NOTE: All ongoing or regular Library programs may not appear on the Event Calendar. Please check Library Departments for additional programs/schedules. Computer/Technology Training Class Schedule, Children’s Room, Center for Lifelong Learning, Business & Workforce Center, Family Literacy Initiative

May 2012 Events

Wed

2

• 6th Annual Charter Public School Showcase

  3:00 PM-4:00 PM RI State House (State Room - 2nd Floor) 82 Smith Street Providence, RI

Thur

3

• Book And Author Event: Time in the Sleeping Sky by Kelly Easton

  7:00 PM-8:30 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Sat

5

• Starting a Small Business? WORKSHOP SERIES

  9:30 AM-12:30 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Sun

6

• Family Learning Sunday: Biomes – “Introduction to Marine Animals”

  2:00 PM-3:00 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Mon

7

• History HiJinks Book Club: American Made: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA by Nick Taylor

  7:00 PM-8:15 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Tue

8

• Pension Committee Meeting

  4:00 PM-6:00 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Sat

12

• Starting a Small Business? WORKSHOP SERIES

  9:30 AM-12:30 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

• 14th Annual Mt. Hope Learning Center Plant & Bake Sale

  9:00 AM-3:00 PM Mt. Hope Learning Center 140 Cypress St. Providence, R

Wed

16

• Finance Committee Meeting

  8:00 AM-10:00 AM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Thur

17

• A Matter of Interpretation Gallery Reception

  5:00 PM-9:00 PM Krause Gallery @ Moses Brown School 250 Lloyd Avenue Providence, RI 02906

• Trustee Meeting

  12:00 PM-2:00 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Sat

19

• Frequency Writers' Workshops

  10:00 AM-2:00 PM 73 Harrison Street Providence, RI

Mon

21

• Rhode Island Premiere: O Brother Man: The Art and Life of Lynd Ward

  6:00 PM-8:15 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Thur

24

• Rhode Island Launch of Bruce DeSilva's New Mystery - Cliff Walk

  7:00 PM-8:15 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Tue

29

• Brown Bag Book Club - Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton

  12:00 PM-1:00 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

June 2012 Events

Sat

2

• Frequency Writers' Workshops

  10:00 AM-2:00 PM 186 Carpenter Street Providence, RI

Mon

4

• History HiJinks Book Club: Truman by David McCullough

  7:00 PM-8:15 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Sat

16

• 2012 Summer Reading Kick-off

  10:00 AM-11:30 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Thur

21

• Book Talk & Signing: Historic Taverns of Rhode Island with author Robert Geake

  7:00 PM-8:15 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Fri

22

• RIMOSA presents 2-D Cut-out Animation

  2:00 PM-3:00 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Mon

25

• Book Talk and Signing: Railroads of Rhode Island - Shaping the Ocean State's Railways

  7:00 PM-8:15 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Tue

26

• Brown Bag Book Club: The Night Circus

  12:00 PM-1:00 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Sat

30

• Voices Unfold: Family Art Workshop

  10:30 AM-12:00 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

• Alyssa Holland Short presents — “Voices Unfold” Accordion Fold Books

  10:30 AM-11:30 AM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903