(9.13) Edgar Allan Poe roamed these stacks. Now you can learn all about Poe and his courtship of Providence poetess Sarah Whitman, and discover the many other treasures of the Providence Athenaeum (look a these old children’s books). Just being in this building makes me happy. The library is open to the public, but only […]
Celebrate the opening of the AS220 Archives in the Grand Hall of the Providence Public Library this Wednesday. The festivities will include music, performance, an art installation, and a view of some of the treasures included in the Archives. (Enter on Washington Street side.) Following a several-month archival project, our Special Collections Department has officially
(8.30) Who doesn’t love old card catalogs? Now you can bring the Dewey Decimal System, and a piece of Providence Public Library history, right into your own home. In preparation for building renovations scheduled to begin next month, the PPL will be holding an auction of more than 300 lots of items, including furnishings, tables,
[Additional Note: The schedule has been expanded. See below.] The Providence Community Library (PCL) and Libraries Without Borders will partner to provide direct weekly services to Olneyville residents as they use the local laundromat, explore the flea market, and return home to the Manton Heights housing development. The Legal Literacy Initiative strives to bring library
(11.10) The Providence Community Library (PCL) Alternative ComicCon was such a hit last year that they are bringing it back, this year to the Olneyville Library. Alternative ComicCon is a small scale comics convention for local residents, especially kids and teens, who are excited about comics, manga, and illustration, and want to experience this passion
Providence Community Library (PCL) has announced that the Knight Memorial Library on Elmwood Avenue will reopen to customers on Monday, October 23. The building closed temporarily in late July for essential repairs and upgrades. Services and programs will resume during normal scheduled hours, Monday to Friday. “We regretted having to close the library over the
(6.1) Help support the Providence Community Library this Thursday at “The Future is Now” fundraiser downtown at Hotel Providence. . . . enjoy delicious hors d’oevres, drinks and music and honor our special guest, Senator Jack Reed, a longtime champion of public and school libraries and a great friend of PCL. Tickets are $100 each.
You were supposed to bring them back. Well here is your chance to wipe the slate clean during the annual “Food for Fines” week, April 8-15, at all Providence Community Library (PCL) branches. PCL patrons with overdue materials can return them to any PCL location and give non-perishable food items in place of fines. Big
(12.10) “A Christmas Story” will be performed by Living Literature this Saturday at the Rochambeau Library. (Providence Community Library) This two-person play is a 40-minute version of Jean Shepherd’s “Duel in the Snow,” upon which the 1983 classic movie, “A Christmas Story” was based. The performance tells the story of a child who lives in
(11.19) Beer, wine, and miniature golf. You can golf all day at the Providence Community Library (PCL) Mini Golf Classic inside the Rochambeau Library for just $5 per person, or you can come back at night for an affordable evening soiree from 7pm to 10pm. Family Golf Time: 11am to 6pm, tickets $5. Evening Golf
(6.13) The Friends of Olneyville Library have joined forces with Cluck! Urban Farm and Garden Supply to raise funds and buy replacement items for Olneyville Library, which suffered damage in recent flooding. Olneyville Library was flooded on April 25 when heavy rains caused a rise in the water table underneath the building. “We are working
The Providence Community Library will hold its 2016 Amnesty Week from Monday, April 11, through Saturday, April 16. Return your overdue items . . . bring a can of food for donation . . . no fines and no questions asked! Raffle — When you return overdue materials (or take out a library item, or
A new exhibit “Portals: The History of the Future” is on display now at the Providence Public Library downtown. The dream of time travel has fascinated humans for centuries. Facing the future, it engenders both hope and fear about our imagined outcomes; facing the past, it provokes curiosity (and sometimes scorn) toward people who lived
(2.24) Last winter two dozen readers created entries for “Dear Diorama,” an exhibit of 3-D book reports that was organized by Providence Community Library and Not About The Buildings. Local artists, crafters, and hobbyist bookworms showed off scenes from some of their favorite books, from Watership Down and Alice In Wonderland to The Flame Throwers
The Providence Community Library (PCL) is missing more than 9,000 overdue items from its shelves and really wants them back. That’s the message of Bring ‘Em Back! Week, an amnesty event that will run at all PCL locations during the February school vacation. Those 9,000 missing items translate into a staggering $146,000 worth of fines.
The Providence Community Library is celebrating its first 5 years, as well as the recent renovations to the Smith Hill Library, with a neighborhood party. The event will feature a special reveal of renovations to the 1932 library building. Refreshments include Food for the Soul, Nathan’s Hot Dogs, Providence Fire Department, and the Chad Brown