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  • Tuesday Apr 18, 2023 at 6:00pm

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    Join us for our Councillor’s Speaker Series, featuring Stittsville residents sharing their experience and knowledge. 

    Stephen “Buddha” Leafloor has a Masters Degree in Social Work, with over thirty five years of front line experience working with families and youth living with mental health, trauma and addition. Stephen will share his journey and his experiences using Hiphop and traditional culture to promote healing.   

    Admission is free but advanced registration is required through Eventbrite:  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/600719557367 

  • Picture of pens and coins
    Wednesday Apr 19, 2023 at 2:00pm

    •What do seniors get in Ontario?

    •What does “low income” mean?

    •How do you reduce taxable income or get money back?

    •How do you protect a low retirement income?

  • Wednesday Apr 19, 2023 at 2:00pm / until Jun 14, 2023

    Mystery Lovers Book Club

    Book club for adults that love to read a good mystery.

    Please register online (each date individually) and pick up your copy of the book about a month before the meeting date at the main desk of the Cumberland Branch. No need to request the book.

    Here are the next books:

    The Binding Room by Nadine Matheson - March 15, 2023

    The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart - april 19, 2023

    Dream Town by David Baldacci - May 17, 2023

    The Guest List by Lucy Foley - June 14, 2023

  • poetry month
    Thursday Apr 20, 2023 at 10:30am

    Join teacher Cathy Jackson, author of the Best Reading Phonics program, for an hour of action songs, puzzles and colouring, and rhyme and rhythm activities perfect for National poetry Month. Perfect for preschool-aged children who love to bounce, clap, and chant.

    Age 2-5

     

  • Spices
    Thursday Apr 20, 2023 at 2:00pm

    Each month we'll feature a new spice and make it available in a small FREE take-home kit, which will include:

    a small sample of the spice, a brief history of the spice, recipes, and links to our library databases.

    Then join us for a Spice Club Chat!  We will be hosting an in branch chat every other month to discuss the spices, and to share your opinions, experiences and love (or not) of those spices.

    Spice kits will be available for pick up on the 1st Thursday of the Month.  

    Registration is required.

  • Dickinson Discovery Club, Let's Talk Science
    Thursday Apr 20, 2023 at 6:00pm / until Jun 15, 2023

    Tinkering, Coding, Creating, Experimenting and Designing. Come get excited about STEM with us. For thinkers ages 6-8 years and their adult co-learner.

    A program in partnership with the University of Ottawa's Let's Talk Science Program.

  • Colourful Leaves
    Thursday Apr 20, 2023 at 6:30pm / until May 18, 2023

    Get cozy with a good book and a craft project! If you enjoy reading and are feeling crafty, you will appreciate this club! No talent or knowledge is required. Discuss books while trying glass etching, making bath bombs, and much more! 

    Ages 13-18. Registration Required.

  • Thursday Apr 20, 2023 at 6:30pm

    Join us to discuss books from the science fiction and fantasy genres each month.  All are welcome.  Registrants are responsible for securing a copy of the book to read or listen to.

    This month's book is Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo. 

    Please register one spot for each adult in attendance. Each registrant must have their own individual Library card in order to register. If you need a Library card get one here: https://biblioottawalibrary.ca/en/getacard

  • Friday Apr 21, 2023 at 2:30pm

    Journaling is a wonderful way to discover the world around you, so join us at the library to start your very own nature journal. Become a keen observer of the natural world by drawing and writing about what you see and feel when you look at plants and animals in your neighbourhood. All materials will be provided for participants.

  • Photograph of the Parliament Hill skyline taken between the end of the 19th century and 1916.
    Saturday Apr 22, 2023 at 10:00am

    Black History Ottawa, the Ubuntu Legacy Network and the Historical Society of Ottawa invite you to the first of a three-part book club on Tom Zoellner's "Island on Fire: The Revolt That Ended Slavery in the British Empire"

    Learn how the forces of literacy and revolution brought an end to slavery in the British Empire. 

    This inclusive community safe-space legacy workshop series is part of the 2023 commemoration of the 230th anniversary of the 1793 Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada and the 190th anniversary of the 1833 Act to Abolish Slavery in the British Empire. 

    Visit IslandonFire.eventbrite.ca to register for this workshop. Places are limited. Due to the nature of the content explored in this workshop, only those aged 18 years and older may participate. 

    The second and third sessions will take place respectively on March 25, 2023 and on April 22, 2023. They will both take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Room B125 of the Main Branch of the Ottawa Public Library (120 Metcalfe Street).