Courtice Library
Fridays, Sep 6 to Nov 29 (excluding Oct 25)
10:30-11:30am

Ages 0-5 | Drop in

Have fun and make new friends! Children and their caregivers can play, explore and socialize. This is a casual program, please drop in late or leave early!

Orono Library
Fridays, Sep 6 to Nov 29 (excluding Oct 25)
10:30-11:30am

Ages 0-5 | Drop in

Have fun and make new friends! Children and their caregivers can play, explore and socialize. This is a casual program, please drop in late or leave early!

Newcastle Library
Fridays, Sep 6 to Nov 29 (excluding Oct 25)
1-2pm

Adults 55+ | Drop in

Presented in partnership with Community Care Durham

Learn exercises and balance activities that can help reduce your risk of falls. Increase your lower body and core strength, and improve balance and posture.

Courtice Library
Fridays, Oct 4 to Nov 8 (excluding Oct 18)
4-5pm

Grades 4-6 | Registered -- register now!

Learn to code with Fiero Code Club!  Choose your own project and work on it each week alongside other coding enthusiasts. 

Bowmanville Library
Saturdays, Nov 2-30
10-11am

Grades 1-7 | Registered -- register now!

Presented with Clarington Chess Club.

This five-week workshop series is ideal for beginners seeking to learn the essentials of chess. Through interactive activities and coaching sessions, participants will learn the fundamental principles and basic concepts of chess, with a specific focus on opening strategies. 

Courtice Library
Saturday, Nov 2
10:15am-4:45pm

Ages 11-15 | Registered  --  register now!
Cost $65+tax
PLEASE NOTE: Refunds are subject to a non-refundable processing fee.

Presented with React Right Safety Services

This course teaches youth the fundamental skills they need to start their own babysitting service. A Red Cross certified instructor from React Right Safety Services facilitates the class.

Newcastle Library
Saturday, Nov 2
10:30am-12:30pm

Divisions for Grades 1-2, 3-4, and 5-6 | Registered -- register now!

A-W-E-S-O-M-E! Have fun putting your spelling skills to the test during CLMA's second annual spelling bee.

Sarah Jane Williams Heritage Centre
Saturdays, Sep 7 to Nov 30
10:30-11:30am

All ages | Drop in

Drop in every Saturday for some fun in ClaringTOWN! As the seasons change, so do our activities, whether we are harvesting, shopping, or catching the train; there's always something new to try in ClaringTOWN!

Bowmanville Library
Mondays, Sep 9 to Nov 25 (excluding Sep 30, Oct 14)
10:30-11:30am

Ages 0-5 | Drop in

Have fun and make new friends! Children and their caregivers can play, explore and socialize. This is a casual program, please drop in late or leave early!

Courtice Library
Mondays, Sep 9 to Nov 25 (excluding Sep 30, Oct 14)
1:30-3pm

Ages 0-15 months | Drop in

Presented with EarlyON Child and Family Centres.

Build important early skills in your little ones with interactive songs, nursery rhymes, music, creative movement, and musical instruments. Parents and caregivers will learn how to make and incorporate music and musical instruments into your child’s everyday play experiences while promoting a healthy lifestyle and intimate social bonds.

Newcastle Library
Mondays, Sep 9 to Nov 25 (excluding Sep 30, Oct 14)
1:30-3pm

Ages 0-15 months | Drop in

Presented with EarlyON Child and Family Centres.

Build important early skills in your little ones with interactive songs, nursery rhymes, music, creative movement, and musical instruments. Parents and caregivers will learn how to make and incorporate music and musical instruments into your child’s everyday play experiences while promoting a healthy lifestyle and intimate social bonds.

Newcastle Library
Mondays, Sep 9 to Nov 25 (excluding Sep 30, Oct 14)
6-7pm

Adults 55+ | Drop in

Presented with Community Care Durham

Enjoy low impact movements and lower intensity with fun, music, and fitness. Suitable for any fitness level; no experience required.

Bowmanville Library
Monday, Nov 4
6:00-7:45pm

Adults | Drop in

During World War II with men engaged elsewhere in the war effort, hundreds of women pursued careers at the newly formed National Film Board. These pioneering women made movie history, creating work that spoke to the world with a distinctive Canadian voice. Juxtaposing a dazzling array of archival material with dynamic animation, the film evokes the heady wartime years, when women played a key part in transforming the NFB into a major international studio.

Bowmanville Library
Tuesdays, Sep 10 to Dec 17
9:30am-5:30pm

Adults | Registered  --  To book an appointment, please call 905-686-2661 x200, or email at info@cdcd.org

In partnership with Settlement Services, Community Development Council Durham (CDCD)

Supporting newcomers, immigrants, and their families in their settlement journey, CDCD offers confidential, culturally sensitive information, and referral services at no cost. 

Book an appointment, or walk-in between 3-5pm, for information, assistance, and referrals regarding immigration, employment, social assistance, transportation, legal services, housing, landlord-tenant issues, health care, childcare, education, language classes, counseling, financial supports, benefits, government forms, and applying for ID such as OHIP and driver’s licenses.

Available Information and Referrals:

• immigration, employment, social assistance, transportation, and legal services;
• childcare and health care;
• language classes;
• housing - Landlord-tenant issues, support services;
• education - finding and enrolling in schools, digital literacy and other training programs, and credential assessment;
• supportive counselling, problem solving;
• financial supports, benefits, and applications;
• mental health settlement supports;
• employment supports;
• legal supports;
• iving needs/essentials and referrals (food/furniture banks, clothing/household item donations, etc.);
• and much more!

Available Assistance and Guidance:

• filling out government forms;
• commissioner of oaths for original documents;
• affidavits, travel consents, and letters of invitation assistance;
• applying for various types of ID such as OHIP, Driver's Licence;
• setting appointments, such as for doctors, court, government agencies;
• understanding documents and referrals to translation services;
• and much more!

Bowmanville Library
Tuesdays, Oct 1 to Dec 17
9:30am-12pm

Adults | Drop in; no appointment required

The John Howard Society of Durham Region (JHSD) caseworkers will provide housing outreach at the Bowmanville Library. 

No appointment is necessary, and services include: 

• Assistance and support with housing search/access and registration to By-Name List;
• Support with eviction prevention and mediation with landlords;
• Assistance with forms including applications for housing stability funds and rental applications;
• Information and referrals to JHS programs and services and other community resource; and
• Canadian birth certificates.

This community partnership focusing on housing will strengthen access to important supports for community members who are currently unsheltered, precariously housed, or experiencing homelessness. Homelessness in Clarington remains a growing issue and CLMA is proud to partner with service providers to help create opportunities to barrier-free access to vital supports in the community. 

Presented with the John Howard Society of Durham Region (JHSD).

Newcastle Library
Tuesdays, Sep 3 to Nov 26
10:30-11:15am

Ages 0-3 | Drop in

Drop in each week for stories, songs and rhymes, followed by a social playtime!

Bowmanville Library
Tuesdays, Sep 3 to Nov 26
10:30-11:15am

Ages 1.5 - 3 | Drop in

Enjoy stories, songs and rhymes using the skills taught in Every Child Ready to Read©, designed to help build early literacy skills!

Newcastle Library
Tuesdays, Sep 3 to Nov 26 (excluding Oct 1, 8, 22)
1:30-2:30pm

Adults 55+ | Drop in

Presented in partnership with Community Care Durham

The mind-body practice of tai chi combines movement and breath to create energetic flow and improve overall health. All levels of experience are welcome.

Courtice Library
Alternating Tuesdays; Sep 10, 24; Oct 8, 22; Nov 5, 19; Dec 3, 17
1:30-3pm

Ages 0-12 months | Registered -- register now!
Please note: registration is through the EarlyON KeyON system at https://www.keyon.ca/

Presented with EarlyON Child and Family Centres.

Learn techniques in infant massage that will promote healthy development, growth, and positive interaction between parents/caregivers and children. This course is facilitated by a certified infant massage instructor. 

Bowmanville Library
Tuesdays, Oct 1 to Nov 19
6:30-8pm

Adults | Registered | Cost $50+tax -- register now!
PLEASE NOTE: Refunds are subject to a non-refundable processing fee.

Presented with Gwen Bevan

Learn a relaxing and creative hobby, build your skills, or finally tackle that neglected stitching project! Learn how to knit or crochet from an expert, and get social with a group of like-minded crafters in this eight-week workshop session.

Please bring your current project or a ball of dish cloth yarn (2 oz. cotton) and 5 mm needles to the first session.

Bowmanville Library
Wednesdays, Sep 4 to Nov 27
10:30-11:15am

Ages 0-3 | Drop in

Drop in each week for stories, songs and rhymes, followed by a social playtime!

Sarah Jane Williams Heritage Centre
Wednesdays, Sep 4 to Nov 27
10:30-11:30am

Ages 0-5 | Drop in

Have fun and make new friends! Children and their caregivers can play, explore and socialize. This is a casual program, please drop in late or leave early!

Courtice Library
Wednesdays, Sep 4 to Nov 27
10:30-11:15am

Ages 1.5 - 3 | Drop in

Enjoy stories, songs and rhymes using the skills taught in Every Child Ready to Read©, designed to help build early literacy skills!

Online via Zoom
Wednesdays, Sep 11 to Nov 27
1:30-2:30pm

Adults | Registered  --  register now!

Presented with Community Development Council Durham (CDCD)

Practice speaking English and learn more about the Clarington community and life in Canada! Join the English Conversation Circle and discover English as a Second Language resources, get connected to your community and new friends, and practice your English speaking skills!

Courtice Library
Wednesdays, Sep 11 to Nov 13
1:30-3pm

Ages 0-12 months | Registered -- register now!
Please note: registration is through the EarlyON KeyON system at https://www.keyon.ca/

Presented with EarlyON Child and Family Centres.

This ten-week course offers a group experience for parents and babies focusing on the pleasure and power of using rhymes, songs, and stories. This also provides parents a time to socialize and network with each other while spending quality time with their babies.