Family Day
EPL is the premier destination for free family fun this Family Day!
Looking for some free fun on Family Day?
All branches are open from 1-5 pm and along with the same great services we offer everyday, we've got a unique array of special programs and events for you and your family to enjoy, including an Interative Screening of Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory at the Stanley A. Milner Library.
All our Family Day programs are drop-in.
- Willy Wonka Interactive Movie
- Clown Cartel
- Art of Storytelling
- Puppet Shows
- Traditional Aboriginal Dance
- Mojo Photo Booths
- Love Letters to the Library
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Interactive Movie
Get ready to take a trip into a world of pure imagination with EPL this Family Day. We are presenting the original 1971 version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Sing along with the Oompa Loompas and cheer on Charlie as he makes his way through Willly Wonka's amazing, fabulous, stupendous chocolate factory.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Family Day, Monday February 18 2:15pm
Stanley A. Milner Library Theatre (Lower Level)
All Families Welcome*
Costumes encouraged!
Feel free to bring scrumpdiddlyumptious snacks.
Drop-in (no registration or golden tickets required)
*please be aware, this movie is rated PG for frightening/intense scenes
Family Day Fun with the Clown Cartel
Enjoy some interactive family fun and share some laughs with a member of the Clown Cartel!
Family Day, Monday February 18
| Stanley A. Milner Library (Downtown) | 1:30pm |
| Abbottsfield Library | 3pm |
| Calder Library | 1:30pm |
| Capilano Library | 1:30pm |
| Castle Downs Library | 3pm |
| Idylwylde Library | 3pm |
| Londonderry Library | 1:30pm |
| Mill Woods Library | 1:30pm |
| Riverbend Library | 3pm |
Art of Storytelling
Bring the whole family to the library to enjoy the art of storytelling.
Family Day, Monday February 18
| Lois Hole Library | 2pm & 3pm |
| Woodcroft Library | 2pm & 3pm |
Puppet Shows
The Whitemud Crossing Library is featuring two chances to watch entertaining puppet shows by Kaybridge Puppets this Family Day
Family Day, Monday February 18
| Whitemud Crossing Library | 1:30pm & 3:30pm |
Traditional Aboriginal Dance
Aboriginal Dancer, Adrian LaChance, will showcase some traditional Aboriginal dance.
Adrian LaChance is a Plains Cree member from the James Smith Cree Nation. He is a traditional dancer, drummer and story teller. Mr. LaChance is also a part of The Running Thunder Dancers, a group that has travelled across the world sharing the beautiful culture of Cree song and dance.
For more informaiton about Adrian, please visit his website at www.adrianlachance.com.
| Sprucewood Library | 2 pm |
Bring out the family to take some wild and wacky photos in a Mojo Photo Booth. Mojo Photo booths will be set up form 1-5pm on Family Day at the following locations:
Celebrate the launch of The Poetry Route — an Edmonton Poetry Festival project that puts poems inside ETS buses. The current flight of bus poetry celebrates Edmonton Public Library’s Centennial. The four poets whose work was selected for this theme — Wendy Joy, Gary Garrison, Ben Murray and D’James Rushlow — will read their winning submissions.
Stanley A. Milner Library
A.V. Room, 2:30pm
