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26
Sunday Swaps: Craft Supplies!
10:00am — 3:00pm
Queer Crafternoon
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Shut Up & Write: Nanaimo
2:30pm — 4:30pm
27
Coffee Morning
10:30am — 12:00pm
Scrabble Drop-in
1:30pm — 3:30pm
Reader’s Choice Book Club: Afternoon Edition
2:00pm — 3:30pm
28
Knitting Group
10:00am — 12:00pm
Book a Librarian
10:00am — 1:00pm
Meditation Made Easy
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Cowichan Tech Help
12:30pm — 8:00pm
Tech Tuesday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
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Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Shut Up & Write
10:00am — 12:30pm
Book a Librarian
10:00am — 1:00pm
Parksville Library Knitting Group (textile arts)
12:30pm — 2:30pm
South Cowichan Book a Librarian
2:00pm — 3:00pm
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Tea Thursday
All day
Chemainus Textile Circle
10:00am — 12:00pm
Book a Librarian
10:00am — 1:00pm
Family Storytime at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
The Knit Wits (Bowser textile group)
1:00pm — 3:00pm
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Baby Rhyme Time at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
Naloxone Training
11:00am
Tech Help
1:30pm — 2:30pm
2
Board Game Saturday @ Parksville Library
10:00am — 5:00pm
Port Hardy Writers Group
10:00am — 11:30am
Death Cafe
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Knitters at the Library
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Needlecraft Circle
3:00pm — 5:00pm
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Shut Up & Write: Nanaimo
2:30pm — 4:30pm
4
Coffee Morning
10:30am — 12:00pm
Virtual Gardening Series – Tropical Orchids in Your Home
6:30pm — 8:00pm
5
Knitting Group
10:00am — 12:00pm
Tea with Death Doula
10:00am — 12:00pm
Meditation Made Easy
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Cowichan Tech Help
12:30pm — 8:00pm
Tech Tuesday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
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Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Shut Up & Write
10:00am — 12:30pm
Parksville Library Knitting Group (textile arts)
12:30pm — 2:30pm
South Cowichan Book a Librarian
2:00pm — 3:00pm
Book Chat
2:00pm — 3:00pm
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Tea Thursday
All day
Chemainus Textile Circle
10:00am — 12:00pm
Family Storytime at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
The Knit Wits (Bowser textile group)
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Needlecraft Circle
3:00pm — 5:00pm
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8
Baby Rhyme Time at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
Naloxone Training
11:00am
Open Mic
12:30pm — 2:00pm
Tech Help
1:30pm — 2:30pm
9
Red Dress Beading with Elaine
10:30am — 2:30pm
Oceanside Chess Club
11:00am — 3:00pm
Knitters at the Library
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Writers’ Drop-in with Kelsey Andrews
2:00pm — 4:00pm
The Long Sixties: stories from the New Left
2:00pm — 3:00pm
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Shut Up & Write: Nanaimo
2:30pm — 4:30pm
11
Coffee Morning
10:30am — 12:00pm
Scrabble Drop-in
1:30pm — 3:30pm
12
Knitting Group
10:00am — 12:00pm
Meditation Made Easy
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Cowichan Tech Help
12:30pm — 8:00pm
Ayurveda for Everyday Island Living
1:30pm — 2:30pm
Tech Tuesday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
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13
Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Shut Up & Write
10:00am — 12:30pm
Parksville Library Knitting Group (textile arts)
12:30pm — 2:30pm
South Cowichan Book a Librarian
2:00pm — 3:00pm
Crafternoon
3:30pm — 5:00pm
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14
Tea Thursday
All day
Chemainus Textile Circle
10:00am — 12:00pm
Family Storytime at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
The Knit Wits (Bowser textile group)
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Needlecraft Circle
3:00pm — 5:00pm
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15
Baby Rhyme Time at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
Naloxone Training
11:00am
16
Reader’s Choice: A Different Kind of Book Club
10:00am — 11:30am
Writing for Children – with Sylvia Thomson
10:30am — 12:30pm
Oceanside Chess Club
11:00am — 3:00pm
Knitters at the Library
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Open Mic for Writers
2:00pm — 4:00pm
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17
Shut Up & Write: Nanaimo
2:30pm — 4:30pm
18
Coffee Morning
10:30am — 12:00pm
19
Knitting Group
10:00am — 12:00pm
Meditation Made Easy
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Cowichan Tech Help
12:30pm — 8:00pm
Cooks & Books: Let’s Make Energy Balls!
12:30pm — 2:00pm
Tech Tuesday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
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Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Shut Up & Write
10:00am — 12:30pm
TRC #57: Dr. Aaron Mills
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Parksville Library Knitting Group (textile arts)
12:30pm — 2:30pm
South Cowichan Book a Librarian
2:00pm — 3:00pm
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21
Tea Thursday
All day
Chemainus Textile Circle
10:00am — 12:00pm
Family Storytime at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
The Knit Wits (Bowser textile group)
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Needlecraft Circle
3:00pm — 5:00pm
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22
Baby Rhyme Time at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
Naloxone Training
11:00am
Tech Help
12:30pm — 1:30pm
23
Oceanside Chess Club
11:00am — 3:00pm
Book Bedazzling
11:00am — 2:00pm
Knitters at the Library
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Needlecraft Circle
3:00pm — 5:00pm
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
Shut Up & Write: Nanaimo
2:30pm — 4:30pm
25
Coffee Morning
10:30am — 12:00pm
Scrabble Drop-in
1:30pm — 3:30pm
Reader’s Choice Afternoon Edition
2:00pm — 3:30pm
26
Knitting Group
10:00am — 12:00pm
Meditation Made Easy
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Tech Tuesday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
Tech Help
2:00pm — 5:00pm
Tech Help
3:00pm — 6:00pm
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Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Shut Up & Write
10:00am — 12:30pm
Parksville Library Knitting Group (textile arts)
12:30pm — 2:30pm
South Cowichan Book a Librarian
2:00pm — 3:00pm
Reading Around the World Book Club: Germany
2:00pm — 3:00pm
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Tea Thursday
All day
Chemainus Textile Circle
10:00am — 12:00pm
Family Storytime at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
The Knit Wits (Bowser textile group)
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Writers Support Group
2:00pm — 3:30pm
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29
Baby Rhyme Time at Nanaimo North
10:30am — 11:00am
Naloxone Training
11:00am
Open Mic
12:30pm — 2:00pm
Tech Help
1:30pm — 2:30pm
30
Oceanside Chess Club
11:00am — 3:00pm
Knitters at the Library
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Needlecraft Circle
3:00pm — 5:00pm
31
Queer Crafternoon
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Shut Up & Write: Nanaimo
2:30pm — 4:30pm
1
Coffee Morning
10:30am — 12:00pm
Virtual Gardening Series – Crop Rotation
6:30pm — 8:00pm
2
Knitting Group
10:00am — 12:00pm
Tea with Death Doula
10:00am — 12:00pm
Meditation Made Easy
12:00pm — 1:00pm
Tech Tuesday
2:00pm — 3:30pm
Tech Help
2:00pm — 5:00pm
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3
Tech Help
10:00am — 1:00pm
Shut Up & Write
10:00am — 12:30pm
Parksville Library Knitting Group (textile arts)
12:30pm — 2:30pm
South Cowichan Book a Librarian
2:00pm — 3:00pm
Crafternoon
3:30pm — 5:00pm
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4
Tea Thursday
All day
Chemainus Textile Circle
10:00am — 12:00pm
The Knit Wits (Bowser textile group)
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Needlecraft Circle
3:00pm — 5:00pm
Table Top Games
4:00pm — 7:00pm
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5
Naloxone Training
11:00am
Tech Help
1:30pm — 2:30pm
6
Board Game Saturday @ Parksville Library
10:00am — 5:00pm
Port Hardy Writers Group
10:00am — 11:30am
Death Cafe
1:00pm — 3:00pm
Knitters at the Library
2:00pm — 4:00pm
Needlecraft Circle
3:00pm — 5:00pm
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