Colouring is an excellent way to have fun and reduce stress. Join us the first Thursday of each month for a relaxing session of colouring and peaceful background music. An opportunity to meet others and express your creative side!
All supplies are provided. No experience or special skills required.
Drop-in activity
If you are a knitter, a crocheter or a crafter, come and join us at Hazeldean Stitches. Share your ideas and projects with other yarn artists. All ages welcome!
Want to learn more about your family history or getting stuck working on your family tree?
Drop-in on alternating Tuesday afternoons, anytime between 2 – 3 to work on your family tree, share research strategies, and discover what resources are available for your research.
Specialists from the Ontario Genealogical Society Ottawa Branch and the Ottawa Public Library will be here to answer questions and help you get the most from library resources.
Bring your laptop, tablet, or borrow a Chromebook from the library.
All welcome!
Local History & Genealogy Reference Department Second Floor
No registration required. 2 – 3 on alternating Tuesdays; please see schedule at right.
The Granny Squares for Warmth (GSFW) group was created in November 2020 as a Barrhaven-based group with a mission to create and donate hand-made blankets in the Ottawa area.
Group members arrange for donations of yarn, crochet or knit granny squares, join the squares into lap blankets, baby blankets or single bed blankets and donate the blankets to organizations such as long-term care homes, women’s shelters, homeless shelters, maternity wards and more.
In addition to blankets, members have also made and donated shawls, hats, and baby wear.
Join us to crochet and join granny squares, to share and learn crochet stitches and techniques and to build a sense of community by making blankets for those in need. Everyone is welcome!
Bring your friends and play some exciting board games & card games. We have a variety of games to choose from including Ticket to Ride, King of Tokyo, Catan, Dutch Blitz, Bananagrams, Chess, Checkers, & more!
Second Tuesday of each month
Drop-in
Practice your English language conversation skills and meet new friends in a relaxed and friendly environment.
We meet to enjoy lively good-natured discussions of a wide variety of books selected by our members. All assessments, interpretations, and opinions are valued and respected. Everyone is welcome!
See the book list below for titles.
Practice your English language conversation skills and meet new friends in a relaxed and friendly environment. A facilitator will be there to lead the group.
Drop in program
Jean-Luc Pilon, adjunct professor of sociology and anthropology at Carleton University as well as former curator of central archeology at the Canadian Museum of History will discuss the Ottawa region's ancient past.
Bits and pieces of this complex puzzle have surface over the past century and a haft, only to disappear into museum vaults.
Yet, many of these imprecisely located finds, along with detailed notes, combined with new knowledge gained from more than 25 years of research carried out at the mouth of the Gatineau River, begin to shed a light on the thousands of years of history.
Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere in person, in the afternoon. This group meets every second Wednesday of the month (except September this year) See link below for this year's selections:
September 7: Yellow Wife, by Sadeqa Johnson
October 12: Thomas King, author
November 9: Beneath A Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
December 7: Still Life by Sarah Winman
January 11: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
February 8: The Company We Keep: a novel by Frances Itani
March 8: The Exiles: a novel by Christina Baker Kline
April 12: A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
May 10: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman