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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.

  • Web banner for hobbies and crafts

    Saturday Sep 28, 2024 at 2:30pm
    90 minutes

    Learn how to make Marble Wind Spinners, Bookmarks and Photo holders out of Wire. Please note this program works with pliers.

  • National Film Board of Canada logo on pink and purple field

    Monday Sep 30, 2024 at 1:00pm
    135 minutes

    Join us  for a screening of Our People Will Be Healed.

    Our People Will Be Healed, Alanis Obomsawin’s 50th film, reveals how a Cree community in Manitoba has been enriched through the power of education. The Helen Betty Osborne Ininiw Education Resource Centre in Norway House, north of Winnipeg, receives a level of funding that few other Indigenous institutions enjoy. Its teachers help their students to develop their abilities and their sense of pride.

    Presentation courtesy of the National Film Board.

    Rated G. 1 hour and 36 minutes.

  • Tuesdays, Oct 01, 2024 - Dec 10, 2024
    1:30pm
    60 minutes

    6 sessions remaining

    Are you looking for work? Unemployed or underemployed? Drop in to meet one-on-one with an Employment Counsellor from the Pinecrest-Queensway Employment Services team. 

    This program runs every second Tuesday from 1:00-3:00 at the Stittsville Branch. Please click on "View Full Schedule" to see the list of upcoming Tuesdays. Any changes to the schedule will be reflected on this program listing.

  • Open book with whisps of light coming out

    Tuesdays, Oct 01, 2024 - Jun 03, 2025
    1:30pm
    60 minutes

    9 sessions remaining

    The Rockcliffe Park Book Club gathers to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members.  Please join in to share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere in person, in the afternoon. 

    The group will meet the first Tuesday of every month.  The initial meeting will be Tuesday, September 3 from 1:30-2:30 pm.

    September 3, 2024: The House of Doors by Twan Eng Tan

    October 1, 2024: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell

    November 5, 2024: Mrs Dalloway by Virgina Woolf

    December 3, 2024: Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry

    January 7, 2025: The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin

    February 4, 2025: The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan

    March 4, 2025: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

    April 1, 2025: Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott

    May 6, 2025: West with Giraffes by Linda Rutledge

    June 3, 2025: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

  • Tuesday Oct 01, 2024 at 2:00pm
    60 minutes

    Sorry this event and its waiting list are full

    Join us for an afternoon of crafting!  Participants will be introduced to the art of needle felting.  Supplies will be provided.

  • Web banner for hobbies and crafts

    Tuesday Oct 01, 2024 at 6:30pm
    90 minutes

    It's like musical chairs, but with art! Each person will receive a canvas and freely paint or draw on that canvas. At random intervals each person will stop working on their own canvas and switch it with another person to continue working on the new painting or drawings.

  • A brown and white image with the words Memory Café written on it. There is a picture of a coffee cup in the bottom left corner.

    Wednesdays, Oct 02, 2024 - Jun 25, 2025
    1:30pm
    120 minutes

    10 sessions remaining

    An open house for persons with dementia, their care partners, and families.

    Fun and stimulating mental activities are planned to enhance the social interactions and the connections that are built within the group. Light snacks and warm drinks are served alongside items that aim to spark conversations and reminiscing.

    October 2: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

    October 23: Oh Canada!

    November 27: Try Your Luck

    December 18: The Heart of the Home: The Kitchen

  • Wednesdays, Oct 02, 2024 - Jun 04, 2025
    2:00pm
    90 minutes

    9 sessions remaining

    Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere!

    Sept-June.

    1st Wednesday of the month. 

    January 2025 session will be held January 8th. 

    September 2024 - June 2025 Selections

    September 4th :
    Truth Be Told by Beverley McLachlin

    October 2nd:
    After Lives by Abdulrazak Gurnah

    November 6th:
    The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

    December 4th:
    The Adversary by Michael Crummey

    January 8th:
    What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

    February 5th:
    Erebus by Michael Palin

    March 5th:
    The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

    April 2nd :
    Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

    May 7th:
    The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

    June 4th:
    The Future by Catherine Leroux

     

  • Wednesday Oct 02, 2024 at 6:00pm
    135 minutes

    Join us for the free screening of a comedy murder mystery. 

    When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.

  • Vernon Book Club

    Wednesdays, Oct 02, 2024 - Dec 11, 2024
    6:30pm
    90 minutes

    3 sessions remaining

    Wouldn't it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books—without any homework? At Silent Book Club, there's no assigned reading, just reading in companionable silence!

    Each Silent Book Club will start with a short intro, where everyone gets to share what they are reading. Then there's silent reading hour!  No pressure, no homework questions, just quiet social time with other people who love to read.

    Drop-in program.