Some in-branch programs require registration with your library card. Please log in with your library account or follow this link to apply for a card online. You can also apply for a card in person at any of our 33 locations.
Play NBA 2K25 and FC Sports 25 video games against your friends on the PS4! Snacks will be provided.
Ages 8 - 18
Register at the door at 1:30pm
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Jouez les jeux vidéos NBA 2K25 et FC Sports 25 contre vos amis sur la PS4 ! Des collations seront fournies.
Pour les 8 - 18 ans
S'inscrire à la porte à 13h 30
Interested in learning chess? Looking for new opponents? Drop in to play with our teen volunteers who can help you improve your game or… come beat them! Every second Saturday of the month (exception – March). Reserved for players aged 7 to 17.
Les échecs, ça t’intéresse? Tu cherches de nouveaux adversaires? Viens jouer avec nos bénévoles ados qui seront là pour t’aider à t’améliorer… ou viens les vaincre! Chaque deuxième samedi du mois (excepté mars.) Réservé aux 7-17 ans.
2024 : Dec 14, 2pm-3:30pm
2025 : always 2:30-4pm
•Jan 11
•Feb/fév 8
•Mar 1 (*instead of Mar 8 / au lieu du 8 mars)
•Apr/avr 12
•May/mai 10
Bring your knitting, crochet, embroidery, bracelet-weaving, or other fiber arts projects to work on alongside other young fiber-artists. Share advice, ideas, and conversation in a relaxed social environment!
A drop-in program for teen crafters of all skill levels.
Note: this is a hang-out, not a lesson!
Ages: 12 to 18
Interested in miniature gaming with toy soldiers? Join in to play science fiction, high fantasy and historical games. Presented by the Ottawa Miniatures Gamers.
Drop-in program for teens and adults ages 12 and up.
All materials will be supplied.
Join us for a free screening of Hunger Games. For Teens. Drop-In. 2h 22 min.
When we write with others, we discover ourselves. Join us for a Writers Collective of Canada (WCC) workshop. We will explore the strength of our authentic voice and receive support without judgment. We share our stories, listen deeply, and connect with ourselves and others.
INSPIRATION: We write to prompts that ignite deep creative expression and exploration.
WRITING IN COMMUNITY: We share a space for private exploration.
BRAVERY: We share what we have written (writers are welcome to pass if they choose).
DEEP LISTENING: We respond to each other’s work by reflecting on what is strong and memorable about the writing.
The workshops provide empowering feedback on each writer’s first-draft writing. Registration recommended.
Bring your friends & family in for exciting card games, board games, & brain teasers! We have many games including Carcassonne, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, King of Tokyo, Dutch Blitz, Bananagrams, Scrabble, Monopoly, Checkers, Chess, & more! You may also bring some of your own. Brain teasers include puzzles, riddles, & Rubik’s cubes.
Tuesdays once every 2 weeks
Drop-in
It’s Friday and you walk into your science classroom and suddenly are swirled and twirled, round and round,
until you find yourself back in your very first classroom, on that very first school chair you ever sat on. Clearly,
you’re in the wrong class! The Teacher in the front. .. Isn’t even in your science teacher-but the kindergarten
teacher you had! As Excited as you are to be back in the land of play-doh and crayons, you quickly realize that
something is terribly wrong. Time isn’t moving forward and if you don’t figure out quick how to get yourself out
of the flashback. .. You will be repeating that same hour of kindergarten, over and over and over again! You Just
want it to be the weekend. .. Please!
Join us once a month for Friday afternoon sci-fi films, from classic B-movies to modern movie masterpieces!
In honour of Asian Heritage Month, enjoy this one-take time travel sci-fi comedy from Japanese director Junta Yamaguchi.
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes: Dorosute no hate de bokura (2022)
A cafe owner discovers that the TV in his cafe suddenly shows images from the future, but only two minutes into the future.
1 h 10 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. Courtesy of Kanopy.
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.