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Tickets are now available for ‘The Library Presents’ new season of great arts activities happening in 19 Libraries across the County.
The Autumn season of fabulous events starts on Saturday 15 September. The opening weekend includes ‘The Walrus and The Carpenter’ (photo), an amazing puppetry performance and workshop for families in Soham Library, a beautiful mosaic workshop in Cambourne Library and exciting Samba Drumming workshop in March Library, or you could join DIY instrument-making workshops in Ramsey Library on Sunday 16 September.
There is much more; ‘The Library Presents’ full programme appeals to all ages and interests, it includes performances of dance, music, puppetry, comedy and theatre as well as workshops in music, art, writing and performance skills. Activities continue until Saturday 15 December.
You can book tickets by visiting participating libraries, by phoning the box office 01223 357 851 or by visiting our website www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/arts
You can also find a copy of the full programme brochure on the website and at participating libraries.
The Library Presents team are looking for volunteers to help with setting up our Libraries for events. If you are interested in volunteering, please get in touch with our team at TheLibraryPresents@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or 01223 706 779
Follow The Library Presents on Facebook and Instagram for the latest news.
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Have your children completed the challenge?
Almost 7,000 children have taken part in the
Summer Reading Challenge this summer!
Make sure your children don’t miss out on
collecting a medal and certificate.
There is still time for them to complete the
challenge – in fact we have extended the finish date to Saturday 15th
September!
Just pop in to the library where they registered
to take part and they can tell us about the books they have been reading – remember,
they have to read 6 to complete the challenge. Your children will then receive
their invitation to a special award ceremony, where they will be presented with
their medal and certificate.
Come on Mischief Makers! Let’s see if
we can beat the number of challenge finishers that we had last year!
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The
libraries are now providing an exciting FREE course for parents and carers to
help you foster a love of stories, books and reading with your child.
Falling in Love with Reading is a short (3 week) FREE course for parents and
carers of children aged from 3 to 7 years. It will explore the importance of
letting children select their own books, learning through play and stories that
reflect shared culture & tradition.
Falling in Love with Reading courses will be taking place in the following
libraries this autumn: Arbury, Cambridge
Central, Huntingdon, Ely, Littleport, March, Soham, Whittlesey and Wisbech Libraries, with more locations to follow!
The sessions are delivered by fully trained library staff with a supporting book
collections, specially curated by our colleagues in Adult Learning and Skills -
for course participants to borrow to continue their learning at home.
You can sign up for this FREE course now by dropping into one of the participating
libraries or contacting us on 0345 045 5225.
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The second What’s On in Cambridgeshire Libraries brochure
will be published this October.
Pick up a
copy in libraries, Local Community Libraries and
Mobiles to find out about all the amazing and varied events and
activities taking place in our Libraries between October and December.
As ever,
we have a full programme of fascinating guest speakers for the monthly
over-50’s Engage sessions, as well as a host of fabulous activities for
families during the autumn half term holiday. However, you can also see when
our regular Rhymetimes, Storytimes, Lego Clubs, Games Clubs (for both children
and adults) and Homework Clubs are taking place. Along with Family History Drop
Ins, Author Events, Christmas Crafts, and much more.
You may be surprised what
is going on for you in your local library!
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Starting this month we
will be offering term time after school Homework Clubs in our larger libraries.
Please check with individual libraries for their start date:
- Central Library Cambridge:
Mondays, 4-5pm
- Huntingdon: Wednesdays, 4-5pm
- St Neots: Wednesdays 4-5pm
- St Ives: Fridays, 4-5pm
- Ely: Fridays, 3.30-4.30pm
- March: Fridays, 3.30-4.30pm
- Wisbech: Tuesdays, 4-5pm
The clubs will offer:
- free use of the computers and internet access
- help so you can find information
- free photocopies/print-outs for your homework
- sessions are free and no need to book
Aimed at primary school
children, but all ages are welcome. Parents/carers please stay with children
under 11.
Remember that children
can have free use of the computers and access to our resources any time the
library is open.
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What spaces do you occupy everyday?
What gestures do you use to do so?
How do you organise your daily life?
Join artist and architect Helen Stratford as she inhabits public spaces across Cambridge.
Friday 15 September 2-4pm at a free event in Cambridge Central Library Entrance Foyer.
Equipped with a library of architectural,
diagrammatic books, light boxes, drawing tables, and templates from ergonomic
and medical contexts, Helen invites you to make your own organisational diagram
for something you do every day, week or month. Perhaps doing make up, waiting
for the bus, eating lunch or doing the school run.
This project is part of the engagement programme for a
permanent public artwork, ‘Corpus’ by Dalziel and Scullion, that has been
commissioned by the University of Cambridge for the new Capella building on the
Biomedical Campus.
Photo credit: Organisational Diagrams for Everyday Life,
Transitions 17 Middlesbrough 2018
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Sign up to our Library Extra Membership!
Library Extra
Membership gives you the same borrowing rights and access to services as our
free membership but with extra benefits.
Your annual
donation helps us to improve our service across all Cambridgeshire libraries,
improving the space and facilities as well as offering more events.
Here’s a snippet of
what you can expect from your Library Extra Membership:
Visit our webpage to
find out more information and the Library Extra
Membership option that best suits you.
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Take a look at this months recommended reads, booklist can be viewed HERE.
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Alternate Saturdays from Saturday 8 September FREE
10.30-11.30am: Scratch | 11.30am-12.30pm: Python
Aged 9-11 years? Would you like to learn to
make your own computer games? At Code Club you can learn how to make cool
games, animations and websites too!
Interested?
Ask at Central Library for a registration form. Limited spaces available.
Term-time only.
Or call: 0345 045 5225
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Saturday 13 October
All day - Display on Women’s Suffrage in Cambridge (Free event), 3rd
Floor Cambridge Central Library
2pm - Talk on Women’s Suffrage in Cambridge by Mary Burgess
of the Cambridgeshire Collection, Conference Room, Cambridge Central Library.
Copies of a new book ‘Cambridge Women and the Struggle for
the Vote’ by Sue Slack will also be on sale following the lecture.
Wednesday 31 October 5.15 pm
The Book Illustrations of Arthur Rackham (Free event) Conference Room, 3rd Floor Cambridge Central
Arthur Rackham, whose
illustrations for books such as The Wind in the Willows has given pleasure to
countless children, is one of the best loved book illustrators in the
twentieth-century. In 1944 his sister-in-law, Clara Rackham, presented
the Central Library in Cambridge with a collection of signed and numbered
editions of Arthur Rackham's books. Paul Shakeshaft, affiliated Lecturer
in the Department of the History of Art at Cambridge University, will give an
illustrated lecture on Arthur Rackham using examples taken from books
which are still in the possession of the library. There will be a small display
of the books and an opportunity to view them and to ask questions.
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From 1 September to 8 October, work will be
taking place to install a new lift and enclose the public staircase in St Neots
Library.
This work
is essential to improve fire safety provision and accessibility for all our
customers.
The
ground floor of the library will remain open throughout this period although
access to some facilities will be limited.
We aim to
continue with business as usual throughout this period and ensure that our
regular events are unaffected.
For
further information please contact StNeots.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
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Work is
due to commence on a new lift at Ely Library from Saturday 8 September until 17 October. This work is essential to improve fire
safety provision and provide accessibility for all.
The Library will remain open, apart from the
following days, 8, 10, 11, 17,18, 24 and 25 September and the 1, 2, 8, 9, 13,
15 and 16 October. There will be a mobile library
parked on the market place on Saturday the 8th September and
Saturday 13 October.
The lift will be unavailable during the
duration of the works, however the ‘Library at Home’ service is offering
temporary home visits to customers unable to access via the stairs and will
deliver books to customer’s homes. There is a contact number already displayed
on the library to alert customers. There will also be a book drop on the ground
floor while the work is carried out and a telephone number will be displayed on
the ground floor that is a direct line through to the library desk on the first
floor. Customers who cannot access the library and who require assisted digital
help with forms such as Blue Badge and Bus Pass Applications, can arrange an
appointment with library staff who will assist them at Ely Job Centre.
Staff
are also working with the East Cambridgeshire access group to ensure they are
aware of the special arrangements that are in place throughout this period. The service are also working closely with our room hires and partners to discuss access during closed periods to minimise any
inconvenience.
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