Providence Libraries

Free programs across nine library branches bring holiday fun, hands-on crafts and thoughtful conversations — including a gingerbread house build-off, winter workshops and discussions on menopause and media

The Community Libraries of Providence offer a slew of free programming every week for kids and adults at their nine locations around the city. We highlight a few of these events in our monthly community libraries segment – from a local author fair to a conversation about death doulas

The libraries offer a slew of free programming every week for kids and adults at their nine locations around the city. We highlight a few of these events in this monthly segment – from a haunted house to a book club highlighting African American authors

We highlight a few of the many events happening across the Community Libraries of Providence – from a bilingual theater workshop to your chance to make a giant cyanotype image from vintage Apollo mission moon photographs. Plus: the Smith Hill block party

We highlight a few of the many events happening across the Community Libraries of Providence – from opportunities to make your own stop-motion animation to meetups for coding and board game design. Plus: an afternoon book club at the Rochambeau Library

We highlight a few of the many events happening across the Community Libraries of Providence – from summer reading programs to summer concerts. Plus: a community action (book) club for teens at the Wanskuck Library

We highlight a few of the many events happening across the Community Libraries of Providence – from a jug band ensemble to a PechaKucha night. Plus: what they’re reading at Rocheambeau Library’s banned books club

We highlight a few of the many events happening in April across the Community Libraries of Providence – from book sales to a group for artists to get feedback on their work. Plus: what they’re reading at one of the libraries’ several book clubs

In this new monthly segment, we’re featuring a few highlights from the many events happening six days a week at the Community Libraries of Providence – plus, what they’re reading at one of the libraries’ several book clubs. In March: sowing seeds, sewing fabric, and a series of conversations by and for artists