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Trivia Night 2012 hosted by the St. Thomas Public Library

Trivia Night 2012 marks St. Thomas Public Library’s seventh year of Trivia Night.

Are you feeling lucky?

 

 

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Holy Angels Church – 502 Talbot Street, St. Thomas

 

Social Time: 7:00 p.m.

Trivia Starts: 7:30 p.m.

 

Tickets: $20 each or $120 for a team of 6

(A strict limit of 6 people per team, please.)

Register at the Adult Information Desk on the main level of the library. Want to reserve a table but not ready to register? Call Ruth at (519) 631-6050 or email Ruth atrcrocker@st-thomas.library.on.ca. This is a Friends of St. Thomas Public Library event. Must be 19+  to attend.

We’re always trying to improve Trivia Night, so this year we’re planning for more food, a better bar, more time and more prizes! You can expect the same venue, the same entertaining social time with music from Dave Hoy, an art display, the same 50/50 draw, and the same fun MCs – Gary Bodkin and Effie Lattanzio!

All money raised from this event goes to Friends of St. Thomas Public Library, which in turn is donated back to the library.

For more information on Trivia Night, call the library at 519-631-6050 or email Ruth at rcrocker@st-thomas.library.on.ca.

 

Grand Prize Sponsors:

 

First Place:

Downtown Development Board – $300 in Downtown Development Dollars

St. Thomas City Hall, 545 Talbot Street, St. Thomas – Dan Muscat, Board Chair – (519) 633-9019

Website:www.downtownstthomas.com

Email: info@downtownstthomas.com

 

Second Place:

Downtown Development Board – $180 in Downtown Development Dollars

St. Thomas City Hall, 545 Talbot Street, St. Thomas – Dan Muscat, Board Chair – (519) 633-9019

Website:www.downtownstthomas.com

Email: info@downtownstthomas.com

 

Third Place:

Wayside Dining Lounge – $120 Gift Certificate

10680 Sunset Road, Talbotville – Nick & Trudy Kanellis – (519) 633-0360

Website: www.waysidedining.com

Email: info@waysidedining.com

 

 

Door Prize Sponsors:

  • Fellows Fernlea Flowers – Floral Arrangement
  • Elgin Theatre Guild – 2 Tickets to “Cinderella the Pantomime” in December
  • Friends of St. Thomas Public Library – Library Prize Pack x 2
  • Boston Pizza – St. Thomas – $25 Gift Certificate
  • Catholic Women’s League, Holy Angels Church – (Frozen) 3 Meat Pies & 3 Fruit Pies
  • Rhonda Hatcher RMT – Gift Certificate for a Massage
  • Port Stanley Terminal Rail – 2 Train Tickets for the Tourist Railway

West End Arts Mingle

The St. Thomas-Elgin Public Arts Centre will be closing down a part of the west end of Talbot Street on September 29th! Why? They are hosting the West End Arts Mingle in order to showcase the delights that are on the west end of Talbot Street. Artists will be present in order to recreate their vision of the west end downtown, but everyone is welcome to visit. We hope to see you there!

Art in the Park

This Saturday we had another successful Art in the Park event! There were ten artists at the event with different mediums from clay, paint and beads to fabric and stamps that they used to create their art. The band Shugg and the Temps performed throughout the event and children were encouraged to play along with the band using instruments that they made at the free crafts center.

The weather was great and everybody had a wonderful time! The next Art in the Park event is on August 11 in Station Parkette from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. We hope to see you there!

Free Movie Night at the St. Thomas Public Library

Thursday, July 19, 2012  7:00 p.m.

Carnegie Room, lower level

 

Featuring: “A Mighty Wind” (2003)

Back together for the first time, again.

 

Starring: Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Jane Lynch

Director: Christopher Guest

Written By: Christopher Guest & Eugene Levy

Run time: 91 minutes

Rated: PG-13 for sex-related humour.

July means many things to many people. To some, it’s celebrating the “birth” of our nation. To others, it means sitting back and relaxing. To many people in Southwestern Ontario, it means festivals (much like the Home County Folk Festival held in London, Ontario from July 20 to July 22!) In honour of all of these things, the Adult Department decided to show a hilarious “mockumentary” movie starring (and co-written!) by Canadians, free of discussion after the show and with free admission.

When folk icon Irving Steinbloom passed away, he left behind a legacy of music and a family of performers he has shepherded to folk stardom. To celebrate a life spent submerged in folk, Irving’s loving son Jonathan has decided to put together a memorial concert featuring some of Steinbloom’s best-loved musicians. There’s Mitch and Mickey, who were the epitome of young love until their partnership was torn apart by heartbreak; classic troubadours The Folksmen, whose records were endlessly entertaining for anyone able to punch a hole in the center to play them; and The New Main Street Singers, the most meticulously color-coordinated neuftet ever to hit an amusement park. Now for one night only in New York City’s Town Hall, these three groups will reunite and gather together to celebrate the music that almost made them famous.

– Written by Sujit R. Varma – IMDb

Optimist Santa Clause Parade

Adding to the season’s excitement in our downtown will be the spectacular Optimist Santa Claus Parade.   Santa and his helpers will arrive on Saturday, November 19, 2011 starting at 6pm.   Bands, floats, colourful costumes, festive music and so much more will entertain all.  Of course the kids will love the candy.

Please try to remember the Caring Cupboard, Christmas Care and other charities.  Canned goods, clothing and durable goods will be collected along the parade route by the local firefighters.

A special treat will be the appearance of the Rick Hansen tour and its special guests to promote his Man in Motion projects.

We are honoured to welcome this tour to our community.   Join in the fun!