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This session focuses on innovative methods to reuse food and minimize waste. Participants will learn meal planning and budgeting techniques, discover creative ways to reuse leftovers, and explore how to utilize food scraps to make stocks and broths. The session will start with an icebreaker activity where participants share their own creative food reuse ideas. Presented by Foodhsharing Ottawa
Registration Required
Bring your knitting or crochet project and share advice, ideas and conversations with fellow enthusiasts. For adults and teens of all abilities. Drop-in.
***Note: No program December 26, 2023 and January 2, 2024
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Apportez votre projet de tricot ou de crochet afin d'échanger des conseils, des idées et converser avec d'autres passionnés. Pour les adultes et adolescents de tous les niveaux. Aucune inscription requise.
***Note: il n'y aura pas de programme le 26 décembre 2023 et le 2 janvier 2024
Speak, in person, with a Public Health Nurse to get support around infant feeding and parenting. No appointment is necessary, simply drop in during these hours. Learn ways to help your child eat healthy and be active Make sure your child is on track with their growth and development. In partnership with Ottawa Public Health.
Learn and practice new English language skills and meet new people in a relaxed and friendly environment. Everyone welcome! Drop in.
Apprenez et pratiquez votre anglais parlé et rencontrez des gens dans un milieu décontracté. Tous sont bienvenus! Inscription non-requise.
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: The Years by Annie Ernaux
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
Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver. 0-18 months. Drop-in program.
Contes, comptines et chansons pour les bébés et un parent ou gardien. 0 à 18 mois. Programme portes ouvertes.
Stories, rhymes and songs for babies and a parent or caregiver. 0-18 months. Drop-in.
Do you like to knit, crochet, or do handwork of some sort? Join like-minded individuals for an enjoyable afternoon of crafting. Bring any project that you are working on.
Drop In.
If you are a mystery lover then join us each month for discussions on mystery novels! From cold-blooded murders to humorous whodunnits, come meet fellow mystery enthusiasts as we chat about the pre-selected book. Just pick up a copy at the branch.
Selections:
May 6: "In a house of lies" by Ian Rankin
June 3: "A Cryptic Clue by Victoria Gilbert
Want to learn more about your family history or getting stuck working on your family tree?
Drop-in to work on your family tree, share research strategies, and discover what resources are available for your research. Sessions are held every other Tuesday at 2:00pm in the Genealogy area.
Specialists from the Ontario Genealogical Society Ottawa Branch and the Ottawa Public Library will answer questions and help you get the most from library resources.
Bring your laptop, tablet, or borrow a Chromebook from the library.
All welcome!