CBC All in A Day Book Club Sale for Make the Season Kind Time and Place: December 5 at 3:00 pm. St. Laurent Shopping Centre, 1200 St. Laurent, main floor, near RBC, nearest to "Entrance 4". Web:www.facebook.com/events/2341572809626618 Email:bookclub@cbc.ca Come to our USED BOOK SALE: December 5th at St Laurent Shopping Centre, 3-6 p.m. during a live broadcast of ALL IN A DAY. All proceeds to the Ottawa Food Bank, as part of Make The Season Kind. **We don't require any more books for the sale, however! Sellers have enough now to have created a truly awesome booksale...* 3-6pm Nesting”: A Community Poetry Reading on Home Time and Place: December 5 at 7:00 pm. Happy Goat, 35 Laurel Web:tinyurl.com/nesting25 $17.31 A community poetry reading on home and belonging, featuring a curated lineup of local poets. Taking place at the beautiful Happy Goat Laurel St. location, come enjoy an evening full of poems on the theme of "home and belonging". Hosted and curated by Noah Reinoso (@reinpress on instagram), he will read from his newest zine "Nesting" and introduce you to talented, primarily queer and trans BIPOC poets from around Ottawa. Doors will open at 7:00 p.m. and the reading will begin at 7:30 p.m. sharp. Seating is first-come, first-served. There will be chairs arranged to seat 30 people, with additional standing room for 20 people. Copies of the zine "Nesting", as well as some linocut prints + stickers by Noah will be available after the reading. This is a covid-conscious event and ticket-holders will be asked to wear a mask throughout the evening (masks will be provided for those without). Performing poets may choose to wear or not wear one while they read, but will be promptly worn post-set. Coat check will be available by donation (cash only). There are no stairs to enter the venue, but there is a small lip upon entering the space. Washrooms are gender neutral. The Calligraphy Society of Ottawa Time and Place: 7:00 pm. Web:ottawacalligraphy.ca/ The Society meets on the first or second Friday of each month from September through December, and from February through June, at 7:00 PM at the location indicated in the corresponding event page, with the exception of the February and March meetings held on the first Saturday afternoon of the month. Everyone is welcome; your first meeting is free.
