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News From Providence Community Library
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| Phew! It's sweltering outside and our libraries have been invaded by Pokemons! Even if Pokemon GO isn't your thing, you'll find plenty of interest in this newsletter. A new Library Director, great work being done indoors and outdoors with summer reading, PCL Lovecraft Week, new programs coming soon .. read on! |
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Meet the New PCL Director!
The PCL Board has appointed Jeffrey Cannell, MLS, as its new Library Director. Jeff joined PCL earlier this month and is based at Rochambeau Library. He will bring strategic vision to PCL, act as chief spokesperson and advocate of the Library at city, state and national levels and lead the organization's 65 staff.
Jeff joins PCL from the New York State Education Department, where he was Deputy Commissioner of Cultural Education, supervising the statewide distribution of $150 million in local assistance to libraries, library systems and archival organizations, as well as the coordination of cultural and educational programming initiatives across New York State. Prior to that, he served as Director of Albany Public Library, where he applied creativity and new ideas to the management of a main library, five branches, and a bookmobile. Jeff acquired earlier experience in library management at public libraries in North Carolina and at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.
Jeff has been getting to know his staff, library and new city and is excited to be part of PCL. "I'm a passionate believer that libraries change lives and I am here to help PCL succeed," he says. Welcome, Jeff!
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Thanks For Coming, Mayor Elorza!
Mayor Jorge Elorza paid a visit to Washington Park Library's summer reading program kickoff party on June 30. The Mayor told the delighted children that he read every single day,owned 1,000 books and had read almost all of them! Reading 20 minutes a day helps children to avoid the "summer slide" - a gradual loss of reading and numeracy skills which typically happens over the summer - and PCL's Summer Reading Program makes the process fun and rewarding. The PCL Summer Reading Program is now in full swing. Click on the "Summer Reading 2016" tab on our website to see what's happening!
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POKEMON ALERT: Sightings in Libraries on the Increase: Trainers Needed
Pokemons have been reported at several PCL locations. Rochambeau is a designated PokeStop and there's a rumor that we might have a Gym in our midst! Trainers are welcome to enter libraries during opening hours and capture Pokemon but please be mindful of patrons who may be blissfully unaware of the creatures. For the uninitiated, the excitement is all to do with a game played on smartphone devices called Pokemon GO, which has taken the gaming world by storm!
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Coming Soon - PCL Lovecraft Week
It's H.P. Lovecraft's 126th birthday on August 20 and PCL will be celebrating with a special Lovecraft Week! On August 22 at Rochambeau, 7:00PM-8:30PM, Paul Di Filippo will talk about Lovecraft's fascination with Providence and Rhode Island and how the writer incorporated his love of Lil Rhody into his fantastic fiction. At Knight Memorial Library, Lovecraft Meets Minecraft returns for children and teens aged 7-18. The challenge? Create a chilling, spooky or weird image in Minecraft based on a brief quotation from one of H.P. Lovecraft's works, or a Lovecraft-influenced picture as supplied by librarians. Kids may work on computers in any library or at home to build creations and entries will be accepted August 15-20. The winners will be announced August 22.
For more information about Lovecraft Meets Minecraft, contact Allison Riendeau [email protected]. Check the PCL calendar for all Lovecraft Week events, which include creepy crafts, spooky story times and horror movie double bills.
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Make a Purchase at Blue State Coffee and Vote for PCL!
Those nice people at Blue State Coffee, 300 Thayer Street have
selected Providence Community Library as a supported non-profit organization! Every six months, Blue State Coffee at 300 Thayer Street chooses four local non-profit organizations to support in the store, based on customer suggestions. Customers are presented with a token each time they make a purchase and they use it to vote for one of four selected non-profits. Voting will take place July-December 2016 and the organization awarded the most tokens during that time will receive the equivalent of 2 percent of the store's sales over the six month period.
So when you're on the East Side, grab a coffee at 300 Thayer Street (that's the branch by the Post Office, not the one in the Brown bookstore) and vote for PCL! Every vote counts!
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New GED in Spanish, ESL Classes Starting Soon
Congratulations to the six PCL students who recently successfully
completed a GED certificate in Spanish, as well as to the 27 who passed between one and four exams and who are on the way to success! In total, 124 students took part in PCL's GED in the Spanish preparation program from September 2015 to June 2016, led by our in-house teacher, Hipolito Reyes.
The program resumes this fall at South Providence Library, reserve your place by September 9. Free ESL classes also resume on September 12 at Knight Memorial, Mount Pleasant, Smith Hill and Rochambeau Libraries - call or visit the library as registration is required. For more information, call 467-2700 x1608 (hablamos español).
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Our Learn Spanish classes, taught by popular teacher Luis Contreras, fill up quickly. Register now for classes beginning September 12 at Mount Pleasant, Rochambeau and South Providence. A $25 materials fee is collected at the first class. Call the host library for details.
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Bailes Folcloricos Latinoamericano (Latin American Folk Dancing) Workshop Series
August is dance month in South Providence as PCL welcomes Columbian teacher Nader Molina Figuera, a recognized expert in the art of folk dance, to South Providence Library. Workshops take place on Saturdays (August 13, 20 and 27, 10:00AM - 12:00PM) and Wednesdays (August 17 and 24, 5:00PM-7:00PM). The workshops will be conducted in Spanish.
For more information and to register, call Carolina Briones 401-467-2700 ext.1608.
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Saturday, August 6: Friends of Knight Memorial Clear Out Book Sale
1000's of fabulous book bargains, graphic novels, comics and vinyl. A collector's paradise. 12:00PM-4:00PM.
Sunday, August 14: Corliss Park Centennial Celebration.
Friends of Corliss Park will celebrate the Park's 100
th birthday with a fun afternoon featuring a fashion show, onomatopoetry, sports events, food trucks, the PCL library bus and much more! 2:00PM-5:00PM.
Monday, September 19: PCL Annual Meeting
Starts 6:00PM, at the RI State House. Speakers, surprises
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Saturday, October 1: Feria del Libro y las Artes de Providence
Now in its third year, PCL's Book and Art Fair returns as a one-day event at the Providence Career and Technical Academy. Book signings, poetry readings, music, folklore dancing and much more for the whole family. With special guest, author and speaker Mercedes Guzman.
10:00AM-8:00PM
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