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A Garden Visit with Tanis MacDonald

in partnership with Wordsworth Books
2022-10-18 19:00:00 2022-10-18 20:00:00 America/New_York A Garden Visit with Tanis MacDonald IN PERSON REGISTERED John M. Harper Branch - Community Room

Tuesday, October 18
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2022-10-18 19:00:00 2022-10-18 20:00:00 America/New_York A Garden Visit with Tanis MacDonald IN PERSON REGISTERED John M. Harper Branch - Community Room

John M. Harper Branch

Community Room

IN PERSON REGISTERED

Join us for an evening garden visit with Tanis MacDonald as she shares from her new book, Straggle - Adventures Walking While Female. 

In Straggle, Tanis MacDonald walks the reader down many paths, pointing out the sights, exclaiming over birds, sharing stories and asking questions about who gets to walk freely through our cities, parks and wilderness. She walks to understand the place she now calls home in Southern Ontario, catalogues the fauna around her and walks through illness. Wry, smart, political and lyrical, these essays share the joy and danger of walking, and uncovers its promise of healing, of companionship and of understanding.

Tanis MacDonald is an essayist, poet, professor and free-range literary animal. She is the host of the podcast Watershed Writers, and the author of Out of Line: Daring to Be an Artist Outside the Big City. Her essay Mondegreen Girls won the Open Seasons Award for Creative Nonfiction in 2021. She identifies as a bad birder, and lives near Ose’kowáhne in southwestern Ontario as a grateful guest on traditional Haudenosaunee territory.

This program is presented in partnership with Words Worth Books.

Programmer: Nancy

Tanis MacDonald

AGE GROUP: | Adults 19+ |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Clubs, Writing and Authors |

TAGS: | Special Event | Get Outside | Author Event | Adult learning |

John M. Harper Branch
Phone: 519-886-1310
Hours
We're closed Monday February 17 due to Family Day
Mon, Feb 17 Closed
(Family Day)
Tue, Feb 18 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Feb 19 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Feb 20 9:30AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Feb 21 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sat, Feb 22 9:30AM to 5:30PM
Sun, Feb 23 Closed
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About the branch

Located on the west side of Waterloo, the John M. Harper Branch shares a building with the Stork Family YMCA. It features soaring ceilings, dedicated study space (including 3 bookable study rooms), a large Community Room and an outdoor courtyard. 

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Mon, Feb 24, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Number Ninjas
Mon, Feb 24, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Knitting and Crochet Club
Mon, Feb 24, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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Explore Play Learn
Tue, Feb 25, 10:30am - 11:15am
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Seniors Social Club
Tue, Feb 25, 10:30am - 12:30pm
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Family Storytime
Tue, Feb 25, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Families Under the Rainbow - presented in partnership with SPECTRUM
Tue, Feb 25, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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Let Kindness Grow - Pink Shirt Day Activity
Wed, Feb 26, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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English Conversation Circle
Wed, Feb 26, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Learn Create Play
Thu, Feb 27, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Baby Sensory Tummy Time
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So That Democracy is Possible: Libraries & Civic Literacy - Freedom to Read Week Panel
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Saturday Stories
Sat, Mar 01, 10:30am - 11:15am
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Game On! Minute to Win It
Sat, Mar 01, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Community Art - with Laurelwood Neighbourhood Association
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Main Library Art Installation Reception
Sat, Mar 01, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Number Ninjas
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Seniors Social Club
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English Conversation Circle
Wed, Mar 05, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Literacy Carnival - with United for Literacy
Sat, Mar 08, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
John M. Harper Branch - Community Room
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Registration opens Thursday, February 27 2025 at 7:00pm
Comic Juggling Show - March Break Program
Mon, Mar 10, 10:30am - 11:15am
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Family Craft Extravaganza - March Break Program
Mon, Mar 10, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Mon, Mar 10, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
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Registration opens Monday, March 3 2025 at 12:00am
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Mon, Mar 10, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Registration opens Monday, March 3 2025 at 7:00pm
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Mon, Mar 10, 6:00pm - 6:45pm
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Registration opens Monday, March 3 2025 at 7:00pm
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Mon, Mar 10, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
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ESQ Face It: Learning About AI Tech - March Break Program
Tue, Mar 11, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Tue, Mar 11, 10:30am - 11:30am
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Registration opens Tuesday, March 4 2025 at 7:00pm
Minute to Win It & Board Games Galore - March Break Program
Tue, Mar 11, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Family Feud: WPL Edition - March Break Program
Wed, Mar 12, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
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For families with children ages 6 years and up.
Registration opens Wednesday, March 5 2025 at 7:00pm
Book Making - March Break Program
Wed, Mar 12, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
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Registration opens Wednesday, March 5 2025 at 7:00pm
Socktopus' Garden - March Break Program
Wed, Mar 12, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
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For tweens ages 9 to 12 years old.
Registration opens Wednesday, March 5 2025 at 7:00pm
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs - March Break Program
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Make Your Own Board Game - March Break Program
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Thu, Mar 13, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Main Library - James J. Brown Auditorium
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Registration opens Thursday, March 6 2025 at 7:00pm
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Wed, Mar 19, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
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Number Ninjas
Mon, Mar 24, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
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For kids ages 6 to 8 years old.
This event is full
ESQ Spring STEM Library Club - for Tweens
Mon, Mar 24, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Eastside Branch - Program Room
For tweens ages 10 to 13 years old.
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