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  • animals playing detective
    Wednesday Mar 12, 2025 at 3:30pm

    Use your senses and your imagination to

    play guessing games, spot hidden objects or

    create disguises. Drop-in program. 

     For ages 4-8.

    We will be Making masks

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    Utilisez vos sens et votre imagination pour

    jouer aux devinettes, repérer des objets

    cachés ou créer des déguisements.

    Programme portes ouvertes.

     Pour les 4 à 8 ans.

    Nous allons fabriquer des masques.

  • Thursday Mar 13, 2025 at 10:15am

    Create and build with Lego®! Drop-in. For ages 6-12. 

     Architectes en herbe, à vos Lego®! Portes ouvertes. Pour les 6 à 12 ans.

  • animals looking like detectives
    Thursday Mar 13, 2025 at 10:30am

    Use your senses and your imagination to play guessing games, spot hidden objects and create disguises. We will be making "I SPY" bottles and placemats and disguises.

    Registration required.For ages 4-6.

  • Thursday Mar 13, 2025 at 10:30am

    Utilisez vos sens et votre imagination pour jouer aux devinettes, repérer des objets cachés ou créer des déguisements. Pour trouver les pièces du casse-tête tout au long de notre chasse au trésor, tu devras surmonter des obstacles. Dès que tu les auras tous découverts, la réponse te sera révélée.

    Inscription requise. Pour les 4 à 6 ans.

    Use your senses and your imagination to play guessing games, spot hidden objects or create disguises. In order to get to the puzzle pieces throughout our scavenger hunt, you will need to overcome obstacles. Once you've located them all, you'll know the answer.

    Registration required. For ages 4-6.

  • animals playing detective
    Thursday Mar 13, 2025 at 10:30am

    DIY Spy!

    The Canada Science and Technology Museum will be challenging participants to design their own spy 
    gadget! Learn about technologies used in the past and today to inspire your own design! These could 
    range from technologies to enhance your senses, to ways to covertly communicate with allies. What will 
    you come up with? Ages 7-12. Registration required.

    Ottawa Public Library is committed to making its programs accessible to everyone. If you need specific 
    accommodations, please fill out this form: https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/accessible-services-request-form
    We prefer at least three weeks' notice for accommodation requests

  • Thursday Mar 13, 2025 at 1:00pm

    Do you love graphic novels? Do you have a super cool, super fantastic idea of your own? Come join award winning author, illustrator, nice guy Rob Justus for a fun workshop on how to create the greatest graphic novels ever!!! Learn how to create immersive worlds, detailed characters, and most importantly how to pace a story from panel to panel, and page to page. Bring a seedling of an idea and leave with a garden of graphic novel knowledge. Teen program. Registration required.

    Ottawa Public Library is committed to making its programs accessible to everyone. If you need specific accommodations, please fill out this form: https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/accessible-services-request-form We prefer at least three weeks' notice for accommodation requests.

  • Thursday Mar 13, 2025 at 1:00pm

    Consider your relationship to logos and consumer culture. Do you augment your identity by purchasing 
    these goods? Taking inspiration from multimedia artist Michèle Provost, students will alter familiar logos 
    to express their own unique identity. Presented by the Ottawa Art Gallery. Teen program. Registration 
    required.

    Ottawa Public Library is committed to making its programs accessible to everyone. If you need specific 
    accommodation, please fill out this form: Accessible Services Request Form | Ottawa Public Library 

    For Teens (13-18). 

    Please register online.

  • March Break logo
    Thursday Mar 13, 2025 at 2:00pm

    Use your senses and your imagination to play guessing games and spot hidden objects.

    Make your own “I Spy Book” - cut out pictures from discarded books and/or old magazines or use stickers and glue them on a page then write a list of items to look for. The more pictures of different sizes you paste, the harder it will be! Extend by making the cover for the book out of cardboard.

    Registration required. For ages 4-6.

  • Thursday Mar 13, 2025 at 2:00pm

    Magic Show with Luc Leduc, The Duke of Magic

    Join Luc Leduc, The Duke of Magic for an action packed, 45- minute bilingual magic show with a lot of 
    audience participation. Family program for ages 4+. Registration required.

    Ottawa Public Library is committed to making its programs accessible to everyone. If you need specific 
    accommodations, please fill out this form:

    https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/accessible-services-request-form

    We prefer at least three weeks' notice for accommodation requests.

    Spectacle de magie avec Luc Leduc, Leduc de la magie

    Rejoignez Luc Leduc, Leduc de la magie, pour un spectacle de magie bilingue de 45 minutes, plein 
    d'action et avec beaucoup de participation du public. Programme familial pour les 4+ ans. Inscription 
    requise.

    La Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa (BPO) s’efforce de rendre ses programmes universellement 
    accessibles. Si vous avez besoin de mesures d’adaptation, veuillez remplir le présent formulaire : 

    https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/fr/formulaire-de-demande-de-services-acce...

    Il est préférable de présenter votre demande au moins trois semaines à l’avance.

  • Mission March Break. Opération congé de mars
    Thursday Mar 13, 2025 at 2:00pm

    Do you love board games? Cards? Any game goes! We will provide an assortment of games, but you're welcome to bring your own board games, too.

    Drop-in program

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    Aimez-vous les jeux de société ? Jouer aux cartes ? Vous choisissez le jeu ! Plusieurs options seront disponibles. Vous pouvez aussi apporter vos propres jeux.

    Programme portes-ouvertes.