Active at home – Culture, Leisure and Wellness online

Buddy, the City mascot, invites you to move at home with the whole family! Follow his movements, recreate the video and share it with your friends!

The 5th edition is currently taking place online.
The Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA) is a key event recognizing and supporting contemporary Aboriginal art and artists.
The Stewart Hall Art Gallery guides you step by step in this adventure and keeps you up to date on the latest events.

This panel discusses the curatorial and community engagement methodologies of BACA, and looks at the futures of Indigenous contemporary art in Northern Turtle Island.

Moderated by: David Garneau, curator, professor

Panelists: rudi aker, artist; Faye Mullen, artist

You have discovered these artworks online, come and admire them in person!

July 20 to August 9
Monday to Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Wednesday, August 5, 1 to 9 p.m.
Sunday, August 9, 1 to 5 p.m.

Stewart Hall Art Gallery

Inspired by ideas of structure, architecture and ecology, and fuelled by a strong creative urge, the works in this exhibition straddle the border between what is recognizable and what is not.

Take a virtual tour of the exhibition.

Artworks rental and sales

The Stewart Hall Cultural Centre Art Rental and Sales Service has been making works of art available to the public since 1967. The selected works, which include drawings, paintings, photographs, engravings and mixed media pieces, are initially put on exhibit at the Art Gallery and then made available for sale or rent. It’s an affordable way to enjoy art at home.

Browse the 2020 collection from the comfort of your living room.

The Stewart Hall Art Gallery’s Art Rental and Sales Service is launching the MiNi Art Rental Collection, a project focusing on art created by children aged 12 years and under.

Parents and guardians are invited to submit the works of their young artists by completing the online form.

The OM at home

Discover the musicians of all ages who responded to the call of conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin to spread music.

Click here to watch all their performances.

The Sinfonia de l’Ouest is a chamber orchestra from the West Island combining experienced professional musicians with young professionals and advanced students. The string orchestra at the core of this ensemble is joined by oboes, bassoons, and horns to perform a varied repertoire of Baroque, classical and contemporary music.

Artistic Director Stewart Grant invites you to discover two of their performances:

• Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
• Haydn: Symphony No. 92 “Oxford”

The Claycrafters Pottery Studio provides an opportunity for club members to explore the creative possibilities of clay, exchange ideas and improve their skills and knowledge of throwing, hand-building and glazing techniques. Members enjoy access to a fully equipped studio and an exhibition space.

Follow their creations here:

• Website
• Facebook page

The Lakeshore Weavers Guild’s mission is to promote the art of hand-weaving by facilitating access to weaving looms.  Throughout the year, members offer demonstrations, exhibitions and events to the community at the Stewart Hall Cultural Centre.

Discover their work on the guild’s Facebook page.

Each year during the Cultural Rendez-Vous, the Lakeshore Camera Club chooses 60 images from among those submitted by its 140 members. These are then printed, framed and displayed on the walls of the Stewart Hall Cultural Centre.

This year, these photography enthusiasts are presenting the 2020 exhibition in the form of an audiovisual slideshow. Click here to view the 2020 collection online.

During this exceptional period, the Club is maintaining its activities and regular meetings through a virtual collective space.

For more information about the club:

• Website
• Facebook page
• Flickr
• Instagram: #lccphotoclub

You librarians are taking turns daily to help you, online or over the phone.
Library blog: pcplblog.wordpress.com

A wide range of digital resources

The Pointe-Claire Public Library offers an extensive collection as well as online resources allowing youth to learn, be entertained and find information on various topics: digital books, magazines, newspapers, movies, music and games. 

A MULTI Card is required.

For help accessing the online tools:
Phone: 514-630-1218, ext. 1624 (Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Email: bibliotheque@pointe-claire.ca
Portal: biblio.pointe-claire.ca

A wide range of digital resources

The Pointe-Claire Public Library offers an extensive collection as well as online resources allowing youth to learn, be entertained and find information on various topics: digital books, magazines, newspapers, movies, music and games. 

A MULTI Card is required.

For assistance to access the online tools:
For help accessing the online tools:
Phone: 514-630-1218, ext. 1624 (Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Email: bibliotheque@pointe-claire.ca
Portal: biblio.pointe-claire.ca

This summer, the Pointe-Claire Public Library is offering a simplified version of the Summer Reading Club for 0 to 11 year olds and their families: exploring the joys of reading alone or with your family at your own pace:

• Sign up as of Monday, June 15:
  • on the LUDIK registration website: ludik.pointe-claire.ca
  • by phone: leave a message at 514-630-1218, extension 1623.
• Fill out the reading log that will be sent to you.
• Return your log before August 19 for a chance to win a prize in a draw at the end of summer.

Find several activities online every day for a summer full of entertainment:

• tdsummerreadingclub.ca: online notebook, electronic books and graphic novels, Battle of the Books, book reviews, jokes, author and illustrator videos, colouring sheets, and more.
• Club presentation video
• Library portal
• Bibliovideo channel on YouTube: videos on Canadian children’s literature.
• Instagram
• Facebook

Thursday, August 13, 2 p.m.
On Zoom
In English

A leisure activity to discuss what you have read during confinement:

• Which books have you read?
• Were they new reads or old favourites?
• Which book formats did you prefer: digital or paper?
• Where did you get your books?
• Are your looking for reading suggestions?

Registration required (open until August 11):

• On ludik.pointe-claire.ca
• By e-mail: margaret.kastner@pointe-claire.ca.

You will receive instructions on how to download Zoom to your computer or tablet and connect to the activity.

The online edition of the Library’s family bingo is now available : browse, explore and discover unsuspected online resources.

Drop off your completed card in the box at the library’s main entrance before September 30 and have a chance to win one of three $50 gift cards to a bookstore of your choice.

Print out a card from the Library portal or mark your answers on a sheet of paper.  Bingo cards are also being added to the bags for contactless loans.

Let’s go on an adventure in Pointe-Claire to discover our neighbourhoods and the typical and unusual objects that can be found there! The library has created a photo rally with a different adventure each week. You can try it by yourself or challenge your friends!

To participate, simply:

• find the items on the list;
• take a picture of them; and
• send them to the library at jennifer.dion@pointe-claire.ca.

Important:

• Don’t take pictures of people.
• Stay on public property (don’t trespass).

Week 5 – Objects to find:

• An orange construction cone
• A cross on a church
• A flag
• A one-way street
• A crane
• A children’s playground in a park

Upcoming lists:

• Send your ideas, from the simplest to the most inventive, to the library at jennifer.dion@pointe-claire.ca.
• Selected ideas will qualify for 15 minutes of volunteering for those eligible.

Happy hunting to all!

This year, the Central Library is offering an online version of its traditional LEGO® Exhibit.

Students from Félix-Leclerc high school (classes of Johanne Ménard and Marie-Claude Drolet) took part by coming up with fun creations representing multiple and diverse universes.

To give everyone a chance to enjoy them, several of creations are shown in the photo gallery below and on the library blog.

A two-part adventure to discover nature:

• Hunt: Children and parents explore their yard or immediate neighbourhood to discover the wonders of nature around them.
• Write: Based on the elements they find, children invent a short story (written or illustrated) that they can send to the library if they want to (bibliotheque@pointe-claire.ca).

The adventure begins here!

Let’s practice physical distancing!

A two-part adventure:

• Hunt: Children and parents explore their yard or immediate neighbourhood to discover the colours around them.
• Write: Based on the elements they find, children invent a short story (written or illustrated) that they can send to the library if they want to (bibliotheque@pointe-claire.ca).

The adventure begins here!

Let’s practice physical distancing!

The 15th edition of 24 Hours of Science is currently taking place online so that everyone can participate from home: activities, lectures, videos, virtual museum visits, and more.

In this spirit, the Pointe-Claire librarians explored some activities as a family:

• Ozobot Adventures: with the help of Alexis and Stella, Marie-Andrée created a 3-D course in a predefined area (editing on a free app called KineMaster).

• The robot’s death: with the help of Alexis and Stella, Marie-Andrée created a 3-D course in a predefined area.  The editing was done on a free app called KineMaster.

• The volcano: Denis Richard Junior and his daughter Jana share the secrets of making a volcano (in French).

Check out all the initiatives on the library blog and the Science for All website.

This private reading experience helps children to boost self-esteem and become more literate.

July 20 to August 20
15-minute one-on-one sessions
Various schedules

On Zoom
Ages 7 to 11

Registration required: ludik.pointe-claire.ca

Families attend a story hour with nursery rhymes, songs and traditional stories.

July 21 to August 19
Various schedules

On Zoom
Mother Goose: from birth to 35 months,
Story time: Ages 3 to 6
With a parent

Registration required: ludik.pointe-claire.ca

Safe exercises for all