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Becoming Whitman
Fri, Oct 25,
5 pm – 7 pm

Monuments & Memory
Fri, Nov 1,
5 pm – 7 pm

Pfaff’s Saloon Tasting
Thu, Nov 7,
6 pm – 8 pm

The Athenæum presents Karen Armstrong
Fri, Nov 15,
6 pm – 8 pm

How to Think About War
Fri, Nov 22,
5 pm – 7 pm

Annual Meeting
Thu, Dec 5,
5 pm – 7 pm

Nathaniel Philbrick
Thu, Dec 12,
6 pm – 8 pm

A Mysterious Affair
Thu, Jan 30,
7 pm – 10 pm

History of the Book
Fri, Feb 21,
5 pm – 7 pm

Citizen Reporters
Fri, Feb 28,
5 pm – 7 pm

Gish Jen
Fri, Mar 6,
5 pm – 7 pm

Bibliomania Exhibit Opening
Sat, Mar 7,
1 pm – 3 pm

*SUSPENDED* Hail Caesar
Fri, Mar 13,
5 pm – 7 pm

*SUSPENDED* Secrets of Suspense
Thu, Mar 19,
5 pm – 7 pm

*SUSPENDED* Conan Doyle for the Defense
Fri, Mar 27,
5 pm – 7 pm

*SUSPENDED* Poetry Out Loud
Fri, Apr 3,
5 pm – 7 pm

*SUSPENDED* 1.5 Celsius
Fri, Apr 17,
5 pm – 7 pm

*SUSPENDED* The Great Athenæum Pub Quiz!
Thu, Apr 23,
6:30 pm – 9 pm

*SUSPENDED* Lincoln on the Verge
Fri, May 1,
5 pm – 7 pm

Virtual Cocktail Party!
Fri, May 8,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Weird with Olga Khazan
Wed, May 13,
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

Virtual Cocktail Party!
Fri, May 15,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Riddle of the Rosetta
Wed, May 20,
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

Virtual Cocktail Party!
Fri, May 22,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Victoria Regia
Wed, May 27,
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

The Final Spring Virtual Cocktail Party!
Fri, May 29,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Lincoln on the Verge
Wed, Jun 3,
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Witching Hour
Wed, Jun 10,
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

*POSTPONED* EX LIBRIS: Thoreau’s Library Alcoves
Wed, Jun 17,
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

EX LIBRIS: Spider Silk in Textiles
Wed, Jun 17,
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

EX LIBRIS: Bibliomania
Wed, Jun 24,
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

Virtual Cocktail Party!
Thu, Sep 10,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

BEHIND-THE-SCENES: The Art Room
Thu, Sep 17,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Annette Gordon-Reed
Fri, Sep 25,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Virtual Cocktail Party!
Thu, Oct 1,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Rough Riders
Fri, Oct 2,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

The Public’s Voice
Thu, Oct 8,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: David Blight
Fri, Oct 9,
6 pm – 7 pm

BEHIND-THE-SCENES: The Bust Project
Thu, Oct 15,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: From Here to Equality
Fri, Oct 16,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Mary Wollstonecraft
Fri, Oct 23,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Louisa May Alcott
Fri, Oct 30,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

*CANCELLED* Virtual Cocktail Party!
Thu, Nov 5,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Frederick Douglass
Fri, Nov 6,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Senator Sherrod Brown
Fri, Nov 13,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Special Collections
Thu, Nov 19,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Hail Caesar
Fri, Nov 20,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Boston’s Apollo
Tue, Nov 24,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Annual Meeting
Thu, Dec 3,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Alexander Chee
Fri, Dec 4,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Virtual Cocktail Party!
Thu, Dec 10,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Winter/Spring 2021 Programs
Sun, Dec 20,
All day

Burns Night 2021: The Home Edition
Mon, Jan 25,
7 pm – 8:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Ann Patchett
Fri, Feb 5,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

FILM CLUB: Two Short Films
Thu, Feb 11,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Conan Doyle for the Defense
Fri, Feb 12,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Chazan! Unfiltered
Fri, Feb 19,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Malbone’s Miniature
Thu, Feb 25,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Creative Survival
Fri, Mar 5,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

FILM CLUB: The Hitch-Hiker
Thu, Mar 11,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: John Locke
Fri, Mar 12,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Virtual New Members’ Tour & Reception
Thu, Mar 18,
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

EX LIBRIS: Chef Sean Sherman
Fri, Mar 19,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Ath Architecture 101
Thu, Mar 25,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

FILM CLUB: Chinatown
Thu, Apr 8,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Peter Brooks
Fri, Apr 9,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Vintage Egyptologist
Fri, Apr 16,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Rita Dove
Fri, Apr 23,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

BEHIND-THE-SCENES: What’s Next?
Thu, Apr 29,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: John McWhorter
Fri, Apr 30,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Virtual Tour & Orientation for New & Renewing Members
Tue, May 4,
5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

FILM CLUB: Grizzly Man
Thu, May 13,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Daniel Mendelsohn
Fri, May 14,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Welcome back!
Thu, Sep 16,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Charles Yu
Fri, Sep 24,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Agitators
Fri, Oct 1,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

The Public’s Voice
Thu, Oct 7,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Life of Alain Locke
Fri, Oct 15,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Fire Right Now
Fri, Oct 22,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Edgar Allan Poe
Thu, Oct 28,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: North Burial Ground
Fri, Oct 29,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Woman Who Made Van Gogh
Fri, Nov 5,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: My Name is Pauli Murray
Fri, Nov 12,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Joseph C. Ely
Thu, Nov 18,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Engagement
Fri, Nov 19,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Barbara Kingsolver
Fri, Dec 3,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Annual Meeting
Thu, Dec 9,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: A Defense of Truth
Fri, Feb 4,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Begin Again
Fri, Feb 11,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Michael Pollan
Fri, Feb 18,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Salem Witch Trials
Fri, Feb 25,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Words That Made Us
Fri, Mar 4,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Azar Nafisi
Fri, Mar 11,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Membership Library Spotlight: Cincinnati’s Mercantile Library
Thu, Mar 17,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Shouting from the Archives
Fri, Mar 25,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Membership Library Spotlight: The Folio Seattle
Thu, Mar 31,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Central Park
Fri, Apr 8,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Poetry Out Loud
Fri, Apr 22,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Magnificent Rebels with Andrea Wulf
Thu, Sep 29,
6 pm – 7 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Transcendentalists and Their World
Thu, Oct 6,
6 pm – 7 pm

EX LIBRIS: Stages of Freedom’s African American Museum
Thu, Oct 13,
6 pm – 7 pm

EX LIBRIS: Jewels of the Nile
Thu, Oct 20,
6 pm – 7 pm

EX LIBRIS: The Monster’s Bones
Thu, Oct 27,
6 pm – 7 pm

ATHENÆUM HALLOW[Æ]N
Sat, Oct 29,
10 am – 5 pm

The Great Athenæum Pub Quiz
Thu, Nov 3,
6 pm – 8 pm

The Public’s Voice
Thu, Nov 10,
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

EX LIBRIS: Rescuing Socrates
Thu, Nov 17,
6 pm – 7 pm

Annual Meeting
Thu, Dec 1,
5:30 pm – 7 pm

EX LIBRIS: Sheldon Whitehouse
Fri, Dec 2,
6 pm – 7 pm

EX LIBRIS: Crystal Williams
Thu, Dec 8,
6 pm – 7 pm

A Victorian Holiday Celebration
Sat, Dec 10,
2 pm – 6 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Susan Orlean
Fri, Feb 3,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Hanif Abdurraqib
Fri, Feb 10,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Athenæum Pub Quiz!
Thu, Feb 16,
5:30 pm – 8 pm

PCFF: Short Films
Sat, Feb 18,
10:30 am – 12 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The Lives of Literature
Fri, Feb 24,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Women Warriors, Women’s Voices
Fri, Mar 3,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The Grimkes
Fri, Mar 10,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Hotbed
Fri, Mar 17,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The Poison Book Project
Fri, Mar 24,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Hear Me Now
Thu, Mar 30,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Athenæum Pub Quiz!
Thu, Apr 6,
5:30 pm – 8 pm

To Turn Anew: A Celebration of Tim Philbrick
Sat, Apr 15,
1 pm – 3 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Covered with Night
Fri, Apr 21,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Poetry Out Loud
Fri, Apr 28,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Orwell
Fri, Sep 29,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

The Public’s Voice
Thu, Oct 5,
5 pm – 6:30 pm
For Kids

Providence Children’s Film Festival Jury Night
Thu, Oct 12,
6 pm – 8 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Belongings, Archives, & Indigenizing Design
Fri, Oct 13,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Athenæum Pub Quiz!
Thu, Oct 19,
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Beaverland
Fri, Oct 27,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: A Librarian’s Legacy
Fri, Nov 3,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
For Kids

Providence Children’s Film Festival Jury Night
Thu, Nov 16,
6 pm – 8 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Simon Winchester
Fri, Nov 17,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Athenæum Pub Quiz!
Thu, Nov 30,
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Annual Meeting
Thu, Dec 7,
5 pm – 6:30 pm

A Christmas Carol Marathon Reading
Sat, Dec 9,
2 pm – 6 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Gregory Pardlo & Tina Cane
Fri, Feb 2,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Exhibition Opening of Presidents & Their Books
Fri, Feb 9,
5 pm – 7 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The 272 with Rachel Swarns
Fri, Feb 16,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Athenæum Pub Quiz!
Thu, Feb 22,
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: What an Owl Knows with Jennifer Ackerman
Fri, Mar 1,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Fri, Mar 15,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Women Warriors, Women’s Voices
Fri, Mar 22,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Pockets with Hannah Carlson
Fri, Apr 5,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Poetry Out Loud 2024
Fri, Apr 12,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Athenæum Pub Quiz!
Thu, Apr 18,
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Esther Pressoir with Suzanne Scanlan
Fri, May 17,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The Importance of Being Furnished
Fri, Sep 27,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Athenæum Pub Quiz!
Thu, Oct 3,
5:30 pm – 8 pm

The Public’s Voice
Thu, Oct 10,
5 pm – 7 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: George Packer
Fri, Oct 18,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Conjuring the Spirit World
Fri, Oct 25,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Poe at the Athenæum Halloween Tour
Thu, Oct 31,
11 am – 3 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: David Grann
Fri, Nov 1,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Athenæum Pub Quiz!
Thu, Nov 7,
5:30 pm – 8 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum
Fri, Nov 15,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Et Cetera
Fri, Nov 22,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Annual Meeting
Thu, Dec 5,
5 pm – 6:15 pm

A Christmas Carol Marathon Reading
Sat, Dec 7,
2 pm – 6 pm

Rudolph Fisher Exhibition Opening
Thu, Jan 9,
4 pm – 6 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The Art of French Wallpaper Design
Fri, Feb 7,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

The Athenæum Pub Quiz
Thu, Feb 13,
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Sy Montgomery
Fri, Feb 21,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Sea Monsters
Fri, Feb 28,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Members’ Tour of The Art of French Wallpaper Design
Thu, Mar 6,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Why Nothing Works
Fri, Mar 7,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

The Athenæum Pub Quiz
Thu, Mar 13,
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Song of the Sea Movie Matinee
Sat, Mar 15,
3 pm – 5 pm

Women Warriors, Women’s Voices
Fri, Mar 21,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The First and Last King of Haiti
Fri, Apr 4,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Sea Shanty Night with Sharks Come Cruisin’
Thu, Apr 10,
6 pm – 8 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: A British Country House Alphabet
Thu, Apr 24,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

The Athenæum Pub Quiz
Thu, May 1,
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Jane Austen’s Bookshelf
Fri, May 16,
5 pm – 7 pm

Swan Point Walking Tour
Sat, Sep 20,
10 am – 12 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Walking Rome’s Waters
Fri, Sep 26,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: Rhode Island Slave History Medallions
Fri, Oct 3,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

The Public’s Voice
Thu, Oct 9,
5 pm – 7 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The Odyssey
Fri, Oct 17,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The Feather Detective
Fri, Oct 24,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

The Athenæum Pub Quiz
Thu, Oct 30,
5:30 pm – 8 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: The Mark Twain House & Museum
Fri, Nov 7,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Ex Libris

EX LIBRIS: America’s Funny-Man: The Comic Genius of Mark Twain
Fri, Nov 14,
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

The Athenæum Pub Quiz
Thu, Nov 20,
5:30 pm – 8 pm

Providence Athenæum Annual Meeting
Thu, Dec 4,
5 pm – 6 pm

A Christmas Carol Marathon Reading
Sun, Dec 7,
2 pm – 6 pm