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  • Stuffed animals

    Saturday Nov 02, 2024 at 10:30am
    60 minutes

    Bring one stuffed animal for a friendly competition. Get your friend looking their best, walk them down the runway, and show off their tricks! Ages 3-7.

  • Saturday Nov 02, 2024 at 10:30am
    120 minutes

    When buying a PC, you are faced with a lot of choices, laptop or desktop, how many cores in the processor, Intel or AMD processor, size of storage, how big a monitor, is it better to buy a faster processor or more memory…

    Chris Taylor, President of the Ottawa PC Users' Group will help sort out the choices so you can buy the computer that is right for your needs. 
     

  • Saturdays, Nov 02, 2024 - Dec 14, 2024
    11:00am
    60 minutes

    4 sessions remaining

    This is a group for people who love to write.

    Participants meet every second Saturday to discuss all things writing, whether it be highlighting their work, exchanging feedback or above all else, sharing their passion for the craft.  Practitioners from all skill levels and writing genres are welcome.

    Registration preferred. Drop-ins are welcome.

  • Saturday Nov 02, 2024 at 1:30pm
    120 minutes

    For Newcomers. 

    Be better prepared to write an effective resume. Learn how to structure your resume and best describe your work experiences and accomplishments.

  • creature fish cucumber mushroom

    Saturday Nov 02, 2024 at 2:00pm
    90 minutes

    In this workshop, you'll learn the basic techniques to start making your own felted creations.

    Needle felting is the process of transforming animal fibres, like wool, into felt using a special felting needle. Learn how to craft your own needle felted creations!

    All materials will be provided. Ages 13-17.

  • Saturday Nov 02, 2024 at 2:00pm
    120 minutes

    Learn how to more effectively tell the story of your vacations through pictures. Regardless of what kind of camera you use (cell phone, tablet, DSLR, etc.), Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users' Group and the Orleans Photo Club will show how to use light, foreground, people, framing, and more to create a descriptive picture that needs no captioning.

  • Three cartoon robots

    Saturday Nov 02, 2024 at 2:00pm
    60 minutes

    Join us as we celebrate author Peter Brown's novel, The Wild Robot (and the new movie based on the book).  We will use our creativity and imagination to plan, design and build our own robots. We provide the materials, you provide the inspiration!

    Ages 9- 12. Register online.

  • air travel image

    Monday Nov 04, 2024 at 6:00pm
    60 minutes

    Enjoy photos and narration of a cruise that included excursions to fjords, waterfalls and geysers as well as interesting geological formations. 

    Presented by Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users’ Group and the Orleans Photo Club. 

    Registration required

  • 2500 Campeau

    Monday Nov 04, 2024 at 7:00pm
     minutes

    Join Eisner Award winning cartoonist Faith Erin Hicks as she dives into the process of making comics, from script to drawing and beyond. She will show young creators how they too can make comics. The only tools needed are a pencil, paper and an idea! Faith will also give a drawing demonstration with audience participation.

    This workshop is aimed at teens ages 13-18. 

    Faith Erin Hicks is a writer and artist living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her published works include The Adventures of Superhero Girl, Friends with Boys, The Nameless City trilogy, Pumpkinheads (with Rainbow Rowell), One Year at Ellsmere and the young adult novel Comics Will Break Your Heart. She has won two Eisner Awards, and Pumpkinheads was a New York Times bestseller. 

  • Tuesday Nov 05, 2024 at 2:00pm
    75 minutes

    The Beaverbrook Branch is excited to welcome author Charlotte Gray, one of Canada's best known non-fiction writers, to talk about her most recent work, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Live of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt

    The presentation will be followed by a Q & A and book signing with the author. 

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    Charlotte Gray, a graduate of Oxford University and LSE, is one of Canada’s best known non-fiction writers. In twelve bestsellers, including biographies such as Sisters in the Wilderness and Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life of Alexander Graham Bell and intriguing narratives such as Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike and The Massey Murder, she has brought our past to vivid life. She has won many awards for her work, including the prestigious Pierre Berton Award for a body of historical writing and the UBC Medal for Biography. Charlotte is an adjunct professor at Carleton University, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Member of the Order of Canada. She lives in Ottawa.

    Presented in partnership with CFUW - Kanata and Perfect Books.