixteen married Abe Farwell, a white fur trader who gave her the name “Mary”.
  • Getting Your G1 with AAPEX Driving Academy
    Getting Your G1 with AAPEX Driving Academy
    Jun 03, 2024, 6:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
    Main Branch, 50 The Boardwalk, Welland, ON L3B 6J1, Canada
    This free workshop by AAPEX Driving Academy is designed to make getting your learner’s permit a piece of cake! Participants will learn valuable information and study tips to help ensure success on the G1 written exam.
  • Music Bingo for Seniors
    Music Bingo for Seniors
    Jun 05, 2024, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
    Seaway Mall Branch, 800 Niagara St, Welland, ON L3C 1M3, Canada
    Calling all BINGO lovers! Have you ever tried Musical Bingo? It's all the fun of regular BINGO but to music. Come give it a try! Fee: $2/person
  • Pop-Up Produce Market
    Pop-Up Produce Market
    Jun 06, 2024, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
    Diamond Trail Branch, 315 Southworth St S, Welland, ON L3B 1Z8, Canada
    Pay what you can as there are no set prices at this in-library fresh produce market! Please bring your own bag.
  • Family Craft Day - Stenciling on Canvas Bags
    Family Craft Day - Stenciling on Canvas Bags
    Jun 08, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
    Main Branch , 50 The Boardwalk, Welland, ON L3B 6J1, Canada
    2 Chicks/ Le Studio is back! Create this fun and functional project where you use stencils and paint on a canvas bag with your loved ones! Each family will also create a mini Tic-Tac-Toe Set too! $15/family or per project.
  • Evening Book Club-The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
    Evening Book Club-The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
    Jun 10, 2024, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
    Boston Pizza Welland, 934 Niagara St, Welland, ON L3C 1M3, Canada
    The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes is a great historical fiction novel recounting the extraordinary mountain women delivering books as a part of Eleanor Roosevelt’s traveling library.
  • Yoga on the Canal
    Yoga on the Canal
    Jun 11, 2024, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
    Gazebo on the Canal Main Branch, 50 The Boardwalk, Welland, ON L3B 6J1, Canada
    Come nurture in nature! Guided outdoor yoga practice for all levels. Connect, move, and breathe together. Presented in collaboration with the City of Welland.

Land Acknowledgement Statement

The Welland Public Library is situated on treaty land. This land is steeped in the rich history of the First Nations such as the Hatiwendaronk, the Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinaabe, including the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. There are many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people from across Turtle Island that live and work in Niagara today. The Welland Public Library stands with all Indigenous people, past and present, in promoting the wise stewardship of the lands on which we live.

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