Upcoming Events and Activities

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			1 LOCAL VOCALS – English Language Singing Ensemble 2:00 PM LOCAL VOCALS – English Language Singing Ensemble Mar 1 @ 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets OverDrive Virtual Workshop: Getting Started with Libby 2:00 PM OverDrive Virtual Workshop: Getting Started with Libby Mar 1 @ 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets Do you have questions about accessing and using the Morrin Centre’s e-books and audiobooks on OverDrive? If so, here is the perfect activity for you! Join the OverDrive team for a one-hour “Getting Started with Libby” webinar, and learn the Stress & Anxiety – Supporting our children through their primary school years 7:00 PM Stress & Anxiety – Supporting our children through their primary school years Mar 1 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Tickets Feeling stressed and anxious is very common in day-to-day life for children in primary school. It could be related to school work, tests, social situations, sports, family changes, sickness, conflicts with friends or family, and more. Parents and caregivers, join	2 Lifelong Learning: Guided Tour – Musée de la Civilisation 9:45 AM Lifelong Learning: Guided Tour – Musée de la Civilisation Mar 2 @ 9:45 AM – 12:30 PM Tickets Thursday, March 2: Guided Tour at Musee de la Civilisation 9:45am – 12:30pmLOCATION: Quebec City Reading Council ->Musee ->QCRC3005 William Stuart, room 201, Quebec (QC) G1W 1V4 This event is open to all adults age 50+ in the Quebec City area.FACILITATOR: EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together 8:00 PM EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together Mar 2 @ 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tickets Join our EPIQ hosts for an Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together. Getting Through It Together wishes to create a familiar place to allow parents to be heard, feel connected and maybe have a laugh. If you choose, come	3	4
5	6	7	8 Eat Well to Age Well 10:00 AM Eat Well to Age Well Mar 8 @ 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Tickets Our bodies tend to change with age, and so does our lifestyle! Your schedule, your pace, your environment: all of these factors influence your food and water intake. Through the meals and snacks we eat each day, how can we Art therapy workshop – PAINT (in Shannon) 1:15 PM Art therapy workshop – PAINT (in Shannon) Mar 8 @ 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Tickets The next art therapy workshop offered at the VEQ Community Space (#438 Blvd Jacques-Cartier, Place Shannon, Suite 107): Wednesday March 8th (1:15 pm – 2:45 pm) Theme: ““Self -Love & Self-Compassion” (PAINT) To register please contact Dominique by email or LOCAL VOCALS – English Language Singing Ensemble 2:00 PM LOCAL VOCALS – English Language Singing Ensemble Mar 8 @ 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets	9 Northern Perimeter Community Solutions: Transportation and Home Services 10:30 AM Northern Perimeter Community Solutions: Transportation and Home Services Mar 9 @ 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM Tickets Join VEQ and SEEnet to discuss transportation and home services for community members in Shannon and Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier. We’ll hear from experts and discuss potential nonprofit and cooperative solutions. DATE: Thursday, March 9 TIME: 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. LOCATION: Valcartier Art Session for Newcomers 6:30 PM Art Session for Newcomers Mar 9 @ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Tickets Sign up now!!! There are only 12 spots per session! According to last year’s survey, most newcomers wanted us to offer Art workshops! Well, this series of Art therapy AND workshops are designed for you! Art therapist Sophie Lessard-Latendresse EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together 8:00 PM EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together Mar 9 @ 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tickets Join our EPIQ hosts for an Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together. Getting Through It Together wishes to create a familiar place to allow parents to be heard, feel connected and maybe have a laugh. If you choose, come	10	11 Shannon Irish Show 1:00 PM Shannon Irish Show Mar 11 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets You are cordially invited to the 54th edition of the “Shannon Irish Show” sponsored by the Catholic Women’s League of Shannon, the show will be held at the Shannon Community Centre, at 75 Gosford Road in Shannon at 1:00pm and Shannon Irish Show 7:30 PM Shannon Irish Show Mar 11 @ 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM Tickets You are cordially invited to the 54th edition of the “Shannon Irish Show” sponsored by the Catholic Women’s League of Shannon, the show will be held at the Shannon Community Centre, at 75 Gosford Road in Shannon at 1:00pm and
12	13	14	15 Événements Emploi Éclair – English-speaking Event 9:00 AM Événements Emploi Éclair – English-speaking Event Mar 15 @ 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Tickets Événements Emploi Éclair, FORT Program and VEQ are glad to present you this special activity for English-speaking / bilingual workers! To participate, nothing could be easier! Fill out the form below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWJ53XL0GV58p7_zly0An55I0-LKjCZMcoQMFSqs-KR4WGNQ/viewform You will then receive a call for a “Being a Cultural Translator” with Marie-Hélène: Lifelong Learning 10:00 AM “Being a Cultural Translator” with Marie-Hélène: Lifelong Learning Mar 15 @ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Tickets This event is open to all adults aged 50+ in the Quebec City area. *More details to come* TO REGISTER: email Catherine at info@lifelonglearningquebec.org, orcall 418.681.1258. Space is limited. Sign up for the Lifelong Learning mailing list for updates on activities. Questions or LOCAL VOCALS – English Language Singing Ensemble 2:00 PM LOCAL VOCALS – English Language Singing Ensemble Mar 15 @ 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets	16 Pottery Workshops 12:30 PM Pottery Workshops Mar 16 @ 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Tickets Make your own bowl with your hands! Don’t miss this opportunity to get creative and be a part of this intergenerational pottery workshop with St. Lawrence students. Two workshops (each, with two sessions) are available! Workshop A will take place: EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together 8:00 PM EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together Mar 16 @ 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tickets Join our EPIQ hosts for an Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together. Getting Through It Together wishes to create a familiar place to allow parents to be heard, feel connected and maybe have a laugh. If you choose, come	17 Chit Chat Club 9:30 AM Chit Chat Club Mar 17 @ 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Tickets English and French-speakers get together once a month to work to a variety of tasks while practicing their second-language in small groups. It’s fun, informal and a great way to make new friends. Francophones, Anglophones and Allophones (people who speak Take-A-Break: Nutritional snacks and meals for kids and the whole family 9:30 AM Take-A-Break: Nutritional snacks and meals for kids and the whole family Mar 17 @ 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Tickets Take-A-Break is back at the Wellness Centre! A great chance to meet and chat with other English-speaking parents of preschool-aged children. Hear guest speakers on topics of interest to parents. Talk about being a parent and get support. Exchange ideas St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Irish Stew Lunch (Valcartier) 11:15 AM St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Irish Stew Lunch (Valcartier) Mar 17 @ 11:15 AM – 2:30 PM Tickets Come watch and enjoy Valcartier Elementary School students march and parade in green to the Valcartier municipality. After the parade, people are invited to partake in the St Patrick’s Day festivities in the Valcartier Community Center to enjoy live music	18
19	20	21 Baby Chat Café: Nutrition and your baby: Introducing solids 10:00 AM Baby Chat Café: Nutrition and your baby: Introducing solids Mar 21 @ 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Tickets Baby Chat is… A great chance to meet and chat with other English-speaking parents of babies under one year of age. Guest speakers on subjects of interest to new parents You do not have to register to participate and it Pottery Workshops 12:30 PM Pottery Workshops Mar 21 @ 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Tickets Make your own bowl with your hands! Don’t miss this opportunity to get creative and be a part of this intergenerational pottery workshop with St. Lawrence students. Two workshops (each, with two sessions) are available! Workshop A will take place: Lady Franklin’s Revenge: Lifelong Learning 1:00 PM Lady Franklin’s Revenge: Lifelong Learning Mar 21 @ 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Tickets This event is open to all adults aged 50+ in the Quebec City area. Presented by John Felvinci When Sir John Franklin disappeared into the Arctic in 1845, it was his adventurous wife, Jane Franklin, who kept the search for Pixels & Pages: The Morrin Centre’s Book Club 7:00 PM Pixels & Pages: The Morrin Centre’s Book Club Mar 21 @ 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tickets Come join Pixels & Pages, the Morrin Centre’s online book club! At our next meeting, we’ll be discussing Anthony Doerr’s novel Cloud Cuckoo Land. Please note that this event will be hybrid: the book club will meet in the Library, but it	22 LOCAL VOCALS – English Language Singing Ensemble 2:00 PM LOCAL VOCALS – English Language Singing Ensemble Mar 22 @ 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets Definitely Spring (ish) Fest 2023! 5:00 PM Definitely Spring (ish) Fest 2023! Mar 22 @ 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Tickets An excuse to get social! Do you think winter is way too long? VEQ cordially invites you to bring the spirit of spring alive at a 5@7 at 3 Brasseurs Laurier on March 22. Come one, come all! Meet and	23 Women of Impressionism: Lifelong Learning 1:00 PM Women of Impressionism: Lifelong Learning Mar 23 @ 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM Tickets This event is open to all adults aged 50+ in the Quebec City area. FACILITATOR: Kay Palkhivala This lecture discusses the art of five 19th Century female painters who worked during the Impressionist period, mainly in France. This artistic style POSTPONED Fun Felting!!! 6:30 PM POSTPONED Fun Felting!!! Mar 23 @ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Tickets Due to the weather, this event has been postponed, but will be rescheduled. All registered participants will be notified. Thanks for understanding! Off-Imagination – Playwriting Workshop 7:00 PM Off-Imagination – Playwriting Workshop Mar 23 @ 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Tickets To whet your appetite for literary presentations before the Imagination Festival, the Morrin Centre is delighted to present an Off-Imagination Playwriting Workshop with author, playwright, and poet Anna Fuerstenberg! Registration necessary Join us on March 23, at 7:00 p.m., for EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together 8:00 PM EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together Mar 23 @ 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tickets Join our EPIQ hosts for an Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together. Getting Through It Together wishes to create a familiar place to allow parents to be heard, feel connected and maybe have a laugh. If you choose, come	24 Out and About: Sugar Shack! 9:30 AM Out and About: Sugar Shack! Mar 24 @ 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM Tickets Out & About offers English speakers (50+) free transportation to various community activities while providing the opportunity to go out, socialize, and connect with others. Weekly outings include shopping trips, nature visits, excursions to l’Île d’Orléans, visits to museums, ice cream, and Travellin’ Toddler Time: Pirates 9:30 AM Travellin’ Toddler Time: Pirates Mar 24 @ 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM Tickets Who We Are Travellin’ Toddler Time (TTT) is free activity in English for children 3 and 4 years old and their parents/caregivers or grandparents. Participants sing songs, hear stories, make crafts and enjoy a snack. This activity is a great	25 Sugar Shack Brunch (for NEWCOMERS) 10:00 AM Sugar Shack Brunch (for NEWCOMERS) Mar 25 @ 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM Tickets Don’t ruin your appetite! We are going to Sucrerie Blouin to savour a scrumptious québecois brunch! VEQ will provide transportation from its offices to the sugar shack (in Île d’Orléans) and back to the office. We are scheduled to St. Patrick’s Day Parade 12:00 PM St. Patrick’s Day Parade Mar 25 @ 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Tickets The 11th edition of the Québec City St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be taking place on Saturday, March 25th. More details to come!
26	27	28 Café au Lait Crew: Feeding challenges 1:30 PM Café au Lait Crew: Feeding challenges Mar 28 @ 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets Join us and benefit from parent-to-parent contact, encouragement, valuable information including breastfeeding support from our Allaitement Québec certified breastfeeding support volunteer Camille Nadeau. Connect with other English-speaking parents Support provided by our breastfeeding coach Scale available to check baby’s growth	29	30 Investing Over 50 – Information Session 1:00 PM Investing Over 50 – Information Session Mar 30 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Tickets This event is a community partnership event with Lifelong Learning and Voice of English-speaking Québec. It is open to all adults in the Quebec City area and Caregivers. Are you thinking about investing? Do you keep up with your estate EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together 8:00 PM EPIQ Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together Mar 30 @ 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM Tickets Join our EPIQ hosts for an Informal Chat Session: Getting Through It Together. Getting Through It Together wishes to create a familiar place to allow parents to be heard, feel connected and maybe have a laugh. If you choose, come	31 Out and About: Sugar Shack! 9:30 AM Out and About: Sugar Shack! Mar 31 @ 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM Tickets Out & About offers English speakers (50+) free transportation to various community activities while providing the opportunity to go out, socialize, and connect with others. Weekly outings include shopping trips, nature visits, excursions to l’Île d’Orléans, visits to museums, ice cream, and Rescheduled Felting Art Workshop 6:30 PM Rescheduled Felting Art Workshop Mar 31 @ 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Tickets Have you always wanted to try needle felting? In this free workshop hosted by VEQ, you can learn how to make cute objects out of felt. All supplies are provided. Everyone welcome. 12+ and up. Pre-registration required. https://forms.office.com/r/y4JU08pp85

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