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.
Friday Jun 14, 2024 at 2:30pm
90 minutes
Join us on Friday afternoons to explore the art of drawing and mark-making as a form of mindfulness. Each session will focus on a different creative technique that we can use to create beautiful art. But if you would just like to sit and colour while sipping some hot chocolate or herbal tea, then please do!
All skill levels are welcome!
All materials and refreshments will be provided for participants.
Saturday Jun 15, 2024 at 2:00pm
120 minutes
Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users' Group and the Orleans Photo Club will show you how to make a hard copy book using the on-line service, Photobook Canada. You can completely customize the arrangement of your photos, backgrounds, frames, embellishments, etc. A great way to preserve memories of family events or travel!
Saturday June 15, 2:00-4:00pm
Registration required
Saturday Jun 15, 2024 at 2:30pm
90 minutes
Using a hammer and fresh leaves and flowers, you will create beautiful cards and bookmarks. All materials will be supplied OR bring your own foliage if you have a favorite.
Tuesday Jun 18, 2024 at 6:30pm
60 minutes
Adults are invited to join us in making their own cards. Make greeting cards for your loved ones for any occasion. Supplies are provided but feel free to also bring your own. All skill levels are welcome. Come along and have fun!
Thursday Jun 20, 2024 at 6:00pm
120 minutes
Learn, in simple terms, how your camera works to enable you to take better photos. The lecture will cover tips on composition, depth of field, lighting, people pictures and how to avoid common pitfalls. Learn how to get off the automatic setting on your camera and take control! Presented by Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users' Group and the Orleans Photo Club.
Thursdays, Jun 20, 2024 - Dec 19, 2024
6:30pm
90 minutes
27 sessions remaining
Do you love to write? Is writing the air you breathe, or is there ink in your veins?
The Stittsville Creative Writing Group is a collection of people who love to write.
We meet weekly to read from text we have written on our own time during the previous week, and engage in other writing activities.
This is not a class on writing, or a workshop for manuscripts. Instead, we are people who love to write and share our works.
There are those who mostly listen rather than write, those who write prolifically but only share with the group, and a broad spectrum in between.
If your interest is in the love of writing, this group may be for you.
Thursday Jun 20, 2024 at 6:30pm
90 minutes
The Inconvenient Indian (2020)
The Inconvenient Indian dives deep into the brilliant mind of Thomas King, Indigenous intellectual, master storyteller, and author of the bestselling book The Inconvenient Indian, to shatter the misconception that history is anything more than stories we tell about the past. With winks to his cab driver Coyote along the way, King takes us on a critical journey through the colonial narratives of North America. He eloquently exposes the falsehoods of white supremacy and deftly punctures myths of Indigenous erasure to lay bare what has been extracted from the land, culture, and peoples of Turtle Island. In this time of momentous change and essential re- examination, Inconvenient Indian is a powerful visual poem anchored in the land and amplified by the voices of those who continue the tradition of Indigenous resistance. Artist activists, land protectors, hunters, and those leading cultural revitalization powerfully subvert the “inconvenience” of their existence, creating an essential new narrative and a possible path forward for us all.
90 min - English only.
Saturday Jun 22, 2024 at 2:30pm
60 minutes
Learn the basics of lettering. Create beautiful, fun, and elegant hand lettering with the use of brush, crayola and sharpie markers.
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024 at 6:30am
60 minutes
Do you love to cook? Connect with other food enthusiasts and level up your cooking skills over great discussions. We will look at new and popular cookbooks together and share recipes that we have tried.
Thursday Jul 04, 2024 at 6:30pm
75 minutes
Disability Pride Month
Shameless: the Art of Disability (2006) by Bonnie Sherr Klein
Art and activism are the starting point for a funny and intimate portrait of five surprising individuals with diverse disabilities. Packed with humour and raw energy, this film follows the gang of five from B.C. to Nova Scotia as they create and present their own images of their disabilities.
1 hour 11 min - English only