Providence Community Library: Calendar of Events

Storytime for 3 to 5 year olds (Mon, Sep 6)

schausse@provcomlib.org — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:58:14 GMT

6:30 PM-7:30 PM, Mount Pleasant Library, Providence Community Library, 315 Academy Avenue, Providence, RI Half an hour of stories and songs, ending with a simple craft project or game. Older kids (up to 2nd grade) are welcome during school vacations. This program continues year-round and doesn't require registration. Cost: free Mondays, through Sep 20.

Get in Touch with facebook (Tue, Sep 7)

schausse@provcomlib.org — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:47:39 GMT

1:00 PM-2:30 PM, Rochambeau Library, Providence Community Library, Computer Lab, 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI Want to keep in touch with friends and family? Interested in knowing about Facebook but don't know how it works? Join us for an introduction to this widely used social networking service where you'll learn how to set up an account and edit your Facebook profile; post your status & find and add friends. Must be comfortable using the keyboard and mouse and have basic knowledge of using the Internet. In order to create a new facebook account while at the class, you must have a working *email address that can be accessed from the library. Please come in to the library or call to register 401-272-0106. *If you don't have an email account, please arrive at 12:15 pm. If you already use facebook, become a fan of Providence Community Library! To register, please call the library the class is scheduled for: PCL locations Cost: free

Internet 1: Learn Web Basics (Wed, Sep 8)

schausse@provcomlib.org — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:03:54 GMT

10:00 AM-11:30 AM, Rochambeau Library, Providence Community Library, 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI Learn to use a web browser to visit a website, click links, and search for information using google. Cost: free

A Taste of Fiction (Wed, Sep 8)

schausse@provcomlib.org — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:56:53 GMT

10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Mount Pleasant Library, Providence Community Library, 315 Academy Avenue, Providence, RI Join us at our DAYTIME BOOK DISCUSSION: A TASTE OF FICTION where we will discuss Strong Enough To Die by Jon Land Everyone welcome! Refreshments! Cost: FREE

Poetry Circle (Wed, Sep 8)

todonnell@provcomlib.org — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:50:42 GMT

1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Rochambeau Library, Providence Community Library, 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI The Poetry Circle is offered in partnership with BCLIR, the Brown Community of Learning in Retirement, as a part of the Providence Community Library's mission of commitment to life-long learning. If you have not read poetry recently, you may be surprised to discover that age and experience have broadened your appreciation of how poets help us to see the world in a different light. Short and longer works from the modern era as well as from previous centuries will be explored. Group members read poems aloud with attention to how the language serves to heighten meaning. Inexperienced readers of poetry are invited to join the group, along with those already familiar with its pleasures. Cost: free Wednesdays, through Dec 29.

Chess Club with Chess Master Willie (Wed, Sep 8)

mcotto@provcomlib.org — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:37:41 GMT

3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Knight Memorial Library, Providence Community Library, Children's Area, 275 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI All ages, All skill levels welcome!! No registration required. Cost: free Wednesdays, through Sep 8.

A Spanish Tea (Thu, Sep 9)

todonnell@provcomlib.org — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:14:58 GMT

6:00 PM-7:00 PM, Rochambeau Library, Providence Community Library, 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI Please join us every Thursday evening 6:00-7:00pm for tea, cookies, and some lively conversation in the Spanish language. Practice, refine, or re-learn your speaking skills in a friendly, relaxed environment with host, Edilberta Trejo. It's full immersion (along with the tea-bag). All levels welcome. Cost: FREE! Thursdays, through Oct 14.

Rochambeau Readers (Thu, Sep 9)

dbrophy@provcomlib.org — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:19:28 GMT

7:00 PM-8:00 PM, Rochambeau Library, Providence Community Library, Conference Room, lower level, 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI Join us to chat about August's book Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2002). Copies of of the book are being held at the Circulation Desk for your convenience. October 14 — The Women by T.C. Boyle (2009) November 11 — The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (2009) December 9 — The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant (2003) The Rochambeau Readers meet on the second Thursday of each month Cost: free

Knights of Rochambeau Library Chess Club (Sat, Sep 11)

todonnell@provlib.org — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:51:20 GMT

12:00 PM-3:30 PM, Rochambeau Library, Providence Community Library, 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI Why should kids have all the fun? Adults, join us for Knights of Rochambeau Library Chess Club - every Saturday afternoon, 12-3:30 (on the outside terrace, weather permitting. Cost: Free Saturdays, through Dec 18.

Flash Fiction workshop (Sat, Sep 11)

todonnell@provcomlib.org — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:59:11 GMT

1:00 PM-3:00 PM, Rochambeau Library, Providence Community Library, 708 Hope Street, Providence, RI Kathryn Kulpa and Susan Hradil, editors of the Newport Review, will be giving a Flash Fiction Workshop at the Rochambeau Library on 4 successive Saturday afternoons September 11 - October 2. Kathryn Kulpa is editor-in-chief of Newport Review. Her fiction collection Pleasant Drugs won the Mid-List Press First Series Award, and her short stories have been published in Seventeen, Florida Review, The Pedestal, Monkeybicycle and other journals. She has taught writing at URI, The Learning Connection, and in public libraries throughout Rhode Island. Susan Hradil, fiction editor of Newport Review, is a graduate of Hunter College and Brown University. Her teaching experience includes Oberlin College, RISD, and Brown, as well as elementary and middle schools. She has published work in Ontario Review, The MacGuffin, Amherst Review and other journals. Newport Review is a biannual online journal featuring stories, poems and memoir from local, national and international writers. The workshop will focus on generating new work and revising stories with the goal of publication. To register please contact Tom O'Donnell todonnell@provcomlib.org Cost: FREE! Saturdays, Sep 11 - Oct 2