Events at this location

Diamond dot painting is a combination of cross-stitch and paint-by-numbers. “You use an applicator to apply hundreds of sparkling resin rhinestones, one-by-one, on an adhesive color-coded canvas painting,” The end result is a shimmering, beautiful picture.

Join Jacky and Sherry on the first and third Wednesday of every month in the Brantford Public Library – all are welcome. Supplies provided!

This is a safe and open space to gather and connect in the spirit of friendship and community. Join us every Thursday for arts and crafts, board games, coffee, snacks and pleasant conversation. All are welcome!
Check out this blog post from Joe Erpenbeck about his experience at AP2B: A Welcoming Place To Be – Joe Erpenbeck

Learn about more Belonging Brant groups and initiatives through belongingbrant@gmail.com / 519-758-5394 ext 204 and belongingbrant.com.

Members of the Brantford Chess Club offer basic instruction and tips on how to improve your game during this drop-in event. 

Everyone is welcome to join in as Catherine Gorecki and Genevieve Rochette lead this bi-weekly ukulele drop-in. Attendees can play beginner or more advanced material, depending on skill level. A limited number of ukuleles and music stands will be available to borrow. Email Robin at rharding@brantfordlibrary.ca for more info and an orientation.

Join us every Monday for in-person rhymes, sensory development activities, motor skill methods, stories, and socializing among babies and caregivers. Books from our collection will be carefully selected with a particular theme in mind and available for borrowing.

This is a drop-in program. No registration is required.

This meet up is for youth in Brantford and Brant County! Its action focused that is youth lead for ages 14-29. The group focusses on building connections with each other and finding ways to make the community where they want to live through noticing what’s strong in community, what they want to see more of and having their voices heard. New members are always welcome! 

For more information email us at belongingbrant@gmail.com

Parents, caregivers, and their pre-crawling infants are invited to join our CPNP facilitator to engage in a warm, nurturing, bonding experience through touch. This program is a great way to socialize with other families, learn about the many benefits of infant massage, ask questions, and support your baby’s physical health and well-being. Families that want to review are welcome to attend.  To register, or for more information, please call (519) 209-3462 or email cpnp@niwasa.ca.

Drop-in at Main on Tuesday nights for hands-on activities and explore challenges with science, technology, engineering, art and math. We invite you to challenge your brain critically and creatively!

Would you like to practice your English speaking skills? Join our Conversation Circle and meet new friends, learn about Library services and talk about your community, culture and customs.

This group is for permanent residents and convention refugees. In partnership with YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford Immigrant Services.

Preschoolers and their caregivers can join us for a storytime and fun crafting activity.

Come play with us as we learn and explore through art, music, physical movement and sensory play to build imagination, language, social relationships, growth and development. 

All babies and children from birth to age six and their parents/caregivers are welcome to join us at the Main Branch for a free play and inquiry-based program. 

Fun activities will include messy art, storytelling, and a group song circle.  We might get messy and we might get loud, but we will always have fun!

This is a drop-in program. No registration is required.

Join us in the Brantford Public Library on the second Thursday of every month for ‘Arts Space,’ created and driven by community member Jason!
At each ‘Arts Space’ there are always arts supplies available for you to work freely, as well as arts supplies for specific projects. For example, in the past, we have created gratitude jars, colored in some of Jason’s work, painted, made kindness signs, made dream catchers and much more! This space is completely open for drop-in.
All supplies are provided, no experience necessary. 

This is a safe and open space to gather and connect in the spirit of friendship and community. Join us every Thursday for arts and crafts, board games, coffee, snacks and pleasant conversation. All are welcome!
Check out this blog post from Joe Erpenbeck about his experience at AP2B: A Welcoming Place To Be – Joe Erpenbeck

Learn about more Belonging Brant groups and initiatives through belongingbrant@gmail.com / 519-758-5394 ext 204 and belongingbrant.com.

Wind down the week with a session of yoga at the Main Library!

Drop in to join Catherine Labrecque-Rowntree (Sacred Spaces) in exploring that day’s choice of gentle yoga and/or chair yoga. 

On the second Saturday of each month, come in for the Stay and Make Club at the Main Branch! Supplies will be available to complete a unique hands-on activity.

Kits available: December 10, January 14, February 11, March 11, April 8, May 13, and June 10.

Disclaimer: Activities are appropriate for ages 6 and up; younger ages are welcome with an adult’s help. Activities will be offered on a first-come-first-serve basis while supplies last. One kit per child.

Are you struggling with grief and loss?
Come out and join this in-person, peer-led support group. Openly share your own story and experiences, or simply listen to others. This is a safe and empathetic space for healing. Refreshments provided. 

Please register by sending us an email at belongingbrant@gmail.com or giving us a call at 519.758.5394 ext. 204. Contact information located at the top and bottom of page.

A few words from Community Member, and group facilitator Sandy:
“Hi there! My name is Sandy and it is my honor to offer this Positively Grieving Group to our lovely Brantford Community. While I have done some studying on grief and attended as many teachings on grief that I can I am not an expert. I believe we individually become experts at our own grief, since no two look alike.

I am looking forward to gathering together to hear and embrace each other’s story and hear from the group members what they would like this group to look like. It’s your group, I am only there to facilitate it.”

Join us every Monday for in-person rhymes, sensory development activities, motor skill methods, stories, and socializing among babies and caregivers. Books from our collection will be carefully selected with a particular theme in mind and available for borrowing.

This is a drop-in program. No registration is required.

Parents, caregivers, and their pre-crawling infants are invited to join our CPNP facilitator to engage in a warm, nurturing, bonding experience through touch. This program is a great way to socialize with other families, learn about the many benefits of infant massage, ask questions, and support your baby’s physical health and well-being. Families that want to review are welcome to attend.  To register, or for more information, please call (519) 209-3462 or email cpnp@niwasa.ca.

Drop-in at Main on Tuesday nights for hands-on activities and explore challenges with science, technology, engineering, art and math. We invite you to challenge your brain critically and creatively!

Would you like to practice your English speaking skills? Join our Conversation Circle and meet new friends, learn about Library services and talk about your community, culture and customs.

This group is for permanent residents and convention refugees. In partnership with YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford Immigrant Services.

Diamond dot painting is a combination of cross-stitch and paint-by-numbers. “You use an applicator to apply hundreds of sparkling resin rhinestones, one-by-one, on an adhesive color-coded canvas painting,” The end result is a shimmering, beautiful picture.

Join Jacky and Sherry on the first and third Wednesday of every month in the Brantford Public Library – all are welcome. Supplies provided!

Preschoolers and their caregivers can join us for a storytime and fun crafting activity.

Come play with us as we learn and explore through art, music, physical movement and sensory play to build imagination, language, social relationships, growth and development. 

All babies and children from birth to age six and their parents/caregivers are welcome to join us at the Main Branch for a free play and inquiry-based program. 

Fun activities will include messy art, storytelling, and a group song circle.  We might get messy and we might get loud, but we will always have fun!

This is a drop-in program. No registration is required.

This is a safe and open space to gather and connect in the spirit of friendship and community. Join us every Thursday for arts and crafts, board games, coffee, snacks and pleasant conversation. All are welcome!
Check out this blog post from Joe Erpenbeck about his experience at AP2B: A Welcoming Place To Be – Joe Erpenbeck

Learn about more Belonging Brant groups and initiatives through belongingbrant@gmail.com / 519-758-5394 ext 204 and belongingbrant.com.

Wind down the week with a session of yoga at the Main Library!

Drop in to join Catherine Labrecque-Rowntree (Sacred Spaces) in exploring that day’s choice of gentle yoga and/or chair yoga. 

Everyone is welcome to join in as Catherine Gorecki and Genevieve Rochette lead this bi-weekly ukulele drop-in. Attendees can play beginner or more advanced material, depending on skill level. A limited number of ukuleles and music stands will be available to borrow. Email Robin at rharding@brantfordlibrary.ca for more info and an orientation.

Join us every Monday for in-person rhymes, sensory development activities, motor skill methods, stories, and socializing among babies and caregivers. Books from our collection will be carefully selected with a particular theme in mind and available for borrowing.

This is a drop-in program. No registration is required.

Parents, caregivers, and their pre-crawling infants are invited to join our CPNP facilitator to engage in a warm, nurturing, bonding experience through touch. This program is a great way to socialize with other families, learn about the many benefits of infant massage, ask questions, and support your baby’s physical health and well-being. Families that want to review are welcome to attend.  To register, or for more information, please call (519) 209-3462 or email cpnp@niwasa.ca.

Drop-in at Main on Tuesday nights for hands-on activities and explore challenges with science, technology, engineering, art and math. We invite you to challenge your brain critically and creatively!

Would you like to practice your English speaking skills? Join our Conversation Circle and meet new friends, learn about Library services and talk about your community, culture and customs.

This group is for permanent residents and convention refugees. In partnership with YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford Immigrant Services.

Preschoolers and their caregivers can join us for a storytime and fun crafting activity.

Come play with us as we learn and explore through art, music, physical movement and sensory play to build imagination, language, social relationships, growth and development. 

All babies and children from birth to age six and their parents/caregivers are welcome to join us at the Main Branch for a free play and inquiry-based program. 

Fun activities will include messy art, storytelling, and a group song circle.  We might get messy and we might get loud, but we will always have fun!

This is a drop-in program. No registration is required.

This is a safe and open space to gather and connect in the spirit of friendship and community. Join us every Thursday for arts and crafts, board games, coffee, snacks and pleasant conversation. All are welcome!
Check out this blog post from Joe Erpenbeck about his experience at AP2B: A Welcoming Place To Be – Joe Erpenbeck

Learn about more Belonging Brant groups and initiatives through belongingbrant@gmail.com / 519-758-5394 ext 204 and belongingbrant.com.

Wind down the week with a session of yoga at the Main Library!

Drop in to join Catherine Labrecque-Rowntree (Sacred Spaces) in exploring that day’s choice of gentle yoga and/or chair yoga. 

Join us every Monday for in-person rhymes, sensory development activities, motor skill methods, stories, and socializing among babies and caregivers. Books from our collection will be carefully selected with a particular theme in mind and available for borrowing.

This is a drop-in program. No registration is required.