Library News - Providence Public Library

On Afrofuturism, Motherships, and Afronauts

Afro Futurism event at Providence Public Library, part of Portals exhibition

Confession: No one would ever consider me a sci-fi aficionado. Ever. Music has always been my escape and where my imaginings of my place in …

Travel from Book to Film

Transport yourself through time and space when you travel from book to film. These pairs include romance, magic, time travel, strange creatures, apes and Mars. …

Fox Point Juvenile Delinquents

Text from a book in Providence Public Library's Special Collections

Oh My Goodness! This little book is the Holy Grail of Fox Point juvenile delinquency! This was where the Fox Point Boy’s Club recorded the …

Folio Balcony & Mummies

An illustration of mummies from Providence Public Library Special Collections

Today I got to visit the elusive Folio Balcony and I noticed a big blue book on a shelf titled ‘Necropolis of Ancon in Peru.’ It …

49th Century

Workin on a thing about #providencepubliclibrary #pplspecialcollections in the 49th century… #portals2016

Time Capsules: A Portal to Providence's Past

A little over one year ago the oldest time capsule discovered in American history was opened. It was discovered in the cornerstone of the Boston …