Reading Across Rhode Island, Rhode Island’s community read program, is kicking off its 11th year! Screening of the documentary Google and the World Brain followed by a discussion led by RISD Professor Benjamin Shaykin. Cost includes a copy of the book, retail value $15 Contact information: To learn more and reserve your seat, contact Kate […]
Kids Reading Across Rhode Island, Rhode Island’s One Book, One State community read program for kids, is kicking off its 5th year! This program encourages students across the state in grades 4 through 6 to read the same book, and engage in community discussions and programs. Chris Grabenstein will speak at 3:00 PM. A free […]
Laura E. Wasowicz, Curator of Children’s Literature at the American Antiquarian Society, will profile the firm that pioneered color printing technologies in the mid-19th century and gave us the children’s picture book as we now know it. To learn more and reserve your seat, contact Kate Lentz at kate@ribook.org or call 401-273-2250.
The opening event for the 2014 Art of the Book Program "Mine! Ownership Marks from Curses to Book Plates." This year's theme will explore topics from curses on would be book thieves to the proclamation of the ownership of knowledge via signature. The Keynote Lecture, "Ownership Marks in Early American Books: Oddities & Outliers" will […]
Living Literature is a collective of RI-based performing artists, who celebrate the written word through readers theatre style performances of non-dramatic literature. Since its inception in January of 1996, Living Literature has created well over 100 presentations based on poems, stories, novels, plays, essays, biographies, articles, and oral histories, in libraries, schools, and other community […]
Reading Across Rhode Island, Rhode Island's One Book, One State community read program is kicking off its 14th year with the 2016 title: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough.
Teachers, librarians, and children’s book enthusiasts are invited to An Evening with Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan, authors of Save me a Seat, the 2017 Kids Reading Across Rhode Island selection. Join us to meet the authors and learn about their creative process and inspiration for this popular novel.
Kids Reading Across Rhode Island (KRARI), kicks off its 8th year with the 2017 award-winning book, Save me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan. Internationally acclaimed storyteller Len Cabral chairs the 2017 KRARI program featuring a May 13th kickoff event with a presentation and book signing by authors Weeks and Varadarajan at the State […]
Please join us in celebrating 15 Years of Reading Across Rhode Island on Sunday, May 21 at 11:00 am. Event includes brunch with our friend Ann Hood, the Penny Social, and a performance by Living Literature. Come celebrate all that we've accomplished together to promote literacy and community connections across our state! Date: Sunday, May 21 […]
Reading Across Rhode Island Kicks Off on January 27, 2018 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm at The Pavilion at Grace, Providence, RI – Register today! Readers are invited to join Reading Across Rhode Island Honorary Chair Jordan Seaberry, Director of Public Policy and Advocacy, Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence and keynote speaker Shawn A. Christian, PhD, Associate Provost […]
