Spend your Saturday investigating the world of S.T.E.M.
This month we will be looking at gears and their importance in making machines work,
Ages 8-12.
Registration required
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Saturday Apr 27, 2024 at 10:30am
60 minutes
Spend your Saturday investigating the world of S.T.E.M.
This month we will be looking at gears and their importance in making machines work,
Ages 8-12.
Registration required
Saturday Apr 27, 2024 at 1:30pm
180 minutes
Poetry as Invective: Feeling a little on edge? Do you lack the words to express your disappointment, rage, or, maybe, hope? Consider writing invective! Catallus, Francois Villon, and Sylvia Plath broke hearts and egos with their poems of rage and spite. But here's the secret: that verbal energy can be used to celebrate joys large and small. In this intensive workshop, we'll examine three poems of invective, learn how those poems work, and, with luck, you will draft your own poem of praise or admiration for ... something wonderful.
Stephen Brockwell's books Fruitfly Geographic (ECW Press, 2004) and All of Us Reticent, Here, Together (Mansfield Press, 2016) won the Archibald Lampman Award.
Saturday Apr 27, 2024 at 2:00pm
75 minutes
Join us for a personal finance session about budgeting and saving for teens presented by Scott G. Elliott from CPA Canada.
Budgeting is important in order for us to know where our money is going and to help us keep our spending and saving habits in balance.
Drop ins are welcome but registration is recommended to save your spot.
Saturday Apr 27, 2024 at 2:00pm
120 minutes
We are told: don't write down passwords; don't reuse passwords; make passwords long and complex. Chris Taylor, President of the Ottawa PC Users' Group will show how to use free software that stores all your usernames and passwords along with related information and protects them with a single, very strong password. Don't let your online accounts get compromised. It's easy and free.
Saturday Apr 27, 2024 at 2:30pm
60 minutes
Learn the art of origami! Join us as we talk about the art of paper folding and make everything from flowers to animals, and more!
Monday Apr 29, 2024 at 6:00pm
120 minutes
If your Windows computer is getting sluggish, you don't have to re-install Windows just to gain back lost performance. Chris Taylor, President of the Ottawa PC Users' Group will demonstrate and explain how to safely use many native and free 3rd party tools that can help speed up Windows.
Registration limited. Please pre-register online.
Monday Apr 29, 2024 at 6:30pm
90 minutes
Come and join me for a relaxing evening creating a Stitched String art bookmark.
Templates will be available, or create your own!
Supplies will be provided.
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024 at 10:30am
90 minutes
This workshop, presented by Dying With Dignity Canada (Ottawa Chapter), End of Life Options (including MAiD) is to educate people about the options available to mitigate or end suffering at life's end, including:
palliative care
treatment options
Medical Assistance In Dying (MAiD)
The workshop includes the current legislation on MAiD, the process for applying in Ontario and explanation of the experience by a loved one.
For adults. English event. Registration is required.
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024 at 6:00pm
60 minutes
Adults are invited to get creative and make a no-pressure, awful piece of art. All supplies will be provided. We will put out random art supplies; what you make is entirely up to you! Make it as bizarre and ridiculous as you wish. At the end of the night, you will get to judge your fellow artists’ work and decide which is the worst!
Tuesday Apr 30, 2024 at 6:30pm
45 minutes
Parent at and Child Book Club
Share the love of reading! This new book club is for kids 10-12 and a parent or guardian. Share a book together and then join for fun and a book chat. The first book will be kept at the information desk in the kids’ section for you to pick up and read prior to the first book club meeting.
We will meet monthly on Tuesday at 6:30 (45 minutes)
One registration per family.
January 30th Smile by Raina Telgemeier
February 27th The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
March 26th Restart by Gordon Korman
April 30th The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate