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  • National Indigenous History Month: Seniors Pow Wow Workout

    Manotick United Church

    Thursday Jun 20, 2024 at 2:00pm
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    A powwow is a gathering to celebrate First Nations culture through dance, songs, food and crafts, and is open to all.

    This workout will incorporate powwow dance steps from different styles of powwow dance and the sounds of contemporary and traditional powwow music into a simple, follow-along workout.

    Amanda Fox is Ojibwe from Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, and is based in Ottawa, Ontario. Amanda is a jingle dress dancer, singer, beadwork artist, sewing artist, powwow workout instructor, and workshop facilitator. She started dancing as soon as she could walk and has a profound knowledge in powwow dance and protocols.

  • Reading Roundtable

    Centennial

    Thursday Jun 20, 2024 at 6:00pm
    120 minutes

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    In this informal self-guided program, adults are invited to discuss their favourite books and genres in a relaxed atmosphere. Unlike traditional book clubs, no specific book is selected for each session. This is an opportunity for people to get together to talk about what they are reading and inspire each other's future reads. 

    Third Thursday evening of each month

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  • Tips and Techniques for Better Photos

    Beaverbrook

    Thursday Jun 20, 2024 at 6:00pm
    120 minutes

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    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.

  • Stittsville Creative Writing Group

    Stittsville

    Thursdays, Jun 20, 2024 - Dec 19, 2024
    6:30pm
    90 minutes

    27 sessions remaining

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    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.
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    The Inconvenient Indian

    Elmvale Acres

    Thursday Jun 20, 2024 at 6:30pm
    90 minutes

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    The Inconvenient Indian 

    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.

    English, Inuktitut, Cree and Anishinaabemowin with English subtitles | 2020 | 90 minutes.
  • Sleuth Hounds

    Science Fiction Fantasy Book Club

    Nepean Centrepointe

    Thursday Jun 20, 2024 at 7:00pm
    90 minutes

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    Join us to discuss books from the science fiction and fantasy genres each month.  All are welcome! 

    Every 3rd Thursday of the month from 7:00pm to 8:30pm.

    Here's what we're reading spring/summer 2024:

    Please note: Registrants are responsible for securing a copy of the book to read or listen to.

  • Sunnyside Mystery Book Club

    Sunnyside

    Friday Jun 21, 2024 at 2:00pm
    60 minutes

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    Do you enjoy reading mysteries? Share the enjoyment of good mysteries in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for discussion usually every third Friday of the month. 
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    Go Workshop / Atelier de Go

    Rideau

    Saturdays, Jun 22, 2024 - Dec 14, 2024
    2:00pm
    180 minutes

    7 sessions remaining

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    The Ottawa Go Club (https://ottawagoclub.wixsite.com/ogcs) organizes a series of workshops for people who want to improve their knowledge of the Go game. We will discuss various aspects of the game, do practical exercises and problems, explore and practice. Designed for beginners and intermediate players.

    Le Club de Go d'Ottawa (https://ottawagoclub.wixsite.com/ogcs) organise des ateliers pour tous ceux qui aimeraient approfondir leurs connaissances du jeu de Go. On y discute plusieurs aspects du jeu, on fait des exercices et des problèmes, on explore et on s’entraîne. Conçu pour les débutants et les intermédiaires.

  • Armchair Travel - Beautiful B.C.

    Sunnyside

    Saturday Jun 22, 2024 at 2:00pm
    60 minutes

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    Enjoy photos and narration of coastal, interior and island beauty including stunning gardens and birdlife. Presented by Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users’ Group and the Orleans Photo Club.

  • Hand Lettering for Beginners

    Hazeldean

    Saturday Jun 22, 2024 at 2:30pm
    60 minutes

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    Learn the basics of lettering.  Create beautiful, fun, and elegant hand lettering with the use of brush, crayola and sharpie markers.