After a few years in disrepair/bureaucratic limbo, the Washington Park Library re-opened in historic Firehouse No. 11 on May 6, 2009, less than two months before its ownership transitioned from the anxious-to-close Providence Public Library to the anxious-to-stay open Providence Community Library. To celebrate one year of (renewed) existence, there’s a celebration tomorrow from 6-8pm …
[youtube]iBU-MxydbWQ[/youtube] Today was long and my brain is currently jiggling like a bowlful of jelly and/or Santa’s belly, so forgive me if I’m not my usual witty self and I just copy and paste the press release I wrote about what’s happening at the nine neighborhood libraries tomorrow (tomorrow being Wednesday.) David already mentioned it, …
After three years of not having a library, the people in Washington Park will have reason to rejoice on Monday when their renovated library branch re-opens. (Of course, under the library administration’s plan it’s scheduled to close again in after June months, but, um, let’s be optimistic?) There’s a celebration scheduled for 6 pm next …
I don’t normally use this site as a political platform–unless it’s to promote the politics of dancing and/or feeling good–but there’s been some crazy library developments lately. And by crazy I mean stupid. Two weeks ago, the library board voted to close four branches in the city–Fox Point, Olneyville, Smith Hill and Wanskuck–and to abandon …
Next month it will be THREE YEARS since the Washington Park branch of the library closed. The old library, located near the south side entrance to Roger Williams Park, has been renovated, and has a new roof and shelves just waiting to be filled with books; the temporary location, in half of the old Benny’s …
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 …
Although it’s so disgustingly humid that I want to die right now (and, this just in, now it’s pouring, too!), I’m heading over to the former Benny’s on Broad Street today at five for the press conference/rally that the Library Reform Group is organizing about the Washington Park library. <soapbox>Not to repeat myself too much, …
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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