Stock from ‘The Store’! Featured authors in Stock from ‘The Store’ for August are Kathy Reichs and Lynda La Plante. Stock from ‘The Store’ is a display of books from the library’s backstock. Suggestions for authors are more than welcome, please let the staff at Ardkeen Library know.
Summer Sessions at Ardkeen Library
Would you like to find out more about SQ Wellness this summer? Then come along to the Summer Sessions at Ardkeen Library during August. Summer Sessions will be on Saturday afternoons at 3.00pm.
For further information about Summer Sessions at Ardkeen Library please contact Mary Foley or Annette Wallace on 051 849755, 051 843633, mfoley@waterfordcity.ie or awallace@watefordcity.ie
Garden Bird Detectives
Discover Birds on your doorstep at Ardkeen Library during August. Garden Bird Detectives is an exhibition about Waterford City’s waterways and garden birds based on Birdwatch Ireland's annual garden bird survey.
Heritage Week 21st to 29th August 2010
It’s part of you…National Heritage Week 2010 at your library.
Celebrate the life and times of the great actress Anna Manahan, attend paper and book making workshops, genealogy talks, local history classes and more…
Waterford City Council Library Service is joining the celebrations with National Heritage Week 2010 by providing a varied and in-depth look at family history and local heritage.
Central Library, Ardkeen Library and Brown’s Road Library will host a selection of events from August 21st – August 29th and all are free.
Events at Ardkeen Library:
The Ancient Art of Paper Making and Book Craft
Morning session: Making decorative paper by hand including marble paper
Afternoon session: Making foldout butterfly books and hand stitched pamphlets
Saturday August 21st from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Booking essential.
Introduction and guide to online Local History Resources
Friday August 27th from 10.15 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
Saturday August 28th from 3.15 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Language Exchanges
The French – English Language Exchange meets on the first and third Thursday of every month at 6.30pm.
Next meetings are:
Thursday 5th & 19th August
Thursday 2nd & 16th September
The Italian – English Language Exchange meets on the first Thursday of every month at 6.30pm.
Next meetings:
Thursday 5th August
Thursday 2nd September
The Spanish – English Language Exchange meets on the second and fourth Thursday of every month at 6.30pm.
Next meetings are:
Thursday 12th & 26th August
Thursday 9th & 23rd September
If interested come along on any of the evenings. All welcome from novices to fluent speakers.
Needles and Threads Needlework Group
Are you interested in needlework? If so then Needles and Threads, the needlework group at Ardkeen Library is for you. The group meet on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 11.00am.
Next meetings are:
Wednesday 4th & 18th August
Wednesday 1st & 15th September
If interested in joining come along on the morning. All welcome from beginners to the accomplished.
Reading Zone
The Children’s Book Club at Ardkeen Library meets once a month on the second Thursday of every month from 3.30pm – 4.30pm.
The August meeting will be on Thursday 19th August. The books chosen for the August meeting are Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown and The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo.
Ardkeen Library’s Morning Book Club meets the first Friday of every month. New members always welcome.
Names are now being taken to form a New Evening Book Club and a Teenage Book Club. If interested in joining please leave your name at the library desk.
or further information about any of the clubs or groups please contact Ardkeen Library at 051 849755, 051 843633 or scummins@waterfordcity.ie
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Upcoming Events at Brown's Road Library
Heritage Week 21st to 29th August 2010
It’s part of you…National Heritage Week 2010 at your library.
Celebrate the life and times of the great actress Anna Manahan, attend paper and book making workshops, genealogy talks, local history classes and more…
Waterford City Council Library Service is joining the celebrations with National Heritage Week 2010 by providing a varied and in-depth look at family history and local heritage. Central Library, Ardkeen Library and Brown’s Road Library will host a selection of events from August 21st – August 29th and all are free.
Events at Brown’s Road Library:
Introduction and guide to online Local History Resources
Wednesday August 25th from 10.15 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. Booking Essential.
Author of the Month
Featured author for August at Brown’s Road Library is Agatha Christie. Books by Agatha Christie will be on display for the month of August. Suggestions for author of the month are more than welcome, please let the staff at Brown’s Road Library know.
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Upcoming Events at Central Library
Europe Direct Centre Lanuguage Exchange Sessions
Spanish Exchange
Every Wednesday 6:30pm
Europe Direct Centre, Floor 2
Spanish language exchange takes place every Wednesday from 6:30pm in the Europe Direct Centre on Floor 2.
German Conversation (Intermediate)
Every 2nd Friday 6:00pm
Europe Direct Centre, Floor 2
German conversation group (intermediate level) meets fortnightly on Fridays at 6:00pm. The next meeting takes place on Friday 16th April in the Europe Direct Centre on Floor 2.
Index Gallery:
Red Triangle: “Tethered to Time”
Wednesday 4th- Saturday 21st August
Artists Magda Karol – Nowakowska, Ruth Flynn and Pat McArdle are Red Triangle.
Magda, Ruth and Pat are studying for a fine art honours degree in the Waterford Institute of Technology and have been working together as Red Triangle for about a year. This will be their first exhibition in Waterford. The group has previously exhibited in Dublin. Their work includes the use of inter and multi disciplinary approaches to art, using sculpture, painting and photography, while availing of the
creative opportunities inherent in each media. The exhibition will be launched on Wednesday 4th August at 6:00pm and runs until Saturday 21st August.
Index Gallery:
Anna Manahan Remembered
Friday 27th August – Thursday 30th September
Waterford native and leading Irish actress Anna Manahan will be honoured by this special exhibition to acknowledge her lifelong contribution to Irish theatre. The exhibition is curated by Ellen Murphy, Senior Archivist at Dublin City Archives. The exhibition will be officially launched on Friday 27th August at 6pm, and runs until Thursday 30th September. A special evening to celebrate Anna Manahan will be held on Wednesday 29th September at 6:00pm.
Book Clubs in Central Library:
“Wednesday Book Club”
Wednesday 11th August 2:00pm
The next meeting of the Wednesday Book Club will take place on Wednesday 11th August at 2:00pm. The book for August is “Fingersmith” by Sarah Waters. For further details on Central Library Book Clubs you can contact Central Library on 051 849975 or email hodonnell@waterfordcity.ie
“Central Library Book Club”
Wednesday 18th August 6:30pm
The Central Library Book Club will meet on Wednesday 18th August at 6:30pm. The book choice for this meeting is “Let the Great World Spin” by Colum McCann. New members are always welcome. For further details on Central Library Book Clubs you can contact Central Library on 051 849975 or email hodonnell@waterfordcity.ie
Children's Book Club
Thursday 19th August 3:30pm
The next Children's book club meeting is on Thursday 19th August at 3:30pm. The title for this meeting is "Born to Run" by
Michael Morpurgo, copies are available from the main desk in Central Library. The club is for girls and boys aged 8 -12 and new members are always welcome. For more information you can contact Central Library on 051 849975 or email jloughran@waterfordcity.ie
Online Book Club
The book for August is Colm McCann’s “Let the Great World Spin”, a title which is proving to be very popular with library book clubs and readers in general. Let us know what you think at Waterford Book club on Facebook.
Heritage Week 2010 in Central Library
Introduction to the Ireland Collection
(75 online journals and monographs spanning from 1780 to the present) on Wednesday 25th at 3:00pm. All are welcome.
Military History: Screening of the film “With the North and South Irish at the Front” followed by a talk by Gordon Power on
Wednesday 25th at 6:00pm. All are welcome.
Genealogy: Wendy Quirke of Family Search Support will talk about the Church of Latter Day Saints vast collection of Family
History Records on Thursday 26th August at 3:30pm. All are welcome.
Knitting Circles in Central Library
Wednesday 11th & 25th August 6:30pm
Thursday 12th & 26th August 10:15am
The next meetings of Central Library Knitting Circles will take place on Wednesday 11th & 25th August at 6:30pm and Thursday 12th & 26th August at 10:15am.
New members are always very welcome, for further information you can contact Central Library on 051 849975 or email lboyle@waterfordcity.ie