BRINGING PEOPLE, INFORMATION, AND IDEAS TOGETHER
TO ENRICH LIVES AND STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY
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Introduction to Personal Storytelling @ Central | |
Join professional storyteller Terry Wolfisch Cole of Tell Me Another on Saturday, August 5 at 11:00 AM as she teaches you everything you need to know to engage any audience at this in-person workshop. The session will include an opportunity to hear Terry tell a story, guidance on choosing a story to share, instruction on how to tell your effectively, and an opportunity to write and practice with feedback. Light refreshments will be served.
Free and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required. Register below or contact the library for assistance.
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Check Out What's New On Down Time | Have you heard our weekly podcast, Down Time with Cranston Public Library? Check out this recent episode, in which Tayla is joined by Mark Binder, author, storyteller, and award nominated audiobook writer/narrator. They talk about how he went from a playwright/author to a live storyteller and what kept him doing storytelling. | Listen and subscribe to the Down Time, available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere else you find podcasts. | |
Upcoming Library Discussion Groups | | |
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The Other Book Group
Tuesday, August 1 | 6:30 PM
(IN PERSON @ CENTRAL)

I'm Not Supposed to Be In the Dark by Riss M. Neilson
We are pleased to welcome Riss M. Neilson back for another book talk! This free author event will be a 30-minute book group discussion and then a 30-minute in-person meet and greet with Riss where we can speak with her and get her autograph!
We will be giving away 12 free copies of this month's book selection with the intent that they are picked up beforehand and ready to be discussed at the meeting! First come, first serve. Free and open to the public. Space is limited. Registration is required.
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Rebels Without a Cinema Movie Discussion | |
Wednesday, August 9 | 6:30 PM
(ONLINE PROGRAM)
A Place In the Sun (1951)
Montgomery Clift stars as George Eastman, a handsome and charming but basically aimless young man who goes to work in a factory run by a distant, wealthy relative. After brief rendezvous with assembly-line worker Alice Tripp (Shelley Winters), he falls for dazzling socialite Angela Vickers (Elizabeth Taylor). Alice can't forget about him, though: she is pregnant with his child. Just when George's personal and professional futures seem assured, Alice demands that he marry her or she'll expose him to his society friends...
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Hidden In the Stacks Book Group | |
Tuesday, August 15 | 6:30 PM
(IN PERSON @ CENTRAL)
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Can logic lead to love? Genetics professor Don writes a questionnaire in hopes of using it to find the perfect wife. When Rosie crosses his path, she is anything but a match for Don, yet the two form an unlikely friendship. Will their relationship take a turn towards the romantic?
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Midweek Medley Book Group | |
Wednesday, August 16 | 6:30 PM
(IN PERSON @ CENTRAL)
The Prisoner by B. A. Paris
From Paris to London, Amelie's luck is constantly changing. Even her recent marriage, and the wealth and privilege that come with it, can't help her escape those who want to do her harm—including her billionaire husband.
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Cover to Cover Book Group | |
Thursday, August 17 | 2:00 PM
(IN PERSON @ CENTRAL)
The Woman In the Library by Sulari Gentill
What can four new friends—all of whom met in the reading room of Boston Public Library—discover about a woman who was murdered on the day they first met? Will the friends be able to solve the crime, or is one of them the murderer?
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Wednesday, August 23 | 6:30 PM
(IN PERSON @ CENTRAL)
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes by Brad Ricca
In 1917, Ruth Cruger disappeared. When the police gave up, a mysterious woman in black vowed to find her. "Mrs. Sherlock Holmes" tells the true story of Grace Humiston, the detective and lawyer who turned her back on New York society life to become one of the nation's greatest crime fighters during an era when women were rarely involved with investigations.
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Reading In the Hall Book Group | |
Wednesday, August 23 | 6:30 PM
(IN PERSON @ WILLIAM HALL)
The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Mi-ja and Young-sook are best friends that come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working with their village's all-female diving collective, led by Young-sook's mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they are beginning a life of excitement and responsibility but also danger.
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Wednesday, August 23 | 6:30 PM
(IN PERSON @ CENTRAL)
The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum
The people of Tregaron aren't happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once, but that's not Hoodie Rosen's problem. That is, until he meets and falls for Anna-Marie Diaz-O'Leary--who happens to be the daughter of the headstrong mayor trying to keep Hoodie's community out of the town. As his community turns on him for siding with the enemy, Hoodie finds himself caught between his first love and the only world he's ever known.
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Modern Mystery Book Group | |
Monday, August 28 | 3:00 PM
(IN PERSON @ CENTRAL)
The Therapist by B. A. Paris
New neighbors in a high-end neighborhood aren't willing to discuss secrets about former residents, especially in the case of a murder-suicide. Will Alice and Leo make friends or enemies as they try to fit in and figure out who is innocent and who is guilty?
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