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  • Colorful picture of people conversing, with different shape bubbles above their heads

    Wednesdays, Sep 27, 2023 - Dec 20, 2023
    6:30pm
    60 minutes

    13 sessions remaining

    Every Wednesdays from 6:30-7:30 pm

    September 13th- December 20th

    Practice your English conversation skills in a relaxed and friendly environment. All levels are welcome in this free program.

  • Tuesdays, Sep 26, 2023 - Dec 12, 2023
    10:30am
    30 minutes

    12 sessions remaining

    Stories, rhymes and songs for children of all ages and a parent or caregiver. Drop-in program.

    Contes, comptines et chansons pour les enfants de tous âges et un parent ou gardien. Portes ouvertes.

  • A keyboard with letters spelling Pen & Paper Writers' Workshop

    Tuesdays, Sep 26, 2023 - Dec 19, 2023
    6:00pm
    120 minutes

    13 sessions remaining

    Get feedback on your writing (any genre) and ideas from the group. Hear the work of other writers and offer your feedback. Discuss issues about writing and publishing. Share your triumphs, trials and tribulations with a supportive, informal group.  "Pen and Paper" is just a name.  Bring any medium you want. 

  • Men sitting playing go game

    Saturdays, Sep 30, 2023 - Dec 16, 2023
    2:00pm
    180 minutes

    4 sessions remaining

    The Ottawa Go Club (https://ottawagoclub.wixsite.com/ogcs) organizes a series of workshops for people who want to improve their knowledge of the Go game. We will discuss various aspects of the game, do practical exercises and problems, explore and practice. Designed for beginners and intermediate players.

    Le Club de Go d'Ottawa (https://ottawagoclub.wixsite.com/ogcs) organise des ateliers pour tous ceux qui aimeraient approfondir leurs connaissances du jeu de Go. On y discute plusieurs aspects du jeu, on fait des exercices et des problèmes, on explore et on s’entraîne. Conçu pour les débutants et les intermédiaires.

  • book Club Image

    Mondays, Oct 02, 2023 - Dec 04, 2023
    7:00pm
    90 minutes

    3 sessions remaining

    Share the pleasure of reading and discussing books ranging from the classics to the contemporary, but mostly fiction, in a relaxed atmosphere

    (If the first Monday of a month falls on a Civic Holiday, the book club will be postponed to the following week)

    October 2

     Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson

     November 6

     Five Little Indians, Michelle Good

     December 4

     Grey Bees, Andry Kurkov

  • Thursdays, Oct 19, 2023 - May 16, 2024
    10:15am
    75 minutes

    7 sessions remaining

    Join us as we share the enjoyment of reading and discuss books in a relaxed atmosphere. All are welcome. 

    Sept 21 - Unreconciled: Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance by Jesse Wente

    Oct 19 - The Housekeeper by Joy Fielding

    November 16 - Rocannon's World (in Hainish Novels and Stories Vol. 1) by Ursula K. Le Guin

    January 18 - The White Hare by Jane Johnson

    February 15 - Woman, Watching : Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay by Merilyn Simonds

    March 21 - The Music Shop by Rachel Joyce

    April 18 - Different by Frans De Waal

    May 16 - Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

    The book club  meets on the third Thursday of each month at 10:15-11:30 except July, August and December, when there is no meeting. You can place a hold on library copies in advance