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Some in-branch programs require registration with your library card. Please log in with your library account or follow this link to apply for a card online. You can also apply for a card in person at any of our 33 locations.

  • Tuesdays, Sep 10, 2024 - Dec 17, 2024
    6:30pm
    60 minutes

    15 sessions remaining

    Do you need a casual, friendly environment where you can practice your English-speaking skills?  Look no further than the English Conversation Group!  Receive guidance from our experienced conversation group leaders, meet new people, and gain confidence in your English speaking.

  • Sleuth Hounds

    Tuesdays, Sep 10, 2024 - Jun 10, 2025
    6:30pm
    90 minutes

    10 sessions remaining

    Participez à des rencontres sociales pour discuter d’une grande variété de livres sélectionnés par les membres du club de lecture. Cette activité est ouverte à tous. Les personnes inscrites ont la responsabilité d’obtenir un exemplaire du livre à lire ou à écouter.

    Les 2e mardi du mois de septembre à juin, de 18h30 à 20h.

    septembreUn animal sauvage par Joël Dicker

    octobreÉveil à Kitchike par Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui

    novembreLes insolents par Ann Scott

    décembreTreize verbes pour vivre par Marie Laberge

    janvierAmis, chers amis par Bernard Pivot

    févrierQimmik par Michel Jean

    marsLes villes de papier par Dominique Fortier

    avril: La vie heureuse par David Foenkinos

    maiLe livre des sœurs par Amélie Nothomb

    juin: Le violon d'Adrien par Gary Victor

  • Wednesdays, Sep 11, 2024 - Dec 18, 2024
    10:30am
    60 minutes

    15 sessions remaining

    Do you need a casual, friendly environment where you can practice your English-speaking skills?  Look no further than the English Conversation Group!  Receive guidance from our experienced conversation group leaders, meet new people, and gain confidence in your English speaking.

  • Wednesdays, Sep 11, 2024 - Dec 11, 2024
    10:30am
    30 minutes

    13 sessions remaining

    Stories, rhymes and songs for toddlers together with their parents or caregivers.

    Ages 15 to 35 months. Drop-in program.

    Please Note: No program Oct 30

  • Wednesday Sep 11, 2024 at 6:30pm
    120 minutes

    Enjoy an evening of open-ended creative making with other teens. Come experiment with the art materials we have on hand and try something new. You can also bring a work in progress or your favourite art supplies.

    Our art supplies include acrylic paint, canvases, drawing paper, pencil crayons, markers, pastels, and collage materials.

    This program takes place on the second Wednesday of every month.

    Ages 13-18.

    Profitez d’une soirée de création libre avec d’autres ados. Venez expérimenter avec les différents matériaux artistiques que nous avons à disposition. Vous pouvez également apporter un travail en cours ou vos matériaux préférés.

    Nous avons des peintures acryliques, des toiles, des feuilles de dessins, des crayons de couleurs, des marqueurs, des pastels à l'huile et des matériaux de collage.

    Ce programme a lieu le deuxième mercredi de chaque mois.

    Pour les 13 à 18 ans.

  • Babytime

    Thursdays, Sep 12, 2024 - Dec 12, 2024
    10:30am
    60 minutes

    13 sessions remaining

    Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and parents or caregivers. Drop In

    Storytime: 10:30- 11:00 am

    Stay&Play: 11:00-11:30 

    Please Note: No program Oct 31

  • Sleuth Hounds

    Thursdays, Sep 12, 2024 - Feb 13, 2025
    1:30pm
    90 minutes

    6 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:

    • March 14: Dead Wake by Eric Larson
    • April 11: Warlight by Michael Ondaatje 
    • May 9: American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
    • June 6: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Start-Up by John Carreyrou
    • July 11: Mansions of the Moon by Shyam Selvadurai
    • August 8: Looking for Jane by Heather Marshall
    • September 12: On the Ravine by Vincent Lam
    • October 10: The Story of Us by Catherine Hernandez
    • November 14: Snow by John Banville
    • December 12: Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin
    • January 9: A Newfoundlander in Canada by Alan Doyle
    • February 13: The Drowning Woman by Robin Harding
  • Family storytime

    Saturdays, Sep 14, 2024 - Dec 14, 2024
    10:30am
    30 minutes

    10 sessions remaining

    Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver.

    Drop In

    Please  Note: No program Nov 2

    * See Spanish Storytime on Saturday Sept 28, Oct 26 & Nov 23

  • Chess at Centrepointe

    Saturdays, Sep 14, 2024 - Dec 14, 2024
    1:30pm
    90 minutes

    14 sessions remaining

    For children 7-12, interested in learning to play chess and finding out more about the game. Teen volunteers will be on hand to help those who are learning!

    Saturdays 1:30-3:00 pm 

  • Sundays, Sep 15, 2024 - Dec 15, 2024
    11:00am
    180 minutes

    4 sessions remaining

    Interested in miniature gaming with toy soldiers? Join in to play science fiction, high fantasy and historical games. Presented by the Ottawa Miniatures Gamers.

    Drop-in program for ages 12 and up.

    All materials will be supplied.