Featured Events
08:00 AM | 163 Mellanby Avenue, Port Colborne
Port Colborne’s Top Hat Ceremony occurs mid-late March at Lock 8 Gateway Park (163 Mellanby Avenue, Port Colborne) and celebrates the opening of the Welland Canal and start of the shipping season by welcoming the Captain of the First Downbound Vessel.
The 2023 Top Hat Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at Lock 8 Gateway Park starting at 8 a.m.
Back again this year the Port Colborne Fair Trade Committee will be providing a pancake breakfast with hot chocolate, tea and coffee.
10:15 AM | 310 King St.
Tot Time
Thursday, March 2, 23 & 30, 2023. 10:15 to 11:00 a.m.
Enjoy stories, crafts, and a circle-time. For ages 2 to 5 accompanied by a parent/caregiver.
Cost: $1.00. Pre-registration required.
01:00 PM | 310 King St.
March Painting Class: Lavender Sky
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 1 to 2:30 p.m. & 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Learn how to paint a stunning Spring landscape in this acrylic painting workshop! On a 12 x 12 " canvas, explore blending, shading, and brushwork techniques to create rolling hills, fields of flowers and a colourful sunlit sky.
Pre-registration is required. Contact the library for more information: 905-834-6512. Cost: $15 per person.
05:30 PM | 310 King St.
March Painting Class: Lavender Sky
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 1 to 2:30 p.m. & 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Learn how to paint a stunning Spring landscape in this acrylic painting workshop! On a 12 x 12 " canvas, explore blending, shading, and brushwork techniques to create rolling hills, fields of flowers and a colourful sunlit sky.
Pre-registration is required. Contact the library for more information: 905-834-6512. Cost: $15 per person.
10:30 AM | 310 King St.
Story Time with Shelly
Saturday, March 18, 2023. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. (All ages)
Meet us in the Children’s Room for a fun, free, family story time.
See our March Break page for more crafts and events.
01:30 PM | 310 King St.
Documentary Films
Bring a friend or two and join us for an afternoon of film-watching. Enjoy a lively discussion. Presented the first Wednesday of the month, September through June, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
2023 Season
Monday, March 27, 2023. 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Join us for a screening and discussion of two documentary films:
- Walt Disney World (2007, 56 min.)
- A Park for All Seasons: Sleeping Giant Provincial Park (2010, 25 min.)
Pre-registration is required. Contact the library for more information: 905-834-6512. Free.
10:15 AM | 310 King St.
Tot Time
Thursday, March 2, 23 & 30, 2023. 10:15 to 11:00 a.m.
Enjoy stories, crafts, and a circle-time. For ages 2 to 5 accompanied by a parent/caregiver.
Cost: $1.00. Pre-registration required.