Organization
Providence Athenaeum
The Providence Athenaeum, a unique library and cultural center, welcomes and enriches the educational and cultural pursuits of its members and the community and encourages a diverse public to engage in spirited conversation. It offers a wide range of experiences by providing and conserving extraordinary collections, offering innovative and compelling programs, promoting and collaborating with the community's vibrant cultural sector, and highlighting and preserving its historic building.
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At-a-
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Current &
Upcoming Events
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Past
Events
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Past Events
| 03/10/12 |
Writing Studio with Liz Howort
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| 03/09/12 |
Salon: Taylor Polites on his genre-bending new novel The Rebel Wife
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| 03/06/12 |
The Regret-In, a marathon read-aloud of William Maxwell’s short novel So Long, See You Tomorrow.
Providence Athenaeum |
| 03/02/12 |
Salon: Historian Stephen O’Shea and his new book, The Friar of Carcassonne
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| 02/25/12 |
A Bookbinding Anamoly: Linked-spine Bindings
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| 02/24/12 |
SALON: Dr. Thomas Brooks and Betsy Burleigh on Britten’s War Requiem and Owen’s WWI poetry
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| 02/21/12 |
Micro-Memoir
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| 02/17/12 |
“Hark! The White Whale!” series, part 12
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| 02/10/12 |
Salon: Designer and Curator Matthew Bird on the pioneers of Industrial Design
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| 12/09/11 |
"Hark! The White Whale!" Series Finale: Writer D. Graham Burnettt
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| 12/08/11 |
Community MusicWorks Players and Oboist Frank Rosenwein
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| 12/02/11 |
"Hark! The White Whale!" Series, Part 12: Writer LaShonda Barnett
Providence Athenaeum |
| 11/18/11 |
Proustfest Part Two: Music Critic Jeremy Eichler
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| 11/15/11 |
Proustfest Part One: Writer Damion Searls
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| 11/10/11 |
Arnold Weinstein on His New Memoir
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| 11/04/11 |
Historian Tony Horwitz on His New Book Midnight Rising
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| 11/03/11 |
Community MusicWorks Players and Haven String Quartet
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| 10/28/11 |
Wampanoag Artist Jonathan Perry Speaks at the Athenaeum
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| 05/27/11 |
“Hark! The White Whale!” series, part 6
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| 05/20/11 |
“Hark! The White Whale!” series, part 5, historian Chet Van Duzer on Mapping Medieval and Renaissance Whales and Whalers
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| 04/22/11 |
“Hark! The White Whale!” series, part 4, Ray Huling on his forthcoming book, The Complicated Life of the Quahaugger
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| 04/21/11 |
“Hark! The White Whale!” series, part 3
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| 03/04/11 |
"Hark! The White Whale!" series, part 2, Author and translator Damion Searls on ; or The Whale.
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