Pop-up planetarium at Halesworth Library

Pop-up planetarium at Halesworth Library – Saturday 12 March plus Forensic science workshops at Saxmundham and Woodbridge Libraries

Anyone inspired by British astronaut Tim Peake can take their own journey into space this Saturday (12 March) by visiting a pop-up planetarium at Halesworth Library.

The team from local interactive science and maths centre, Kinetic Adventure, will be bringing their pop-up planetarium for all the family to experience. There will be a number of sessions running throughout the day at 10am, 10.45am, 11.30am, 12.15am, 2pm, and 2.45pm. Tickets are £2 for adults and £1 for children. Please contact the library on 01986 879095 to book your place in advance as the sessions are filling up but there are still plenty of places.

Kinetic Adventure will also be running forensic science workshops at Woodbridge and Saxmundham libraries this month. There will be a workshop on Saturday 19 March at 2pm at Saxmundham Library and on Thursday 31 March there will be two Forensic Science Workshops at Woodbridge Library at 10.30am-12 noon and 1-2.30pm. These workshops are a chance for children aged five and over to dress up as a forensic scientist and solve a crime. Have a go at dusting for fingerprints and looking under the microscope! It’s £3 per child and places will be limited so please book your child’s place in advance.

Full details at www.suffolklibraries.co.uk

Kesgrave Library refurbishment and temporary closure

Kesgrave Library will be closing for a week in April to enable extensive redecoration to take place. The library will be closed from Monday 18 April to Friday 22 April and reopening on Saturday 23 April at 10am.

The work will involve repainting the public library area, installing new shelving – which will create more storage space, cleaning the carpets and installing new blinds. The work is being paid for by a combination of the Kesgrave Library Community Group and the local Kesgrave charity SPARK.

Customers can use any other library during the closure with Rosehill and Woodbridge libraries being the closest. There is also a mobile service which will visit stops in Rushmere and Martlesham on Tuesday 19 April, and other stops in Rushmere, Playford and Little and Great Bealings on Thursday 21 April.

Any library loans due back during the closure will be extended to the following week.