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  • Monday May 12, 2025 at 6:00pm

    Sorry this event and its waiting list are full

    Bring your curiosity and unleash your creativity! Join us for Mystery Craft Night, where the project is a surprise until you arrive. Whether it is painting, paper crafting or upcycling, you'll have fun experimenting with new materials and techniques.

    No experience? No problem! All supplies will be provided. 

  • purls of wisdom banner
    Monday May 12, 2025 at 6:30pm (series runs until Jun 23, 2025)

    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 May 13, 2025 at 2:00pm

    Join us for an afternoon of crafting fun!

    We will be making bookmarks and cards to celebrate Mother’s day using tissue paper hearts! All materials will be provided.

  • Couch piled high with crocheted squares
    Tuesday May 13, 2025 at 3:00pm (series runs until Jun 10, 2025)

    The Granny Squares for Warmth (GSFW) group was created in November 2020 as a Barrhaven-based group with a mission to create and donate hand-made blankets and shawls to people in need in the Ottawa area.  ​

    Crocheters and Knitters - please join us to make granny squares for blankets, as well as to join squares, and to crochet or knit blankets and shawls. Everyone is welcome!

  • Wednesday May 14, 2025 at 1:00pm (series runs until Jun 25, 2025)

    Join us for an informal gathering of knitting and crochet enthusiasts - from beginners to experts.  Share your ideas and projects in a relaxed and social atmosphere.  Every Wednesday afternoon, 1-3pm. 

  • markers, scissors, glue / des feutres, des ciseaux, du col
    Wednesday May 14, 2025 at 1:30pm

    Join us for an afternoon of board games, LEGO, cards & fun ​for home-schooled children and their families! ​

    ​Soyez des nôtres pour un après-midi de jeux de société, de LEGO, de cartes et de plaisir destiné aux enfants instruits à la maison ​et leurs familles! 

  • Friday May 16, 2025 at 2:00pm

    Join us for an afternoon of crafting fun!

    We will be making bookmarks to celebrate Mother’s day using tissue paper hearts! All materials will be provided.

  • Saturday May 17, 2025 at 10:00am (series runs until May 18, 2025)

    Spring Plant Swap

    Stittsville Branch, 1637 Stittsville Main St.

    Saturday, May 17th & Sunday, May 18th from 10:00am-5:00pm

    Chat with other avid gardeners, pick up a few books, and swap some of your plants for ours!

  • Saturday May 17, 2025 at 10:30am

    Sail on the HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin. We will search for animals old and new and build our journals as we go.

    This program is a game where you will have a character to play on a small team. You do not need previous roleplaying experience. Ages 8-18 are welcome.

  • Saturday May 17, 2025 at 11:00am

    A friendly Rubik's Cube community meetup hosted by Blackburn Hamlet Branch. In a Non-Competitive setting, join to meet friends, show off your skills and see others perform. 

    Une rencontre communautaire amicale Rubik's Cube est organisée par la succursale de Blackburn Hamlet. Dans un cadre non compétitif, rejoignez-nous pour rencontrer des amis, montrer vos compétences et voir les autres performer.