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Historic Calgary Week
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Historic Calgary Week

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NEW! Flipster for Free Digital Magazines
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NEW! Flipster for Free Digital Magazines

Now you can read full colour, full text magazines online for free with Flipster. All you need is your Library card!

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Creativity Club for Kids
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Creativity Club for Kids

Explore your interests and question the world around you to make a positive difference in the world.

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Join the TD Summer Reading Club
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Join the TD Summer Reading Club

Kids can "Discover the World" all summer at the Library and enter to win a Toys "R" Us gift card and weekly prizes.

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Start an Adventure with Engine 23
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Start an Adventure with Engine 23

Meet Engine 23, our new interactive installation for kids at the Central Library!

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The Gruffalo by The Jabberwocky Players
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The Gruffalo by The Jabberwocky Players

Learn about musical instruments and story characters in this musical and interactive presentation.

Featured / E-Library
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eMagazine of the Month
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eMagazine of the Month

In Our Canada magazine's June/July issue, explore British Columbia's Calvert Island, read about art inspired by Canada, and much more.

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Prepare for the Citizenship Exam
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Prepare for the Citizenship Exam

Learn about Canada during an afternoon class or at an in-depth workshop with Immigrant Services Calgary.

Featured / Adults
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Networking for Job Search Success
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Networking for Job Search Success

Looking for work? Learn how to create new opportunities and exchange ideas and leads.

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Small Business Tuesdays
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Small Business Tuesdays

Get small business research support from the experts. Small Business Tuesdays run every Tuesday night at the Central Library.

Featured / E-Library
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OverDrive eBooks for Summer Reading
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OverDrive eBooks for Summer Reading

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Computer Technology Coaching
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Computer Technology Coaching

Books / By the Cover
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...By Its Cover
Legoland Today I Learned It Was You The Last Days of Magic Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine
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...By Its Cover

The most alluring, effective book covers we've seen in fiction so far this year.

recommended by Phil_R

Movies / Best of the West
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Tales from the Old West
True Grit The Magnificent Seven For A Few Dollars More Rio Bravo
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Tales from the Old West

Cowboys and outlaws, gunfights and romance... Borrow or place a hold on some of the top movie sagas on how the West was won.

recommended by Lanni_T

Fiction / eBooks
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This is Not a Western
Blood Meridian, Or, The Evening Redness in the West The Sisters Brothers The Gunslinger Cowboys & Aliens
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This is Not a Western

Try these subversive Western or Western-inspired titles for a satisfying read that is so much more than cowboys and gunfights.

recommended by Kristin_M_M

Kids / Fiction
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July 2016 Staff Picks for Kids
Whose Eye Am I? Steve, Raised by Wolves Pink Is for Blobfish Baa Baa Smart Sheep
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July 2016 Staff Picks for Kids

This month's recommendations for kids from Calgary Public Library.

recommended by CalgaryLibrary_Kids

Fiction / Worth Reading
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Summer Reading
The Weekenders Beautiful Ruins A Hundred Summers Beautiful Day
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Summer Reading

We might not have a beach here in Calgary, but we still have beach reads! Enjoy these breezy stories wherever you like.

recommended by Jessica_c

Books / Worth Reading
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July 2016 Staff Picks for Adults
Grief Is the Thing With Feathers Sergio Y The Queen of the Night Smoke
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July 2016 Staff Picks for Adults

This month's recommendations from Calgary Public Library.

recommended by CalgaryLibrary_Adults

Library / Check It Out
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Great Summer Reads
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Great Summer Reads

Download or pick up our Librarian-approved 2016 Year of Reading Guides to keep everyone reading this summer!

Share / Teens
Best of Youth Read Week Two
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Best of Youth Read Week Two
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Turns out you're talented mangaka, too!  Here are our judges' picks for week two and the Manga Menagerie challenge.

Community / Learning
Understanding Video Games
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Understanding Video Games
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This summer learn more about video games through a free 10-lesson online self-study program from the University of Alberta, Faculty of Arts.

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Take the Million Question Challenge!
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Take the Million Question Challenge!

The Million Question Challenge is the Library’s brand new summer contest for kids aged 6-12. How many questions can you ask this summer?

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