Online via zoom • for adults, in English.

How do we balance compassion for others and for ourselves? Learn simple practices to love yourself more, through the lens of the innate virtues that are part of everyone. With Joanie Beaubien, Virtues Project Master Facilitator.

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Online via zoom, in English.

It's the life that many dream of: education in some of Europe's most beautiful cities before becoming a novelist, essayist, translator and literary curator.
 
But the start of Linda Leith''s journey is anything but idyllic. The daughter of a glamorous mother and a charming left-wing doctor, she is never told of her father's psychiatric breakdown or his subsequent shock therapy for what was then called manic depression.
 
As this secret festers, Leith''s father uproots the family to various European cities as he reinvents himself as a corporate executive, eventually moving across the Atlantic to Montreal.

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Online via Zoom • for adults, in English

Join Frederic Hore on a voyage through the jagged mountains of Patagonia's world-renowned Torre del Paine National Park, the vibrant cities of Valparaiso and Santiago, stargazing from mountaintops near the vineyards of Vicuna, then watch elegant Chilean pink flamingos take flight, on the desolate salt flats of the Atacama Desert. It's a vibrant and colourful 90 minute adventure show, featuring Chilean music, infused with the history of the land, and lively travel lore.

The video will be available on YouTube after the conference.

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Online via Zoom • for adults, in French

Birthplace of jazz in Canada, discover this vibrant neighbourhood through a documentary video with Françoise Bâby: for over 100 years, industrialization along the nearby canal shaped the area, where the Black community's contributions are still felt today.

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At the library and on beaconsfieldbiblio.ca • for everyone, bilingual activity

In honour of Black History Month, this interactive activity will highlight awesome people from the Black community who have marked our society.

In person at the Herb Linder Annex  • for adults, in English

Get excited, explore and discover tasty international flavours using aromatic spices from around the world. With Nevine Elchibini.

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Michael Loyer, a chef and co-owner of Les 400 Pieds de Champignon, an urban mushroom farm that sells to many local markets and restaurants, will be presenting the basics of indoor and outdoor mushroom cultivation.

Active members will receive the zoom meeting link the week prior to the meeting. Presentation in English.

Free for members
$5 for non-members

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Conference in English by Rafael Najmanovich.

Rafael has been practising and studying the living art of bonsai since 2015 utilizing techniques 

with an artistic vision that encompasses both traditional and modern aesthetics.

Event online or in-person, depending on the COVID-19 situation. Details to come.

Free for members

$5 for non-members

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In person at the Herb Linder Annex, 303 Beaconsfield Blvd. • for adults, bilingual

Discover the creative process of Joujou Turenne, a Haitian Montreal-based author, through her stories and poems. She also works as an actress and was seen in Passe-Partout, as Passe-Tourelle.

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