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EX LIBRIS: Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett (Bel Canto, State of Wonder, Commonwealth, The Dutch House) is a celebrated bestselling author, devoted reader, and a champion of literary culture. In…
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FILM CLUB: Two Short Films
This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. Attendees are invited to participate in a guided discussion on selected films. Board member Touba Ghadessi…
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EX LIBRIS: Conan Doyle for the Defense
For all the scores of biographies of Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the world’s most famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, there was no American book…
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EX LIBRIS: Chazan! Unfiltered
Chazan! Unfiltered follows the path of Rhode Island nephrologist Joseph A. Chazan, MD, as he pursues his two passions – art and medicine – and explores how…
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BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Malbone’s Miniature
This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. How do the disenfranchised become citizens and join in the project of democracy? Join historian Nancy…
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EX LIBRIS: Creative Survival
Keith Stokes presents “Creative Survival: The Evolution of the Providence Free African Heritage Community after the American Revolution,” an exploration of historic documents, artifacts, and…
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FILM CLUB: The Hitch-Hiker
This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. Attendees are invited to participate in a guided discussion on selected films. Board President Jonathan Bell guides a…
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EX LIBRIS: John Locke
How does a 17th century philosopher continue to shape our daily lives, our political discourse, and the pressing disputes of our social contract? John Locke,…
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EX LIBRIS: Chef Sean Sherman
Developing his expertise from within his community and through three decades of experience in the culinary arts, Sean Sherman has set a new standard for engagement and…
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BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Ath Architecture 101
This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. Board President and architect Jonathan Bell explores the architecture of the library’s Benefit Street home, including the…
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FILM CLUB: Chinatown
This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. Attendees are invited to participate in a guided discussion on selected films. Cinephile Steve Coon explores the neo-noir Chinatown (1974;…
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EX LIBRIS: Peter Brooks
Peter Brooks’ Balzac’s Lives is a vivid and searching portrait of a great novelist as revealed through the fictional lives he imagined. Balzac, more than anyone, invented…
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