Improve your English, share stories and make new friends!
Améliorez votre anglais, partager des histoires et faites des amis!
Some in-branch programs require registration with your library card. Please log in with your library account or follow this link to apply for a card online. You can also apply for a card in person at any of our 33 locations.
Wednesdays, Sep 18, 2024 - Dec 18, 2024
6:30pm
90 minutes
14 sessions remaining
Improve your English, share stories and make new friends!
Améliorez votre anglais, partager des histoires et faites des amis!
Wednesdays, Sep 18, 2024 - Dec 18, 2024
6:30pm
60 minutes
14 sessions remaining
Practice your English conversation skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. All levels are welcome to this drop-in program.
Wednesdays, Sep 18, 2024 - Dec 11, 2024
6:30pm
90 minutes
13 sessions remaining
Learn and practice new English language skills and meet new people in a relaxed and friendly environment. Offered in partnership with the Catholic Centre for Immigrants of Ottawa. All are welcome to this drop-in program!
Apprenez et pratiquez votre anglais parlé et rencontrez des gens dans un milieu décontracté. Offert en partenariat avec le Centre catholique pour immigrants d'Ottawa. Tout le monde est bienvenue à ce programme sans inscription!
Wednesdays, Sep 18, 2024 - Dec 18, 2024
6:30pm
90 minutes
14 sessions remaining
Join our free English conversation to practice speaking in English in a relaxed and friendly environment.
All levels are welcome to this drop-in program.
Rejoignew notre groupe de conversation en anglais gratuis pour pratiquer l'anglais dans une atmosphère détendue.
Tous les niveaux sont les bienvenus à ce programme, inscription non requise.
Wednesdays, Sep 18, 2024 - Jun 18, 2025
6:30pm
75 minutes
38 sessions remaining
Improve your spoken French in a relaxed setting. This group is for those at an intermediate level. No registration required. / Améliorez votre français parlé dans une ambiance décontractée. Ce groupe est de niveau intermédiaire. Aucune inscription requise.
Wednesdays, Sep 18, 2024 - Dec 18, 2024
6:30pm
90 minutes
13 sessions remaining
Got a portable craft project? Bring it along and chat with some fellow crafters while you work! Share your expertise if you're comfortable, and learn about what other folks are working on (or just make friends and bond over your latest tv show obsession)! Knitting, crochet, embroidery, felting, beading, scrapbooking and more.
Wednesdays, Sep 18, 2024 - Jun 18, 2025
7:00pm
90 minutes
10 sessions remaining
Storytelling Open Mic is a perfect place for newcomers to discover oral storytelling in a warm and supportive atmosphere or for more experienced tellers to test out new stories. Listeners are needed and welcome! You will hear folk tales, historical pieces, fractured fairy tales, true personal stories, recitations, ballads, and original stories - ranging from funny to poignant. Attendees can listen or tell a story 5-10 minutes long. In collaboration with Ottawa Storytellers.
Wednesdays, Sep 18, 2024 - Mar 19, 2025
7:00pm
60 minutes
13 sessions remaining
If you are a knitter or a crocheter, come and join Hazeldean Stitches. Share your ideas and projects with other yarn artists. All ages welcome!
Wednesdays, Sep 18, 2024 - Dec 18, 2024
7:00pm
60 minutes
13 sessions remaining
Améliorez votre français parlé et rencontrez des gens dans une atmosphère détendue. Inscription non requise, niveaux intermédiaire.
* no session on October 30.
Practice your French language conversation skills and meet new friends in a relaxed and friendly environment. Drop-in program at an intermediate level.
* pas de réunion le 30 octobre.
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024 at 8:00pm
minutes
Former Chief Justice of Canada and #1 bestselling author of Full Disclosure, Beverley McLachlin, discusses her new novel Proof, a razor-sharp thriller featuring defense attorney Jilly Truitt as she defends a high-profile mother accused of kidnapping her own child.
In partnership with The Ottawa International Writer's Festival. Hosted by Charlotte Gray.
Get your free tickets by clicking this link.
Book sales on-site will be handled by Perfect Books.