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Library prepares to celebrate Sask. Library Week, Halloween in October

Celebrate Library week with the Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation and the Moose Jaw Public Library on October 14
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The Moose Jaw Public Library is located at 461 Langdon Crescent and is open seven days a week.

The annual province-wide Saskatchewan Library Week is Oct. 15 to 21, celebrating the resources, services, safe spaces, and educational value of libraries.

The week-long event is held the third week of October annually. This year’s theme is Libraries Create Community!

To help promote Library Week, the Saskatchewan Library Association (SLA) has partnered with the Saskatchewan Roughrider Foundation for a contest called “Get in the Game for Literacy Success”, with a kick-off event (pun intended) on Oct. 14 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Moose Jaw Public Library (MJPL) in Crescent Park.

The contest rules are:

  1. Visit your local library and sign up for a free library card (if you don’t already have one).
  2. Take a photo of yourself, just you or with family and friends, reading at your library while wearing Roughrider green.
  3. Submit your photo through the online contest entry form at www.saskla.ca/programs/saskatchewan-library-week (starting Oct. 14) for your chance to win one of three great Saskatchewan Roughrider prizes, including an autographed football.

The MJPL Halloween Party is Saturday, Oct. 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. All ages are welcome, with a movie, crafts, and games planned — don’t forget your costume!

Patrons are also reminded that the SLA Book Spine Poetry contest is running from Sep. 23 to Nov. 1, with an Indigo gift card up for grabs for the best free verse composition. Enter the contest at saskla.ca/programs/book-spine-poetry-contest.

MJPL All-Ages Programs in October

  • Moose Jaw Chess Club library meetings
    • Sundays, Oct. 1, 15, and 29 in the South Meeting Room from 1 to 4 p.m.
    • All ages and experience levels are welcome.
  • Tabletop Tuesdays
    • Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the Herb Taylor Room.
    • Board games, card games, dice, and more, with snacks provided.
  • Movie Matinee
    • Saturday, Oct. 7 at 2:30 p.m. in the MJPL Theatre.
    • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).
  • Needlework Night
    • Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the Herb Taylor Room.
    • For all ages, no registration required, drop-in program with snacks provided.
  • Family Movie Night
    • Wednesday, October 25 in the MJPL Theatre at 6:30 p.m.
    • This month’s feature is Hocus Pocus (1993).

MJPL Adult programs in October

  • Tech Time (ongoing)
    • By appointment only, call 306-692-2787 to book a personalized one-on-one session with a tech wizard who can help clients learn how to use their devices and apps.
  • Magic the Gathering
    • For ages 13 and up, all experience levels welcome, drop-in program.
    • Saturdays, October 7, 14, 21 and 28 at 2 p.m. in the Reading Room.
  • MJPL Movie Club
    • Monday, October 16 in the MJPL Theatre at 6 p.m., discussion to follow.
    • This month’s feature is the classic and still-chilling vampire movie that started it all: Nosferatu (1922).
  • D&D Maker Night
    • Monday, Oct. 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Herb Taylor Room.
    • For ages 13 and up, registration required through the MJPL website.
    • For those D&D lovers passionate about making their own dice, maps, characters, and more.
  • MJPL Book Club
    • Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in the Herb Taylor Room.
    • Registration required. This month’s book: The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams.
  • MJPL Space Movies
    • Thursday, Oct. 26 at 6 p.m. in the MJPL Theatre.
    • Drop in for free to watch sci-fi horror classic The Thing (1982).

MJPL Youth programs in October

  • Teen D&D and New Adult D&D
    • Teen D&D, for ages 12 to 16, takes place Thursdays in the MJPL Archives at 6:30 p.m.
    • New Adult Digital D&D, for ages 15 to 22, takes place Fridays at 4 p.m. on the library’s Discord channel.
    • Registration is required for all library D&D programs by emailing [email protected].
  • D&D The Crypt of Hemwick
    • This month’s one-shot D&D campaign, for ages 12 to 16 in the MJPL Archives.
    • Tuesdays, Oct. 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
  • How do I do that?! workshop series
    • Tuesdays, 2 to 4:30 p.m., and every other Saturday 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in the Herb Taylor Room, for ages 15 to 25.
    • Get help with everything from scholarships to resume writing to budgeting.
  • Teen Maker Space
    • Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. in the Herb Taylor Room.
    • Snacks provided for this drop-in program, ages 12 to 19.
  • Teen Gamers – Game Night
    • Wednesday, October 11 at 6:30 p.m. in the Herb Taylor Room, for ages 12 to 19.
    • Featuring card games, board games, and video games in various formats. No registration required; snacks provided.
  • Teen “I Made This” Art Program
    • Wednesday, October 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Herb Taylor Room, for ages 12 to 19.
    • Snacks provided, drop-in at will.
  • Teen Anime Club
    • Saturday, Oct. 21 at 2:30 p.m. in the MJPL Theatre.
    • Snacks provided for this drop-in program, for ages 13 to 19.
    • Featuring the anime Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon.

More information on MJPL programs, including the schedule of Children’s Programs in October, is at www.moosejawlibrary.ca.

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