Western Manitoba Regional Library

Saturday, December 4
10:00-11:00 am
Held over Zoom

With a growing trend to live, share, and experience our lives through the medium of social media, we are increasingly at risk for a variety of mental health stressors. This presentation, facilitated by the Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute, explores the impact of social disconnection, the technology-driven culture of perfectionism and the relentless fear of missing out (FOMO).

Access to/use of cameras and microphones are strongly recommended.

To register, please email programs@wmrl.ca. The Library would like to thank and acknowledge Westman Mental Wellness and Suicide Prevention Association for providing grant funding that made this program possible.

Facilitated by Kendal
Ages 5+
Downtown Brandon branch
Saturdays, October 2, November 6, & December 4
10:30– 11:15 am

New LEGO building challenges will be presented to participants each month, along with LEGO-themed adaptations of classic games. This program is free to attend and all LEGO will be supplied by the Library. Spots will be limited and masks will be mandatory for all participants. We also require that guardians fill out a COVID-19 questionnaire for their child prior to the program. To sign-up, please email programs@wmrl.ca

General Interest: 1st OR 2nd Monday of the month, 7:00 pm

All Library Book Clubs are self-run at this time and meet virtually over Zoom or outdoors in a socially distanced setting (when restrictions and weather permit).

The Library provides book club kits free of charge and we offer a wide variety of titles to choose from.

Those looking to join a book club can email programs@wmrl.ca to be connected to a group.

Facilitated by Paige
Geared towards a preschool audience
Wednesdays at 10:30 am

Follow us @WMRLibrary on Instagram and tune in for new read alouds every Wednesday. Paige surprises us with a different theme each week! Some weeks offer accompanying crafts that can be picked up from the Brandon Shoppers Mall branch (or recreated at home)!

Videos will remain accessible on our social media for 24 hours after the Livestream, in compliance with publisher permissions.

Hosted by The Brandon Scrabble Club
Held at Downtown Brandon branch
Wednesdays, beginning October 6
1:00-4:00 pm

Join members of The Brandon Scrabble Club for an afternoon of Scrabble, coffee, and laughs. Scrabble boards are provided by the club and all levels of skill are welcome.

No registration is required for this program. Please note that due to COVID-19 concerns and public health orders, all participants will be required to wear masks and to provide proof of vaccination in order to participate.

Facilitated by Alex
Meetings are held virtually over Zoom on alternating Wednesdays:
October 13 & 27, November 10 & 24, December 8 & 22
7:00-9:00 pm

Submission deadlines for reading materials are due to alex@wmrl.ca on October 20, November 3 & 17, December 1 & 15

Submissions are limited to 1000 words each.

This Creative Writing program follows a workshop model. The group meets virtually every two weeks to provide each other with feedback on works in progress. In the intervening weeks, participants email their work to Alex, who then distributes the writing to everyone in the group. No previous writing experience is necessary!

Registration is required. Please email programs@wmrl.ca to get signed up.