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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!
We meet to enjoy lively good-natured discussions of a wide variety of books selected by our members. All assessments, interpretations, and opinions are valued and respected. Everyone is welcome!
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!
Are you a hobby writer? Or perhaps you wish you could be. You welcome a time of solitude and your pen begins to move on a blank page. Sometimes you find yourself in a wonderful space, where your imagination blossoms in surprising ways; new insights or moments of beauty, or whole stories emerge, as though out of nothing. Weaving words is your happy place!
Do you ever have Writer’s Block? If so, you are definitely a writer! Your writing matters to you and you want to be back at it again. Writing is a solitary activity. Yet at the heart of it, writing is about communication and creating community.
Welcome to the writing circle. Whether your writing is flowing freely or you are in a dry spell, you are in good company here. This is not a course, nor a place where anyone will tell you what you should do or try to fix your writing. It’s a space for exploring your own unique ways of expressing yourself in a safe and supportive environment.
Writing is a gift we can give ourselves, and a powerful avenue for reflecting on your life experiences. Through times of joy and sorrow, and through times of stress, writing nourishes you, like a medicine or sometimes like a magical potion. Stories, reflections, poetry, memoirs or whatever you want to write, you are welcome here.
Drop in program.
New to independent reading?
Join us for a story and then craft or artwork about the story and characters.
Registration required. For kids ages 5-8 and their adult reading partner.
Club de lecture RD
La succursale Ruth E. Dickinson invite les francophones et francophiles de Barrhaven à se joindre au Club de lecture RD. Participez à nos rencontres sociales et discutez de livres de langue française. Plusieurs formats seront offerts pour chacun des livres abordés.
Les jeudis de 19 h à 20 h,
19 septembre – Le Petit Prince
17 octobre – Les pilliers de la terre
21 novembre – Belle Greene
19 décembre - Arsène Lupin contre Holmes
16 janvier: La guerre des tuques par Danyèle Patenaude
20 février: Les misérables par Victor Hugo
20 mars: Votre choix de livre sur Hercule Poirot par Agatha Christie
17 avril: Les tournesols d'Ukraine par Pietro B Zemelo
15 mai: L'apocalypse selon Magda par Chloé Vollmer-Lo
19 juin: Surface par Matz
Learn how to more effectively tell the story of your vacations through pictures. Regardless of what kind of camera you use (cell phone, tablet, DSLR, etc.), Lynda Buske from the Ottawa PC Users' Group and the Orleans Photo Club will show how to use light, foreground, people, and framing. Learn the best ways to shoot seaside, sunrise/sunset and more to create descriptive photos that needs no captioning.
Calling all slow-stitchers and handcrafters.
If you hand sew, quilt, knit, crochet, needlefelt, cross-stitch, embroider, needlepunch, english paper piece or any other handcraft, please join us for a fun, welcoming get together to work on your own projects.
Everyone and all ages welcome. Looking forward to meeting new friends and hope to see you there!
You will also be able to share good condition crafting items that need a new home at the 'give away table’.
An evening storytime for children of all ages with their adult or guardian. Feel free to wear your pajamas (or not), bring along your favourite stuffie, blanket and your adult for stories, rhymes, and quiet songs.
Ages 4+. Drop-in program.
Have you ever wanted to work in a library? Are you curious about the educational requirements for library jobs? Are you interested in learning more about working at OPL? If so, join us on May 24th and learn what it takes to work in a library!
We will be joined by representatives from Algonquin College's Library and Information Technician program, Carleton's Bachelor of Information Technology (Information Resource Management) and the University of Ottawa's Master of Information Studies who will each give a brief presentation about their respective diplomas/degrees. OPL staff will also provide information about working and applying to jobs at OPL (Hint: Not all positions at OPL require a library degree!)
So, whether you are a high school student exploring career options, a parent looking to re-enter the workforce or simply someone interested in working in libraries, then this program is for you!
We hope to see you there!