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  • Image of fish jumping out of computer screen onto photo, headshot of Lynda Buske

    Thursday Nov 14, 2024 at 5:30pm
    120 minutes

    Learn easy, stunning photo editing techniques!

    Lynda Buske will demo on how to enhance your photos by adjusting light, colour, and composition using free photo editing software (Photoscape X) available for both Windows and MacOS.  Although it is not necessary, if you wish to bring your laptop with Photoscape X downloaded, here are the instructions below.

    Download Photoscape X instructions:

    To download Photoscape X you must have Windows 10 or a recent Mac OS 10.10 or higher.

    To install PhotoScape X

    • Use a web browser to go to http://photoscape.org/ps/main/download.php
    • Click on the BLUE PhotoScape X for Windows 10 button. Your web browser will take you to the PhotoScape X page at the Microsoft Store. Click on the blue Get button.
    • During the download process, your computer may also update other windows 10 apps. Please note, this may take some time before it downloads Photoscape X.

    Lynda is from the Ottawa PC Users' Group and the Orleans Photo Club. 

  • Thursday Nov 14, 2024 at 6:00pm
    120 minutes

    Learn to crochet Santa hat ornaments at the Carlingwood Library! With the help of an instructor, you will be taken through the step-by-step process of crocheting Santa hat ornaments to take home. No experience required. 

    All supplies and equipment will be provided. ​

    This program is for teens aged 13-18. 

    Registration is limited for this program. Please pre-register online to reserve your spot.     

  • 3 children reading and one child browsing the bookshelf

    Thursdays, Nov 14, 2024 - Dec 12, 2024
    6:30pm
    60 minutes

    2 sessions remaining

    Sorry this event is full

    This club will meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month:

    October 10

    November 14

    December 12

    Come share the enjoyment of reading books with other kids ages 9-12!

    Each meeting we will have a book battle to choose the book we will be reading that month. 

    Registration required (up to 8 participants). 

  • Thursdays, Nov 14, 2024 - Jun 12, 2025
    7:00pm
    60 minutes

    8 sessions remaining

    Share the enjoyment of good books in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. Second Thursday of every month. New members welcome.

  • Fridays, Nov 15, 2024 - Nov 30, 2024
    9:30am
    750 minutes

    16 sessions remaining

    Do you have a special request for Santa? We’ve got you covered! Come to the Richmond branch and write Santa a letter to let him know you've been extra good this year, and don't forget to share with him your hopes for Christmas morning surprises! Remember to include your name, age and address to receive a letter back from the big guy in red! 

    Starting: Friday November 15 until Saturday November 30, 2024   

    Grown ups: we will be sending out the letters on December 2nd so that they get to the North Pole by December 6, 2024 as that is the date the Elf Post Office closes for the season. 

  • Friday Nov 15, 2024 at 4:00pm
    90 minutes

    Come watch a FREE screening of fun, family-friendly movies every Friday this fall at the Blackburn Hamlet branch! Bring your own water bottle. Costumes are always welcome!  

    Alice in Wonderland - 109 mins - PG

    Alice Kingsleigh is a young woman at a crossroads. Not knowing what she wants from life, she is being pushed, pulled, strong-armed, and confused into doing what everyone expects of her. A marriage proposal in front of friends and family pushes Alice over the edge and down the rabbit hole into a place she hasn't visited since her father died 10 years before. Only problem is, she's now a very different person, has no memories of Underland, and is somehow still expected to be someone she's not. How can she argue with something that's mapped out in full visual splendor in the prophetic Oraculum? With the help of The Mad Hatter, The White Queen, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Absolom, The Cheshire Cat, and the Bandersnatch, can Alice unlock the mystery of her past and light a path to her future?

    Le film sera visionné en anglais / Movie will be shown in English 

  • Friday Nov 15, 2024 at 4:00pm
    90 minutes

    Drop-in at the Carlingwood Branch for Wii U Game On!

    Not sure how to play? No worries! Our teen volunteers running this program will be happy to help. 

  • Trains

    Saturdays, Nov 16, 2024 - Nov 17, 2024
    10:00am
    420 minutes

    2 sessions remaining

    Visit “Marmadale Wharf” and learn about the hobby of model railroading!

    The model train has 4 main line tracks and features like a main line station, operating turntable, a country village, beach and dock. But that’s not all!
    There is also an industrial area where trains will leave and head up an incline to a model coal mine.

    Drop-in. All ages welcome!

    • Saturday, November 16: 10 AM - 5 PM
    • Sunday, November 17: 10 AM - 3 PM
  • Cartoon kids and adults on carpet with books

    Saturday Nov 16, 2024 at 10:15am
    30 minutes

    Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver. Drop-in program.

    Contes, comptines et chansons pour les enfants de tous âges et un parent ou gardien. Portes ouvertes.

  • Saturdays, Nov 16, 2024 - Dec 14, 2024
    10:30am
    60 minutes

    3 sessions remaining

    Get ready to giggle and move in this action-packed hour of music, dance, and entertaining games. Drop-in program. Ages 4-6.

    November 16 & 30

    December 14

    Venez vous amuser, bouger et rigoler pendant cette heure énergique de musique, danse et jeux interactifs. Programme portes ouvertes. Pour les 4 à 6 ans.

    16 et 30 novembre

    14 décembre