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Providence Public Library - Central

Providence Public Library leads every resident of Providence and Rhode Island to opportunities for lifelong learning and cultural enrichment. The Library is a 135-year-old nonprofit corporation providing free public library services through print, recorded, and digital collections, information resources, programs of interest and relevance, and expert staff.

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    Providence Public Library - Central

    150 Empire Street
    Providence, RI 02903

    Phone: 401-455-8000   |   Email   |   Official Website

    Admission:

    Free

    Hours:

    Monday & Thursday: 12:30 – 8:30 pm Tuesday: 9:30 am - 5:30 pm Wednesday: CLOSED Friday & Saturday: 12:30 - 5:30 pm Sunday: 1 - 5 pm (Sept. 12, 2010 through May 15, 2011)

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  • Parking Info

    Nearby parking facilities
    
    Intown Parking - 131 Washington Street 401-273-9466
    Dunkin Donuts Center Parking - 165 Washington Street 401-331-3786

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  • • Current Events

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  • • Upcoming Events

      05/24/12	RI BOOK LAUNCH! Meet Author Bruce DeSilva on launch of second RI-set mystery Providence Public Library - Central RI BOOK LAUNCH! Meet Author Bruce DeSilva on launch of second RI-set mystery Presented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library - Central May 24, 2012 Providence Public Library welcomes award-winning author Bruce DeSilva for this BOOK LAUNCH, talk and book signing for his new mystery "Cliff Walk" on Thursday, May 24 from 7 – 8:15 pm, 150 Empire Street (Third Floor Meeting Room). “Cliff Walk” is the second in a series of Liam Mulligan mysteries set in Rhode Island. The new novel is at once a hard-boiled mystery and a serious exploration of sex and religion in the age of pornography. His first novel is the...
      05/29/12	Brown Bag Book Club: Einstein's Wife Providence Public Library - Central Brown Bag Book Club: Einstein's Wife Presented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library - Central May 29, 2012 Members of the PPL Brown Bag Book Club will discuss Einstein's Wife: Work and Marriage in the lives of Five Great Twentieth-Century Women. Copies of the book available at the Library's Circulation desk. Inspired by her own experiences, Gabor sets out to define the unique stuff of which great women are made and chart the often tangled territory in which love and ambition intersect. The portraits of the five brilliant, married women that emerge serve as both a model and a caution to...
      06/26/12	Brown Bag Book Club: The Night Circus Providence Public Library - Central Brown Bag Book Club: The Night Circus Presented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library - Central June 26, 2012 Members of the PPL Brown Bag Book Club will discuss The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Copies of the book available at the Library's Circulation desk. The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is...

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  • Current Events

    There are no current events at this time.

  • Upcoming Events

    05/24/12	RI BOOK LAUNCH! Meet Author Bruce DeSilva on launch of second RI-set mystery Providence Public Library - Central RI BOOK LAUNCH! Meet Author Bruce DeSilva on launch of second RI-set mystery Presented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library - Central May 24, 2012 Providence Public Library welcomes award-winning author Bruce DeSilva for this BOOK LAUNCH, talk and book signing for his new mystery "Cliff Walk" on Thursday, May 24 from 7 – 8:15 pm, 150 Empire Street (Third Floor Meeting Room). “Cliff Walk” is the second in a series of Liam Mulligan mysteries set in Rhode Island. The new novel is at once a hard-boiled mystery and a serious exploration of sex and religion in the age of pornography. His first novel is the...
    05/29/12	Brown Bag Book Club: Einstein's Wife Providence Public Library - Central Brown Bag Book Club: Einstein's Wife Presented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library - Central May 29, 2012 Members of the PPL Brown Bag Book Club will discuss Einstein's Wife: Work and Marriage in the lives of Five Great Twentieth-Century Women. Copies of the book available at the Library's Circulation desk. Inspired by her own experiences, Gabor sets out to define the unique stuff of which great women are made and chart the often tangled territory in which love and ambition intersect. The portraits of the five brilliant, married women that emerge serve as both a model and a caution to...
    06/26/12	Brown Bag Book Club: The Night Circus Providence Public Library - Central Brown Bag Book Club: The Night Circus Presented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library - Central June 26, 2012 Members of the PPL Brown Bag Book Club will discuss The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Copies of the book available at the Library's Circulation desk. The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is...

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    05/21/12	"O Brother Man: The Art and Life of Lynd Ward" Screening Providence Public Library - Central
    05/16/12	Family Learning Sunday: Biomes – “Introduction to Marine Animals” Providence Public Library - Central
    05/03/12	Award-winning RI Author Kelly Easton at PPL Providence Public Library - Central
    04/24/12	Brown Bag Book Club: Outlander Providence Public Library - Central
    04/22/12	Book and Author Event: The Dropper by Ron McLarty Providence Public Library - Central
    04/15/12	Living Literature Presents Caleb's Crossing Providence Public Library - Central
    04/12/12	Stephen Frater, Local Author: Hell Above Earth at Providence Public Library Providence Public Library - Central
    04/09/12	Reading Across RI Lecture - Caleb’s Crossing: Indian & English Gods in Early New England Providence Public Library - Central
    04/01/12	Family Learning Sunday: A Polynesian Dance Experience Providence Public Library - Central
    03/27/12	Brown Bag Book Club: Caleb's Crossing Providence Public Library - Central
    03/19/12	Documentary Screening & Lecture: The Dorr Rebellion Providence Public Library - Central
    03/18/12	In a Nutshell: Film Screening of Where the Wild Things Are Providence Public Library - Central
    03/11/12	OPENING RECEPTION & Programs - In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak Providence Public Library - Central
    03/07/12- 04/20/12	In a Nutshell: The Worlds of Maurice Sendak Providence Public Library - Central
    03/04/12	Family Learning Sunday: Discover Letterboxing Providence Public Library - Central
    02/21/12	Brown Bag Book Club: Little Bee Providence Public Library - Central
    02/19/12	Meet the Writer: Raina Smith, author of The 13th Apostle Providence Public Library - Central
    02/12/12	The Value of the Book Workshop with Ray Rickman Providence Public Library - Central
    02/06/12	History HiJinks: Herbert Hoover by William E. Leuchtenburg Providence Public Library - Central
    02/05/12	Roger Williams Park Zoomobile Visits PPL for Family Learning Sunday - February 5 Providence Public Library - Central
    01/31/12	Brown Bag Book Club: American Bloomsbury Providence Public Library - Central
    01/29/12	Sparky's Puppets Visit PPL to Celebrate New Children's Discovery Library Providence Public Library - Central
    01/28/12	Grand Opening of New Children's Discovery Library at PPL -- Saturday, January 28 Providence Public Library - Central
    01/21/12	Providence Public Library Presents Family FUNDay 14...with RI Black Storytellers, Sat., January 21 Providence Public Library - Central
    10/16/11	LOUISA MAY ALCOTT: The Woman Behind Little Women Providence Public Library - Central
    10/08/11	World Slavery: The Haitian Revolution and the Rise of American Music Providence Public Library - Central
    06/27/11	PPL's Early Literacy Learning Center presents Getting Ready to Read — a Parent Workshop, June 27 Providence Public Library - Central
    06/23/11- 08/11/11	PPL Announces Summer Reading Programs, Book Lists & More! Kick-off June 23 Providence Public Library - Central
    05/19/11- 10/31/11	Celebrate Providence’s 375 Years at Providence Public Library Providence Public Library - Central
    05/05/11	Author Dr. Tim Warren: Lessons from Everest Providence Public Library - Central
    04/30/11	Poetry Reading: Tom Chandler, Darcie Dennigan & Lisa Starr Providence Public Library - Central
    04/28/11	Author Buddy Cianci: Politics and Pasta at PPL April 28 Providence Public Library - Central
    04/17/11	Writing Workshop with Author Kathleen Hughes - Making a Memory Book (Part I) Providence Public Library - Central
    04/10/11	R. I. Author Cris Pfeil In Book talk: The Shepherd’s Rod Providence Public Library - Central
    04/10/11	Southside Community Gardens to Visit Providence Public Library Providence Public Library - Central
    04/07/11	Arlene Violet to Visit Providence Public Library April 7 Providence Public Library - Central
    04/03/11- 06/16/11	Love ‘em or Hate ‘em…New Movie Series at the Central Library Begins April 3 Providence Public Library - Central
    03/19/11	Academy Award Winning Documentary: The Cove at PPL Providence Public Library - Central
    03/13/11	Women's History Month Musical Performance: Kim Trusty -- Celebrating Women Providence Public Library - Central
    03/05/11	Historical Lecture and Book Signing: Gordon Wood - Empire of Liberty Providence Public Library - Central
    03/03/11	Grannie Annie's Pajama Storytime Providence Public Library - Central
    01/30/11- 05/08/11	PPL 2011 Sunday Author Writing Workshop Series Begins January 30 Providence Public Library - Central
    01/27/11- 04/28/11	Improv Performance by Long and the Short of It Providence Public Library - Central
    01/22/11	13th Annual Family FUNDay Providence Public Library - Central
    01/22/11	Laughter Meditation at the Library Providence Public Library - Central
    01/06/11	Sunday Matinees at the Central Library: Alfred Hitchcock Providence Public Library - Central
    12/30/10	PPL to host interactive reading of The WaterFire Duck; book signing by Barnaby Evans Providence Public Library - Central
    12/12/10	Henna by Heather — Tattoo Workshop December 12 at the Library Providence Public Library - Central
    12/12/10	Take a Writing Workshop with Local Author Kathleen Hughes at the Library! Providence Public Library - Central
    12/05/10	Author Michael Tougias presents Overboard! A True Bluewater Odyssey of Disaster and Survival Providence Public Library - Central
    11/28/10	Make Your Own Pandora-Style Bracelet at the Library Providence Public Library - Central
    11/21/10	Eric Jay Dolin presents "Fur, Fortune and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America" Providence Public Library - Central
    11/14/10	RI Author Ann Hood presents: The Red Thread at PPL Providence Public Library - Central
    11/06/10	4th Annual African Heritage Celebration: Heritage & Health at the Library Providence Public Library - Central
    11/02/10	Proposal Writing Basics Workshop Providence Public Library - Central
    10/17/10	Classic Horror Movie Matinees: Dracula Providence Public Library - Central