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.
Fridays, Oct 18, 2024 - Dec 27, 2024
2:00pm
90 minutes
11 sessions remaining
Bring your knitting or crochet project (or needlepoint, cross-stitch, etc) and share tips and tricks, ideas and conversations with fellow enthusiasts. For adults of all abilities. Drop-in.
Apportez votre projet de tricot ou de crochet (ou broderie, point de croix, etc) afin d'échanger des conseils, des idées et converser avec d'autres passionnés. Pour les adultes de tous les niveaux. Aucune inscription requise.
Fridays, Oct 18, 2024 - Jun 20, 2025
2:00pm
60 minutes
8 sessions remaining
Do you enjoy reading mysteries? Share the enjoyment of good mysteries in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for discussion usually every third Friday of the month.
Fridays, Oct 18, 2024 - Dec 20, 2024
3:00pm
90 minutes
10 sessions remaining
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.
Saturdays, Oct 19, 2024 - Nov 30, 2024
10:30am
120 minutes
7 sessions remaining
Introducing Pulses, a new offering from Synapcity, the hosts of Ottawa's Civics Boot Camp.
Be a part of weekly conversations that matter. With local chapters launching in locations across Ottawa, these weekly discussions will not only inform but allow you to have your say on key issues such as climate, housing, transit, arts, inclusion and more.
Perfect for anyone looking to engage with their community in a fresh way, these spaces are made for you to build and connect with your neighbours.
Each of these small group sessions will be guided by a trained facilitator. Whether it's a mini Boot Camp, a guest speaker session, a book club talk or an open dialogue, these sessions provide a space focused on community building and fostering local connections.
Coming this fall, don’t miss Pulses - the newest city-making program from Synapcity.
REGISTER HERE: https://bit.ly/SynapcityPulses
No program October 12th (due to Thanksgiving holiday).
Saturday Oct 19, 2024 at 10:30am
180 minutes
Come into the Richmond branch to pick up a mini pumpkin to take home and decorate as your favourite book character.
Return the decorated pumpkin to the branch by October 26th where they will be displayed for the community to enjoy and a winner will be selected and contacted.
Only pumpkins supplied
While supplies last.
Saturday Oct 19, 2024 at 11:00am
120 minutes
Paint a ghastly ghost onto different works of art to create your own spooky scene.
Self-directed, drop-in.
Saturdays, Oct 19, 2024 - Dec 21, 2024
1:00pm
90 minutes
10 sessions remaining
Practice your English conversation skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. All levels are welcome.
No class on September 28, 2024
Saturday Oct 19, 2024 at 2:00pm
135 minutes
Join us for a screening of the NFB documentary, Beyond Paper.
At a critical moment in the history of the written word, as humanity’s archives migrate to the cloud, one filmmaker goes on a journey around the globe to better understand how she can preserve her own Romanian and Armenian heritage, as well as our collective memory. Blending the intellectual with the poetic, she embarks on a personal quest with universal resonance, navigating the continuum between paper and digital—and reminding us that human knowledge is above all an affair of the soul and the spirit.
Presentation courtesy of the National Film Board.
2 hours and 10 minutes. English and French, Romanian, Italian, Arabic, Spanish with English subtitles
Sunday Oct 20, 2024 at 2:00pm
105 minutes
Ink is our primal medium. It has always been with us, inscribing the evolution of humanity. The Colour of Ink uncovers the medium’s mystery and power through the eyes of Jason Logan, a visionary Toronto inkmaker. Working with ingredients foraged in the wild—weeds, berries, bark, flowers, rocks, rust—he makes ink from just about anything. Jason sends custom-made inks to an eclectic range of artists around the world, from a New Yorker cartoonist to a Japanese calligrapher. As the inks take on a life of their own, his playful alchemy paints a story of colour that reconnects us to the earth and returns us to a childlike sense of wonder.
105 minutes. English, Spanish, and Japanese with English subtitles.
Courtesy of the National Film Board.
Mondays, Oct 21, 2024 - Dec 23, 2024
10:00am
120 minutes
9 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.