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

April 2013 Events

Mon

1

• Selling Products on the Web

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

• History Hijinks Book Club: Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (Oxford History of the US) by James Patterson

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

• Moses Brown's Krause Gallery to host "EVERYDAY" exhibit

  Mon 9:00 AM-Fri 4:00 PM Moses Brown School 250 Lloyd Street Providence, RI 02906

Thur

4

• Film Noir Series - CRIME: Pulp, Art and Hollywood: D.O.A.

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

Sun

7

• Author Presentation:When America First Met China by Eric Jay Dolin

  2:00 PM-3:30 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Mon

8

• Family Internet Safety Night

  5:30 PM-8:00 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Wed

10

• Coleman Barks visits Moses Brown

  7:00 PM-8:00 PM Moses Brown School 250 Lloyd Avenue Providence, RI 02906

Thur

11

• Global Lens Film Series 2013: Beijing Flickers

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

Fri

12

• A NIGHT TO SHINE: Providence Public Library Inaugural Gala

  6:00 PM-11:00 PM Providence Public Library 225 Washington Street Providence, RI 02903

Mon

15

• Author Presentation: A History of the Providence River by Robert Geake

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

• Lucas Mason-Brown Discusses How He Cracked the Roger Williams Code

  5:30 PM-7:30 PM John Carter Brown Library, 94 George Street, Providence

Thur

18

• China Trade Series: Silken Webs - China Trade Textiles

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

• 65TH WHEELER CLOTHING & MORE SALE

  Thu 10:00 AM-Sat 8:00 PM Wheeler School Gymnasium 407 Brook Street Providence RI 02906

Sat

20

• China Trade Series: Field Trip to Peabody Essex Museum

  8:30 AM-4:30 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903 Bus leaves from the library. Park all day for $3

Mon

22

• Building a Website

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

Wed

24

• 'Kerosene Lamp Church’ - the mission of Manuel Ricardo Martin and Central Congregational Church

  2:00 PM-3:30 PM John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities 357 Benefit Street (at Williams) 863-1177

Thur

25

• Global Lens Film Series 2013: Modest Reception

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

Mon

29

• Building a Website

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

Tue

30

• Brown Bag Book Club: Mr. Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt

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

May 2013 Events

Thur

2

• Global Lens Film Series 2013: The Parade

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

Fri

3

• GET SMART!

  6:00 PM-9:00 PM Roots 276 Westminster Street, Providence, RI Free valet parking!

Sat

4

• Listen to Your Mother

  2:00 PM-4:00 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

• Starting a Small Business? Workshop Series

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

Sun

5

• The Craft of Historical Fiction: A Conversation

  2:30 PM-4:30 PM Providence Athenaeum 251 Benefit Street Providence, RI 02903

• Family Learning Sunday: Yoga for Kids

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

Mon

6

• History HiJinks Book Club: Polio - An American Story

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

• Social Media for Small Businesses

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

Thur

9

• Author Presentation: Ann Hood, interviewed by Adam Braver

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

Sat

11

• Starting a Small Business? Workshop Series

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

Mon

13

• America's Music: Session 1 ~ The Blues and Gospel Music

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

Thur

16

• Fogarty Center 16th Annual Festival of Flavors - a Centennial Celebration

  6:00 PM-9:30 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

• Social Media Series: Grow Your Business with Email and Social Media

  5:00 PM-7:30 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

• Beyond Empire Street: The Past and Future of Place in Providence

  5:00 PM-6:30 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

Sat

18

• Lecture & Signing: Yellowstone, Land of Wonders

  1:00 PM-2:30 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

• Starting a Small Business? Workshop Series

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

Mon

20

• America's Music: Session 2 ~ Broadway and Tin Pan Alley

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

Thur

23

• America's Music Concert: Music of the Great American Songbook with Oure Pleasure Singers

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

Tue

28

• Brown Bag Book Club: Salt - A World History

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

Thur

30

• Building a Website

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

• Social Media Series: Power of Email Marketing

  5:00 PM-7:30 PM Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903

• America's Music Concert: An Evening of Jazz with Candida Rose

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