Events officially kick off Sunday, October 16 at Providence Public Library with a Living Literature performance, a viewing of the documentary, a book signing with author Harriet Reisen, and will conclude with a Louisa May Alcott Birthday Celebration on November 20. Schedule is below; complete program details are at www.provlib.org.

Sunday, October 16 - Providence Public Library

1:30 pm -- Living Literature Performance: Louisa May Alcott’s Life Sketches (Barnard Room)
2:30 pm -- Book Sale & Signing: Author Harriet Reisen, Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
3:00 pm -- Documentary Film Presentation: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women (Auditorium) with discussion to follow

Wednesday, October 26 - 6:30 pm, North Kingstown Public Library
Living Literature Performance: Louisa May Alcott’s Life Sketches

Saturday, October 29 - 11:00 am (RI Historical Society)
Walking Tour of Benefit Street  

Sunday, October 30 - 2:00 pm, Barrington Public Library
Documentary Film Presentation: Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Thursday, November 3 – 10 am, Rhode Island College (Sapinsley Hall)
Living Literature: Louisa May Alcott’s Life Sketches

Saturday, November 5 -- 10:00 am - 5:30 pm 

Field Trip to Orchard House, Concord, Mass. (Please use this form to register.)

Sunday, November 6 - 2:00 pm, Providence Public Library – Trustee’s Room
Book Discussion with Dr. Joan Glazer, Professor Emeritus, Rhode Island College
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women

Sunday, November 6 - 2:00 pm, Barrington Public Library
Sunday, November 13 - 2:00 pm, Providence Public Library
Presentation and Discussion: “Louisa May Alcott and New England Reform: Racial Equality, Liberal Education & Women’s Work,” with Dr. Sharon Hartman Strom, University of Rhode Island

Tuesday, November 8, 7 pm, Rhode Island College Faculty Center
Book Sale & Signing – Lauren Baratz-Logsted, author Little Women and Me

Sunday, November 13 - 2:00 pm, Barrington Public Library
Living Literature Performance: Louisa May Alcott’s Life Sketches

Sunday, November 20 - 1 - 4:00 pm, Providence Public Library
Louisa’s Birthday Celebration

Continuing Programs

Louisa May Alcott Film Festival, Rhode Island College Adams Library (Reinhardt Room)
Thursdays, 4:00 pm -- October 6, 13, 20 & 27

2nd Story Theatre Presents Bob Colonna’s Dramatization of Louisa May Alcott’s
LITTLE WOMEN -- November 11 - December 11 (see schedule)
Catch 2nd Story's adaption of Little Women this fall!

Statewide Exhibits - September through November
View Louisa May Alcott First Editions, Collections and Memorabilia at participating libraries throughout Rhode Island at the Providence Athenaeum and Providence Public Library .

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