Stories, rhymes and puppets for children and a parent /caregiver. Drop in.
Contes, comptines et chansons pour les enfants de tous âges et un parent ou gardien.
Inscription non requise.
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Mondays, Sep 16, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024
9:30am
30 minutes11 sessions remaining
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Thursdays, Sep 19, 2024 - Dec 19, 2024
3:00pm
90 minutes14 sessions remaining
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Join us at Rockcliffe Park Branch every Thursday from 3PM to 4:30PM for a different self-directed pop up activity in either:
Art
Science and Engineering
Games
or Puzzle challenges
Ages 3+ (with adult supervision)
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Tuesdays, Oct 01, 2024 - Jun 03, 2025
1:30pm
60 minutes9 sessions remaining
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The Rockcliffe Park Book Club gathers to enjoy and discuss a wide variety of books selected by book club members. Please join in to share the enjoyment of good books in a relaxed atmosphere in person, in the afternoon.
The group will meet the first Tuesday of every month. The initial meeting will be Tuesday, September 3 from 1:30-2:30 pm.
September 3, 2024: The House of Doors by Twan Eng Tan
October 1, 2024: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
November 5, 2024: Mrs Dalloway by Virgina Woolf
December 3, 2024: Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callahan Henry
January 7, 2025: The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
February 4, 2025: The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan
March 4, 2025: Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
April 1, 2025: Becoming a Matriarch by Helen Knott
May 6, 2025: West with Giraffes by Linda Rutledge
June 3, 2025: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict
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Tuesday Oct 15, 2024 at 4:00pm
60 minutesJoin us as we kickoff the 2024-2025 RP Rebel Readers Bookclub at Rockcliffe Park!
For the first meeting you have a choice of reading either or both of these books:
Click the images or links below to place a hold for the physical book, eBook or audiobook.
The War that Saved my Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
or/and
The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place- Book 1: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood
This bookclub is for kids ages 10-13 and will be in English. Registration is required as space is limited.
For our first meeting on Tuesday, 15 Oct at 4:00PM.
**Bring at least one suggestion of a book to suggest to the group to read.**
From this, we will create our list of books for the remaining meetings.
We will meet once a month, on a Tuesday from 4-5PM on these dates:
Just register once, for the first date, if you plan to attend every month
15 Oct, 2024
12 Nov, 2024
17 Dec, 2024
14 Jan, 2025
11 Feb, 2025
18 Mar, 2025
15 April, 2025
13 May, 2025
10 June, 2025
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Thursday Nov 14, 2024 at 5:30pm
120 minutesLearn easy, stunning photo editing techniques!
Lynda Buske will demo on how to enhance your photos by adjusting light, colour, and composition using free photo editing software (Photoscape X) available for both Windows and MacOS. Although it is not necessary, if you wish to bring your laptop with Photoscape X downloaded, here are the instructions below.
Download Photoscape X instructions:
To download Photoscape X you must have Windows 10 or a recent Mac OS 10.10 or higher.
To install PhotoScape X
- Use a web browser to go to http://photoscape.org/ps/main/download.php
- Click on the BLUE PhotoScape X for Windows 10 button. Your web browser will take you to the PhotoScape X page at the Microsoft Store. Click on the blue Get button.
- During the download process, your computer may also update other windows 10 apps. Please note, this may take some time before it downloads Photoscape X.
Lynda is from the Ottawa PC Users' Group and the Orleans Photo Club.
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Thursday Nov 21, 2024 at 5:30pm
120 minutesBring old photos to life by digitizing old prints. Then touch them up by straightening, sharpening, and removing scratches & spots using the free photo editing software Photoscape X (available for Windows and MacOS).
Although it is not necessary, if you wish to bring your laptop with Photoscape X downloaded, here are the instructions below.
How to download Photoscape X
To download Photoscape X you must have Windows 10 or a recent Mac OS 10.10 or higher.
To install PhotoScape X
- Use a web browser to go to http://photoscape.org/ps/main/download.php
- Click on the BLUE PhotoScape X for Windows 10 button. Your web browser will take you to the PhotoScape X page at the Microsoft Store. Click on the blue Get button.
- During the download process, your computer may also update other windows 10 apps. Please note, this may take some time before it downloads Photoscape X.
Presented by Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users' Group and the Orleans Photo Club.