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  • Greenbelt ESL Intermediate Classes - May Session

    North Gloucester

    Thursday May 30, 2024 at 1:00pm
    90 minutes

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    Ready for more than conversation? These 4-week module classes will help build on your English language skills. Beginner and Intermediate sessions. Each session's registration will open three (3) weeks prior to the first class. 

    Everyone welcome! Register online.  

    You are registering for: Intermediate classes : May 2, 9, 16 and 23 2024

    Vous cherchez un peu plus qu'une conversation? Nos classes en format module de 4 semaines vous aideront à développer vos compétences linguistiques en anglais. Sessions au niveau débutant ainsi qu'intermédiaire. Ouverture des inscriptions trois (3) semaines avant la première classe pour chaque session. 

    Tous sont bienvenus ! Inscription en ligne.  

    Vous vous enregistrez pour: session intermédiaire: les 2, 9, 16 et 23 mai 2024

  • Carlingwood Adult Colouring Club

    Carlingwood

    Thursdays, May 30, 2024 - Aug 28, 2025
    2:00pm
    60 minutes

    54 sessions remaining

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    COLOURING PROGRAM ON HIATUS FROM JULY -  AUGUST.

    Coloring can have a calming effect on the mind and promote overall wellness. Join us for a fun and relaxing afternoon of adult coloring. 

    All supplies are provided.  No experience required.  All you need to bring is your creativity!

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  • Book Banter

    Book Banter (January to June 2024)

    Alta Vista

    Thursday May 30, 2024 at 2:00pm
    60 minutes

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    Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for discussions on the first Thursday of every month from 2 to 3 p.m.

    January 11 : Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner (Note the date change)

    February 1: Horse by Geraldine Brooks

    March 7: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

    April 4: The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

    May 2: Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls

    May 30: The Night Portrait by Laura Morelli (Note the date change)

    All meetings are scent-free.
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    English conversation group

    Main

    Thursdays, May 30, 2024 - Jun 27, 2024
    6:00pm
    90 minutes

    5 sessions remaining

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    Join our free English conversation group to practice speaking in English in a relaxed and friendly environment.

    All levels are welcome to this drop-in program.

    Rejoignez notre groupe de conversation en anglais gratuit pour pratiquer l'anglais dans une atmosphère détendue.

    Tous les niveaux sont les bienvenus à ce programme , inscription non requise.
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    Soirée de jeux de société pour adultes / Adult Game Night

    North Gloucester

    Thursdays, May 30, 2024 - Jun 13, 2024
    6:00pm
    120 minutes

    3 sessions remaining

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    Aimez-vous les jeux de société ? Jouer aux cartes ou aux échecs ? Vous choisissez le jeu ! Plusieurs options seront disponibles. Vous pouvez aussi apporter vos propres jeux.

    Programme portes-ouvertes 

    Do you love board games? Cards? Chess? Any game goes! We will provide an assortment of games, but you're welcome to bring your own board games, too.

    Drop-in program 

  • Knitting/Crochet Group

    Munster

    Thursdays, May 30, 2024 - Aug 29, 2024
    6:00pm
    120 minutes

    14 sessions remaining

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    Come knit/crochet/chat at the Munster Library Thursdays 6-8pm All levels are welcome!
  • Armchair Travel

    Armchair Travel - Newfoundland

    Alta Vista

    Thursday May 30, 2024 at 6:00pm
    120 minutes

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    Photos and narration from multiple car trips around this wonderful province. Highlights include Viking settlement in L’anse aux meadows, fjord at Western Brook Pond, the Tablelands, Bonavista, Twillingate, Cape Spear, icebergs, etc. Presented by Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users’ Group and the Orleans Photo Club.

  • Films en français

    Main

    Thursdays, May 30, 2024 - Dec 26, 2024
    6:00pm
    150 minutes

    31 sessions remaining

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    Tous les jeudis dans l'auditorium de la succursale Centrale à 18h ! Et c'est gratuit ! 

    Le programme sera mis à jour ici :  

    • jeudi le 23 mai -  Simple comme Sylvain
    • Sophia, 40 ans, qui souffre en permanence de migraines, professeure de philosophie à l’université du troisième âge, vit en couple depuis dix ans avec Xavier, professeur de science politique. Ils ont une vie confortable et leur couple est plutôt stable malgré une vie sexuelle en veilleuse. Ils ne s’en plaignent pas, mais visiblement, quelque chose est bien éteint de ce côté-là. En contrepartie, ils ont une vie sociale riche et heureuse entre leurs amis et beaux-parents respectifs. L’existence de Sophia bascule le jour où elle fait la rencontre de Sylvain, un entrepreneur des Laurentides aux antipodes de son mode de vie. À l’aube de l’hiver, elle quittera tout pour vivre cette passion brûlante. Peut-être la dernière de sa vie.
    • 110 minutes. Pour un public mature. 
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    Death Café

    North Gloucester

    Thursday May 30, 2024 at 6:15pm
    120 minutes

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    At a Death Café, people gather together to discuss death. This event doesn’t have any particular objectives or themes aside from increasing everyone’s awareness of death and exploring our relationships with death, dying and grief. As we grapple with what life looks like today, having a safe and non-judgmental space to talk about difficult subjects is so important and can have a significant impact both on how we live and how we die.

    Ottawa Public Library is partnering with the Home Hospice Association to offer death cafés with various themes. Check out the OPL website for upcoming death cafés (spring 2024).

  • Stittsville Creative Writing Group

    Stittsville

    Thursdays, May 30, 2024 - Jun 13, 2024
    6:30pm
    90 minutes

    3 sessions remaining

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    Do you love to write? Is writing the air you breathe, or is there ink in your veins?

    The Stittsville Creative Writing Group is a collection of people who love to write.

    We meet weekly to read from text we have written on our own time during the previous week, and engage in other writing activities.

    This is not a class on writing, or a workshop for manuscripts. Instead, we are people who love to write and share our works. 

    There are those who mostly listen rather than write, those who write prolifically but only share with the group, and a broad spectrum in between.

    If your interest is in the love of writing, this group may be for you.