Music Appreciation Class: Opera

Join us for a three-part Classical Music series over the next 3 months, featuring Opera, Choral Music and Australian Classical Music. In the first class on Opera, we will listen to music and watch videos on the big screen. Our musicologist will give a presentation and facilitate discussion from participants. Separate bookings are required for each class, with bookings opening 6 weeks before each class.

Thursday 28 April, 6.30 - 8.30pm, $15

Fermenting is one of the oldest methods of preserving food and enriches it by the action of bacteria and fungi. It is truly a living food! You will be making a jar of sauerkraut to take home and watching demonstrations on how to make beet kvass and brined ferments with Margaret Mossakowska from the Moss House, who learned homesteading skills during her childhood in rural Poland.

Recommended Reads

Stuck for what to read this school holidays? Check out our curated lists for top suggestions. Also, our dedicated children’s library team can help you find your next great read. Just ask at the desk, or even email us.

It’s free

The best things in life are free. Uncover so much more by simply using your library card. There is a world of online content waiting for you, not to mention hundreds of books, graphic novels and in house programs.

eMagazines for you!

Easter is coming up and there's never been a better time to gather with friends and family to enjoy the holiday. To help you celebrate the latest issues of Better Homes and Gardens and delicious are full of recipes and decorating ideas to get you into the Easter spirit and are available through the Waverley Library emagazine collection on Overdrive and Libby.

Easter crafts by Annalees Lim

Using readily available, seasonally related materials, this book is packed full of fun Easter crafts. Children can learn how to make an Easter bonnet, fluffy Easter chicks, a sparkling shower hanging and cute bunny egg cups, along with lots of other great crafts for kids, this will keep the whole family entertained.

The Hunt For Faberge Eggs

Each year Carl Faberge made a one of a kind Easter egg for the Tsar's family. But Carl was forced to flee Russia during the revolution and 8 of these priceless Imperial Eggs went missing. With one of the elusive 8 recently uncovered could the other seven have survived the chaos of 1917.

Two of Every Kind

The Flood, one of the most colossal events. Two of every kind, two of every living thing, went inside Noah's ark in order to save themselves. Not many know but amongst the couples were also two peacocks, males. The crisis between God and men was nothing compared to their troubles boarding the Arc.

Rise of the guardians

When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs, and imagination of children all over the world.

The book of longings by Sue Monk Kidd

Ana is rebellious and ambitious. She engages in her furtive scholarly pursuits and writes narratives about neglected and silenced women. She is expected to marry an older widower, a prospect that horrifies her. An encounter with eighteen-year-old Jesus changes everything.