June 2018 -- Summer Kick-off!
We Have a Full Schedule - Something EVERY DAY June 23 - 30!
Makerspace Exploration with FabNewport!
There's always something exciting and fun on tap in our PVD Young Makers Makerspace...for ages 10+. Join us in our Teen Room for Family Open Studios...come check out our new tech and learn what all the buzz is about!
Saturday, June 23 | 11 am - 1 pm
Wednesday, June 27 | 3 - 5 pm
Saturday, June 30 | 11 am - 1 pm
FAMILY PROGRAM 
    
Circus Dynamics with Maurice

Auditorium

Maurice performs a vaudevillian styled Juggling and Balloon variety show. Come witness gravity defying juggling, amazing balloon sculpting (and a little magic), and lots of laughs! (All ages)


CHILDREN'S PROGRAM 
    
Reverse Engineering
Musical Instruments with RIMOSA

3rd Floor Meeting Room
(For ages 5-10)
Reverse Engineering explores how things work and how they are made. Participants begin by taking apart store-made products to see how they work. They’ll then attempt to reconstruct the items again, and using what they’ve learned, make their own versions using alternate materials.
Registration required - limited to 20!

FAMILY PROGRAM 
    
Game s Galore!
Come join us for some old fashioned fun!

Teen Room, Ground Floor
(All ages)
Let's have some board-game fun. Families invited!

YOUNG CHILDREN'S PROGRAM

Music with Miss Jenn

3rd Floor Meeting Room
(For families & children 5 & under)

Jennifer Romanat brings her many musical talents to the library with this performance for young children. Registration required - seating limited. (Limit to 25)

CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP

Sand Art Workshop

Teen Room
(For ages 5+)
    
Using small jars and colorful sand, create a one-of-a-kind art project to take home.

FAMILY PROGRAM 
    
Intro to Theatre
With G. Cole Production Children's Theatre Co.

Auditorium
(For ages 5 - 10)

Join Gladys Cole for theater games, improvisation and fun short scenes. A great workshop for kids who have little or no acting experience and want to give it a try! Registration required - limited to 20 .

MESSAGE TO PARENTS & FAMILIES
Baby Steps & Cradle to Crayons will be wrapping up for the summer on JUNE 29 due to our planned renovation. Stay tuned for updates on fun opportunities to read and play over the summer and for our fall schedule.
FOR YOUNG CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Baby Steps: Story Time for Infants
Tuesdays & Fridays*, 11:30 am - 12:00 pm  
(for ages Birth to 18 months) 
Stories, songs, rhythm and rhyme all designed for you and your wee-one.

Cradle to Crayons  
Register for a Tuesday OR Friday* session  
(for ages 1 to 3 years old) 
Tuesday Session 1: 9:30 - 10:30 am 
Tuesday Session 2: 10:30 - 11:30 am 
Friday* Session 1: 9:30 am 
Friday* Session 2: 10:30 am 

Combining time for play and socialization with a story time that includes movement, songs, finger plays and wonderful children's literature.

* For Friday programs, please be on time; Library doors open at start times only
Final Days: Check out our HairBrained exhibition while you're here!
On view in the Providence Journal Rhode Island Room, 1st Floor and on the 3rd Floor outside Special Collections during Library hours
PPL's 2018 Exhibition & Program series  HairBrained  is focused on hair. Specifically, the exhibition explores the ways in which hair defines and reflects culture, self-identity, agency and  politics. Hair is simultaneously frivolous and serious, personal and universal. It’s a means to communicate complex messages to everyone we encounter. In this exhibition, we focus on hairstyles around the world and throughout history via a selection of items from PPL’s Special Collections. Exhibition materials include books, prints, magazines, and photographs.