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  • purls of wisdom banner

    Mondays, Nov 18, 2024 - Dec 16, 2024
    6:30pm
    120 minutes

    2 sessions remaining

    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!

  • Tuesday Nov 19, 2024 at 2:00pm
    120 minutes

    This lecture is a demonstration of how to bring old photos back to life! The lecture will discuss different ways to digitize your photos and then provide a demonstration of how to touch them up using the free photo editing software Photoscape X (available for Windows and MacOS). Presented by Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users' Group and the Orleans Photo Club. 

  • poster for Holy Spider

    Tuesday Nov 19, 2024 at 6:00pm
    150 minutes

    Join us for a free screening of Holy Spider as part of our Unknown Killer movie theme for November. The film was directed by Ali Abbassi and was released in 2022. The screening will take place in our auditorium, starts at 6:00PM and is free to attend.

    Note: The film is intended for a mature audience. 117 minutes. In Persian with English subtitles.

  • Wednesday Nov 20, 2024 at 4:00pm
    60 minutes

    Come view our Trans Short Film Program.  Popcorn will be served.  Presentation courtesy of the National Film Board.

    Into Light:  Sheona McDonald’s documentary captures a season of change as a mother and child navigate the complexities of gender identity together. (duration 19 minutes)

    I am Skylar:  The complexities of being a transgender girl. (duration 15 minutes)

    Beauty: Meet five gender-creative kids, each uniquely engaged in shaping their ideas of what it means to be fully human. (duration 23 minutes)

  • Fish photo flying out of laptop screen, headshot Lynda Buske

    Thursday Nov 21, 2024 at 5:30pm
    120 minutes

    Bring 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.

  • Sleuth Hounds

    Thursday Nov 21, 2024 at 6:30pm
    60 minutes

    Share the enjoyment of good mysteries in a relaxed atmosphere. Join us for our discussion on Cara Black. All are welcome!

  • Friday Nov 22, 2024 at 10:00am
    90 minutes

    Create a pattern or design with string.  For beginners.

    Créations de motifs à l'aide de ficelles. Pour les débutants.

  • Friday Nov 22, 2024 at 4:00pm
    90 minutes

    Come watch a FREE screening of fun, family-friendly movies every Friday this fall at the Blackburn Hamlet branch! Bring your own water bottle. Costumes are always welcome!  

    Meet the Robinsons - 95 mins - G

    Join a brilliant young inventor named Lewis as he sets off on a time-traveling journey to find the family he never knew. In the world of 2037, hip-hoppin' frogs and dogs that wear glasses are as common as talking dinosaurs. In an amazing twist, Lewis discovers that the fate of the future rests in his hands, but he can't save it alone. He meets the wacky Robinson family, who help him learn to keep moving forward and never stop believing in himself.

    Le film sera visionné en anglais / Movie will be shown in English 

  • Saturday Nov 23, 2024 at 11:00am
    135 minutes

    A young grifter named Estella, a clever and creative girl determined to make a name for herself with her designs. One day, Estella's flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Heilman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

  • Photograph of the Parliament Hill skyline taken between the end of the 19th century and 1916.

    Saturday Nov 23, 2024 at 1:00pm
    120 minutes

    Alanis King, originally from Manitoulin Island, Wikwemikong, shares the stories of the Anishnaabe (Algonquin) people through her personal lens as an Indigenous person.

    Blending stories from pre and post-contact, exploring the roles of the Ottawa River and its islands, traditional gathering areas, trade, archaeological digs, legends and landmarks right here in our city, Alanis offers a unique worldview on Ottawa history.