Among Friends
News and notes from North Kingstown Free Library
April 2021
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Library Hours
Mon - Thur 9:00 - 8:30
Fri & Sat 9:00 - 5:00
FREE COVID-19 Vaccine Card Lamination
Need Your Vaccine Card Laminated? We can help! 

Come visit the North Kingstown Free Library on:

Tuesday April 20th from 5-8*
Saturday April 24th from 10-4*
*or while supplies last

Staff will be at a table across from the circulation desk with supplies ready to help.

Stay healthy!

Need resources? The library has launched a new comprehensive COVID-19 Resources Website! Find information on Covid-19, vaccination, community resources, activities for families and children, and more!
The NKSD Art Show is Online Now!
The 2021 NKSD Art Show, featuring music composed and performed by a NKH student, is being held virtually. Visit nklibrary.org for a link to view the show. 

The link will be available through April 20th. 

Many thanks to the NKSD art teachers who put this show together each year, and for responding to the space constraints the library faced in hosting a physical event this year. 
Monday, April 12, 6:30 pm
Swedish Cookbooks
Tuesday, Marc, 6:30 pm
The Queen of the Tearling
Wednesday, April 21, 7:00 pm
Friday, April 23, 9:30 am
Tuesday, April 27, 6:30 pm
Double Indemnity
Monday, May 3, 11:00 am
Perestroika in Paris
Programs on Your Time
Coming to YouTube this Month
Teen Programs
  • DIY Fluffy Slime
  • Movie and Snack Pairing- Deviled Strawberries for Enola Holmes
Adult Crafting
With the warmer weather comes outdoor dining and entertaining our families. This month we are crafting new trivets for our table tops with wooden clothespins. Pick up a kit beginning May 10th. Limited kits will be available, one per person.
Find Rhody Radio at rhodyradio.org or wherever you find your podcasts.
When you’re listening to Rhody Radio, you know you’re listening to something good.
Rhody Radio is a project of the Office of Library and Information Services and is made possible by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.
Perhaps no area of North Kingstown has undergone more change in the past 100 years than Quonset Point. The development of the Quonset Naval Air Station and the Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center in the 1940s transformed the seaside landscape and exploded the population of the town.

In the 1920s, however, the people of North Kingstown could never have predicted the changes in store for the Quonset area. The land was still largely undeveloped and The H.V. Allen Estate Agency was just entering into the business of selling lots and houses to people looking to make Quonset their summer home. The library recently received a gift of a photo album and brochure which belonged to the H.V. Allen company. The photos in the album show both open tracts of Quonset land and newly constructed homes. It must be that this album was used by a salesman of the company to show off the area to prospective buyers.

Unfortunately, people only enjoyed their new beachside homes for a brief window in time as the Hurricane of 1938 completely devastated Quonset Point. Shortly after that, World War II began and the U.S. Navy saw Quonset as an ideal location for a base. The H.V. Allen Estate Agency album captures the glimmering optimism of a brief moment in time of the 1920
Become a Friend of the Library
This newsletter, and many of the programs and events announced through it, are sponsored by the generous donations of library supporters like you. Become a Friend today!

Every donation, no matter how small, helps us continue to carry out the library's mission of teaching valuable skills and providing opportunities for growth and human connection. Best of all, your donation is tax deductible!

Fill out your membership donation form and mail it with a check, or drop it off at the library during our opening hours. Thanks for being a Friend.
Make your shopping go further
Did you know that you can donate to the library through Amazon Smile, even when ordering your Whole Foods grocery order?

Visit smile.amazon.com and choose the Friends of North Kingstown Free Library as your charity, and Amazon will automatically donate a portion of their proceeds. All at no extra cost to you! Now that's giving in the holiday spirit.
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