Can’t go away for March break? Looking for something fun and low cost in your own community? Take a look at the March break programs offered by your Public Library. We have over 30 programs available at our 4 Library locations.
For all ages family fun, come to “Dan the Music Man’ with his rollicking, entertaining musical show, at the Victoria Avenue Library on Wednesday, March 17 at 2:00. You can also enjoy “Music with Brian” with his friends Melody the Hippo and Alan the Lion, on Monday, March 15th at the Community Centre Branch Library at 2:30 pm. Again, an event that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Have a budding artist in your family? Let them try painting a wonderful scene on canvas, available Monday morning at both the Victoria Avenue and Stamford Centre Branch Libraries, or at the Chippawa and Stamford Branch Libraries on Monday afternoon, and Tuesday morning and afternoon at the Community Centre Branch Library Feeling a bit green? Come to the Top O’ the Morning Storyti ...
Libraries are so good that they do not have just one patron saint but three! Arguably, the most famous of these is Saint Lawrence the Librarian. In the year A.D. 258, as part of the Roman persecution of Christians, imperial guards searching for membership lists demanded the surrender of the church's archives. Lawrence previously had hidden the archives and refused to divulge their location. Legend has it that the guards tied him to a grid iron over a charcoal fire, but Lawrence still refused to relinquish the archives, telling his tormentors, 'I am roasted enough on this side, turn me over and eat ...
Monday February 15, all libraries will be closed for Family Day. In my house that means we can watch the Olympics all day! When the library is closed, you may still return materials at any location in our Book return boxes. Access to the library catalogue, research databases and borrower services is available 24/7 via the website, www.nflibrary.ca
On Sunday February 14, our “Exploring World Cinema” series returns with the 1927 production of “Metropolis”. Set in the future, humans are divided into two groups, the thinkers, who make plans, but don't know how anything works, ...
The Niagara Falls Public Library’s Victoria Avenue location is pleased to host free income tax preparation clinics for low-income earners. Individuals must meet income guidelines to participate and must register in advance.
Members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and volunteers from the Canada Revenue Agency’s community volunteer income tax program will be on hand in February and March to help complete personal income tax returns.
The Chartered Accountants program takes place on several Wednesday and Thursday evenings in February and March. The 30-minute sessions run from 6:00 – 9:00 pm. To q ...
Groundhog Day is celebrated in Canada and the USA annually on February 2. and was inspired by an old Scottish couplet: "If Candlemass Day is bright and clear; There'll be two winters in the year." Candlemass Day, is observed midway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, and for the winter weary, is a marker as we look forward to spring, and in times past was observed with a candle procession, hence its name. Tradition is that one must observe a groundhog's burrow on this day. If the groundhog emerges and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end; however, if the groundhog sees its shadow because the weather is sunny & bright, it will run back into its hole, and the winter will continue for six more weeks. How groundhogs got a reputation for pr ...