HSC Help: manage ChatGPT and other online artificial intelligence (AI) tools

Wednesday 24 May, 6.30 - 7.30pm

This lecture will provide practical advice and tips for understanding how artificial intelligence (AI) tools work and the implications of ChatGPT on homework. How will ChatGPT effect schools and teachers and what do AI tools mean for school assessment. Whether your child is just starting high school or is in the middle of it, this event is for you.

Green Thumbs:
Tataki Zome

Wednesday 31 May, 10am - 12pm

Explore popular gardening trends at Waverley Library. This month we will be making art using Tataki Zome technique. Tataki Zome is an ancient Japanese art of transferring botanical dyes from flowers and leaves onto fabric by simply hammering them onto the surface (fabric, canvas, or paper). It's also known as flower pounding, leaf bashing and sometimes referred to as Hapa Zome. Don't miss your chance to be a part of this incredible experience.

Make the most of your iPhone camera

Thursday 8 June, 11am - 12.30pm

Resin Art Class: Mini Cheeseboard Making Workshop

Thursday 8 June, 6.30 - 8pm, Cost: $20

Interested in exploring the mesmerising world of resin art? Learn how to work with epoxy resin and pigments to decorate a mini single serve cheeseboard in this fun & interactive beginners resin workshop. You will learn how to mix, colour and pour resin onto your wooden pieces.

June Film Screening

Friday 9 June, 10am - 12pm

Set in the affluent suburb of Hartford in Connecticut 1957, housewife Cathy Whitaker seems to have the perfect life. Her senior executive husband and young children live in a beautiful home and the local paper has decided to write an article about her. But Cathy's seemingly perfect life begins to fall apart when she walks in on her husband kissing another man.

Colour My Life Club

Monthly Tuesdays, 6.30 - 8pm,
next session 13 June

Unwind this year at the Library and bring some colour into the world. A perfect balance of mindfulness and creativity, colouring is a perfect way to destress and relax. Build friendships and make connections in a warm and welcoming environment.

Storytime at Playgroup

Monday 15 May 9.30am
Under 5s their families and friends

Celebrate National Families Week at Wairoa Community Centre with a morning of craft, story time, play and more.

World Bee Day

Saturday 20 May 10.30am
Primary School aged children

Join us at Waverley Library for an interactive talk and creative craft session in celebration of World Bee Day

Accessing free legal assistance in your area and beyond

If you're having difficulty in accessing legal assistance in your local area, attend this talk to learn how. The Inner City Legal Centre will be explaining how their CLC functions in the context of the wider CLC network, how to access their services and discussing interesting cases in their specialist areas of law.

Law Week Webinars

Employment and the law

Thursday May 18, 12pm - 1pm
Join us to hear from legal experts about your rights at work, including discrimination and sexual harassment.

Debt and the law

Friday May 19, 12pm - 1pm
Join us to hear from legal experts and financial counsellors about your options for dealing with debt.

Book: Family baggage by Ilsa Evans

Things you might be surprised to find when cleaning out your deceased mother's house: a secret diary, a family mystery, a new lease on life. Grief-stricken middle-aged sisters George, Kat and Annie give themselves a week to pack up their childhood home and divide their mother's belongings. The discovery of a decades' old diary divides the women further: not only do they learn what their mother really thought of them, they learn that she had a life entirely of her own.

Book: Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

Darley, the eldest daughter in the well-connected Stockton family, has never had to worry about money. She followed her heart, trading her job and her inheritance for motherhood. Sasha, Darley's new sister-in-law, has come from more humble origins, and her hesitancy about signing a pre-nup has everyone worried about her intentions. And Georgiana, the baby of the family, has fallen in love with someone she can't have, and must confront the kind of person she wants to be.

Film: Lucky Grandma

In the heart of Chinatown, a newly widowed 80-year-old grandma is eager to live life as an independent woman, despite the worry of her family. When a local fortune teller predicts a most auspicious day in her future, Grandma decides to head to the casino and goes all in, only to land herself on the wrong side of luck...

Film: Beautiful Lies

30-year-old Emilie runs a hairdressing salon where she provides an endless stream of well-meaning advice to her clients and friends, but the only person she cannot seem to help is her own mother. Jean, a young man who works for Emilie, is secretly in love with her, but a pathological shyness prevents him from declaring his feelings.

Local Creative Collaborations: Time Management for Local Creatives

Monday 5 June, 6 - 8pm

This workshop answers the age-old question – how are we supposed to find the time to run a creative career, pursue our arts-based practice, and have a life as well? Facilitated by Wendi Lanham, this fun and informal workshop discusses practical strategies to help you keep all the juggling balls in the air. Presented by Waverley Council as part of its Local Creative Collaborations program, in partnership with CreativePlus Business for Business Connect.

Famous and Forgotten – Stories from Waverley Cemetery

Come on a dramatic tour led by a marble angel of Sydney's Waverley Cemetery, one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world. Full of fascinating characters from Australia’s history, each episode is a mini-drama where we'll meet seven of those famous or forgotten characters. From NSW hangman, Nosey Bob, to swimming legend Fanny Durack, to writer Henry Lawson, also a pair of lovers from the First Fleet (he led the Rum Rebellion) and more, with The Angel as our guide we'll hear their stories firsthand. To listen, just search Famous and Forgotten – stories from Waverley Cemetery on your favourite podcast host - or try Apple here or Spotify here.