Just Mercy Book Discussion – Providence Public Library
Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United StatesBook discussion will be held in the Trustees Room (3rd Floor)
Free
Loading view.
Providence Public Library
Events at this venue
Genealogy: Basic Research Skills
Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United StatesWhat is genealogy? How do you start to build your own family tree? This workshop will cover the basics to get you started. We’ll cover basic research methods, traditional numbering systems and free websites that allow you to create your family tree online. We will guide you through how to search genealogical databases, what kinds […]
Free
Reading Across Rhode Island Kick-Off
Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United StatesReading Across Rhode Island, Rhode Island’s only One Book, One State community read program kicks off its 15th year by inviting everyone to join in the reading of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Readers are invited to join Reading Across Rhode Island Honorary Chairs Judges Judith Colenback Savage and Edward C. Clifton, both retired trial justices of the […]
$15
Bending Genre: Writers in Conversation
Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United StatesIn “Bending Genre: Writers in Conversation,” three writers discuss how their work bends, complicates, disrupts, and redefines traditional genre distinctions, including historical fiction, memoir, biography, young adult, and fantasy. Kate Wells (Rhode Island Collection Librarian, Providence Public Library) will moderate. Panelists include MT Anderson (Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the […]
Memory v. Representation: Soldiers’ Homecoming in History, Literature, and Testimony
Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United StatesThis project features humanities’ scholars and a panel of veterans participating in open public dialogue about the homecoming experience. The goal of this project is encourage veterans, their families, and the public to engage in open dialogue about the challenges veterans experience as they reintegrate into civilian society. Homecoming representations in literature and history texts […]
2016 Celebration of the Humanities
Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United StatesPlease join the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities on October 6, 2016 for a celebration of the humanities.
$100
Grant Information Workshop – PPL
Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United StatesHave ideas for a new public humanities project? Join the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities for a free workshop to learn about upcoming major and mini grant opportunities for nonprofit organizations and individual researchers planning public programs in the humanities. Attend one of four workshops across the state to answer your questions about funding opportunities […]
Portals: History of the Future Film Series – Login 2 Life
Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United StatesAttend a film screening of Daniel Moshel's Login 2 Life (2011) as part of Portals: History of the Future Film Series.
Free
Walker Mettling’s Portals Fellowship Story Event Spectacular!
Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United StatesThis event features a carnival of short stories and surprises by local artists and writers based on the PPL Special Collections! Plus the release of the giant, full color, Special Collections-themed issue of the Providence Sunday Wipeout!!!
Free
Portals: History of the Future Film Series – Sleeper
Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United StatesThe Cable Car Cinema and the Providence Center for Media Culture in collaboration with the Providence Public Library present Portals: History of the Future Film Series. Join them for a screening of Woody Allen's Sleeper (1973).
Free