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  • Saturday Dec 21, 2024 at 2:00pm
    135 minutes

    Two very different women, a workaholic from Los Angeles and a society columnist from Surrey, experience a heartbreak and decide to swap places. This adventure will help them to move on and find the right direction in life. 

  • Tuesday Dec 31, 2024 at 10:30am
    60 minutes

    Join Richmond branch to celebrate the New Year!! 

  • Tuesday Dec 31, 2024 at 11:00am
    60 minutes

     Can't stay up until midnight? Join us for games, activities and snacks before we count down to noon! A New Year's event for the whole family. Ring in 2025 early! Drop-in program.

    Tu ne peux pas rester debout jusqu'à minuit? Joins-toi à nous pour des jeux, des activités et une collation avant le compte à rebours de midi! Célèbre l’arrivée de la nouvelle année 2025 en avance! Un événement pour toute la famille. Programme portes-ouvertes.

  • winter wonderland

    Saturday Jan 04, 2025 at 2:30pm
    60 minutes

    Join us for some winter crafts. Family program. Drop-in. / Joignez-vous à nous pour des bricolages d'hiver. Pour les familles.  Inscription non requise. 

  • poster for Barbarella

    Wednesday Jan 08, 2025 at 6:30pm
    150 minutes

    Ottawa Bad Movie Nights and Ottawa Public Library present a screening of Barbarella (1968).

    Please join us from 6:30pm to 8:30pm, at the OPL's Main Branch Auditorium. The event will also feature other bad movie items like trailers and serials.

    The event is free to attend. In English.

    Note: This film is intended for a mature audience. Viewer discretion is advised.

  • Books

    Monday Jan 13, 2025 at 1:30pm
    90 minutes

    Join us as we discuss :Miss Benson's Beetle" by Rachel Joyce.  Copies of the book are available at the Osgoode Library service hub.  All are welcome, drop in.

  • Monday Jan 20, 2025 at 2:00pm
    60 minutes

    Members of the Blackburn Hamlet Book Club meet to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members. All welcome!

    Drop in.

    Jan 20, 2025         Yiddish for Pirates                   by Gary Barwin

    Feb 10, 2025*       The Lonely Hearts Hotel         by Heather O'Neil

    Mar 17 2025         Hench                                        by Natalie Zina Walschots

    Apr 14, 2025*         Jonny Appleseed                      by Joshua Whitehead

    May 12,2025*         All the light we Cannot see      by Anthony Doerr

  • Friday Jan 24, 2025 at 2:00pm
    90 minutes

    When the kids are not in school on PA days, don't let their creativity dwindle! Let them show off your architectural creativity with Lego®! Drop-in program.

    Lorsque les enfants sont en congés lors des journées pédagogiques, ne les laissez pas perdre leur créativité !  Laissez les devenir des architectes en herbes avec nos Lego®! Inscription non requise.

  • NFB logo on pink and purple backdrop

    Saturday Jan 25, 2025 at 2:30pm
    90 minutes

    In A Quiet Girl, adopted Montreal filmmaker Adrian Wills commits, on camera and in real time, to unravelling the mystery of his complex beginnings in Newfoundland. Spurred on by a meager clue in his adoption documents, Wills spends two years travelling from the spare beauty of Canada’s most eastern coastline to the red heat of Arizona in search of answers. What Wills finally uncovers pierces into the meaning of family, revealing disquieting parallels between his own life and that of the birth mother he never knew. This moving feature documentary combines 16mm footage and contemporary images with deeply personal conversations, transforming an urgent search for identity into a quest to give a quiet girl her voice. Ultimately, Wills honours his birth mother’s resilience and, in doing so, reveals his own. 

    2023. 86 minutes. English. 
    Courtesy of the National Film Board. 

    Drop-in

  • Friday Jan 31, 2025 at 2:00pm
    90 minutes

    When the kids are not in school on PA days, don't let their creativity dwindle! Let them show off your architectural creativity with Lego®! Drop-in program.

    Lorsque les enfants sont en congés lors des journées pédagogiques, ne les laissez pas perdre leur créativité !  Laissez les devenir des architectes en herbes avec nos Lego®! Inscription non requise.