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Chess club Drop-in

Blackburn Hamlet

Tuesdays, Sep 24, 2024 - Dec 17, 2024
3:30pm
90 minutes
13 sessions remaining

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Are you interested in practicing your chess skills?

Join us for open games of chess every Tuesday from 3:30 to 5 pm.

Sessions start Tuesday September 10th, 2024.

Whether you are a beginner or a more advanced player, this is a relaxed environment where everyone is welcome. Bring your own board or borrow one of ours.

Ages 7+.

Êtes-vous intéressés par le jeu d’échecs?

Venez pratiquer vos habiletés dans cet environnement relaxe. Tous les niveaux de participants sont bienvenus.

Venez nous joindre tous les mardis de 15h30 à 17h à partir du 10 septembre, 2024.

7ans et +
Board Games & Brain Teasers

Centennial

Tuesdays, Sep 24, 2024 - Dec 17, 2024
5:30pm
150 minutes
7 sessions remaining

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Bring your friends & family for exciting card games, board games, & brain teasers! We have many games including Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, King of Tokyo, Dutch Blitz, Bananagrams, Monopoly, Scrabble, Chess, & more! You may also bring some of your own. Brain teasers include puzzles, riddles, & Rubik's cubes.

Tuesdays once every 2 weeks

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Family Storytime | Contes en famille

Dundonald Park

Thursdays, Sep 26, 2024 - Oct 17, 2024
10:15am
75 minutes
4 sessions remaining

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Join us at Dundonald Park for family storytime. Storytime starts at 10:30 a.m. In case of inclement weather, Storytime will take place at the Main branch.

Rejoignez-nous dans le parc Dundonald pour les heures du conte. L'heure du conte commence à 10 h 30. En cas de temps mauvaises, l'heure du conte aura lieu à la succursale centrale.

*There will be no Storytime Thursday, September 19. | Il n'y aura aucun heure de contes le jeudi, 19 septembre.
Bilingual Family Storytime

Hunt Club Riverside Park Community Centre

Thursdays, Sep 26, 2024 - Dec 05, 2024
11:00am
45 minutes
6 sessions remaining

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This Fall, the Ottawa Public Library is offering free, bilingual, drop-in Storytime programs at the Hunt Club-Riverside Park Community Centre every second Thursday.

Thursday Storytimes will begin at 11am, and will run for 45 minutes.

Come join us for some wonderful stories, songs, rhymes and dancing!

Cet automne, un jeudi sure deux, la Bibliothèque publique d'Ottawa offrira des sessions sans frais de Contes en famille bilingues au Centre Communautaire Hunt Club Riverside Park.

Les sessions de Contes en famille du jeudi commeçeront à 11h00, et dureront 45 minutes.

Joignez-vous à nous pour des histoires, chansons, comptines et danses amusantes pour toute la famille!
Play Day ( PA Days)

Nepean Centrepointe

Fridays, Sep 27, 2024 - Nov 29, 2024
10:30am
120 minutes
4 sessions remaining

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Board games, building blocks, LEGO bricks, and...as many books as you want to read!

Drop-in!

Jeux de société, blocs LEGO et...autant de livres que tu désires en lire!

Portes-ouvertes!

Friday, September 27 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Friday, October 11 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Friday, November 8 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Friday, November 29 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
PA day movies

Nepean Centrepointe

Fridays, Sep 27, 2024 - Nov 29, 2024
2:00pm
120 minutes
4 sessions remaining

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Come join us for an afternoon movie !

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Friday, September 27 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Friday, October 11 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Friday, November 8 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Friday, November 29 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Wonder Kids: PD Day Program

Emerald Plaza

Friday Sep 27, 2024 at 2:00pm
90 minutes

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Spark your sense of wonder and discovery with activities that explore STEM concepts! Family Program.
Lego® Block Party! | Ça dé "bloc" - PD Day | Journée pédagogique

Blackburn Hamlet

Friday Sep 27, 2024 at 2:00pm
90 minutes

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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.
PD Day? Game Day! / Pas d'école? Au jeu!

Sunnyside

Fridays, Sep 27, 2024 - Nov 29, 2024
3:30pm
120 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Play card games, board games, Lego, and video games on the big screen! For kids aged 6-12.

Sept 27 and Nov 29.

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Viens jouer aux cartes, à des jeux de société, ou à des jeux vidéo sur le grand écran! Pour les 6-12 ans.

Le 27 septembre et le 29 novembre.
Family Movies: Encanto (G)

Blackburn Hamlet

Friday Sep 27, 2024 at 4:00pm
120 minutes

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Come watch a FREE screening of fun, family-friendly movies every Friday this fall at the Blackburn Hamlet branch! Bring your own water bottle. Costumes are always welcome!

Encanto (2022) - 102 mins - G

The Madrigals live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical house, in a vibrant town, in a wondrous, charmed place called Encanto. The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal, every child except one, Mirabel. But when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is in danger, Mirabel decides that she, the only ordinary Madrigal, might just be her exceptional family's last hope.

Le film sera visionné en anglais / Movie will be shown in English