Calendar of Events

Calendar of Events

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
26 Sunday Swaps: Craft Supplies! 10:00am — 3:00pm	27 Reader’s Choice Book Club: Afternoon Edition 2:00pm — 3:30pm	28 Mindfulness in May art exhibition All day Soup in a Jar 1:00pm — 3:00pm	29 Reading Around the World Book Club: Manitoba 2:00pm — 3:00pm Make Soup in a Jar 5:00pm — 6:00pm Library Book Club 5:30pm — 7:00pm Reader’s Choice Book Club 6:00pm — 8:00pm Truth 4 Reconciliation Film Night: The Great Salish Heist 7:00pm	30 STEAM Time at the Library 3:30pm — 4:30pm	1 Birthday Scavenger Hunt All day Star Wars Quiz All day Teen Haiku Contest All day	2 Storytime! 10:30am — 11:00am Garden Gatherings 11:00am — 12:30pm Death Cafe 1:00pm — 3:00pm Teen/Tween Dragon Egg Rescue: Escape Room 1:30pm — 2:30pm Dreams of Fairyland: Circus History in 1920s BC with author Kim Bannerman 3:00pm — 4:00pm
3	4 Virtual Gardening Series – Tropical Orchids in Your Home 6:30pm — 8:00pm	5 Comox Tea with Death Doula 1:00pm — 2:00pm Japanese Children’s Day Craft 3:30pm — 4:30pm Parksville Library Book Club 4:30pm — 5:45pm	6 Soup in a Jar 4:00pm — 6:00pm	7 Mother’s Day Card Workshop 3:30pm — 4:30pm Soup in a Jar in Woss 4:00pm — 6:00pm	8 French Storytime with AFCI 10:00am — 10:30am Family Storytime 10:30am — 11:00am	9 Red Dress Beading with Elaine 10:30am — 2:30pm Book Release Event: Maker of Widows by Kim Bannerman 2:00pm — 3:00pm The Long Sixties: stories from the New Left 2:00pm — 3:00pm
10 Summer Drop In Art Social! 1:00pm — 3:00pm	11	12	13 Comox Family Storytime 10:30am — 11:00am Holding Heritage: Unspoken Stories – Screening Event & Community Panel 5:30pm — 7:00pm	14 LEGO Jam! 3:30pm — 4:30pm Craft Night 5:00pm — 7:00pm	15 Music in the Library: Nanaimo Recorder Consort 12:00pm — 1:00pm	16 Writing for Children – with Sylvia Thomson 10:30am — 12:30pm Mother Goose Storytime 10:30am — 11:30am Family Movie Matinee: Raya and the Last Dragon 12:00pm — 2:00pm Open Mic for Writers 2:00pm — 4:00pm
17	18	19 Cooks & Books: Let’s Make Energy Balls! 12:30pm — 2:00pm	20 TRC #57: Dr. Aaron Mills 12:00pm — 1:00pm Teen Crafting Workshop 3:30pm — 5:00pm Cooks & Books: Energy Balls workshop 5:00pm — 6:30pm	21 Soup in a Jar – Port Alice 4:00pm — 6:00pm Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club 5:45pm — 6:45pm	22 Open Playroom 11:00am — 12:00pm Family Crafternoon 2:30pm — 4:30pm	23 Catherine Marie Gilbert Author Reading 10:30am — 11:30pm Book Bedazzling 11:00am — 2:00pm Infant/Toddler Supplies Swap 1:00pm — 3:00pm Robotics Showcase 2:00pm — 4:00pm
24 Sunday Swaps: Clothing and accessories! 10:00am — 3:00pm Crafting with Lorrie Joran 10:00am — 3:00pm Why it Matters: Linking Homelessness with Housing Affordability 11:00am — 12:30pm Board Games Club Tournament 1:00pm — 6:00pm	25 Reader’s Choice Afternoon Edition 2:00pm — 3:30pm	26 Reader’s Choice Book Club: Evening Edition 6:00pm — 8:00pm	27 Reading Around the World Book Club: Germany 2:00pm — 3:00pm Library Book Club 5:30pm — 7:00pm	28	29	30 VIRL’s 90th Anniversary! 10:00am — 2:00pm VIRL’s 90th Birthday 11:00am — 1:00pm Harbourfront VIRL 90th Birthday Celebration 11:00am — 12:00pm VIRL’s 90th Birthday! 11:00am — 1:00pm VIRL’s 90th Birthday! 11:00am — 6:00pm + Show All
31 Queer Crafternoon 1:00pm — 3:00pm Book Launch with Patrick Aleck 1:30pm — 3:00pm	1 Pride Scavenger Hunt All day Virtual Gardening Series – Crop Rotation 6:30pm — 8:00pm	2	3 Summer Family Storytime 10:30am — 11:00am	4 The Great Land Grab Exhibit 8:00am — 5:00pm Open Playroom 11:00am — 12:00pm	5 Naloxone and Harm Reduction Training 3:00pm — 4:00pm Inclusive Storytime 4:00pm — 5:00pm	6 Celebrate 90 Years of Vancouver Island Regional Library 10:00am — 2:00pm Celebrate 90 Years of Vancouver Island Regional Library 10:00am — 2:00pm Celebrate 90 Years of Vancouver Island Regional Library 10:00am — 2:00pm LEGO Club and Family Fun Time 11:00am — 1:00pm