The seniors will participate in different activities and games that will help them exercise their mental and memory skills, fine motor skills and cognitive stimulation, improving their quality of life. Writing, narration, and creative illustrations will also be included.
It's flower pressing time. We will press and dry flowers in minutes with our microwave flower press! You are welcome to bring your own specimens to press or choose from our selection of plant material. Then we will decorate various objects with the pressed flowers. Alternatively, take the pressed flowers home for use in your […]
Come knit with us! Every Thursday night at 5:30pm, join our lovely instructor Simone for knitting, conversation and fun! Materials provided. All experience levels welcome! For more information, email or call Amy Rosa, arosa@clpvd.org or 401-781-3136
You’re invited to a Pollinator Party at the Davis Park Community Garden! Come connect with nature in the city and learn how to help pollinators at home. Did you know that Fall is the best time to plant? All ages are welcome! Explore the pollinator meadow and community garden with URI Master Gardeners Learn how […]
12- 1 pm Outdoor Classroom Party Celebrate the opening of our new outdoor classroom behind the Library! Light refreshments. 3-4 Gained in Translation Concert Gained in Translation plays pop and jazz from around the world. RI Rhythm & Blues Preservation Band shares music & stories from Providence's vibrant club scene of the 1940s-1960s.
"Stories of Exile" Reading Groups for Public Libraries is a reading and discussion program to engage adults and teens in thinking about experiences of displacement, migration, and diaspora sponsored by the Yiddish Book Center and funded by a gift from Sharon Karmazin. After two stimulating book discussions in May and June on The Glatstein Chronicles, […]
The Yiddish Book Center’s “Stories of Exile” is a reading and discussion program designed to engage teens and adults in thinking about experiences of displacement, migration, and diaspora. Using Yiddish literature as a portal, the “Stories of Exile” Book Group at Rochambeau Library features works in translation that explore narratives which address the notions of […]
The seniors will participate in different activities and games that will help them exercise their mental and memory skills, fine motor skills and cognitive stimulation, improving their quality of life. Writing, narration, and creative illustrations will also be included.
We will be discussing the following selections from The Best American Short Stories of the Century at the next meeting: Crazy Sunday by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Second Tree from the Corner by E. B. White The Resemblance Between a Violin Case and a Coffin by Tennessee Williams Greenleaf by Flannery O'Connor The German Refugee by Bernard Malamud Where Are […]
Do you like scary stories? Do you like writing them? In this four-week course for adults, writers of all levels are invited to get in touch with their dark side. During the course, there will be a variety of horror reading assignments in various sub-genres of horror. Writers will be encouraged to delve into what […]
Thursdays October 5: Iceland October 12: Costa Rica October 26: New York City Monday October 30: South Africa
Come knit with us! Every Thursday night at 5:30pm, join our lovely instructor Simone for knitting, conversation and fun! Materials provided. All experience levels welcome! For more information, email or call Amy Rosa, arosa@clpvd.org or 401-781-3136