RISE Programming

Contact your local library to register for programs or to use the video conference equipment.

May 10, 2012 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Presented by: The Canadian Red Cross Hosted by: Chestermere Public Library The Canadian Red Cross knows disasters can strike at any time. We advise Albertans to be prepared for at least 72 hours and to expect the unexpected. When it comes to being prepared for a disaster, all Albertans [...]

June 18, 2012 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Presented by: Sharon Broccoli, Acting Coach Hosted by: Claresholm Public Library Part Four: This workshop will focus on portraying character and the business side of acting. Your instructor, Sharon Broccoli, has been teaching the art of acting for over 15 years. She has worked professionally in theatre, [...]

June 11, 2012 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Presented by: Sharon Broccoli, Acting Coach Hosted by: Claresholm Public Library Part Three: This workshop will focus on auditioning for theatre, film and television. Your instructor, Sharon Broccoli, has been teaching the art of acting for over 15 years. She has worked professionally in theatre, film and [...]

June 4, 2012 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Presented by: Sharon Broccoli, Acting Coach Hosted by: Claresholm Public Library Part Two: This workshop will focus on understanding character development through improvisation and text. Your instructor, Sharon Broccoli, has been teaching the art of acting for over 15 years. She has worked professionally in theatre, film [...]

May 28, 2012 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Presented by: Sharon Broccoli, Acting Coach Hosted by: Claresholm Public Library Part One: This workshop will focus on monologues, scene and character study, as well as movement and voice. Your instructor, Sharon Broccoli, has been teaching the art of acting for over 15 years. She has worked [...]

May 30, 2012 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Presented by: Raj Sritharan & Rachael Collins, Lethbridge Public Library **Please note that this session will be recorded. Get some reading done while you’re travelling this summer with the library’s eAudiobook collection. This session will show you how to browse, checkout, and download OverDrive eAudiobooks. You will [...]

Coffee Break Sessions resume on May 8th, 2012. Each session will be presented 3 times each week, so choose the time/day that works best for you. Tuesday 2:30 – 3:00 Wednesday 11:00 – 11:30 Thursday 2:30 – 3:00 Week of May 14: Call a Colleague The RISE Network was designed to make calling point-to-point easy. [...]

Tuesday June 19th, 2012 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Presented by: Susan Conners, Berry Creek Community Library Hosted By: Berry Creek Community Library Please note that this session will be recorded! Join Susan Conners of Berry Creek Community Library and learn how to identify native prairie plants and use them in your own home landscape! [...]

April 30, 2012 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Hosted by: Lethbridge Public Library In collaboration with Brenda Milner Lecture Series Committee at the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge Public Library will bring Dr. Gero Miesenböck, a Waynflete Professor of Physiology at the University of Oxford to Lethbridge to speak on advances being made in the field [...]

May 16, 2012 7:00 PM Presented by: Raj Sritharan & Rachael Collins, Lethbridge Public Library **Please note that this session will be recorded. Join us to learn how to get Library eBooks onto your eReader. Lethbridge Public Library’s Resource Specialist Librarian and Online Services Librarian will go over the process for downloading eBooks from OverDrive, [...]