By Katy Killilea What is that thing you’ve been hearing friends rave about but haven’t yet investigated? Until recently, for me, it was joining the Providence Athenaeum. And the raving friends were right. I’m so glad we joined. The Athenaeum is the city’s private library, located on Benefit Street, right across from the courthouse. It [...]
By Katy Killilea We all know it is not good for them, but ah…the pleasures of being able to hypnotize children into silence with television! This morning, both of us parents having overslept, I came upon my children sitting goggle-eyed before the screen, watching ladies on a chat show discuss a brassiere that, as one [...]
I love books, I love deals and I love my local library! I’ll be there. Friends of Rochambeau Semi-Annual Book Sale is this week! More than 20 categories encompassing Fiction, Non-Fiction, Reference, & Children’s books. Public browsing of tables stacked with tons of books, audio-visuals and more starts on Thursday, April 26th. Children’s and Paperback [...]
Friday, April 6, 4 – 6 pm. Russian folk tales for children, Little House (for ages 2 – 4) and Prince Ivan and the Firebird (for ages 5 – 10), will be told by a Russian Tsarina Victoria Richter and Princess Sonia.) The Russian children’s choir “Ivushka” will present Russian folk songs. Saturday, April 7, [...]
This great event is FREE and open to everyone during the month of March. New Your City is part of the Providence Public Library’s Youth Art Month. Local artist Jean Cozzens engages kids, parents, library patrons, artists, and friends in the envisioning and construction of an imaginative city at the Fox Point Branch Library. Anybody [...]
