As a book nerd, every year I set some reading goals for myself. Last year I wanted to read 100 books, and I surpassed that goal and read 106 books by the end of the year - thanks to pandemic life! Not only do I normally set a numeric goal, but I also set some more generic goals as well.…
Hello! My name is Corianne Rattai. I am a practicum student at the Medicine Hat Public Library. It's been a great experience so far at the Library, meeting all the wonderful staff who work here and getting to know a little of what each of them do. Also, getting to know the different tasks…
This month at MHPL we are introducing Community Journals! These are blank journals that any patron of MHPL can check-out and add their own thoughts and ideas to. By the end of the year our hope is to have a collection of stories, memories, and artwork created by the community that can…
Hey everyone! When I’m not at the library you’ll often find me working on my art. You may have already seen my blog posts on Urban Sketching. My main creative love is painting, and I’ve been doing…
In a normal year, we would have invited you to the Library for cake and a fun event with games, prizes, and probably a photo booth (that's our go-to). But this isn't any normal year. So instead, we're celebrating our 105th Anniversary by giving away a pandemic-approved…
We are partnering with the Canadian Mental Health Association Alberta Southeast Region (CMHA) to offer a series of Mental Health Sessions in our Library Theatre over three Saturday afternoons in November & December. Details of each presentation are…
Medicine Hat Public Library welcomes five
local authors to its second annual Local Authors Meet and Greet on Nov. 23.Each of the five authors – Ben Coxson,
Olivia M. Geib, Frank Krulicki, Pam Roberston Rivet and Cody Wheeler – either currently
lives or has previously lived in the Medicine…...read more