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Providence Public Library’s 150th Anniversary

Providence Public Library (PPL) officially turns 150 years old this year and has already begun celebratory activities. In a happy coincidence, the date of the charter that PPL operates under today is ...
The Brown Daily Herald

Providence Public Library exhibit displays RISD professor Cyrus Highsmith’s sketchbooks

In early October, a new exhibition titled “‘Everywhere I Go’: Sketchbooks from Cyrus Highsmith” opened on the third floor of the Providence Public Library at the Joan T. Boghossian Gallery. The ...
The Providence Journal

Ocean State Media to air 'Slatersville: America's First Mill Village'

The award-winning documentary "Slatersville: America's First Mill Village" is returning to Ocean State Media. Ocean State Media will air episodes six, seven, and eight of the 11-part series on ...
The Brown Daily Herald

Providence Public Library raises climate change awareness through national grant

The Providence Public Library hosted an online workshop Jan. 14 to spark community discussion on climate change and its varying impacts on people of different socioeconomic backgrounds. The webinar ...