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…
Want to use a good book to connect with us and other fellow readers? Register for one of our monthly book club meets! We have an adult book club, a political book club, and a brand new TEEN book club. Read on for the details of our November meetings.
The horror genre contains stories that are meant to frighten, scare, and elicit a sense of dread in the reader or viewer. I think we all have a rough idea of what horror stories are, but where did this genre start?
In one week we’ll be waving goodbye to the Lambeosaurus skull cast that's been at Medicine Hat Public Library for the past 12 months.To be removed on Sept. 24, the skull cast was on loan to us from the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology. As part of its celebrations to mark its 40th anniversary last year, the world-renowned museum established a Pops-Ups program and sent displays to 10 libraries across Alberta. The skull cast belongs to a nearly complete skeleton that was found at dig site in the Manyberries area, about 70 kilometres south…...read more
