Alice Springs Public Library

Alice Springs Town Coun­cil Win­ter School Hol­i­days – Heaps to Do!

These win­ter school hol­i­days, there’s plen­ty hap­pen­ing around Alice Springs to keep kids and fam­i­lies active, cre­ative, and enter­tained! Head out­doors for dai­ly fun with the obsta­cle course and arrow tag, take a dip with free entry to The Alice Springs Aquat­ic & Leisure Cen­tre, or chal­lenge your mates to a round of free mini golf at the Adven­ture Park.

Make sure to check out what’s on at the Alice Springs Pub­lic Library, with a huge line­up of activ­i­ties hap­pen­ing most days through­out the break! From crafty sto­ry times and VR-fter­noons to hands-on robot­ics ses­sions, there’s some­thing for every curi­ous mind. You’ll also find one-off spe­cial events, plus favourites like Music and Move­ment, LEGO Leg­ends and more.

Plus, don’t miss oth­er excit­ing events like AFL Super Kick ses­sions and the Phoney Film Fes­ti­val.

Get involved, explore some­thing new, and make the most of the win­ter hol­i­days with fun hap­pen­ing all across town!

All events are FREE | Some events require book­ings

Coun­cil events: https://​www​.eventbrite​.com​.au/…

AFL Super Kick events: https://​www​.play​hq​.com/​a​f​l/reg…

> Phoney Film Fes­ti­val – Be in it to win it!

Are you aged 12 to 25 with a cre­ative spark? Shoot a short film (up to five min­utes) on your smart device or phone and be in it to win it! There are cash prizes across all cat­e­gories, plus a major prize – a ​‘once in a life time’ expe­ri­ence film­ing a real Tourism NT video clip. No expe­ri­ence need­ed – just imag­i­na­tion and a phone!

More info: https://​alice​springs​.nt​.gov​.au…

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Chess Club

Join us for Chess Club at the Library every Sun­day from 10 – 12pm Sharp­en your strate­gic skills, meet fel­low enthu­si­asts and enjoy a friend­ly game of chess. All skills lev­els are wel­come. See you there!

Did You Know?

Chess stim­u­lates the pre­frontal cor­tex and spurs growth in neur­al path­ways, help­ing young play­ers devel­op plan­ning, rea­son­ing, and per­cep­tion skills ear­li­er than kids who don’t play chess.

When play­ing chess, your brain will be chal­lenged to exer­cise log­ic, devel­op pat­tern recog­ni­tion, make deci­sions both visu­al­ly and ana­lyt­i­cal­ly, and test your memory.

Chess can be enjoyed at any age – as a result, these brain exer­cis­es can be part of your life­long health regimen!

Read. Write. Chat

» Improve your read­ing and writ­ing.
» If you are learn­ing Eng­lish, prac­tice con­ver­sa­tion skills.
» Meet with a tutor in a pri­vate meet­ing room at the Library.
» One-hour ses­sions, once a week.
» We try to find a time which suits you.

FREE | For fur­ther infor­ma­tion please con­tact us via library@​astc.​nt.​gov.​au or 8950 0555

Tech Help

Alice Springs Pub­lic Library hosts a month­ly drop-in tech help ses­sion, as well as offer­ing one on one appoint­ments. These ses­sions will pro­vide basic tech­nol­o­gy sup­port. This includes: 

» Using a smart phone, tablet, lap­top and computer 

» Down­load­ing and using apps 

» Call­ing, mes­sag­ing and emailing 

» Using social media 

» Tak­ing and shar­ing photos 

» Using gov­ern­ment websites

» Down­load­ing eBooks and eAudiobooks.

Bring your own device and any ques­tions you may have.

» Every Mon­day from 12.30 — 1.30 pm | Free | No book­ings required