Calgary Public Library
Calgary Public Library: Celebrate Community with Wish Together, Grow Together
Buying gifts for others, baking cookies for neighbours, and singing songs about peace and goodwill: Christmas is a natural time to celebrate the power and joy of community! For many people, Calgary Public Library is the centre of their community, with free resources to enhance life, a place to work,
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Locked Library: Island Escape
Locked Library: Island Escape is coming on November 21, 2025. There are worse things than being stranded on a tropical island, right? But can you escape?! This event is great for both seasoned detectives and first-time players. Puzzle difficulty is geared toward adults, and while families have successfully escaped the
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Let Your Imagination Grow with Calgary Public Library’s Ultimate Summer Challenge!
Ah, those long, lazy summer days when I was a kid … playing outside, fighting with my brother over week-long Monopoly games, and curling up with a giant stack of books from the library. My summers look a little different now, but they still include a giant stack of books
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Free Drop-in Family Storytime at Your Calgary Public Library
Drop into your local library for stories, songs and fingerplays your young family will enjoy. No registration is required and everyone is welcome, although the program is recommended for ages 2 – 5. Follow the link listed below to find times and locations and search Family Storytime. Drop-In Family Storytime
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Join Calgary Firefighters for Storytime at Calgary Public Library
Join Calgary Firefighters at the Calgary Public Library for Firefighter Storytime! At various times of the year, children and families can participate in weekly Firefighter Storytimes at select Library locations, featuring a story read by a local firefighter, and a tour of a working fire engine (availability and weather permitting).
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Calgary Public Library My First Bookshelf – FREE Books For You to Love
Early literacy is so important in a child’s life – and so much fun! The Calgary Public Library is launching My First Bookshelf, in partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. They will fill your child’s home bookshelf and foster a love of reading for the whole family! With the My
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Adventure in an Afternoon: Early Learning Centres at the Calgary Public Library
January 2020 Have you ever wanted to hunt dinosaur bones or fly a helicopter? Maybe you’ll find the perfect book in a forest or settle down to read in a rainbow! The Early Learning Centres at the Calgary Public Library have been revitalized over the last few years to make
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Three Reasons to Visit the Calgary Central Library This Winter (And Always!)
January 2019 I have always loved libraries, with their rows of books and the endless worlds to which you could escape. Growing up, I would walk down to our small-town library with my brother and cousins. We would confidently proclaim that we could read every book on a certain shelf over
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The New Central Library is Now Open!
October 2018 The 240,000-square-foot Central Library, located in East Village is now open. Did you know a Library membership is free to all Calgarians? Visit www.calgarylibrary.ca or sign-up in person. And in honour of the opening, there will be city-wide FREE transit on November 3 from 7 am to 7
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Kids Can Have Firetruck Adventures at Calgary Public Library’s Engine 23 (Central Library)
January 2017 Do your kids love fire trucks? Of course, don’t we all?! At the Central Library’s Engine 23 interactive installation, kids can put on their fire hats, pull on their coats, and act out their favourite fire truck daydreams and fantasies. Engine 23 at the Library is approaching its
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