Past Events
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Thursday, March 25, 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 third presentation brings to life the first half of the 20th century with dramatic readings, historical context, and images.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 12:00 PM | Wednesday, March 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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Monday, March 15, 2021 - 6:00 PM | Lecture | online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredFrom the author of MIDNIGHT, a poignant tale about one woman’s quest to recover her family’s history, and a story of loss and survival during the Holocaust.
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Monday, March 15, 2021 - 10:00 AM | Technology | Zoom | for Library members and friends | free of charge | registration requiredGet acquainted with the Library's many electronic resources, including our new e-magazine platform! This session broadly introduces these resources.
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Thursday, March 11, 2021 - 6:00 PM | Technology | Zoom | for Library members and friends | free of charge | registration requiredGet acquainted with the Library's many electronic resources! This session focuses on our new e-magazine platform.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 6:00 PM | Lecture | online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredThis richly researched new biography celebrates two complicated pioneers who exploded the limits of possibility for women in medicine. "Nimura casts a thoughtful and revelatory new light onto women’s and medical history." (Publishers Weekly)
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Wednesday, March 10, 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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Thursday, March 4, 2021 - 6:00 PM | Lecture | online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredThe final volume of the magisterial Pacific War Trilogy from acclaimed historian Ian W. Toll, “one of the great storytellers of War” (Evan Thomas). Drawing from a wealth of rich archival sources and new material, Twilight of the Gods casts a penetrating light on the battles, grand strategic decisions and naval logistics that enabled the Allied victory in the Pacific.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 12:00 PM | Wednesday, March 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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Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 6:00 PM | Lecture | online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredMixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir, scholar and New York Times writer Salamishah Tillet explores Alice Walker’s critically acclaimed and controversial novel THE COLOR PURPLE, in conversation with playwright Marsha Norman, who adapted it for Broadway.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021 - 4:00 PM | Children | Online (Zoom) | For all ages
Join us on Zoom for a virtual, face-to-face storytime. Let us know you're attending!
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Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 6:00 PM | Lecture | online | open to the public | $10 per person | registration requiredFamily secrets emerge as the bestselling author of The Island at the Center of the World dives into the history of the mob in small-town America.
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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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Saturday, February 13, 2021 - 1:00 PM | Reading Group | online | open to the public | $60 for the set of four sessions | registration requiredAward-winning writer Claire Jimenez leads discussion of four great food memoirs and inspires participants to explore their own food stories and memories.
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Wednesday, February 10, 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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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?
