THINK AGAIN — October 2018
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Coming Soon in Our Temporary Library!
As our renovations progress, we are continuing to work on making improvements to our temporary library and services in our Providence Journal Rhode Island Room. We thank everyone for your patience! Coming changes include:
-- More computing stations and reorganization of the computer area
-- A self-hold pickup area
-- A periodical section for browsing
-- A self check-out machine
-- Reconfiguration of the tables for reading and studying
-- Children's Library space
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HOURS UPDATE
-- We've tweaked our hours a bit. On Fridays, through the renovation, we will be closing at 2:00 pm.
Monday - 12:30 - 8:30 pm
Tuesday, Thursday - 9:30 am - 5:30 pm
Wednesday - 9:30 am - 8:30 pm
Friday - 9:30 - 2:00 pm
Saturday - 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
In addition to primary services in the Providence Journal Rhode Island Room, and Learning Lounge activities and some classes in the Ship Room and Garden Courtyard (use Washington St. entrance), a number of library programs are continuing in partner locations throughout the city and beyond.
A BIG THANKS TO ALL OUR PARTNERS!
Children’s programs
, including weekly Baby Steps for Infants, Cradle to Crayons Story times and Family Learning Sundays, which will be held at
Grace Episcopal Church in Providence
at 300 Westminster St. beginning September 18.
Where In the World Is PPL'S Cultural Programming?
We've had lots of questions about how we can present cultural programs while our building is under construction, and the answer is, with a little help from our friends! Our programming for the 2018-19 season will be presented in collaboration with some of the many cultural and educational organizations doing important work in our community, and we are so grateful to them for offering both their expertise and their programming spaces. Our October collaborative partners include
Trinity Repertory Company
,
Wage House
,
RISD Museum
, and
Cranston Public Library
. We hope you will take this opportunity to get out and about and join us for upcoming events! (see details below)
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WE ARE NOW FINE-FREE ON CHILDREN and TEEN MATERIAL!
The Library has wiped the slate clean and will no longer charge for late returns on children/teen material. You can start fresh using your library card! Please ask us about details.
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We're Expanding our Collection
We're adding lots of new items to our collections weekly. For highlights, check our new, weekly "
Just in at PPL
" book list.
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COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Context & Conversation: Pride & Prejudice
co-presented with Trinity Repertory Company and Wage House
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Thursday, October 18
7:30 - 9:15 pm
Kate Hamill’s adaptation of
Pride & Prejudice
revels in Jane Austen’s brilliant wit, and reveals her talents as an armchair anthropologist, one whose characters deftly and hilariously demonstrate that while sexual attraction and emotional compatibility may be credited with initiating the course of a romance, its success or failure will likely be determined by a combination of economics, family structure, marriage law, and social theories of gender-determined behavior (however dubious). And while we may think ourselves less encumbered by societal strictures than were Austen’s heroines, Hamill gives us plenty of opportunity to recognize the absurdities of unspoken expectations and cultural contradictions that characterize our own 21st-century norms of courtship.
Join us for a spirited conversation about women defying expectations, flouting conventions, entertaining possibilities, indulging desires, laughing wantonly, and daring to improvise.
Context & Conversation
is a series co-produced and co-presented by
Trinity Repertory Company
and
Providence Public Library
. Each Context & Conversation event brings together scholars, artists, and community practitioners to discuss the themes and ideas found in the play currently on stage at Trinity Rep, and to consider where we find those themes and ideas at work in our own community. All Context & Conversation events are free and open to the public, and while the play is the inspiration for the Context & Conversation event, the conversation doesn’t depend on the play; you do not need to see the play to attend and participate in the discussion. Each Context & Conversation event takes place in a community setting related to the theme of the play, see a list of dates and locations
here
.
Free and open to the public, reservations requested;
click here
to reserve your seats!
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COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Updike Award Ceremony, Featuring Victoria Rushton
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Wednesday, October 24
7 - 8:30 pm
Join us to celebrate the 2018 Updike Prize winner!
The evening features the awarding of our
2018 Updike Prize for Student Type Design
; a talk by our guest speaker, type and lettering designer
Victoria Rushton
; and a lively conversation between Victoria and our 2018 winner and other Updike Prize candidates, moderated by industrial designer and RISD Industrial Design Department Senior Critic
Matthew Bird
.
A type and lettering designer, Rushton graduated with a BFA in Illustration from RISD, and was trained to design typefaces at Font Bureau. She produces custom type for clients and distributes original fonts through her own foundry on TypeNetwork. She’s spoken at Typographics NYC and the Type Directors Club, taught type design at MICA Graduate Studies and SVA, and is a contributor to Alphabettes and Typographica.
Free and open to the public, reservations requested.
Register
The Updike Prize is co-sponsored by Paperworks and the RISD Graphic Design Department.
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COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Reading Our Public School Architecture, co-presented with
Cranston Public Library
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Monday, October 29
6 - 7:30 pm
at Cranston Public Library,
140 Sockanossett Cross Road
Join us for a public conversation with historic preservation consultant Ned Connors, artist and educator Andrew Grover, and Cranston Historical Society President Sandra M. Moyer; PPL Programs & Exhibitions Director Christina Bevilacqua will moderate.
Our public schools are designed to exemplify and communicate the values we want our children to attain while attending them, and they reflect the realities and aspirations of the era in which they were built. As such, they are some of the most fundamental structures in our architectural and civic landscapes. Yet we rarely stop to consider them, until we decide that they no longer meet our needs. Artist Andrew Grover has been using LEGO to recreate some of Rhode Island's iconic but now-empty school buildings in order to bring our attention to what they can tell us about the history of education, architecture, and civic life in the communities they served. Join us for a conversation to consider how our public school buildings serve as shared cultural landmarks, how their construction reflects the social aspirations of their era, and what it means, and what we should do when we decide that a well-built school in good condition is no longer useful.
Free and open to the public!
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TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Essential Excel Classes
Free Foundational MS Excel Skills Class Offered Weekly on Saturdays
Location
: Roger Williams University
Providence Campus, 1 Empire Street
10 am - Noon
This class is designed for the adults with little to no Excel experience. In this Two hour session we will explore the Excel interface, vocabulary, and work our way to basic formula creation.
This class is primarily intended for anyone looking to enroll in PPL's Data Navigators program and need to come up to speed with their Excel skills.
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Computer Basics Class Series
Learn the fundamentals of using computers
Location
: PPL Garden Courtyard
10 am - Noon
Get the skills you need to use the Internet, apply for jobs, and more. Six-week class; please register and plan to attend all sessions. Registration required.
10/11
: Intro to computer equipment (hardware, software, how to turn on, mouse skills)
10/18
: Review 1st session including mouse skills, introduce icons, control panel
10/25
: Internet Basics
10/31
: Internet privacy and security
11/8
: Intro to Email
11/15
: Email, Part II
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CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS
Upcoming Family Learning Sunday
Sunday, October 14 | 2 - 3 pm
Animal Experiences with
Dave Marchetti
Come learn about and experience live animals. Animals will be available for petting.
Family Learning Sundays offer a variety of interactive workshops for children ages 5 - 10 and their families from October - May.
New Temporary Children's Library!
We are holding our children's story time programs at
Grace Episcopal Church
Come to 300 Westminster St., Providence *
Our schedule is from September 18 - December 21. (No sessions on Nov. 23)
Baby Steps: Story Time for Infants --
Sing some songs, read some books, make some friends!
(Birth to 18 months, non-walkers)
Tuesdays & Fridays — 11:30 AM
Cradle to Crayons --
Play and explore with friends, then finish with stories and songs.
(1—3 years)
Tuesdays — 9:30 AM or 10:30 AM
Fridays — 9:30 AM or 10:30 AM
We will have a small rotating collection of books available to borrow during our sessions. Limit 5 books per child. Please be sure to have your library card with you.
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Please Note
: Please access all sessions through the CHAPEL STREET door. PPL staff will be available at the door for the first 30 minutes of each session to provide assistance. All sessions are held on the 2nd floor and strollers must be left on the ground level.
These sessions are not handicapped accessible.
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Guided Historic/Architectural Tour
PPL's 1900 Building Tours to Continue
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Tuesday, October 16 | 10:30 AM
Meet at 225 Washington St. entrance
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The Library opened its classic Venetian Renaissance building in March 1900. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, the Library is a prime example of turn-of-the-century American architecture. We invite you to visit and learn about this architectural gem at the heart of our community, along with our unique and special collections, including the Rhode Island Collection.
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Starting a Small Business Workshop Series
Fall Session Runs through November 17
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If you're thinking of starting a business of your own and wondering where to begin, register NOW to get the basics through this FREE eight-session informational workshop series presented by PPL and RI SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives). Register for all or some topics.
Get more information and schedule
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Space is limited.
All workshops presented by RI SCORE counselors who discuss the various aspects of planning and owning a business. Library staff will discuss print and electronic resources available at the Library to research your business and marketing plan.
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