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Thursdays, Nov 14, 2024 - Jun 12, 2025
10:00am
120 minutes
8 sessions remaining
Vous aimez lire et vous aimeriez partager vos coups de coeur, échanger sur vos lectures et découvrir de nouveaux auteurs?...Alors rejoignez notre nouveau club de lecture francophone à la succursale St-Laurent!
Tous et toutes sont bienvenus, aucune inscription requise.
Les 2e jeudis du mois de septembre à juin, de 10 h à midi.
Thursdays, Nov 14, 2024 - Feb 13, 2025
1:30pm
90 minutes
4 sessions remaining
Come meet to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members. All are welcome!
Every second Thursday of the month from 1.30pm to 3.00pm.
Here's what we're reading in 2024/2025:
Saturday Nov 16, 2024 at 2:00pm
60 minutes
Enjoy photos and narration from a cruise that included Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Poland, Estonia, and Norway. Highlights include where Nobel prizes are awarded, a rock church, and palaces of Peter the Great and Catherine.
Presented by Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users’ Group and the Orleans Photo Club.
Monday Nov 18, 2024 at 6:00pm
120 minutes
New Presentation!
Bring old photos to life by digitizing old prints. Then touch them up by straightening, sharpening, and removing scratches & spots using the free photo editing software Photoscape X (available for Windows and MacOS). Presented by Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users' Group and the Orleans Photo Club.
Monday Nov 18, 2024 at 6:30pm
90 minutes
Learn why you need a retirement plan, how much you need to save, sources of retirement income and retirement saving strategies. Presented in partnership with CPA Canada.
Mondays, Nov 18, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024
6:30pm
120 minutes
2 sessions remaining
Join us monthly at the Beaverbrook Branch for an evening of crafting. Bring your knitting, crochet, embroidery, felting and sewing projects and work on them in the company of fellow crafters. Share tips and techniques and show of your projects if you like! All are welcome!
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024 at 2:00pm
120 minutes
This lecture is a demonstration of how to bring old photos back to life! The lecture will discuss different ways to digitize your photos and then provide a demonstration of how to touch them up using the free photo editing software Photoscape X (available for Windows and MacOS). Presented by Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users' Group and the Orleans Photo Club.
Wednesdays, Nov 20, 2024 - Feb 26, 2025
5:15pm
60 minutes
13 sessions remaining
Join our free English Conversation Croup 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.
Saturday Nov 23, 2024 at 1:00pm
120 minutes
Alanis King, originally from Manitoulin Island, Wikwemikong, shares the stories of the Anishnaabe (Algonquin) people through her personal lens as an Indigenous person.
Blending stories from pre and post-contact, exploring the roles of the Ottawa River and its islands, traditional gathering areas, trade, archaeological digs, legends and landmarks right here in our city, Alanis offers a unique worldview on Ottawa history.
Saturday Nov 23, 2024 at 2:00pm
60 minutes
Join us for a lecture on one of Jane Austen’s lesser-known novels, Persuasion, presented by Carleton Professor, Andrew Wallace.
Registration required.