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Annual Meeting

Members are invited to join us for a review of last fiscal year and Board of Directors elections. A reception will begin at 5pm. The […]

A Christmas Carol Marathon Reading

Celebrate the holiday season with a festive, family-friendly marathon reading of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol! The marathon will begin at 2:15pm and end by […]

EX LIBRIS: Gregory Pardlo & Tina Cane

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gregory Pardlo and recent Poet Laureate of Rhode Island Tina Cane will join forces once again at the Providence Athenæum - this […]

Exhibition Opening of Presidents & Their Books

The Providence Athenæum and historian Ted Widmer officially open the exhibition Presidents and Their Books: What They Read and What They Wrote. Members are invited […]

EX LIBRIS: The 272 with Rachel Swarns

In 1838, a group of America’s most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their largest mission project, what is now Georgetown University. […]

Athenæum Pub Quiz!

The library's popular pub quiz with Quizmaster Jonathan Migliori returns! Come test your trivia and general knowledge chops in the library after dark. Teams can […]

EX LIBRIS: The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company

The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company is probably not a name that your average Rhode Islander would recognize today, but during the Gilded Age, the name “Herreshoff” […]

Women Warriors, Women’s Voices

Women from across Rhode Island will share their experiences as service members and veterans, through poems, stories, essays, and readings. Watch last year’s powerful program […]

EX LIBRIS: Pockets with Hannah Carlson

Who gets pockets, and why? It’s a subject that stirs up plenty of passion: Why do men’s clothes have so many pockets and women’s so […]

Poetry Out Loud 2024

Rhode Island Poetry Out Loud 2024 finalists recite classic poems at the Athenæum’s annual poetry event dedicated to the memory of Charles and Deborah Philbrick […]

Athenæum Pub Quiz!

The library's popular pub quiz with Quizmaster Jonathan Migliori returns! Come test your trivia and general knowledge chops in the library after dark. Teams can […]