October 2017 • Vol 24 No. 10

Mental Health Month

October is Mental Health Month and Stanton has a packed program of

activities celebrating the 2017 theme, ‘Share the journey’.

Activities include author talks, mindfulness, creative workshops, information

sessions and a classic film screening. All activities are free, and online

bookings are essential. See inside this newsletter and check our website for

full details and booking links: www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/MHM17

Mon 2 CLOSED (Labour Day holiday)

Tue 3 11am Storytime

2pm Create your own snow globe (Ages 5+)*

2pm Knitting group

Wed 4 11am Storytime

Thu 5 11.30am Toddler rhymetime

1pm Writers @ Stanton: Gareth Evans & Michael Kirby

2pm Film & popcorn: Lego Batman (all ages)

Fri 6 10am Family history help desk*

Mon 9 1pm Writers @ Stanton: Peter Greste

1pm Mental Health Month: radical courage*

Tue 10 11am Storytime

Wed 11 10.30am Mental Health Month: introduction to mindfulness*

11am Storytime

Thu 12 11.30am Toddler rhymetime

1pm Writers @ Stanton: Sofie Laguna

1pm Mental Health Month: cancer recovery*

7pm North Shore Historical Society

Fri 13 10am Family history help desk*

Sat 14 11am Mental Health Month: mask making*

Mon 16 1pm Mental Health Month: Kim Hodges book talk*

Tue 17 11am Storytime

1pm Writers @ Stanton: Hugh Riminton

2pm Knitting group

Wed 18 11am Storytime

Thu 19 11.30am Toddler rhymetime

Fri 20 1pm Writers @ Stanton: Sarah Goldman

10am Family history help desk*

Tue 24 11am Storytime

6pm Get Creative: mixed media workshop*

Wed 25 11am Storytime

1pm Writers @ Stanton: Ross McMullin

7pm Mental Health Month: memory and the self in dementia*

Thu 26 11am Toddler rhymetime

6pm Halloween party (strictly ages 5+)*

Tue 31 10.30am Books to movies group: One flew over the cuckoo’s nest

11am Storytime

*Bookings essential

Thursday 5 October, 1pm

Gareth Evans with Michael Kirby

In the moving, entertaining and always

lucid memoir ‘Incorrigible optimist’,

Evans looks back over the highs and

lows of his public life as a student

activist, law reformer, industry minister,

educator and politician.

Monday 9 October, 1pm

Peter Greste

Extremely timely, enlightening and

passionate, ‘The first casualty’ is Peter

Greste’s first-hand account of how the

war on journalism has spread from the

battlefields of the Middle East to the

governments of the West.

Thursday 12 October, 1pm

Sofie Laguna

‘The choke’ is a brilliant and haunting

novel about a child navigating an often

dark and uncaring world of male power,

guns and violence. Sofie Laguna once

again shows that she is a writer of

originality and blazing talent.

Tuesday 17 October, 1pm

Hugh Riminton

‘Minefields’ is a fascinating memoir of

over 40 years on the frontline of the

news game. As a journalist and foreign

correspondent, Hugh Riminton has

reported from nearly 50 countries,

witnessed massacres, wars and

conflicts on four continents and every

kind of natural disaster.

Friday 20 October, 1pm

Sarah Goldman

‘Caroline Chisholm: an irresistible force’

is a fresh and engaging biography of a

fascinating and influential woman who

was instrumental in shaping modern

Australia - but whose influence and

importance has largely been forgotten.

Wednesday 25 October, 1pm

Ross McMullin

The wartime letters and diaries of

Pompey Elliott, Australia’s most famous

fighting general, are exceptionally

forthright and remarkably illuminating

about his experience of war. ‘Pompey

Elliott at war’ will lead to a new

appreciation of his character and his

importance in the final year of WWI.

Wednesday 1 November, 1pm

Scott Bevan

The harbour’ is the ultimate story of

Sydney Harbour. In this beautiful,

authoritative and meditative journey,

Scott Bevan takes us from cove to

cove, by kayak, yacht and barge to

gather the harbour’s stories.

Friday 3 November, 1pm

Richard Fidler & Kari Gislason

‘Saga land’ is a gripping blend of family

mystery, contemporary stories and the

beautiful and bloody Viking tales, set

against the starkly stunning landscape

of Iceland.

Thursday 9 November, 1pm

Gabriella Coslovich

‘Whiteley on trial’ investigates the

biggest case of alleged art fraud to

come before the Australian criminal

justice system - drawing in one of the

country's most gifted and ultimately

tragic artists, Brett Whiteley.

Stanton Top Five

Some frightful flicks just in time for Halloween

The babadook DVD 823/BAB

Great Australian psychological horror film - a single

mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband,

battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the

house.

Pan's labyrinth DVD 823W/PAN

In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young

stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an

eerie but captivating fantasy world.

Let the right one in DVD 823W/LET

Swedish romantic horror film - lonely, 12-year-old Oskar

is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates. A new

friendship develops when Eli, a pale, serious young girl

who only comes out at night, moves in next door.

Get out DVD 823/GET

American horror film - a young black man meets his

white girlfriend's parents at their estate, only to find out

that the situation is much more sinister than it appears.

The thing DVD 823/THI

A team of scientists, investigating a magnetic

disturbance near the North Pole, discovers a disc-

shaped object and some sort of man-like creature

frozen beneath the ice.

Mental Health Month– Share the journey

October is Mental Health Month and Stanton has a

packed program of activities including workshops, talks

and demonstrations. Check our website for the full

program. Online bookings are now open:

www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/MHM17

Radical courage

Monday 9 October, 1pm

Imagining another future for the self - considered as a

possible strategy to move away from depression.

Introduction to mindfulness meditation

Wednesday 11 October , 10.30am

This practical session explores mindfulness and

meditation as a component of mental health.

Cancer recovery

Thursday 12 October, 1pm

This talk will focus on improving the quality of life for

individuals, carers and family members.

Mask making & talk

Saturday 14 October, 11am

A three hour creative workshop lead by artist and

psychotherapist Martine Valentine.

Book talk: Kim Hodges

Monday 16 October, 1pm

The author will talk about ’Girl on the edge’, an arresting

memoir of a sensitive adolescent girl growing up in a

small and isolated town in regional Australia.

Get Creative: mixed media workshop

Tuesday 24 October, 6pm

Local artist Sandy Shilansky believes in the power of

creativity and art as therapy...

Memory and the self in dementia

Wednesday 25 October, 7pm

A presentation by neurologists from the Brain and Mind

Centre at the USyd on how improving our

understanding of how identity changes in dementia can

help inform approaches to treatment and care.

Books to Movies group

Tuesday 31 October, 10.30am

For Mental Health Month, the next screening of the

Books to Movies group will be the classic film ’One flew

over the cuckoo’s nest’ based on the novel by Ken

Kesey. No bookings required.

Storytime

Storytime is held Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 11am. 3rd & 4th The Moon 10th & 11th Shapes 17th & 18th Diwali 24th & 25th Insects 31st & 1st Halloween

Baby Rhymetime is for children under 2 years and

their parents & carers. It is held on Mondays at 10.30am

and 11.30am. Online bookings are essential

www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/kidzone

Toddler Rhymetime, for children under 3 years, is

on Thursdays at 11.30am. No bookings necessary.

School Holiday Activities

Bookings open Monday 28th August at 9am

www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/kidzone

Film and popcorn: Moana (PG)

Monday 25 September, 2-3.45pm

All ages. No bookings needed.

Slime time with the Children’s

Discovery Museum

Wednesday 27 September, 2.30pm

The science of things that ooze,

squeeze and flow in unusual ways.

Make your own slime to take home. For

ages 5 and over. Bookings essential.

Bird craft for the ‘Lost bird found

project’

Thursday 28 September, 2-3pm

Join us in making birds for Council’s

Mental Health Month project: ‘Lost Bird

Found’. All ages. Bookings essential.

Create your own snow globe

Tuesday 3 October, 2-3pm

Make your own snowy wonderland!

For ages 5 and up. Bookings essential.

Film and popcorn: Lego Batman (PG)

Thursday 5 October, 2-3.40pm

All ages. No bookings needed.

Halloween Party

Thursday 26 October, 6-7pm

Join us for an evening of scary stories,

gruesome games and spooky snacks.

Strictly ages 5+, Bookings essential.

Stanton Library is a service of North Sydney Council. 234 Miller Street, North Sydney 2060 02 9936 8400 library@northsydney.nsw.gov.au www.northsydney.nsw.gov.au/library

Hours Stanton Library Monday – Thursday 9am–9pm Friday 9am–6pm Saturday – Sunday 10am–5pm Closed Monday 2 October

Heritage Centre, Level 1 Open hours as above. Heritage Centre Desk: Monday – Saturday 1–5pm At other times assistance is available from the Information Desk on the Ground Floor

Don Bank Museum 6 Napier St, North Sydney Wednesday, 12–3pm, Sunday, 2–4pm

St Thomas’ Rest Park 250 West St, Crows Nest Self guided walks available at any time

Sexton’s Cottage Museum 250 West St, Crows Nest Thursday, 1–4pm, Saturday, 2-4pm

May Gibbs’ Nutcote 5 Wallaringa Ave, Neutral Bay Wednesday - Sunday, 11am–3pm

Kirribilli Neighbourhood Centre Community Library 16-18 Fitzroy St, Kirribilli Contact 9922 4428 for hours

Parking @ Stanton Library North Sydney Residents with a Ridge Street Car Park card from Council are entitled to 1.5 hours free parking in Ridge Street Car Park. Cards are available from Council’s Customer Service Desk (fee applies). Free parking for all is available on Saturdays and Sundays.

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Heritage Centre Exhibition

Locality: telling North Sydney stories in objects and

pictures

A permanent but evolving display that explores various

aspects of North Sydney’s history using the stories

associated with intriguing objects from the collection. The

exhibition features newly acquired items and previously

unseen treasures from the Heritage Centre’s collection

including a stunning ‘Balmain Bug’ two foot racing skiff.

North Shore Historical Society Thursday 12 October, 2017 Light refreshments are served from 6.30pm for a 7pm start.

Topic: Frank Hurley, the artful photographer

Guest Speaker: Toni Hurley, a granddaughter of

photographer Captain Frank Hurley, will share some

family memories of her grandfather and provide an

overview of some highlights of his photographic career,

with a particular focus on his Antarctic adventures and

his WWI photography.

Enquiries: 94501552, visitors welcome.

Family History Help Desk

First three Fridays of each month, 10am-12pm

Staff and volunteers will be available to give one-on-one

assistance to individuals researching their family history.

For bookings, call 9936 8400.

Volunteers Needed!

Do you have an interest in local history and enjoy

meeting new people? Why not become a museum guide

at Don Bank or Sexton’s Cottage museums. We’re

looking for new volunteers to show visitors around the

museums and share the story of our local heritage. You

will need to be able to commit to one shift a month. For

further information please contact Local History Librarian

Shannon Haritos on 9936 8412.