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Film Shorts: Journeys and Passages

Cumberland

Saturday May 25, 2024 at 1:00pm
60 minutes

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Join us for a program of short documentary films by Canadian directors of Asian descent.

Through an intimate archive of the Chow’s family lineage, A Passage Beyond Fortune offers an homage to the culturally significant but buried history of Chinese-Canadian communities in Moose Jaw.

Highway to Heaven takes audiences into many of the temples, mosques, and churches that call No. 5 Road in Richmond, British Columbia, home, revealing unity despite difference across these diverse cultural spaces.

In love, amma, after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, a young mother writes a letter to her daughter about their family’s collective journey to acceptance

4 North A is a celebration of the fleeting joys of life and a bittersweet reminder that we don’t always get the closure we seek.

56 min. Multiple languages. Provided by the National Film Board.
Play Day ! / On joue!

Sunnyside

Saturdays, May 18, 2024 - Jun 08, 2024
10:00am
90 minutes
3 sessions remaining

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Drop in for preschool fun! Play with puppets, crafts, building blocks, and more. **Note : on the first Saturday of the month, Play Day is replaced with Saturday Stuffed Animal Storytime until 10:45am, after which we do take the toys out to play as usual.

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Un programme portes ouvertes pour les enfants d'âge préscolaire! Venez jouer avec des marionnettes, des blocs de construction, du bricolage, et plus encore! **Notez bien : le premier samedi de chaque mois, 'On joue' est remplacé par une heure du conte en anglais jusqu'à environ 10:45am, après quoi nous sortons les jouets jusqu'à 11h30 comme à l'habitude.
Music and Dance / Musique et danse

Orléans

Saturdays, May 18, 2024 - Jun 01, 2024
10:15am
60 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Join us and experience the joys of dancing and making music with tambourines, maracas, egg shakers, rhythm sticks and more. Ages 4-6. Dop-in.

Saturdays, May 18, June 1.

Viens nous joindre et engage-toi dans des activités musicales en bougeant et en manipulant des instruments de musique mis à ta disposition: tambourins, maracas, oeufs sonores, bâtons rythmiques, et autres instruments de musique. Pour les 4 à 6 ans. Portes ouvertes.

Les samedis 18 mai, 1 juin.
Lego® Party / Ça dé “bloc”

Alta Vista

Saturdays, May 18, 2024 - May 25, 2024
10:30am
90 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Building Boom! Show off your architectural creativity with Lego®!

For ages 4-12. Drop-in program.

Archiboum! Architectes en herbes, à vos Lego®!

Pour les 4-12 ans. Inscription non requise.
Bilingual Family Storytime (Spring) / Heure du conte bilingue en famille (printemps)

Ruth E. Dickinson

Saturday May 18, 2024 at 10:30am
30 minutes

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Join us for stories, songs and rhymes, for children of all ages! | Rejoignez-nous pour des histoires, des chansons et des comptines, pour les enfants de tous âges!
Film: Star Wars Kid: The Rise of the Digital Shadows

Carlingwood

Saturday May 18, 2024 at 1:30pm
120 minutes

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In this Mathieu Fournier documentary on the first viral phenomenon of the digital age, Ghyslain Raza ("the Star Wars Kid") breaks his silence and reflects on his story for the first time. In doing so, he also explores our collective experience living in an online world in which we have to make peace with our digital shadows.

2022. 1 h 19 min. In French with English subtitles. Courtesy of the National Film Board.

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Dans ce documentaire de Mathieu Fournier, Ghyslain Raza, le « Star Wars Kid », sort du silence afin de réfléchir à notre soif de contenu et au droit à l’oubli à l’ère numérique.

2022. 1 h 19 min. En français avec sous-titres anglais. Gracieuseté de l'Office national du film.
Go Workshop / Atelier de Go

Rideau

Saturdays, May 18, 2024 - Dec 14, 2024
2:00pm
180 minutes
8 sessions remaining

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The Ottawa Go Club (https://ottawagoclub.wixsite.com/ogcs) organizes a series of workshops for people who want to improve their knowledge of the Go game. We will discuss various aspects of the game, do practical exercises and problems, explore and practice. Designed for beginners and intermediate players.

Le Club de Go d'Ottawa (https://ottawagoclub.wixsite.com/ogcs) organise des ateliers pour tous ceux qui aimeraient approfondir leurs connaissances du jeu de Go. On y discute plusieurs aspects du jeu, on fait des exercices et des problèmes, on explore et on s’entraîne. Conçu pour les débutants et les intermédiaires.
Lego® Block Party / Ça dé ‘bloc’

St-Laurent

Saturdays, May 18, 2024 - Jun 22, 2024
2:00pm
120 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Building Boom! Show off your architectural creativity with Lego®!

Archiboum! Architectes en herbes, à vos Lego®!

Saturday, February 17, 2024 - 2:00pm
Le samedi 17 février, 2024 - 14 h

Monday, April 8, 2024 - 2:00 p.m.
Le lundi 8 avril, 2024 - 14 h

Saturday, April 27, 2024 - 2:00pm
Le samedi 27 avril, 2024 - 14 h

Saturday, May 18, 2024 - 2:00pm
Le samedi 18 mai, 2024 - 14 h

Saturday, June 10, 2024 - 2:00pm
Le samedi 10 juin, 2024 - 14 h
Anime & Manga Club / Club d'Anime & Manga

Greenboro

Saturdays, May 18, 2024 - Jun 01, 2024
2:00pm
120 minutes
2 sessions remaining

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Love manga and anime? Come join us to discuss all things Naruto, Demon Slayer, and much more with fellow fans! We watch anime, eat snacks, and play games.

Ages 13 - 18.

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Aimez-vous l'anime ou le manga ? Venez à la bibliothèque pour discuter les séries comme Naruto, Demon Slayer et plus avec les autres amateurs d'anime ! Nous regardons l'anime, mangeons des collations et jouons les jeux.

Pour les 13 - 18 ans.
Arabic Family Storytime / Contes Arabes en famille

Alta Vista

Saturday May 18, 2024 at 3:00pm
45 minutes

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إنضمّوا إلينا لسماع أجمل القصص والأغاني باللّغة العربية للأطفال الذين تتراوح أعمارهم بين صفر و ٦ سنوات برفقة أولياء أمورهم. (التسجيل غير مطلوب)

(أيّام السبت الساعة ٣ عصراً: ٢٤ شباط - ٢٣ آذار - ٢٠ نيسان - ١٨ أيار (٤٥ دقيقة

Join us for Arabic Stories, rhymes and songs for children, ages 0 to 6 years, and their parents or caregivers.

Saturdays at 3:00 pm: 24 February, 23 March, 20 April, 18 May (Registration not required).

Contes, comptines, et chansons en Arabe pour les enfants de 0 à 6 ans accompagnés d’un parent ou gardien.

Les samedis à 15h: 24 février, 23 mars, 20 avril, 18 mai (Portes ouvertes).