We don’t think we’re overstating it when we say the art currently on display on our lower level is some of the most inspiring we’ve ever had here.It’s the Recovery Creative Artworks exhibition, pieces done by people in recovery and treatment at Medicine Hat Recovery Centre. Megan Pollard, a recreation therapist…
Things never seem to stop at the Honeycomb House, and October will be no different.It starts on Oct. 1 with the first of two Adulting 101 sessions. This first one will focus on helping teens write resumes, which will hopefully lead to a job interview. Naturally, the second session will go over interview skills…
Southeastern Alberta’s deep dinosaur connection is growing right here at Medicine Hat Public Library. In celebration of its 40th anniversary, Royal Tyrrell Museum is establishing pop-up exhibits at libraries across Alberta starting in September. Medicine Hat Public Library is excited to announce our highlight…
Easy access to books is what we’re all about here and it’s doesn’t get any easier than the Little Free Libraries (LFL) that are scattered all over the city. Located in people’s yards and in greenspaces across Medicine Hat, they’re a very simple honour system-type library that doesn’t that doesn’t require users to have…
Medicine Hat Public Library’s main entrance will be closed next week as work begins to replace a crucial piece of the building’s heating and air conditioning system. Beginning Tuesday, workers will remove the heat coiling unit that is above the vestibule area at the library’s main upper-level door. The work is…
The Friends of the Medicine Hat Public Library continues to be there for us.The group is the current sponsor of our A Library Card for Every Hatter program after donating $5,000, enough to make library cards FREE for 1,000 adults in Medicine Hat (kids’ cards are always free). Friends member Sue Masterman…
For Marty, whose heart belongs to both the road and the page.May your journeys always lead to wonder, and your stories never find an end.In every passport stamp and well-worn book spine, you carry the spirit of adventure—quiet, curious,…
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
