“Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional.” - Carroll Bryant
LIVE STREAM 2023 Premier's Gala Concert
Thursday 2 February, 2:30 - 4:30pm
Seniors let's Celebrate Together and discover all the library has to offer. If you are unable to attend the Premier’s Gala Concert in person, come join us at the library to watch the Live Stream. The concert will showcase some of Australia’s greatest entertainers and recording artists to celebrate NSW seniors. Audiences will enjoy performances from Rodger Corser, Kate Ceberano, Ross Wilson, Harrison Craig and Prinnie Stevens.
Film Screening: Twenty Feet From Stardom
Friday 10 February, 10 - 11.45am
"Some people will do anything to be famous. I just wanted to sing." So says a back-up singer in this compelling documentary that finally puts six of these talented people in the spotlight. This is a tribute to the voices behind some of the greatest musical legends of the last century.
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Last Friday of every month, 10 - 11.30am, next session 24 February
This discussion group has a great time doing just that! Participants engage in lively conversation about their personal choice of books and movies each month. Get great ideas for your reading and viewing pleasure! You can attend some or all of the sessions!
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Bad Movie Club: Plan 9 from Outer Space
3 February Friday, 6.30 - 8.30pm
Love watching bad movies and laughing at them? Well, we have a movie club for you! We will screen the most entertainingly cheap and endearingly bad movies ever made. Sit back, relax and watch D grade cinema gold with your fellow Bad Movie Club members.
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Fortnightly Mondays, 6.30 - 8.30 PM, the first session 13 February
Are you crafty? A true crime lover? We are gathering all makers to come and listen to an episode of a true crime podcast while working on your current project. We will meet fortnightly and listen to one episode of a true crime podcast mini series, with a chance to discuss the podcast episode.
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Cryptic Crosswords beginners class
Tuesday 14 February, 10 - 11.30am
Join expert Ralph Penglis, in a class designed to test your cryptic crossword puzzle knowledge. This class is for those who have some prior experience and would like to sharpen their skills but help is available from Ralph for beginners.
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Wednesday 15 February, 6.30 - 8pm
Cost: 20$
In this beautifully crafted workshop discover the exquisite art of Shibori, a traditional Japanese resist dyeing technique. Following traditional practices and recipes, you will create a beautiful clothe just like a true Japanese craftsman.
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Green Thumbs: Starter Terrariums
Wednesday 22 February, 10am - 12pm
Explore popular gardening trends at Waverley Library. In this workshop series you will discover, make and create modern green trends for indoor and outdoor living. This month we will be making a starter terrarium. A terrarium is a small enclosure, usually made of glass or transparent plastic, in which plants are grown.
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Monthly, last Wednesday of the month, 6.30 - 8.30pm
Come along to a night of tabletop gaming. Meet fellow gamers and get competitive or work together for a glorious victory. We will have a range of games to play. You are also welcome to bring in your favourites. Total noobs and seasoned players are all welcome to attend this relaxed and fun session.
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The Children’s Library will be celebrating the Lunar New Year with a display of suggested reads and free activity and colouring sheets for you to enjoy in the library or to take home
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For a very special story telling experience go to Story Box Library and enjoy the story New Year Surprise read by author Christopher Cheng. Story Box is free with your Waverley Library membership.
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Photo: dragon boat races at Cockle Bay, image courtesy of City of Sydney.
Happy Lunar New Year! 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit, and nothing says speed like dragon boat racing. The largest regatta of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere, over 3,000 dragon boat racers will hit the water at Cockle Bay in 2023. Based out of Rose Bay, the Eastern Suburbs Dragon Boat Club has been on the water since 2003. Read about member Eva Stern, crewing on dragon boats with Easts in her 80s.
Book: Soul mountain by Gao Xingjian
Soul Mountain probes the human soul with an uncommon directness and candor. Interwoven with a myriad of stories and countless memorable characters - from venerable Daoist masters and Buddhist nuns to mythical Wild Men, deadly Qichun snakes, and farting buses - is the narrator's poignant inner journey and search for freedom.
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Book: The Explosion chronicles by Yan Lianke
The village of Explosion was founded more than a millennium ago by refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era the name takes on a new significance as the community grows explosively. Three major families-linked by a complex web of loyalty, betrayal, desire and ambition-are the driving force behind their hometown's transformation into an urban superpower.
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Billi returns to Changchun to find that, although the whole family knows their matriarch, Nai-Nai, has been given mere weeks to live, everyone has decided not to tell Nai Nai herself. To assure her happiness, they gather under the guise of an wedding, uniting family members scattered among new homes abroad. As Billi navigates a minefield of family expectations, she finds there's a lot to celebrate.
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9th century China. 10-year-old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised - a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China.
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Library Hours: Monday - Friday: 9.30am - 9pm
Saturdays: 9.30am - 3pm
Sundays: 1 - 5pm
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