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.

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Sara Cleto & Brittany Warman

The Witching Hour

June 11, 2020

Ted Widmer

Lincoln on the Verge

June 3, 2020

Tatiana Holway

Victoria Regia

May 27, 2020

Diane Josefowicz

The Riddle of the Rosetta

May 20, 2020

Olga Khazan

Weird

May 13, 2020

R. Tripp Evans

Worthy & Virtuous Portraits

May 6, 2020

Stephanie Gorton

Citizen Reporters

February 28, 2020

Jim Egan & Rick Ring

History of the Book

February 21, 2020

Nathaniel Philbrick

In the Hurricane’s Eye

December 12, 2019

FEATURED

Johanna Hanink

How to Think About War

November 22, 2019

Julian Maxwell Hayter

Monuments & Memory

November 1, 2019

Karen Karbiener

Becoming Whitman

October 25, 2019

Mike Stanton

Unbeaten

October 18, 2019

Isabella Tree

Wilding

October 4, 2019

Colson Whitehead

The Nickel Boys

September 27, 2019

FEATURED

Matt Burriesci, Tina Cane, Colin Channer, Vikki Warner, & John Stephenson

Banned Books Live with the ACLU of RI

September 24, 2019