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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Jim Shepard

Jim Shepard

May 11, 2018

Ann Hood, Jill Bialosky, & Akhil Sharma

Goat Hill Presents…

May 4, 2018

Major Jackson

20th Annual Philbrick Poetry Reading

April 20, 2018

Tom Hennes

9/11 Memorial Museum

April 13, 2018

Alba Corrado, Betsy Ruppa, & David Wagner

Edna’s Nature Lab

April 6, 2018

Tony Estrella

The Gamm Theatre

March 30, 2018

Gordon Wood

Friends Divided

March 16, 2018

FEATURED

Pamela Paul

My Life with Bob

February 9, 2018

FEATURED

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