June 2022 -- News & Upcoming Programs |
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In This Issue...
-- Have you been to see Tomboy yet? Final Days!
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-- Sign up NOW for Youth Summer STEM Advantage: World of Water!
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Container Gardening
Saturday, June 18 | 12 - 1 pm
PPL Rooftop Garden
Learn how to grow your own food just about anywhere using container gardening! Limited space no longer needs to be a barrier. Join us in our new roof garden with Tarshire Battle, URI Master Gardener and CEO/Founder of Roots2Empower, a non-profit organization and farm in Pawtucket that uses agriculture science and gardening to help improve the lives of former justice-involved citizens and their families.
Note: Access to the Library garden requires navigating stairs. REGISTER
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Ask A Master Gardener Kiosk & Free Soil Testing
Saturday, June 25 | 9 - 11 am
PPL Lobby (Ground Floor)
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PPL Spring Wellness Series Concludes
MINDFULNESS
An Introduction to Practice & Research
Tuesday, June 28, 1 - 2 pm
PPL Seminar Room & via Zoom
What is Mindfulness and how can it help? Join Eowyn Ahlstrom from Brown University’s Mindfulness Center to learn more about current research and to experience the practice for yourself with a short meditation.
This program was rescheduled! Still time to get in!
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JOIN US for our final program!
Events support awareness of the RI LGBTQ+ Community Archive at PPL
June 21 -- Donald J. Farish Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Our final in a free film series with panel discussions of queer history and filmmaking, film archives, and preservation, is June 21. Offered in conjunction with PPL’s 2022 Exhibition & Program Series Identities, these events will focus on different aspects of storytelling and filmmaking, all tied to the RI LGBTQ+ community. Event includes moderated conversations with those involved in either the creation or preservation of film.
PPL thanks all of our RI LGBTQ+ Film Series supporters and our presenting sponsors: Billy Kepner & Joe Zappala, Office of Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, City of Providence, Julie Smith (in memory of Julie Pell), Mark Pompelia & Charles Flora, Nick Autiello & Eric Rietveld, Deborah T. Rempis (in memory of James A. Rempis), Lise Iwon, JP Couture, Joe Wilson, Jr., Tripp Evans & Ed Cabral, The Dark Lady/Alleycat, The Stable, and Open Door Health.
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TUESDAY, June 21
(6 - 8:15 pm; doors open at 5:30 pm)
(in-person screening)
I’m Gonna to Make You Love Me is a full-length documentary about the life of Brian
Belovitch, who grew up in Providence and who in the 1980s, as a transgender woman named Trish, was one of New York’s most famous downtown divas. Then, after more than a decade as Tish, she transitioned back to Brian. Now in his sixties, Brian’s iterations include army wife and loving husband; sex worker; club performer; actor; author; AIDS survivor and playwright. Today, he holds a Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling and works with the LGBTQ+ community. His unique odyssey is a moving and thought-provoking look at gender identity. It’s also a love story and a tale of survival, about the universal desire to feel comfortable in one’s own skin, and the reality that some of us have to work much harder to get there.
This film is rated “R” and includes images of descriptions of sex, addiction and domestic violence. Program is free and open to the public; registration is required. Masks are required in the Auditorium.
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2022 Exhibition & Program Series - Through June!
Who we are is always changing. Through seasons of introspection and upheaval, the identities we take on, become, are given, and encounter intersect to define and redefine us. The Identities Series of exhibitions and programs offers new ways of exploring who we want to be and who we are. Try something unexpected, learn a new skill, meet people like yourself, all at the Library! And, don't forget to visit our Tomboy exhibition.
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These upcoming events and more are part of PPL's Identities Exhibition & Program Series, a celebration of the way our identities change over time, define and unify us.
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TOMBOY -- Final Days!
Open during Library Hours in the Joan T. Boghossian Gallery, 3rd floor
And as part of the Identities Series, check out our spring exhibition, Tomboy, which takes a look at the many meanings of that rough-and-tumble identity throughout history!
This exhibition interrogates the history of cultural expectations and gender norms for girls and women, especially in the interplay between lifestyle, aesthetic, play and self-identity. It looks at historical shifts in definitions of femininity and gender to understand how tomboys have challenged cultural norms to have a dynamic influence on fashion, literature, sports and popular culture.
Among other questions, visitors will be encouraged to ask themselves about the relevance of the tomboy today, how have various societies and cultures defined femininity, and does the term “tomboy” hold meaning currently?
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Continuing through July....
Bloodtide: Participatory Horseshoe Crab Holiday Activation with Eli Nixon -- All Welcome to Take Part!
Participatory horseshoe crab holiday activation with Eli Nixon. Hands-on building workshop towards installing a 450 million year timeline in the Library and related primordial and futuristic festivities!
This event takes place in the Donald J. Farish Auditorium Lobby, 3rd Floor. *(except where noted) and is free and open to all ages; children under 11 must be accompanied by a parent; registration is preferred but drop-ins are welcome.
Join Eli for activations on these upcoming dates:
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Would That: Expressions of Possibility in the Asian American & Diasporas
through June 30
"Would That: Expressions of Possibility in the Asian American and Diasporas" features literary and visual arts created by members of the Providence, Brown, and RISD communities, curated by the Brown University American Studies artist-in-residence, Diana Khoi Nguyen. Art works featured engage with notions of possibility, family, and futurity within the Asian American diasporas and intersecting diasporas. View the exhibition at PPL in our Lobby and Stacks.
Presented as part of PPL's spring Exhibition & Program Series, Identities.
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Wanderground Lesbian Archive -- A Small Sampling
ON EXHIBIT
June 1 - August 31 | Rhode Island Room
Since the early 1980s, Mev Miller has developed an extensive library of Lesbian/feminist publications – nearly 3,000 volumes and counting. She also has collected Lesbian media, art, and other culturally significant items. The materials make up the cornerstone of Wanderground, a Lesbian archive being developed as a community-based resource for New England (located in Rhode Island). They include: writings by RI Lesbians, early publications from independent Lesbian/feminist publishers, music and videos, art and artifacts and other life-affirming Lesbian legacies, examples of which can be found in this representative exhibition.
The Wanderground exhibition is open during regular library hours. Admission is free and open to the public.
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HAPPENING THIS SUMMER . . . |
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NEW: Get One-on-One TECH HELP!
You can get help with using various devices, including e-readers, tablets, and cell phones. Are you challenged using the eZone (ebooks, audiobooks), and other library resources? We've got you covered! We can also help you with social media, software, and email!
Please note: We cannot troubleshoot, take apart, repair devices, or handle viruses.
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Trinity Rep & PPL Monthly Knitting Circle
Has Moved!
Join us now at PPL!
1st Tuesday of each month
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Our monthly virtual knitting circle with our co-host friends Trinity Repertory Company has moved its monthly gathering to our Adult Open Studio nights in the Library's Workshop (Ground Level).
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PPL BOOK CLUBS!
From fiction & nonfiction, to history, and more...we have you covered!
The History Hijinks club continues to meet via Zoom and the Brown Bag Book Club is now meeting in our new Workshop Classroom, Ground Level. All are welcome!
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Have you been to PPL's Market yet?
Check out our Swag!
Do you know someone who loves PPL? Looking for the perfect gift? We can help! Grab some sweet PPL swag from our new online shop!
From tote bags, to a variety of drinkware, to some cool wearables (did someone say PPL socks?), we have some awesome new items!
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We'd Like to Share Our Incredible Two-Year Journey
We're pleased to share our 2019-2020 Annual Report, which chronicles our two-year transformation. Hope you enjoy seeing and reading about what we've been up to through this historic renovation!
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