Market to Market talk at the Library

January 19, 2008

Looking for something to do this afternoon? Join Tom Pink and friends at the Owen Sound Public Library for a Market to Market talk. The vendors and patrons of the Owen Sound Farmers Market have recently made a “market to market” donation to the Market Vendors AIDS Project (MAVAP) in in Uganda. Rosemary, a representative of MAVAP is in Owen Sound today. After spending the morning at the market there will be a public talk this afternoon in the library auditorium at 2:00 p.m.

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Magic Workshop at the Owen Sound Public Library

January 16, 2008

January 19, 2008
11:00 am	to	12:00 pm

Owen Sound Little Theatre and The Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library are pleased to present a Magic Workshop with Ted Outerbridge on Saturday Jan 19 at 11am in the Auditorium, downstairs at the Library. This free Magic Workshop is available to children ages 8 and up and is limited to 30 participants. All participants will receive a copy of Outerbridge’s Magical Moments in Time book, which contains illustrated instructions for ten different magic tricks.

Ted Outerbridge, an award-winning world-class illusionist provides face-to-face advice on performing these great magic tricks. Each participant will also receive a $2 off coupon for family-priced tickets to attend the evening show at the Roxy “Magic Moments in Time” - a fabulous family magic show.

Tickets for the workshop will be available to pick up from Children and Youth Services at the Library. For more information call the Library at 519-376-6623 ext. 4. For tickets to the evening performance call the Roxy Box Office at 519-371-2833.

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The Library Presents Awesome Owls

July 11, 2007

The following is a press release provided to us by Beth Hall at the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Library. Thanks Beth for sending us news of your event! If any of our readers have an event going on that they would like promoted on theOwen.com, just contact us!

On Wednesday, July 18th the Library presents Awesome Owls, a wildlife show with live birds to celebrate the release of the seventh, and final Harry Potter book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”.

The Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library welcomes the University of Guelph’s Wildlife Education and Environmental Programs. WEEP will be bringing 3 live owls to share with audiences in the Library’s auditorium. This program aims to educate and excite people of all ages about these magnificent birds.

The first show has already sold out! A second show has been added at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday July 18th. This program is best suited for children ages 5 and up. Purchase your tickets early to avoid disappointment. Tickets are $4.00 each and are available at the Circulation Desk in the Library.

Awesome Owls is part of the Library’s Harry Potter extravaganza week. We will be showing the first four Harry Potter movies on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Auditorium. Also, as part of the TD Summer Reading Club, there is a “Design a Harry Potter Movie Poster” contest. All poster submissions received by July 16th will be entered into a random draw to win a ticket to the Ginger Press Book Store’s Harry Potter Party and a copy of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”. The Library gratefully acknowledges the generosity of Maryann Thomas and the Ginger Press.

For more information about these and other events at the Library contact Nadia Danyluk, Children and Youth Services Librarian at 519-376-6623 ext. 4, or check out the Library’s website at www.owensound.library.on.ca , and join us at the Library for a very magical summer!

For more information, contact:
Nadia Danyluk
Children & Youth Services Librarian
Tel: 519 376-6623 ext 4
Fax: 519 376-7170
Email: ndanyluk@owensound.library.on.ca

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The Take at the Owen Sound Public Library

March 16, 2007

The Grey-Bruce Coalition for Peace and Justice present: The Take, a film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein, at the Owen Sound & North Grey Public Library. A moderated discussion to follow the film.

There is No Admission Charge.

A bit more about the film (Official Film Site)

Synopsis

In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed auto-parts workers walk into their idle factory, roll out sleeping mats and refuse to leave.

All they want is to re-start the silent machines. But this simple act - The Take - has the power to turn the globalization debate on its head.

In the wake of Argentina’s dramatic economic collapse in 2001, Latin America’s most prosperous middle class finds itself in a ghost town of abandoned factories and mass unemployment. The Forja auto plant lies dormant until its former employees take action. They’re part of a daring new movement of workers who are occupying bankrupt businesses and creating jobs in the ruins of the failed system.

But Freddy, the president of the new worker’s co-operative, and Lalo, the political powerhouse from the Movement of Recovered Companies, know that their success is far from secure. Like every workplace occupation, they have to run the gauntlet of courts, cops and politicians who can either give their project legal protection or violently evict them from the factory.

for more info contact gbpeace@rbhope.ca

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