Get ready to VOTE for the upcoming elections: registration and info!
Are you looking for your family's roots? Gather with other genealogy buffs and beginners to make use of the Library's new subscription to Ancestry.com Library Edition. There will be a staff member available to help you navigate the website and offer guidance on how to build your family tree. Bring your own laptop or use […]
Welcome to The Great Traveling Owl Prowl, an exciting new program for kids and families from Wild Lives and the Community Libraries of Providence (CLPVD). Every Wednesday in June from 5-6:00 pm meet at Roger Williams Park Natural History Museum parking lot. This program encourages Providence residents to explore and learn more about nearby nature […]
Don't miss our third annual community cookout hosted outdoors at Mount Pleasant Library! There will be grilled hotdogs, chips, drinks and music by multi-talented artist & DJ Justin Case. IT'S ALL FREE and open to the public. Please RSVP below so that we purchase enough food for everyone. The rain date is Wednesday, June 12th […]
Join us every Thursday for our board game club with Mr. Sochan! Open to all ages and experience levels!
Part of our outdoor event series. All events will be held on the front patio. In the case of rain, events will move indoors. Providence Drum Troupe is ready for an exciting and lit show on June 6 at Rochambeau! Demonstrating that living in harmony is not an antiquated notion, the Troupe will entertain us […]
Join 15 Minute Field Trips for a spring repotting party! Bring your seedlings (or houseplants in need of a refresh) and learn how to repot them with supplies provided from our new lending shed. Meet neighbors, exchange gardening knowledge, and discover the gardening tools and resources we have available for you to use.
Bring a plant you no longer want and leave with a new one! Don't have a plant to swap? Give a suggested $1 donation to the library and take home a new plant. Plants can be dropped off at the library in advance of the event, beginning Monday, June 3rd. Rain or shine event!
Are you interested in composting? Join Stewart Martin of Providence Gardenworks for an informational session to the free backyard composting mentorship program. The City of Providence’s Sustainability Department and the United States Department of Agriculture recently awarded a Backyard Composting Mentorship Grant, aimed at increasing food scrap diversion in the city and in the process […]
Welcome to The Great Traveling Owl Prowl, an exciting new program for kids and families from Wild Lives and the Community Libraries of Providence (CLPVD). Every Wednesday in June from 5-6:00 pm meet at Roger Williams Park Natural History Museum parking lot. This program encourages Providence residents to explore and learn more about nearby nature […]
Join us every Thursday for our board game club with Mr. Sochan! Open to all ages and experience levels!
THE MAD BID by Madame Ulrich, newly translated by Rebecca Maxfield, a play reading. Meet the most popular man in Paris: he’s hot, he’s rich, he’s stylish, and he doesn’t exist. “He” is Angélique, in disguise to court Madame Argante, who has refused to let her son Éraste and Angélique get married. It’s go time: […]
Author Linda Kushner will speak about her book, "The Fight That Saved Libraries: A True Rhode Island Story." "It's great that the story of Linda Kushner, and the community leaders who came together to save Providence's community libraries, is being told. I've witnessed and been a part of many advocacy efforts over the years-but this […]
