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Indigenous Portal

Engage with KFPL's Indigenous programming, collections and community partnerships!

Programs, Events, Services and Recommendations

The Isabel Turner Branch will be temporarily closed starting Fall 2024 for renovations. During this time, we’ll be temporarily moving to the Cataraqui Centre.  Get updates here.

Enhance your library access — register for Extended Hours at the Pittsburgh Branch.

Library Kiosk

Library Kiosk at kingston secondary school

Enjoy expanded service in the Kingscourt neighbourhood with the Library Kiosk at Kingston Secondary School.

An illustrated book on a botanical background. Text reads Grownup Storytime: Why should kids have all the fun?

Upcoming Programs and Events

Sign up for Grownup Storytime!

Even adults enjoy a good storytime, especially with a live reader instead of an audiobook! Grownup Storytime Online is back, now at a new time. Join us from 1-2 p.m. every Monday, October 18 through November 22. You’ll receive an email later the same day with links to the KFPL catalogue so you can reserve the day’s readings and other related titles!

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A 3D poppy on a painted white background. Text reads Crush this Craft: 3D Cricut Poppy. In a blue painted circle, more text reads Take-home kit.

Upcoming Programs and Events

Get crafty with our take-home kit

Join other crafters from the comfort of home, with materials provided by KFPL! Try a new craft each month with these new take-home kits, starting with October's 3D Cricut poppy. Crafters of all abilities will learn how to crush this craft with Zoom instruction, October 20 from 6:30-8 p.m.

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A small pouch beaded in yellow and blue on a hide background. Text reads Indigenous beading workshop.

Indigenous Heritage

Bead a poppy with an Indigenous artist

Join Hannah Turcotte, a North Bay and Mattawa Algonquin First Nation artist, in creating a beaded poppy with a kit from your library branch.

Beading is a cornerstone of Indigenous artistic and cultural tradition, from traditional regalia to contemporary art. Learn more about this practice and try it for yourself October 27 at 1 p.m. KFPL thanks the Friends of the Kingston Frontenac Public Library for sponsoring this event.

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