Westmount Here & There
April 18, 2025

A look at events happening in and around Westmount

Exposition: Siren Song

Until Friday, May 9, the Gallery at Victoria Hall, 4626 Sherbrooke W, is pleased to present an exhibition featuring the work of Tamar Granovsky.

Exhibition: April 11 to May 9
Monday to Friday: 10 am to 9 pm
Saturday: 9 am to 5 pm

Image: Andrew Burlone

Earth Day Canada Conference

On Saturday, April 19, at 12:45 in the Westmount Public Library, 4574 Sherbrooke W, the Earth Day Canada conference “I’m adopting an eco-friendly lifestyle” will discuss concrete and affordable solutions to help you reduce your environmental impact daily. Doing your part for the planet can start with reducing at the source by fighting food waste, reducing your waste production, extending the useful life of your belongings and putting other cost-effective and eco-friendly tricks into use.

The conference will be given in English and held in a hybrid format (in person at the Westmount Library and online).
Click here to register.

Learn more about Earth Day Canada workshops.

Educational game hosted by Ecogames: 2tonnes Workshop

On Saturday, April 19, at 2 pm in the Westmount Public Library, 4574 Sherbrooke W, explore the future, gradually build your low-carbon transition scenario up to 2050, and discover what it means to achieve carbon neutrality. Adopt a systemic approach to the issues at stake to understand the role of the various players in the low-carbon transition, with ideas for concrete solutions by comparing the impact of individual and collective measures. The equivalent of two tonnes of CO2 is the average per capita carbon footprint to achieve by 2050!

Click here to register.

Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Collection

On Saturday, April 26, starting at 9 am, in the parking lot of the Westmount Public Library, 4574 Sherbrooke W, take part in the biannual collection for household hazardous waste and electronics. New this year, car and small truck tires are now accepted! No registration is necessary.

View the list of accepted items

Image: Stockfolio

Art Westmount 2025

Art Westmount is a two-day event created to showcase visual arts and the artists of our community. Its mission has been to recognize and celebrate Westmount artists – be they amateur, emerging, semi-professional or established – offering them an opportunity to exhibit, commission-free, in a beautiful venue. Art Westmount brings together more than 30 local artists from various disciplines to display their work in the Concert Hall at Victoria Hall. Original works of art and derived items will be available for sale by the artists – a great opportunity to support local creativity and find a unique gift in time for Mother’s Day.

Saturday and Sunday, April 26 and 27
10:30 am to 5 pm
Victoria Hall, 4626 Sherbrooke W

Interactive activity

When visiting Art Westmount, join Ève-Catherine Champoux, curator of the Gallery at Victoria Hall, and explore your creativity in an interactive activity in the Gallery for visitors of all ages at the following times:

Saturday, April 26 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Sunday, April 27 from 1 pm to 4:30 pm

Special workshop

Feeling inspired? Join a special workshop to create plant pots with artist Kimberly Orjuela at the Visual Arts Center, 350 Victoria, on Saturday, April 26, from 10 am to 2 pm.

Registration required. Space is limited. (Paid activity). For more information or to register, please visit the Visual Arts Center website.

Pop-up Café

Take a moment to enjoy a coffee with friends and neighbours at Mouton Noir’s pop-up café in the lobby at Victoria Hall.

Contactivity Centre activities

Contactivity Centre, 4695 de Maisonneuve W, is a non-profit community centre that provides a welcoming, caring and safe place for autonomous seniors 60+, where a sense of community and social engagement can be fostered. The centre hosts various courses and interest groups that encompass the mind, body and soul.

Online courses and activities are now available. For more information visit contactivitycentre.org

Image: courtesy of Contactivity Centre

Centre Greene activities

Centre Greene, 1090 Greene, is host to a wide variety of activities for young and old, including a Caregiver’s Tea, Themed Activity Nights, Drop-in Daycare, After-School Program, Kids’ Kitchen, Tumbling Tots Playgroup, Seniors’ Lunches, and more!

For more information, call 514 931-6202 or visit centregreene.org

Image: courtesy of Centre Greene

City of Westmount events

The City of Westmount offers a variety of events and activities for adults and children of all ages. Please consult the city’s events calendar for more information.

Events at Westmount Public Library

4574 Sherbrooke W, Westmount

Library staff are pleased to welcome all visitors back to a safe environment in which to browse and check out items. Staff will also be there to make/renew memberships and handle your requests and questions.

More information at westlibcat.org

Image: Andrew Burlone

And over at the Atwater Library…

1200 Atwater, Westmount
Information at 514 935-7344

The Library is open every day except Sunday. See the Library’s Full schedule.
The Library will be closed for the Good Friday holiday but open on Saturday and Monday as usual

The staff are always pleased to provide information and help by phone and email.

eBooks and digital audiobooks: The Library has increased its selection of digital books for your reading and listening pleasure. For information and help: 514 935-7344 or ebooks@atwaterlibrary.ca

Image: Frédéric Ryan – Instagram (@feddomtl

SERVICES BY PHONE, EMAIL AND INTERNET

Atwater Library staff are continuing to provide help and information by phone and email at 514 935-7344 (weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm) and at info@atwaterlibrary.ca
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Questions about your computer or device? Email connect@atwaterlibrary.ca or phone 514 935-7344 daytime during the week. With funding from the Government of Canada.

CONNECT PROJECT

Monday, April 21 from 1 pm to 3 pm
Via Zoom Only: Weekly Internet Peer Café – Join Carmen Lum for discussion about using computers, tablets and smartphones. Stay for twenty minutes or the full two hours for sharing, learning and socializing. Free, thanks to funding from the Grace Dart Foundation. To register and get the Zoom link, fill out and submit the form.

Thursday, April 24 from 3 pm to 5 pm
In person only: Drop-In Tech Help – Got a question about using your device? The Library’s team of tech-savvy staff and volunteers will be on hand in the Adair Auditorium (accessible by elevator) to provide fast, free help with demonstrations and resources to improve digital skills. Bring your device, or use one of the Library’s tablets or laptops. First come, first served, no pre-registration required. Free, thanks to funding from the Grace Dart Foundation. Further information: connect@atwaterlibrary.ca

YOUTUBE VIDEO SERIES

During the Spring of 2020, the Connect Project team made a series of YouTube videos to help people be in touch, informed and inspired through digital technology.

Episode 1 – Introduction: Be in touch, informed and inspired through digital technology.

Episode 2 – eBooks and audiobooks: Get started enjoying books on your device — phone, tablet or computer, with step-by-step instructions for borrowing eBooks and audiobooks from the Atwater Library.

Episode 3 – Podcasts

How to begin enjoying a wealth of free recorded radio programs and other online audio material. Included is info about popular and recommended podcasts.

Episode 4: Filing Your Income Tax Return Online

Episode 5: Zoom Video Conferencing
Step-by-step instructions for taking part in online meetings and events using Zoom. With a “cheat sheet” guide to buttons and functions.

Episode 6: Digital Discussions Lecture Series
A brief intro with links to presenters’ slideshows and a guide to YouTube buttons and functions.

Episode 7: Online Ordering for Delivery
A guide with helpful information and local examples.

FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM

YOUTUBE VIDEO SERIES

Nutrition on a Budget
Video – Eat Well on a Budget (50 minutes) with Jaimie Yue, Registered Dietitian. You can sign up for her newsletter and receive a free eBook with recipes.

Personal Finances in Times of Crisis
Video (20 minutes) with Michel Gariépy, analyst with Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF). He gives tips for saving money and shares the AMF Budget Sheet and Balance Sheet forms.

RRIF (Registered Retirement Income Fund)
Video (29 minutes) with Certified Financial Planner Lynn Bennett.

Budgeting Basics 2: Protect Your Money and Online Resources
Video (35 minutes) with computer instructor Liz Perrin. She discusses online consumer resources and gives pointers for guarding against scams and fraud.

Budgeting Basics
Video (33 minutes) with computer instructor Liz Perrin on the importance of a budget, even in difficult times, and the three steps to creating one: planning, making and reviewing. Examples of free online budgeting tools are included.

Fraud prevention
COVID-19: Watch Out For Financial Fraud!
Video (25 minutes) with Michel Gariépy, analyst with Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF).

Info on Wills
Video (25 minutes) with Ann Soden, Ad. E., Elder Law Lawyer and mediator, and Anna Kamateros, notary, in conversation with Financial Literacy Program Coordinator, Natalie Domingue. Includes information on how people can write their own “holograph will” while physically isolating, with pointers for minimizing the risk of challenges after death.

Click to access Éducaloi’s detailed guide on Wills

The Atwater Library Financial Literacy Program is funded by Canadian Heritage.

ART EXHIBITION VERNISSAGE

Wednesday, April 23 from 5 pm to 7 pm
In-Person and Via Zoom (Hybrid):  – A reception to celebrate the opening of Cats, Anyone?, an exhibition of watercolours of cats by artist Miriam Rosenstein.

LUNCHTIME SERIES

Thursday, April 24 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm
In-Person and Via Zoom (Hybrid): Montreal Corruption and Crime –  Award-winning writers Julian Sher and Lisa Fitterman talk about their new book, Hitman: The Untold Story of Canada’s Deadliest Assassin. For in-person attendance at the Library’s Adair Auditorium, there’s no registration process – it’s first come, first seated. To register and get the Zoom link, fill out and submit the form.

Friday, May 2 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
In-Person and Via Zoom (Hybrid): Book Talk – Award-winning writer Helen Humphreys discusses her most recent book, Followed by the Lark, in which she imagines the life of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), the New England naturalist, poet and essayist. With an introduction by writer Kathleen Winter. For in-person attendance at the Library’s Adair Auditorium, there’s no registration process – it’s first come, first seated. To register and get the Zoom link, fill out and submit the form.

COSMIC HISTORY

Saturday, April 26 from 3 pm to 4 pm
In-Person and Via Zoom (Hybrid): 17-year-old writer and science communicator Nathan Hellner-Mestelman discusses his new book The Language of the Stars: The Scientific Story of a Few Billion Years in a Few Hundred Pages. To register and get the Zoom link, click here.

KNITTING AND CONVERSATION

Thursday, May 1 from 3 pm to 5 pm
In-Person Only: Join Margaret Black in the Library Bookshop for knitting and conversation. Bring your knitting. Everyone welcome. For more information: lverge@atwaterlibrary.ca