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The Library & Children's Festival
The Downtown Library is pleased to be part of the joyous celebration that is the International Children's Festival in downtown St. Albert from June 1 to 4.
Borrow a Sensory Kit
The Children's Desk will loan sensory kits to festival goers who request them. The kits include noise dampening headphones and sunglasses, and can be returned to any festival location. Each festival venue has kits available.
Forsyth Hall as Tricoter show venue and Calming Room
The library's Forsyth Hall is the venue for Tricoter, a short, ticketed show that runs twice a day for every day of the festival. Find ticket information here. When the show is not running, Forsyth will be a Calming Room, with low lighting, low sound, cool temperatures, soft seating, and quiet toys.
STARFest Online presents Ellen Keith on June 25
STARFest is pleased to announce the return of historical fiction author Ellen Keith in an online event Sunday, June 25 at 1 p.m. MDT. Keith charmed STARFest audiences in 2018 with her novel, The Dutch Wife; now she returns virtually with The Dutch Orphan, an intricate and moving story in which two sisters’ loyalties to spouse, country, and each other are tested when the Nazis invade Amsterdam in 1941. Ellen will be in conversation with fellow STARFest alumna Elinor Florence. Free admission, registration is required.