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Go Workshop / Atelier de Go

Rideau

Saturdays, Sep 28, 2024 - Dec 14, 2024
2:00pm
180 minutes
4 sessions remaining

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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.
Memory Café

Alta Vista

Wednesdays, Oct 02, 2024 - Jun 25, 2025
1:30pm
120 minutes
10 sessions remaining

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An open house for persons with dementia, their care partners, and families.

Fun and stimulating mental activities are planned to enhance the social interactions and the connections that are built within the group. Light snacks and warm drinks are served alongside items that aim to spark conversations and reminiscing.

October 2: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

October 23: Oh Canada!

November 27: Try Your Luck

December 18: The Heart of the Home: The Kitchen
Reading Group #1

Carlingwood

Wednesdays, Oct 02, 2024 - Jun 04, 2025
2:00pm
90 minutes
9 sessions remaining

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Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere!

Sept-June.

1st Wednesday of the month.

January 2025 session will be held January 8th.

September 2024 - June 2025 Selections

September 4th :
Truth Be Told by Beverley McLachlin

October 2nd:
After Lives by Abdulrazak Gurnah

November 6th:
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

December 4th:
The Adversary by Michael Crummey

January 8th:
What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad

February 5th:
Erebus by Michael Palin

March 5th:
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

April 2nd :
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson

May 7th:
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

June 4th:
The Future by Catherine Leroux
Legal Information Clinic/Clinique d’information juridique

Ruth E. Dickinson

Wednesdays, Oct 02, 2024 - Nov 06, 2024
5:00pm
180 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Are you dealing with a legal situation?

The lawyers of the Ontario Legal Information Centre are available on-site to provide legal information and answer your questions.

First come, first served.

Vous faites face à une situation juridique?

Profitez sur place de l'appui d'une avocate du Centre d'information juridique de l'Ontario pour obtenir de l'information juridique et des réponses à vos questions.

1 arrivé, 1 servi
Mahjong at the Library

Manotick

Thursdays, Oct 03, 2024 - Mar 20, 2025
10:30am
120 minutes
12 sessions remaining

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Join fellow mahjong players for a friendly game in a congenial environment. Drop-in program, no registration required.
Memory Café

Stittsville

Thursdays, Oct 03, 2024 - Dec 05, 2024
1:00pm
120 minutes
3 sessions remaining

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An open house for persons with dementia, their care partners, and families.

Fun and stimulating mental activities are planned to enhance the social interactions and the connections that are built within the group. Light snacks and warm drinks are served alongside items that aim to spark conversations and reminiscing.

First Thursday of each month from 1-3pm.

September 5th - Working 9 to 5

October 3rd - The 1950's

November 7th - Country Life

December 5th - Childhood Games
Carp Book Club 2024

Carp

Thursdays, Oct 03, 2024 - Dec 05, 2024
2:30pm
60 minutes
3 sessions remaining

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Share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere. All are welcome! Drop-in program.

This group meets the first Thursday of the month 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

July 4 "A World Elsewhere" by Wayne Johnston

August 1 "The Lincoln Highway" by Amor Towles

September 5 "The Elegance of the Hedgehog" by Muriel Barbery

October 3 "Peacekeeper's Daughter" by Tanya Bellehumeur-Allat

November 7 "Fire Weather: the Making of the Beast" by John Vaillant

December 5 "Fleishman is in Trouble" by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Purls of Wisdom

Beaverbrook

Mondays, Oct 07, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024
6:30pm
120 minutes
3 sessions remaining

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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!
MARVEL MOVIE MADNESS

Blackburn Hamlet

Wednesday Oct 09, 2024 at 6:00pm
150 minutes

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MARVEL MOVIE MADNESS

Join us for a free screening of “The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ” at the Blackburn Hamlet Branch. The film was directed by Marc Webb and released in 2014.

Note: The film is intended for a mature audience (PG-13). 142 minutes. In English.

When New York is put under siege by Oscorp, it is up to Spider-Man to save the city he swore to protect as well as his loved ones.
Film: The Colour of Ink

Cumberland

Sunday Oct 20, 2024 at 2:00pm
105 minutes

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Ink is our primal medium. It has always been with us, inscribing the evolution of humanity. The Colour of Ink uncovers the medium’s mystery and power through the eyes of Jason Logan, a visionary Toronto inkmaker. Working with ingredients foraged in the wild—weeds, berries, bark, flowers, rocks, rust—he makes ink from just about anything. Jason sends custom-made inks to an eclectic range of artists around the world, from a New Yorker cartoonist to a Japanese calligrapher. As the inks take on a life of their own, his playful alchemy paints a story of colour that reconnects us to the earth and returns us to a childlike sense of wonder.

105 minutes. English, Spanish, and Japanese with English subtitles.
Courtesy of the National Film Board.