Past Events
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Monday, February 8, 2021 - 6:00 PM | Lecture | online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredFURIOUS HOURS brings to life a shocking historic case, from the murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. It also offers a deeply moving portrait of one of the country’s most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity.
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Friday, February 5, 2021 - 5:30 PM | Special Event | online | open to the public; free for members | registration required through the Providence AthenaeumAnn Patchett (Bel Canto, State of Wonder, Commonwealth, The Dutch House) is a celebrated bestselling author, devoted reader, and a champion of literary culture, joined here in conversation by author Patrick Ryan.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 7:30 PM | Lecture | presented online by the Athenaeum of Philadelphia"The latest sweeping, satisfying popular history from the British American author and journalist, this time covering a topic that many of us take for granted...Engaging revelations about land and property, often discouraging but never dull." - Kirkus Reviews
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 12:00 PM | Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 12:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us for the premiere?
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Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 6:00 PM | Online Event | online | open to the public | free of charge | registration requiredIn this original series of live online events, hear the voices of Black writers through history re-examined to inspire understanding of race in our country today. This second presentation features works from the 1800s with dramatic readings, historical context, and images.
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Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | online | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration requiredThis seminar reads three of Nabokov’s novels and his autobiography, emphasizing the pleasure of enjoying his originality and the intricacies of his style.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online (Zoom) | For all ages
Join us on Zoom for a virtual, face-to-face storytime.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 11:00 AM | Reading Group | online | for members only | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration requiredWe read Mantel's magisterial historical-fiction trilogy on Thomas Cromwell as the author uses her characters and settings to trace the evolution of the earliest stirrings of a modernity we may still inhabit.
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Sunday, January 24, 2021 - 2:00 PM | Special Event | online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredJames is still in love with his ex-wife Barbara. His quirky and diverse circle of family and friends are all breaking up too. But, in a crazy world, love is the only thing that makes sense. To love, and then love again. This special event includes a screening of this new film and discussion with screenwriter/star Bill Connington.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - 12:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us for the premiere?
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online (Zoom) | Recommended for children in Kindergarten and Up
Let's meet on Zoom at the time above for a face-to-face storytime.
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Friday, January 8, 2021 - 6:00 PM | Special Event | online | open to the public | by donation | drop in
Ring in the New Year with our all-new trivia night with a literary bent. Test your knowledge on opening lines, banned books and more. Prizes! Surprises!
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Thursday, January 7, 2021 - 3:00 PM | The Writing Life | online | open to the public; free for members | separate sessions | registration requiredIt's an unusual season. There are so many words to say how we feel. Let's try together.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021 - 12:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us for the premiere?
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Wednesday, December 16, 2020 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online (Zoom) | All Ages
Join us on Zoom for a virtual, face-to-face storytime.
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Monday, December 14, 2020 - 6:00 PM | The Writing Life | on the Zoom Meetings platform | for members and guests | free of charge | registration requiredMembers and guests are cordially invited to a celebration of Library members who have published books during 2020.
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Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 2:00 PM | Special Event | online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredIn this lecture with recorded music, American Songbook expert and radio host Michael Lasser takes us back to the year almost a century ago when one of America's most iconic songwriters came fully into his own voice.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online (Zoom) | Recommended for children in Kindergarten and up
Let's meet on Zoom at the time above for a face-to-face storytime.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Lecture | online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredIlluminating a culture that has long been romanticized by Westerners as deeply spiritual and peaceful, Demick reveals what it is really like to be a Tibetan in the twenty-first century, trying to preserve one’s culture, faith, and language against the depredations of a seemingly unstoppable, technologically all-seeing superpower.
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Thursday, December 3, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Reading Group | online | open to the public | $60 for the four sessions | registration requiredThe author of PEN/Faulkner finalist LOVE WAR STORIES explores memoirs, poetry, and fiction covering almost 100 years of Puerto Rican writing from the continental United States.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2020 - 12:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us for the premiere?
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Special Event | online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredIn this combination of memoir, historical narrative, and contemporary political and social analysis, the essayist, journalist, and author investigates the struggle for Black voting rights from Reconstruction through the civil rights movement to 2020, in conversation with award-winning novelist, essayist, and playwright Caryl Phillips.
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Sunday, November 22, 2020 - 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM | Online Event | Zoom | open to the public | free of charge | drop inWecome to the book side of Instagram - where readers, writers, and librarians come together to celebrate books and encourage reading. Marialuisa Monda and other Library staff chat with four major Bookstagrammers about their reading passions, libraries, bookstores, social media, and more. Bring your questions!
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Thursday, November 19, 2020 - 6:00 PM | Online Event | online | open to the public | free of charge | registration requiredIn this original series of live online events, hear the voices of Black writers through history re-examined to inspire understanding of race in our country today. This debut presentation features works from the 1700s with dramatic readings, historical context, and images.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 12:00 PM | Children | Online | For All Ages
Join us on YouTube for our virtual storytime for all ages! Can't join us for the premiere?
