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April 2024FAMILY HISTORY FAIR
Are you interested in learning more about your family history? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Alberta Genealogical Society Red Deer Branch are hosting a FREE Family History Fair on Saturday April 27, 2024 from 8:30 to 4:00 pm. Doors open at 8:15 am. There are sessions to help you learn how to do family history in a variety of ways for the beginner and those with some experience.
The event is FREE but registration in required. The event will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 3002 47 Ave Red Deer.
- For more information, session descriptions, schedule, and registration link go to the website at: https://rdfamilyhistoryfair.blogspot.com
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April 20242024 Family History Fair
Are you interested in learning more about your family history? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints and the Alberta Genealogical Society Red Deer Branch are hosting a Free Family History Fair on
Saturday, April 27, 2024 from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Doors open at 8:15 am. There are sessions to help
you learn how to do family history in a variety of ways for the beginner and those with some experience.
The event is Free but registration is required. The event will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints at 3002 47 Ave, Red Deer.
For more information, session descriptions, schedule, and registration link go to the website at:
https://rdfamilyhistoryfair.blogspot.com
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April 2024Mountain Bluebird Workshop
Ellis Bird Farm's site manager Carolyn and biologist Natalia are excited to bring this workshop, where they'll discuss all things Mountain Bluebird! This workshop will feature information about bluebirds, how to start your own nestbox trail, maintaining a nestbox trail, monitoring nestboxes, and completing nest checks. If you've been wanting to start your own bluebird trail, then this is certainly the workshop for you. It will run Saturday, April 27 from 1-3pm and is only $10 per person.
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April 2024Monthly Walk in make and take gemstone bracelet workshop
Time: 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Crystals and Sun Signs, 6782 50th Ave Bay #4
$10 each bracelet, no prepayment or booking required! FCFS
1. walk in, get your elastic
2. sit down and pick your beads
3. enjoy your creation!
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May 2024Community Show and Tell
As part of the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)'s Community Consultation, you're invited to join us for one of five free, interactive, arts-based workshops this May. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback, and we'll work collaboratively to explore potential programs and initiatives through art!
Community Show and Tell (May 1, 5:30-8 pm)
Learn about how we chose to collect the things we do and come prepared to share something of yours that you think represents you, your story or our collective social history.
We’ll show you some of our artefacts and share their stories, or sometimes mysteries, with you. You’ll bring an item (photo, or object) from home and be prepared to share why you feel it belongs in a museum.
Suitable for ages 13+. To join us for this free program, please register on the MAG's website.
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May 2024Introduction to Permaculture - featuring The Canadian Food Garage
(see poster)
May 4, 11am to Noon at Balmoral Community Hall
To register call 403-346-5613 or online at parklandgarcen.ca
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May 2024Chalk Drawings
As part of the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)'s Community Consultation, you're invited to join us for one of five free, interactive, arts-based workshops this May. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback, and we'll work collaboratively to explore potential programs and initiatives through art!
Chalk Drawings (May 4, 1:30-4 pm)
Rain or shine, we’ll be facilitating a discussion around placemaking and asking you to chalk up your interpretation of what a museum + art gallery represents for you in your life in our community.
Suitable for ages 13+, children may accompany adults. To join us for this free program, please register on the MAG's website.
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May 2024Patchwork
As part of the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)'s Community Consultation, you're invited to join us for one of five free, interactive, arts-based workshops this May. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback, and we'll work collaboratively to explore potential programs and initiatives through art!
Patchwork (May 10, 6-8 pm)
Create a quilt patch that represents what you’d like to see at your museum + art gallery, then have your patch photographed to be included in our virtually stitched together quilt.
For ages 18+. To join us for this free program, please register on the MAG's website.
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May 2024Kids Workshop: (3yrs+) Mother's Day Succulent
May 11 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Cost: $12+GST
(see poster)
Register online at parklandgarden.ca and click on top right corner for workshops or call 403-346-5613.
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May 2024CNIB at the Library - Tech Help
Presented by Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).
This tech help program is for anyone using assistive technology or anyone with questions on using this technology such as Daisy Readers, Smart Keyboards and more.
Registration is required for these programs.
Register online at rdpl.org or phone 403-346-4576 to reserve your spot.
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May 2024CNIB at the Library - Café
Presented by Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).
Connect with others who are living with sight loss. Join us for coffee, conversation and support.
Registration is required for these programs. Register online at rdpl.org or phone 403-346-4576 to reserve your spot.
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May 2024Bee Collage Art Workshop
Join Ellis Nature Centre and local artist Lauren Cowles for a bee art collage workshop on Ellis Nature Centre's opening day, Monday, May 20! Participants are sure to leave this workshop buzzing with excitement for the wonderful bee themed artwork they made. The class will take place from 10am-1pm and is $55 per person, which covers all required materials. Anyone aged 12+ is welcome to attend for what is sure to be a wonderful, creative filled morning. Only 20 spots are available, so don't miss out!
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May 2024AWES Berry Shrub Planting
On May 25, AWES will be on the Ellis Nature Centre site hosting a day full of planting fruit and food shrubs. We need your help to plant as many shrubs and bushes as possible so we can create & enhance habitat for the wildlife on our site.
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May 2024'Zines
As part of the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)'s Community Consultation, you're invited to join us for one of five free, interactive, arts-based workshops this May. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback, and we'll work collaboratively to explore potential programs and initiatives through art!
'Zines (May 25, 1-4 pm)
Create a collage of cutouts to tell a story you think belongs in a museum + art gallery. Creations will be photographed and collated into an online interactive ZINE that lives on the MAG’s site.
Suitable for all ages. To join us for this free program, please register on the MAG's website.
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May 2024Citizen Science Butterfly Count Training
Join Dr. Delano Lewis's Butterfly Species Count project at Ellis Nature Centre. Dr. Lewis from Burman University is reaching out to Central Albertans to assist in this Citizen Science project. The training session will help you learn how to identify butterflies and conduct the butterfly counts. Butterfly count volunteers will conduct 1 hour butterfly counts throughout the summer at ENC, adding essential data to this multi-year project. Training sessions are free and refreshments will be served.
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May 2024Seeding Hopes & Dreams
As part of the Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery (MAG)'s Community Consultation, you're invited to join us for one of five free, interactive, arts-based workshops this May. Participants will have the opportunity to provide feedback, and we'll work collaboratively to explore potential programs and initiatives through art!
Seeding Hopes & Dreams (May 31, 5:30-8 pm)
Just in time for planting, you’re invited to create something that articulates your hopes and dreams for our community, museum, art gallery, collective history on seeded paper. Each creation will be intertwined with one another and hung outside of the MAG and we’ll see what crops up!
Suggested for ages 13+. To join us for this free program, please register on the MAG's website.
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June 2024Hummingbird Planter Workshop
Join Ellis Nature Centre on Saturday, June 1 as we make hummingbird planters! The flowers and plants on hand will be selected with the purpose of attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators to your yard. The knowledgeable folks from Parkland Garden Centre will also be on hand to help with planter design. The $80 fee allows each participant to make one planter to take home with them. Pick between two times - 11am or 1pm. There are only 20 spots available in each time block and this workshop always fills fast, so don't wait to register!
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June 2024Hummingbird Planter Workshop
Join Ellis Nature Centre on Saturday, June 1 as we make hummingbird planters! The flowers and plants on hand will be selected with the purpose of attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators to your yard. The knowledgeable folks from Parkland Garden Centre will also be on hand to help with planter design. The $80 fee allows each participant to make one planter to take home with them. Pick between two times - 11am or 1pm. There are only 20 spots available in each time block and this workshop always fills fast, so don't wait to register!
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June 2024Medicine Wheel Quilled Earring Workshop
Join Ellis Nature Centre on Sunday, June 2 from 1-4pm as we host Sharon L’Hirondelle-Whiskeyjack, an Alberta Plains Cree Elder & Creator. In this workshop, she'll be sharing her knowledge of porcupines and the medicine wheel as participants learn to make their own medicine wheel quilled earrings. The fee for this class is $50 and there are only 20 spots available.
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June 2024Lino Cut Bird Print Workshop
Local artist Erin Boake will be joining Ellis Nature Centre on Saturday, June 8 from 1-3pm for what's sure to be an amazing art workshop! She'll teach participants how to make their own lino cut outline of a bird, to then create a unique print from their lino cut. The fee for the workshop is $40. The age for the workshop is 8+ so while it is kid focused, adults are welcome too!
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June 2024Citizen Science Butterfly Count Training
Join Dr. Delano Lewis's Butterfly Species Count project at Ellis Nature Centre. Dr. Lewis from Burman University is reaching out to Central Albertans to assist in this Citizen Science project. The training session will help you learn how to identify butterflies and conduct the butterfly counts. Butterfly count volunteers will conduct 1 hour butterfly counts throughout the summer at ENC, adding essential data to this multi-year project. Training sessions are free and refreshments will be served.
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June 2024CNIB at the Library - Tech Help
Presented by Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).
This tech help program is for anyone using assistive technology or anyone with questions on using this technology such as Daisy Readers, Smart Keyboards and more.
Registration is required for these programs.
Register online at rdpl.org or phone 403-346-4576 to reserve your spot.
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June 2024CNIB at the Library - Café
Presented by Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB).
Connect with others who are living with sight loss. Join us for coffee, conversation and support.
Registration is required for these programs. Register online at rdpl.org or phone 403-346-4576 to reserve your spot.
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June 2024Pollinator Walk & Talk
Join Ellis Nature Centre for a pollinator walk & talk in celebration of pollinator week! Charity Briere will be on our site on June 23 from 1-2pm to teach participants about various native pollinators & talk them on a walk to search for them. This event is free, but pre-registration is strongly encouraged and appreciated to ensure we have enough people in attendance!
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July 2024Summer Adventures at Red Deer Polytechnic
This summer, don't wait for the fun to find you; go out and find it with Summer Adventures at Red Deer Polytechnic! Whether your interest lies in creative arts, dance, music, sports or theatre, Summer Adventures at Red Deer Polytechnic has a camp to help you grow and develop your talents, build friendships and have fun!
Camps:
- Dance Like a Royal Dance Camps
- Kings & Queens Sports Camps
- Artstrek
- MusiCamp Alberta
- SummerScapes
For more information, visit rdpolytech.ca/SummerAdventures