Category Archive for "Leisure & Sports"

Pokémon Go at Your Library

Posted in: August 5, 2016 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Twenty years into their existence, Pokémon might just be at the height of popularity. With the tremendous success of Pokémon GO, we’ve been getting a number of questions about what the game is, how to play it, and of course – “what is a Pokémon?” Long a popular series of television shows, books, movies, and video games, it has reached new heights with its new augmented reality game available on your smart...

Show Us What You’ve Got in The Garage!

Posted in: June 19, 2016 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Do you have a classic or antique car you want to show off? Any old pictures of Grandpa standing next to his Studebaker, Packard or even Hupmobile? How about Mom standing next to her Chrysler Cordoba – of course, with the rich Corinthian leather? Now is the time to share them with us! To celebrate Windsor’s automotive heritage, the AUTOMOTIVE ARCHIVES at Windsor Public Library is looking for photographs to...

How-To Festival Workshops Debut

Posted in: March 17, 2016 by Leisa | Comments are closed

Did you have the chance to attend our, ‘How-To’ Festival last September? We had a great time with a gathering of more than 15 local businesses and community agencies teaching fun and useful skills in 10 minutes or less. People loved the chance to learn something new and we wanted to give folks the chance to learn some skills that might take little more than 10 minutes to master. That’s...

Remembering Sharon, Lois, & Bram

Posted in: April 24, 2015 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

I don’t have a lot of vivid memories from being five years old. Still images of parents, grandparents, and people whom I no longer even have the slightest idea about are largely what remains. Events that were highly formative took place, and yet I don’t necessarily recall the details. Yet, some things did stay with me. Birthday parties, visiting grandparents, aunts and uncles, and other events have stayed in my...

Community gardeners come in out droves despite the chill

Posted in: February 24, 2015 by Julie Catenacci | Comments are closed

Over 50 people interested in learning more about local community gardens ventured out in the frosty temperatures last night to visit the Central Library for a documentary screening and information session. It’s tough to imagine with the snow heaped around us but for gardeners this is certainly the time to start planning! The documentary, titled “A Community of Gardeners”, presented a history of the community garden movement in the US...

Calling all hobbyists!

Posted in: October 29, 2014 by Julie Catenacci | Comments are closed

Do you have a hobby you love? Would you like to share your hobby with others? Are you available on Saturday January 17, from 2-4 pm? If so, you might like to participate as a presenter in our Happenin’ Hobby Open House at Central Library, in celebration of National Hobby Month. You won’t have to give a speech, but you will have to answer questions from interested people and be...

World’s Largest Newsstand, Now Available!

Posted in: March 3, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Customers of Windsor Public Library have now unlimited multi-user access to a selection of complete digital magazines, easily viewed on most internet-enabled devices, through Zinio for Libraries, the world’s largest newsstand! Zinio for Libraries enables you to: • enjoy complete digital editions of your favourite magazines – some of which are only available in this format; • download full-colour magazines with interactive elements such as audio and video; • find the stories...

Shirley Temple Black ~ 1928-2014

Posted in: February 11, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

Shirley Temple Black died Monday, February 10, at home in Woodside, California. She starred in 23 motion pictures beginning at age three and, from 1935 through 1939, was the most popular movie star in America. Shirley Temple retired from the screen at 22 but embarked on a second career, one in which her image as “friend to everyone” would stand her in good stead: that of diplomat. After marrying Charles...

Sochi Winter Olympics begin today

Posted in: February 7, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

The 2014 Winter Olympics are being held in Sochi, Russia, February 7 – 23, 2014. Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the north-east coast of the Black Sea near the Georgia/Abkhazia border and Russia. The Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games will be held March 7-16, 2014. (Pssst…don’t forget to check out Getting Ready for the Olympics with Feats of Endurance and From Russia With the Library.)...

50 Years Ago Today: Beatlemania USA

Posted in: February 7, 2014 by Windsor Public Library Library | Comments are closed

On February 7, 1964, The Beatles arrived in the United States for the first time, at John F. Kennedy International Airport, giving rise to Beatlemania on this side of the Atlantic. The appearance by The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, watched by a TV audience of 73 million viewers, marked the beginning of the British Invasion in music. The set list for their February 9,...