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Visit this page to find out the latest news about Community Libraries of Providence, information about our Friends groups, community partners as well as views and comments on current events and stories that impact the library. Please check back often - we'll continue to send you a short, succinct summary in the form of a newsletter.

Meet Audubon Society Animal Ambassadors!

August 13, 2020 - 11:45am -- publicity

Generous funding from the Providence After School Alliance (PASA) is supporting a new collaboration between the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Providence Community Library. Audubon educators and animal ambassadors will visit nine Providence libraries August 18-27 to encourage nature discovery and exploration. In-person programs will be held outdoors at Knight Memorial, Mount Pleasant, Olneyville, South Providence Wanskuck and Washington Park on library grounds, while others at Fox Point, Rochambeau and Smith Hill will be viewable online only.  

Celebrate Pride Month!

June 22, 2020 - 12:42pm -- publicity

To celebrate Pride month, PCL librarians from Washington Park and Olneyville created this bingo card full of fun, uplifting activities.

Complete and enjoy as many of the activities as possible from the card, then tune in to Facebook Live on Monday, June 29, at 7:00 PM to see if you get bingo and win a reading-based prize!

Download a Bingo Card Here

Aprenda cómo usar ZOOM - en español

June 21, 2020 - 3:56pm -- publicity

Aprenda cómo usar ZOOM - curso gratis en español
How to Use Zoom - A Short Course in Spanish

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Miércoles, 5:30 – 7:00 pm, iniciando el 17 de Junio hasta el 1 de Julio
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Saturdays, June 20 - July 11 9:30AM - 11:00AM

Meet Padma Venkatraman at Virtual PVD READS Event

June 20, 2020 - 9:14pm -- publicity

Join Providence Community Library’s PVD READS Book Club on Monday, July 13th at 6PM for a virtual, intergenerational book discussion of The Bridge Home, featuring the book’s author, Padma Venkatraman. The conversation will be moderated by Meagan Lenihan, Director of the Rhode Island Festival of Children’s Books and Authors, and co-hosted by Rhode Island Center for the Book and Providence Community Library. 

Inside-Out Summer: A Creative Program for Teens

June 19, 2020 - 4:37pm -- publicity

The PVD Young Makers initiative has brought maker space tools and creativity to Providence libraries, transforming the traditional experience of library spaces for many local teens. Now the innovative maker team and its program partners have come up with a combination of safe, socially distanced summer challenges for middle and high school students to complete at home.  Inside-Out Summer is a four-week-long, online program that offers a series of design challenges utilizing three learning pathways: 2D Design, 3D Design and Entrepreneurship.

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