Dear Reader:
Russell & District Regional Library, NEW Binscarth Branch hours:
Tuesday and Thursday 12 pm. To 5 pm.
Russell & District Regional Library, Russell Branch hours:
Monday 10 am. to 3 pm.; Tuesday to Friday 10 am to 5 pm; Saturday 11 am. To 3pm.
On Thursday April 27, Binscarth Public Library Librarian, Rayla Buss, welcomed children from Little Bloomers Learning Patch Inc to Storytime at the Binscarth Library: “It was so much fun, and they made a painting that is up in our window. They have given me 2 more dates in May that they will visit again.”
Rayla visited with Mrs. Arran, the Binscarth School Librarian, on May 8 to talk about books the children are reading. The two Librarians are working together to ensure that the children of Binscarth and area have a fine choice of books available for their reading enjoyment over the summer months.
Binscarth Library will host Coffee, Cookies, and Cards on May 18, from 3:00-5:00 PM. Everyone Welcome
“There Are Many Little Ways to Enlarge your Child’s World… Love of Books is the Best of All” (I love to Read) “Acushla Felix”
Joshua Butcher: New in the Library Gallery (May 1-June 10)
Joshua grew up on a grain farm near Solsgirth, Treaty 2 Territory, and attended school in St-Lazare and Birtle. Butcher studied Fine Arts at U of M in Winnipeg and continues to refine his art. He looks to the following artists for inspiration and grounding: Cecily Brown, Neo Rauch, Daniel Richter, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Max Ernst, Francisco de Goya. Butcher lives and paints in Foxwarren, Treaty 2 Territory, and accepts portrait commissions regularly.
Artist statement:
“Painting gives me tremendous joy. I like to work on many pieces at once, sometimes upside down. My painting subjects vary greatly, depending on my mood, interest, and chance. I am a playful painter. I use erasure and omission to obscure and confuse. I use abstraction to present incomplete images that require the mind’s eye to complete them. I try to give the viewer the liberty to see on their own, and not dictate. I hope to pose questions, instead of giving answers, and encourage a varied reading of my work. I turn mistakes into opportunities and thrive on the strange, focusing on composition and color, not worrying about realism.
The goal is not perfection, but satisfaction.
Working on paper affords me a level of freedom while I’m working. I take more chances, experiment more, and have more fun. I use colored paper in order to avoid the blank canvas and enjoy the effect it creates when blending with other colors.
I also recycle painting surfaces and have developed a technique using window screens, which I continue to evolve.”
Russell & Binscarth have received the latest PLS rotations.
New Books at The Library
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns (adult fiction)
Even the Dog Knows by Jason F. Wright (LP adult fiction)
Where are the Children Now? By Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke (LP adult fiction)
Please visit us at Russell Library, 339 Main Street North in Russell; Binscarth Library, 106 Russell Street in Binscarth; on our website https://russellbinscarthlibrary.ca;
Russell Facebook/ Binscarth Facebook; @yoursmalltownlibrary on Instagram.
Russell Library Telephone: (204)773-3127 Binscarth Library Telephone: (204) 532-2447
Happy Reading, Until Next Time,
The Library Ladies