Celebrate sunny days ahead by hanging a kaleidoscope of natural materials in your window. Join us at the Beaverbrook Branch for a beautiful craft, calm atmosphere, and good conversation.
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.
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Saturday May 18, 2024 at 3:00pm
60 minutesSorry this event and its waiting list are full
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Tuesday May 21, 2024 at 10:00am
60 minutesDrop-in program
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Le Club de lecture RD est fier d'accueillir Michèle Vinet, auteure de chez nous. Son roman, Le malaimant, lauréat du Prix littéraire Trillium fut récemment le sujet de leur rencontre. Avec sa plume poétique, Michèle Vinet touche, ébranle et confronte. Ses romans nous aident à mettre en lumière les mystères de la vie.
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Tuesdays, May 21, 2024 - Dec 17, 2024
11:00am
90 minutes6 sessions remaining
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Meet up with other book lovers in the neighborhood and chat about your latest reads.
January 16th - Rocket Men by Robert Kurson
February 20th - The Christie Affair by Nina Gramont
March 19th - Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
April 16th - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
May 21st - Blue by Danielle Steel
June 18th - At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
September 17th - The Promise of Canada by Charlotte Gray
October 15th - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
November 19th - Requiem by Frances Itani
December 17th - The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan
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Tuesday May 21, 2024 at 6:00pm
150 minutesDrop-in program
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Join us for a free screening of Somewhere as part of our Fathers and Daughters theme in May. The film was directed by Sofia Coppola and was released in 2010. The screening will take place in our auditorium, starts at 6:00PM and is free to attend.
Note: The film is intended for a mature audience. 98 minutes. In English with subtitles.
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Wednesday May 22, 2024 at 10:00am
540 minutesDrop-in program
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It’s time to divide your perennials and rejuvenate your garden! Bring some plants, take some plants, and borrow some gardening books. Please remember to label all plants you bring in.
Drop by near the Centennial branch main entrance any time between 10am and 7pm on Wednesday May 22.
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Wednesday May 22, 2024 at 6:00pm
60 minutesJoin us for the ultimate armchair travel around Europe. The European Book Club is offered in partnership with European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) in Ottawa to promote contemporary European authors and their works. A book title from an EU country is selected for discussion each month.
Author Viveca Sten will be in attendance.
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Thursday May 23, 2024 at 6:00pm
120 minutesDrop-in program
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Academy Award nominee, tiff feature film, “To Kill a Tiger” (2022), will play at the Alta Vista Library on Thursday, May 23rd at 6:00 p.m. “A man. His daughter. The trial of their lives.” Hindi with English subtitles.
“Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.”
No registration required.
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Thursdays, Apr 18, 2024 - Jun 20, 2024
7:00pm
60 minutes3 sessions remaining
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Join us for a discussion of cookbooks and recipes. Try a recipe from each month’s cookbook selection and tell us what you think!
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Saturday May 25, 2024 at 1:00pm
180 minutesDrop-in program
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Did you start too many seedlings?
Have some extra perennials or houseplants?Bring them to the Ruth E. Dickinson Branch Spring Plant Swap and take some other plants home!
Weather permitting, we'll be set up outside of the branch near the main entrance.
Please don't forget to clearly label your plants.
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Saturday May 25, 2024 at 1:00pm
90 minutesAgents, editors, and professors of creative writing make a big deal about point of view (POV). As well, different POVs sound and feel different to the reader, POV comes in different flavors: first person, second person, third person limited, omniscient, objective; and different cases: past and present; and different depths. Furthermore, you can use different POVs in different sections of a story to achieve different effects. Deft management of POV in your stories will make your writing more professional and more appealing to readers.