Interested in miniature gaming with toy soldiers? Join in to play science fiction, high fantasy and historical games. Presented by the Ottawa Miniatures Gamers.
Drop-in program for ages 12 and up.
All materials will be supplied.
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Sunday Jun 16, 2024 at 12:00pm
180 minutesDrop-in program
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Monday Jun 17, 2024 at 2:00pm
60 minutesDrop-in program
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Members of the Blackburn Hamlet Book Club meet to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members. All welcome!
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May 13*, 2024 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
*Date changed due to Victoria Day
June 17, 2024 The Red Tent by Anita Diamont
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Mondays, Jun 17, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024
6:30pm
60 minutes4 sessions remaining
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Happiness Habits 613 and Ottawa Public Library present: Happiness Book Club
Meet new people and join in discussions on selected non-fiction titles in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere.
April title: The Happiness Project, Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
Happiness Habits 613 is a grassroots crew in Ottawa cultivating healthy habits using the 9 pillars of happiness: altruism, connection, gratitude, movement, mindfulness, minimalism, nature, nutrition and purpose.
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Tuesdays, Jun 18, 2024 - Dec 17, 2024
11:00am
90 minutes5 sessions remaining
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Meet up with other book lovers in the neighborhood and chat about your latest reads.
January 16th - Rocket Men by Robert Kurson
February 20th - The Christie Affair by Nina Gramont
March 19th - Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
April 16th - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
May 21st - Blue by Danielle Steel
June 18th - At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
September 17th - The Promise of Canada by Charlotte Gray
October 15th - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
November 19th - Requiem by Frances Itani
December 17th - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
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Tuesday Jun 18, 2024 at 12:00pm
180 minutesDrop-in program
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Stop by our Social Services table and chat with staff from the South Nepean Satellite Community Health Centre (May 21st) and Nepean, Rideau and Osgoode Community Resource Centre (June 18th). Learn about the various services offered by the health/resource centres and ask your questions about resources for free community programs, mental and physical health, parenting, housing, employment and more!
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Tuesday Jun 18, 2024 at 1:30pm
60 minutesDrop-in program
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Join the staff at the Rockcliffe Park Branch for a cuppa, a cookie and book talk.
֎ Hear 6-8 book suggestions and what we liked about these books ֎
֎ On display, will be a curated list of books that you can check out ֎
֎ See an engaging short author video ֎
It's a cozy event all about books while enjoying a hot tea or coffee.
Adult, English, Drop-in
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Tuesday Jun 18, 2024 at 6:00pm
120 minutesDrop-in program
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Join us for the ultimate armchair travel around Europe. The European Book Club is offered in partnership with European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Ottawa to promote contemporary European authors and their works. A book title from an EU country is selected for discussion each month.
Irena Karafilly will talk about her book "Arrested Song"
Calliope Adham – young, strong-willed, and recently widowed – is schoolmistress in the village of Molyvos when Hitler’s army invades Greece in 1941. Well-read and linguistically gifted, she is recruited by the Germans to act as their liaison officer. It is the beginning of a personal and national saga that will last for several decades.
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Tuesday Jun 18, 2024 at 6:00pm
150 minutesDrop-in program
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Join us for a free screening of Tár as part of our Passionate For Craftin' It theme in June, wherein people get realllllllllly dedicated to their craft. The film was directed by Todd Field and was released in 2022. The screening will take place in our auditorium, starts at 6:00PM and is free to attend.
Note: The film is intended for a mature audience. 158 minutes. In English with subtitles.
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Thursday Jun 20, 2024 at 6:00pm
120 minutesDrop-in program
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In this informal self-guided program, adults are invited to discuss their favourite books and genres in a relaxed atmosphere. Unlike traditional book clubs, no specific book is selected for each session. This is an opportunity for people to get together to talk about what they are reading and inspire each other's future reads.
Third Thursday evening of each month
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Thursday Jun 20, 2024 at 6:30pm
90 minutesDrop-in program
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The Inconvenient Indian
The Inconvenient Indian dives deep into the brilliant mind of Thomas King, Indigenous intellectual, master storyteller, and author of the bestselling book The Inconvenient Indian, to shatter the misconception that history is anything more than stories we tell about the past. With winks to his cab driver Coyote along the way, King takes us on a critical journey through the colonial narratives of North America. He eloquently exposes the falsehoods of white supremacy and deftly punctures myths of Indigenous erasure to lay bare what has been extracted from the land, culture, and peoples of Turtle Island. In this time of momentous change and essential re- examination, Inconvenient Indian is a powerful visual poem anchored in the land and amplified by the voices of those who continue the tradition of Indigenous resistance. Artist activists, land protectors, hunters, and those leading cultural revitalization powerfully subvert the “inconvenience” of their existence, creating an essential new narrative and a possible path forward for us all.
English, Inuktitut, Cree and Anishinaabemowin with English subtitles | 2020 | 90 minutes.