Newest RPL Writer in Residence brings both writing and publishing experience

Regina Public Library (RPL) is pleased to announce the selection of Michael Mirolla as the 2024-2025 Writer in Residence. The annual RPL Writer in Residence program offers local writers personal guidance from an established author. Mirolla is an author of over 20 books, and the publisher of Guernica Editions. 

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Published on: 2024-09-09

Team Canada's mental health practitioner to speak at Central Library

Improve your mental performance with tips from Lisa Hoffart, who worked with Team Canada at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. She’ll discuss mental excellence and ways to enhance performance during a public talk at Central Library on Wednesday, September 4.

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Published on: 2024-09-03

Regina Public Library holiday hours for Labour Day – Monday September 2, 2024

Regina Public Library (RPL) locations will be closed September 1 and 2 to observe Labour Day.

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Published on: 2024-08-27

Panel discussions: how can Regina support a healthy, revitalized downtown?

A new series of events hosted by Regina Public Library (RPL) and Regina Downtown Business Improvement District (RDBID) bring local stakeholders together to have open discussion on the health and well-being of Regina’s downtown. 

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Published on: 2024-08-26

Explore Nuit Blanche Regina at Central Library

Central Library will be a Nuit Blanche Regina hub for a sublime night of free drop-in art experiences. The one-night-only festival, themed “The Sublime” for 2024, showcases artwork and performances in Regina’s downtown August 24.  

“We’re excited to participate in Nuit Blanche Regina’s seventh year,” said Alyssa Fearon Director/Curator, Dunlop Art Gallery. “This is a night for the community to highlight local artists and celebrate our city’s downtown night life.” 

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Published on: 2024-08-20

Regina Public Library Shows Their Love for the City

Show some love for Regina and tell the library all about it at I Love Regina Day on Saturday, August 17. RPL and Dunlop Art Gallery will have booths in the park where you can write (or draw!) love letters to Regina or create a collaborative woven sculpture. 

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Published on: 2024-08-13

Regina Public Library holiday hours for Saskatchewan Day – Monday August 5, 2024

Regina Public Library (RPL) locations will be closed August 4 and 5 to observe Saskatchewan Day.

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Published on: 2024-07-31

Artist celebrates aging and the power of lived experience at Dunlop Art Gallery

Preeminent artist Leesa Streifler continues to defy stereotypes of feminine beauty in exhibition She is Present at Dunlop Art Gallery. 

In her signature expressive painting style, Streifler fills the gallery walls with large, powerful works that challenge our perceptions about youth and beauty. This exhibition, dedicated to Streifler’s mother, echoes similar themes to her 1998 Dunlop Art Gallery exhibition Normal, subtly showcasing how these societal norms have persisted. 

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Published on: 2024-06-25

RPL Board approves Central Library funding request

The Regina Public Library Board of Directors this afternoon approved a motion to request that City Council approve funding for a new Central Library building in the forms of:

1. A dedicated Central Library mill rate increase of 5.5% each year over five years, starting in 2025; and
2. Debt, to be taken on through the City for a range of approximately $92M to $119M for the Central Library Renewal project, and which may be borrowed in portions as needed, from 2026 to 2029.

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Published on: 2024-06-11

Regina Public Library holiday hours for Victoria Day – Monday May 20, 2024

Most Regina Public Library (RPL) locations will be open Monday May 20 from 9:30am to 5:00pm. Glen Elm and Connaught Branches are regularly closed on Mondays.

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Published on: 2024-05-14

Explore the curiosity and wonder of perception at Dunlop Art Gallery

Artist Larissa Tiggelers has created a new series of paintings exploring the uniquely universal theme of perception for the exhibition The Remembering Kind at Dunlop Art Gallery.

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Published on: 2024-05-08

Regina Public Library looking for their next Writer in Residence

Could you be RPl’s next Writer in Residence? Regina Public Library is now accepting applications looking for writers to be the next Writer in Residence. Past RPL Writers in Residence have included Trevor Herriot, Gail Bowen, and Maria Campbell.

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Published on: 2024-04-02

Regina Public Library holiday hours for Easter – Friday March 29 and Monday April 1, 2024

Most Regina Public Library (RPL) locations will be open Friday March 29 and Monday April 1 from 9:30am to 5:00pm. Glen Elm and Connaught Branches are regularly closed on Mondays.

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Published on: 2024-03-25

RPL researching other locations for new Central Library building

RPL today released an Expression of Interest (EOI) inviting property developers to provide information about potential partnerships and locations for the new Central Library building.

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Published on: 2024-03-07

Dunlop Art Gallery Celebrates 2024 Governor General Award Winner

Dunlop Art Gallery (DAG) is honoured to recognize Métis artist Marjorie Beaucage, the winner of the 2024 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. The award is widely recognized as one of the most prestigious distinctions for artistic merit and contribution in Canada. 

Join DAG in celebration of Beaucage‘s achievements with a book launch of her newest publication Leave Some for the Birds and a conversation with Erica Violet Lee, a nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) author, poet, community organizer, artist, and scholar.  

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Published on: 2024-03-06

Freedom to Read Week Proclaimed in Regina

The City of Regina has proclaimed the week of February 18 to 24 as Freedom to Read Week. Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that asks everyone to think about the importance of intellectual freedom. 

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Published on: 2024-02-16

Creative project presented around the world comes to Regina to play with language and world-building

Dunlop Art Gallery is proud to announce the opening of multimedia exhibition Second Tongues by Toronto/Vienna-based artist Serena Lee. In this collaborative project she ponders, “What would it be like if everyone was assigned a random second language at birth?” Presented at multiple locations around the world, Lee’s project considers the complexities of the local culture’s linguistics, ultimately emphasizing our connections, despite differences and distance.  
 

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Published on: 2024-02-09

Dickie Yuzicapi named library's first Indigenous Storyteller in Residence

Regina Public Library is pleased to announce the selection of Dickie Yuzicapi as the first Indigenous Storyteller in Residence. The program provides an opportunity for the community to access Indigenous traditional knowledge and history through stories, and for aspiring storytellers to learn how to tell their stories.

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Published on: 2024-01-25

Mother and son artist duo honour home at Dunlop Art Gallery

Dunlop Art Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of new exhibition “guwasidodi (old agency)” by tīná gúyáńí.

tīná gúyáńí (deer road) is an artist collective from guts’ists’i/mohkinstsis (Calgary) consisting of mother/son duo Glenna Cardinal (Tsuut’ina/Saddle Lake Cree) and seth cardinal dodginghorse (Tsuut’ina/Amskapi Piikani/Saddle Lake Cree). 

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Published on: 2024-01-19

Prince Harry's Spare the most borrowed book of 2023

Spare, the controversial memoir by Prince Harry, topped the most borrowed list for nonfiction and overall titles at Regina Public Library in 2023. 

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Published on: 2024-01-02