(6.13) Book lovers should head downtown this Tuesday for the Providence Public Library Book Sale and snag some excellent secondhand reads. This is just one of the activities planned to celebrate their PPL Give Day, from infant storytime to karaoke to the all-ages open studio. At 5pm check out the Adult Open Studio and learn …
(3.22) Spaces still available at the time of this writing: The Providence Public Library invites the public to take a tour of the main library downtown. If you have yet to check out the changes and upgrades, you are in for a wonderful surprise. The choices they made in design and decor — wall color, …
Spend a fun afternoon learning science things. Head over to the Providence Public Library this Saturday for Mad Science: Fire & Ice. Join us as we welcome Mad Science to PPL! This spectacular show thrills audiences with impressive science experiments and includes foggy dry ice storms and demonstrates how giant beach balls can float in …
[Update: No more books needed! They reached their book drive goal in two days.] It’s time for spring cleaning, with or without the spring weather. Maybe those stacks next to the bed are getting dusty. Or maybe you already got to sorting and culling during the quarantine, but the boxes had nowhere to go. Good …
Well, this is what this installation looked like today, but the new exhibit at the main library downtown will be changing daily, and the public is invited to participate. Up now through December 17th is Rewilding: Alive in the Churn a collaborative, interactive installation curated by artist Kotone Deguchi and co-produced by PVD Young Makers …
I can’t wait to get inside this building. Seen here is the Providence Public Library’s 1953 auditorium, completely renovated with an Art Deco look and fully ADA compliant. New features in the 255-seat space include a lift to the stage and state-of-the-art sound and lighting. (The sound system got a test drive this summer with …
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The Providence Public Library is now accepting proposals for their 2021 Creative Fellowship. They are looking for an artist to create new, original work in the field of two-dimensional artwork or illustration related to the topic of Tomboys, as part of the Library’s 2021 exhibition and program series. Creative Fellows perform in-depth research in our …
(2.6) What to do with those old books collecting dust on the bookshelf . . . why not turn them into art. Join host Amy Rosa this Wednesday at the Olneyville library for a workshop on how to recycle an old book into a beautiful folded book vase. (This is not a vase. I’m guessing …
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, …
AS220‘s public access photography program will once again present the fruits of its collaboration with the Providence Public Library’s Special Collections department with a series of gallery exhibitions scheduled for 2011. Join us for our latest exhibition openings on Gallery Night, Thursday, May 19th and June 16 from 5pm to 9pm for a glimpse of …
Pubilc library use is up as much as sixty-five percent over the past year, according to the Wall Street Journal. Tonight at the Rochambeau LIbrary, members of the Providence Community Library will be having a roundtable discussion about the future of Providence library branches. Tonight 7 pm 708 Hope St.
The board of the library will be meeting at noon today to discuss the fact that they have less than two weeks to decide how they’re going to keep themselves afloat. By contract, they only have until the 31st to approve a plan for a “sustainable system.” Since the economy is collapsing around us, it …
If you’re reading this and it’s before 10 AM and you’re not at work or otherwise occupied–a longshot, I know–you should head down to the Washington Park Library (1316 Broad Street), where some community members are staging a rally to get the branch opened again. I posted about the ridiculous situation at Washington Park last …
Today’s July 1st, which marks the beginning of a new fiscal year at the library. What that means exactly is sort of up for debate; last year library administrators said they wanted a written contract with the city about what services they’d be providing, but then they spent the whole year refusing to agree to …
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