For nearly 200 years, the Providence Athenæum has been at the heart of cultural life in Providence, Rhode Island, and our mission is to enrich the mind, inspire the spirit, and elevate the public discourse. Our programs have been carefully curated to do just that.

Browse the library’s archive of past programs below.

  • Category

  • Media Type

  • Sort By

Charles C. Mann

The Wizard and the Prophet

February 2, 2018

Daniel Mendelsohn

An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic

January 26, 2018

FEATURED

Michael Holman & Tanisha Jones

Subculture New York

December 1, 2017

Hollie Harder

Proustfest

November 14, 2017

Cornelia Dean & Sunshine Menezes

Making Sense of Science

November 3, 2017

Eric Nathan

Music & Muse

October 27, 2017

Nancy Bercaw

Expressions of Freedom

October 20, 2017

FEATURED

J. Ann Tickner

Unsung Heroines

October 6, 2017

Stuart Whitehurst

Appraised

September 29, 2017

FEATURED

Marc Smerling & Zac Stuart-Pontier

A Night in Crimetown

July 12, 2017

FEATURED

Andre Dubus III, Dani Shapiro, & Ann Hood

The Art of the Memoir

May 20, 2017

J. Courtney Sullivan

Saints for All Occasions

May 5, 2017

Gregory Pardlo & Tina Cane

19th Annual Philbrick Poetry Reading

April 28, 2017

Rebecca Stern, Denali Tiller, & Peter Slom

Sons & Daughters of the Incarcerated

April 21, 2017

Ijlal Muzaffar

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Ocean

April 14, 2017