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From the Heart Learning Circle
Nelson Public Library - lower level 602 Stanley St., Nelson, BCFrom the Heart Learning Circle Book Discussion: Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining our Future by Patty Krawec. Feb 1 5:30-7 Feb 15 5:30-7 Mar 1: 5:30-7 Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance. Krawec helps […]
Podcast Club: Dreams
Nelson Public Library 602 Stanley St., Nelson, BCTuesday, March 21 at 6:30 pm at the Nelson Library. Contact Heather Goldik at hgoldik@nelson.ca or 250-352-6333 to register. What is a podcast club? It’s like a book club, but for podcasts! Listen to the episodes below and then join us on March 21st to discuss what we learned. A great way to learn […]
Creating Access: Exploring Life through a Disability-Friendly Lens
Nelson Public Library - lower level 602 Stanley St., Nelson, BCMarch 22 11 am-1 pm Library (downstairs), Zoom access also available Creating Access: Exploring Life through a Disability-Friendly Lens A conversation facilitated by Graceful Coaching. What would a more accessible world look like? How can we make our spaces more inclusive? How do we create access? How do we bring up accessibility in conversation? […]
Understanding Your Mortgage With Robert Macrae
Online! See event detailsUnderstanding Your Mortgage With Robert Macrae Thursday, April 20th at 6:30p.m on Zoom Understand your mortgage and save money! In this presentation, Robert will share practical tips on how you can avoid thousands of dollars in mortgage interest payments. With high interest rates and housing prices through the roof, this is for anyone considering […]
Advance Care Planning Learning Event
Nelson Public Library - lower level 602 Stanley St., Nelson, BCJoin Seniors First BC and the Nelson Area Elder Abuse Prevention Program to learn about Advance Planning tools including Wills, Powers of Attorney and Representation Agreements. FREE. No registration required
Author Reading and Book Launch
Nelson Public Library 602 Stanley St., Nelson, BCThe Nelson Public Library is pleased to host an author and book launch featuring two David Thompson University Centre (DTUC) alumni on May 17 at 7 pm. Calvin Wharton will launch his latest poetry collection, This Here Paradise, and Caroline Woodward will read some new short stories to celebrate the event. Wharton’s work has been […]
Public Space Community Meeting: We know what we want, how do we get it?
Nelson Public Library 602 Stanley St., Nelson, BCPublic Space Community Meeting: We know what we want, how do we get it? Come hear what Nelson at its Best learned regarding Public Space during our recent public engagement. You'll hear about the key themes that emerged from the community engagement, and discuss how we as citizens can participate and work together in realizing […]
Local History & Author Talk – L.V. Rogers: The Man Behind the Name With Patricia and Robert Malcolmson.
Nelson Public Library 602 Stanley St., Nelson, BCSuccessful citizens in British Columbia’s Interior are remembered in different ways, if they are much remembered at all. Perhaps the best-known name in Nelson is that of L.V. Rogers (1886-1946), after whom our secondary school is named. LVR had a remarkable life, from his birth in England to an unwed teenager and passage across the […]
Working Session for Pedestrian-friendly Baker Street Experiments
Nelson Public Library 602 Stanley St., Nelson, BCCome and join fellow citizens who want to help with practical strategies and actions to experiment with a more pedestrian-friendly Baker Street. This idea came out of a year-long research project by Nelson at its Best on the benefits of public space. Participants at a recent community meeting on public space identified this as […]
Book Launch: A Real Somebody by Deryn Collier
Nelson Public Library 602 Stanley St., Nelson, BCDeryn Collier launches her new book A Real Somebody at the library. Inspired by the true story of the author’s aunt and set in 1947 in Montreal, this novel follows the June Grant during one pivotal season of her life as she begins to shake off the conventions of her time to pursue the life […]