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EX LIBRIS: Magnificent Rebels with Andrea Wulf
In Magnificent Rebels, bestselling author Andrea Wulf follows the story of a remarkable group of young rebels – poets, novelists, philosophers – who, through their…
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Sing-Along Story Time
Join Miss Lindsay on Saturday mornings in the Children’s Library for Sing-Along Story Time! We will be shaking our sillies out with songs, rhymes, movement,…
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EX LIBRIS: The Transcendentalists and Their World
Renowned historian Robert A. Gross’s The Transcendentalists and Their World offers a fresh view of the thinkers whose outsize impact on philosophy and literature would…
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Providence Children’s Film Festival Jury Night
Save the date for the Providence Children’s Film Festival Jury Nights at the Athenæum! Join us for an entertaining potpourri of the most recent independent…
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EX LIBRIS: Stages of Freedom’s African American Museum
Robb Dimmick and Ray Rickman, founders of Stages of Freedom, take us behind the scenes of their new endeavor, Rhode Island’s only museum dedicated to…
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Sing-Along Story Time
Join Miss Lindsay on Saturday mornings in the Children’s Library for Sing-Along Story Time! We will be shaking our sillies out with songs, rhymes, movement,…
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EX LIBRIS: Jewels of the Nile
The Worcester Art Museum holds a remarkable group of ancient Egyptian jewelry and artifacts that have been hidden from view for 100 years. Curator Peter…
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Sing-Along Story Time
Join Miss Lindsay on Saturday mornings in the Children’s Library for Sing-Along Story Time! We will be shaking our sillies out with songs, rhymes, movement,…
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EX LIBRIS: The Monster’s Bones
With a wide-ranging cast of robber barons, eugenicists, and opportunistic cowboys, New York Times bestselling author David K. Randall reveals how a monster of a…
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ATHENÆUM HALLOW[Æ]N
Where better to embrace All Hallows’ Eve than a 200-year-old library that could very possibly be haunted?? Join us for this open house-style event to…
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The Great Athenæum Pub Quiz
The library’s popular pub quiz returns, this time with Quizmaster Jonathan Migliori at the helm! Come test your trivia and general knowledge chops in the…
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Providence Children’s Film Festival Jury Night
Save the date for the Providence Children’s Film Festival Jury Nights at the Athenæum! Join us for an entertaining potpourri of the most recent independent…
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