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Bilingual Family Storytime / L'Heure du conte en Famille Bilingue

Hunt Club Riverside Park Community Centre

Fridays, May 24, 2024 - Jun 21, 2024
11:00am
45 minutes
3 sessions remaining

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This Spring, the Ottawa Public Library is offering free drop-in Storytime programs at the Hunt Club-Riverside Community Centre on the second Friday of every month. Come and join us for some fun stories, songs, rhymes and dancing! The Friday Storytimes will begin at 11am, and will run for 45 minutes.

Ce printemps, un vendredi sur deux, la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa offrira l’Heure du conte en famille bilingue au Centre communautaire Hunt Club Riverside. Ces programmes commençeront à 11h, et dureront 45 minutes. Joignez-vous à nous pour des histoires, chansons, comptines et danses amusantes pour toute la famille!
Fibre Fridays | Vendredis en bouts de laine

Elmvale Acres

Fridays, May 24, 2024 - May 31, 2024
2:00pm
90 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Bring your knitting or crochet project (or needlepoint, cross-stitch, etc) and share tips and tricks, ideas and conversations with fellow enthusiasts. For adults of all abilities. Drop-in.

Apportez votre projet de tricot ou de crochet (ou broderie, point de croix, etc) afin d'échanger des conseils, des idées et converser avec d'autres passionnés. Pour les adultes de tous les niveaux. Aucune inscription requise.
English conversation group

Main

Fridays, May 24, 2024 - Jun 28, 2024
3:00pm
90 minutes
6 sessions remaining

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Join our free English conversation group to practice speaking in English in a relaxed and friendly environment.

All levels are welcome to this drop-in program.

Rejoignez notre groupe de conversation en anglais gratuit pour pratiquer l'anglais dans une atmosphère détendue.

Tous les niveaux sont les bienvenus à ce programme , inscription non requise.
Barrhaven Builders Club

Ruth E. Dickinson

Friday May 24, 2024 at 3:30pm
90 minutes

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Get creative with our Gears, Gears, Gears, Magformers, Keva Planks, Lego, Meccano, K'nex, VEX Robotics and more.

Drop-in between 3:30 and 5:00pm to build, construct, engineer and design with us.

Open to ages 5+
Penpal Program with the North Clondalkin Library in Ireland!

Hazeldean

Friday May 24, 2024 at 4:00pm
30 minutes

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Have you ever wondered what it was like to live in Ireland? Are you interested in having a penpal abroad? If so then this program is for you! Please join us in the meeting room to be matched with an Irish penpal and to create a letter!

Please note: Communications will be sent and received strictly through the library address. All letters will be monitored by library staff to ensure certain guidelines are followed in terms of appropriate language, content and to ensure that personally identifiable information is not shared.

Ages 8-13
Teen Crafternoon | Après-midi brico-ados

Main

Friday May 24, 2024 at 4:00pm
120 minutes

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Working on a craft project? Bring it along and chat with some fellow crafters while you work! Don't currently have a project? Try our featured craft project:
- April 30th : draw your own 4-pannel comic strip (or "yonkoma")
- May 24th : (to be determined)
Share ideas and expertise or learn from your fellow enthusiasts. Or simply bond and make friends over common hobbies. For teens of all abilities. Drop-in program.

*Extra supplies available on hand for: drawing/colouring, origami, scrapbooking/collage, sewing, knitting, etc.

Vous avez un projet d'art ou d'artisanat en cours? Apportez votre projet à la bibliothèque pour discuter tout en travaillant! Vous n'avez pas de projet présentement? Essayez notre projet vedette :
- 30 avril : dessinez votre propre bande-dessinée à 4 cases (ou "yonkoma")
- 24 mai : (à déterminer)
Échangez des idées et conseils ou apprenez d'autres passionnés. Ou amusez-vous tout simplement avec des amis qui partage les mêmes passe-temps. Pour ados de tous les niveaux. Activité portes-ouvertes.

*Matériel supplémentaire pour : dessiner/colorier, origami, scrapbooking/collage, couture, tricot, etc.
Copains de lecture / Reading Buddies

North Gloucester

Saturday May 25, 2024 at 10:00am
135 minutes

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The program aims to help children practice and improve their reading skills! Children will receive individualized reading help and encouragement. Ages 6-12. Online Registration Required / Ce programme contribue au développement de la lecture chez les jeunes en favorisant l'accompagnement comme moyen privilégié d'apprentissage et de partage. Pour les 6-12 ans. Inscription en ligne requise

Step 1. Register for program / Étape 1: S'inscrire au programme.

Step 2. You will be added to the wait list. / Étape 2: Vous serez ajouté à la liste d'attente.

Step 3. An employee will contact you to complete the registration. / Étape 3: Un employé communiquera avec vous pour compléter l'enregistrement.
Groupe de conversation en français de Cumberland/Cumberland French Conversation Group

Cumberland

Saturdays, May 25, 2024 - Jun 29, 2024
10:00am
90 minutes
6 sessions remaining

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Participez à notre groupe de conversation, dans une ambiance amicale et décontractée, afin d'améliorer vos habiletés à converser en français.

Aucune inscription requise.

Participate in our conversation group so that you can improve your French language conversation skills in a relaxed and friendly environment.

No registration required.
Stay and Play / Jouons à la biblio

Rosemount

Saturdays, May 25, 2024 - Jun 29, 2024
10:00am
90 minutes
6 sessions remaining

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Join us for Saturday morning fun! There will be stories, self-directed activities and toys for parents/caregivers and young children.

Drop-in program

Joignez-nous pour vous amuser samedi matin. Il y aura des histoires, des activités et des jouets pour les tout-petits et leurs adultes.

Programme portes ouvertes.
Play Day ! / On joue!

Sunnyside

Saturdays, May 25, 2024 - Jun 08, 2024
10:00am
90 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Drop in for preschool fun! Play with puppets, crafts, building blocks, and more. **Note : on the first Saturday of the month, Play Day is replaced with Saturday Stuffed Animal Storytime until 10:45am, after which we do take the toys out to play as usual.

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Un programme portes ouvertes pour les enfants d'âge préscolaire! Venez jouer avec des marionnettes, des blocs de construction, du bricolage, et plus encore! **Notez bien : le premier samedi de chaque mois, 'On joue' est remplacé par une heure du conte en anglais jusqu'à environ 10:45am, après quoi nous sortons les jouets jusqu'à 11h30 comme à l'habitude.