Knowledge Changes Lives
Get your benefits and credits! You may be eligible for benefits and credits – that’s money in your pocket! Join our free information session - either from home via your web browser, or by joining us in the Library meeting room. Date: February 24, 2024 Time: 11:00 to 12:00pm (MST) Duration: 1 hour The Canada […]
This is the second installment of Collage Club, a 3-session open studio time with supplies provided. Using books and magazines that are otherwise headed for the dump, participants will get to play with cut-paper collage techniques to create an artwork, sketchbook, or other project of their choosing. Join us for some creative fun and a […]
Creston Museum, Creston Public Library, and Luanne Armstrong are teaming up to bring you a series of special presentations on local history! the Town of Creston is celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its incorporation this year, and that’s all the excuse we need! The Creston Valley and Kootenay Lake are rich with stories: historical, prehistorical, […]
Artworks by members of local artist group Kootenay Fibre Freaks, on view January 20th through March 2nd during Library open hours. Join the artists for a knit-in on Saturday March 2, 3:00-4:00pm. All skill-levels welcome, bring your own projects.
A Kootenay Library Federation event: Join us for our next Author Talk: Elisha Rose, March 6 th , 6:30 PT/ 7:30 MT on Zoom. Elisha is the author of I Am Worthy, a memoir of her experiences with a partner experiencing addiction. The program will conclude with questions and open discussion. This is a free […]
Artworks by local artist Ute Bachinski, will be on view in the Library meeting room from March 8th through April 4th during Library open hours. Join the artist for an opening reception on Friday, March 8th, from 4-5:30pm. All are welcome.
In observation of International Women's Day, we are happy to host a free film screening featuring a trailblazing, powerful woman: Ever Deadly is an immersive, visceral music and cinema experience featuring Tanya Tagaq, avant-garde Inuit throat singer, and created in collaboration with award-winning filmmaker Chelsea McMullan. This documentary explores Tagaq’s transformation of sound with an eye to colonial fallout, […]
Join us for a self-serve community seed swap at the library. You are welcomed to bring in any extra seeds you have to share and take away some from the swap to plant at home. Please just be sure your seeds are clearly labelled - they can be in a large container or smaller packets […]
This is the third installment of Collage Club, a 3-session open studio time with supplies provided. Using books and magazines that are otherwise headed for the dump, participants will get to play with cut-paper collage techniques to create an artwork, sketchbook, or other project of their choosing. Join us for some creative fun and a […]
This is third lecture in this series commemorating the Town of Creston's Centennial. Dr. Louis Knafla is Professor Emeritus of History, University of Calgary, and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, with a focus in British and Canadian legal history. In this lecture, Dr. Knafla will share from a current research project: “The Legal Culture […]