Starting August 1st join our online book discussion group found on our website www.nflibrary.ca which will feature one book to discuss for the month. August’s book is “Rollback” by Robert J. Sawyer. Andrew Porteus and Carrie Chiaramonte will moderate this forum. On a first come, first served basis, online participants can pick up a copy of the book in person at the Victoria Avenue Library to use over the month of the online discussion, but you don’t need a library copy to participate.. Adults are invited to join in person one of our seven popular book discussion groups. The groups meet for about an hour once a month from September to April at the Victoria Avenue Library, Chippawa Branch, Community Centre Branch and Stamford Centre Branch. There are both daytime and evening sessions offered. Pre-registration has started and these sessions usually fill-up quickly. Registration is $8 for the year...

My wife and her girl friends and my daughter and her girl friends saw this summer’s popular movie “Sex in the City”. I didn’t see it but I know where to find related material - in the library! We have two novels by “Sex in the City” author Candace Bushnell. One is “ Lipstick jungle” and the other is “Trading up”. Beautiful and successful New York single women looking for love are the themes once again. Borrow the library’s copies of the first six seasons of the hit television show “Sex in the City”. Just published this year are novels about female friendships such as “Secrets of the Hollywood girls club”...

The Rosberg Gallery in the Victoria Avenue Library features monthly exhibitions of many local artists. It has long been an important cultural space showcasing a variety of arts and crafts. Artist Mario Palombo’s exhibition in June was seen be many. The following is the schedule of artists exhibiting there for the rest of the year: July: Gary Crosby; August: Photographs by the Niagara Falls Camera Club; September: Niagara Handweavers & Spinners; October: Mary Friesen; November: Susan Lot; December: Cyrus Harchegani. The Ontario Ministry of Culture reminds us that culture is increasingly being recognized as essential to prosperous, livable and sustainable...