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Free Comic Book Day Come celebrate Free Comic Book Day with us on Saturday, May 2, from 10am-4pm. There will be activities for the whole family, and free comics for everyone while supplies last. Come in costume and be entered into our prize drawing!
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Tween Time: Tween Chef Wednesday, May 13, 6pm-7pm Children’s Program Room *ages 9-12 Think you can cook? Come battle your friends to see who can create the yummiest recipe!
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Book Club: The Rise of Argus by RJ Dussault Saturday, May 16, 2pm-3pm Seminar Room Our own teen author, R.J. Dussault is releasing her novel to our book club for editing and feedback. This is an incredible opportunity to have an impact on an in-progress work and to review something new and fresh!
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Teen Writers' Workshop Saturday, May 16, 3pm-4:30pm Seminar Room Bring your inspiration and your imagination and come hang out with other teens who love to write. This session we will continue work on character development. You can work on a current project or start a new one!
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Coding Club Wednesday, May 20, 5:30pm-7pm Meeting Room 1 Explore your own coding interests, and meet other teens who share your passion! You can bring your own laptop if you like, and we will also have laptops available for you to use. Come prepared to learn something new and share what you know!
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Book To Movie Club: Vampire Academy Friday, May 22, 3pm-4:45pm Teen Den Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half human-half vampire, a guardian of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discreetly within our world. Her calling is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal Vampires, the Strigoi.
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Best Year Yet: Think Confident, Be Confident Tuesday, May 26, 4pm-5pm Community Room Come join us for a fun hour of activities designed to boost your self-confidence and get you laughing and thinking at the same time!
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Anime Club Every Tuesday, 6:30pm-7:30pm Community Room *ages 13-18
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Batman: The Man Behind The Legend (A Free Comic Book Day Event) Saturday, May 2nd at 11:00 AM Join us for Free Comic Book Day! Christopher Ferriera of The Arctic Playhouse, an avid comic book fan, recently finished a run in Co-Creator, The Man Behind Batman, a play based on the history of Batman's real life origins. Bill Finger, the original creator of the caped crusader was only acknowledged for his brilliance in developing the character we all know and love after his death. Learn more about Batman's intriguing history-it is a story well worth your time and worthy of the Dark Knight mythology. Registration for this program is required! Call the Reference Desk or visit our website to sign up.
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Learn to Compost Thursday, May 7th, at 7:00 PM Pat Perry from RI Resource Recovery Corporation will explain why we should all have a backyard compost bin, what items go into this bin, the best compost containers to use & how to use your compost or “black gold” in your garden. Grow your best garden ever with the best of your garbage!
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Best Year Yet: Hypnosis for Health Monday, May 11 at 6:00 pm Patrick Bowe of the Providence Hypnosis Center is here this evening to answer all of your questions about how hypnosis can help you improve your health! Hypnosis has been lauded for having great success with people looking to lower their stress, stop smoking, lose weight, and even control chronic pain. Is it for you? Get more information this evening so you can make an informed decision as we all work towards our best year yet!
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Chess Club Thursdays at 1:00pm Come play chess each week in the Seminar Room. Advance players can challenge each other or help our beginners
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Evening Book Discussion Group Monday, May 11th at 6:30pm: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
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Daytime Book Discussion Group Thursday, May 21st at 10:00am: The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
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Art Group of Northern RI Wednesday, May 20th at 6:30 pm Artists of any medium are welcome to join this group! Share your work with other members and be inspired! Each month the group will choose a theme for the next month. Create a new piece based on the prompt, or revisit an old favorite. New members are always welcome!
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The Best of Me
Friday, May 1st at 1:30pm PG-13, 118 minutes, 2014
Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) and Dawson (James Marsden) were once high-school sweethearts. They have a bittersweet reunion when they return to their hometown for the funeral of a mutual, beloved friend. Seeing each other again after 20 years apart reignites the love they've never forgotten, but Amanda and Dawson soon discover that the forces that drove them apart when they were younger pose even more threats today. Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.
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Wild /
Friday, May 15th at 1:30pm R, 115 minutes, 2015
Follow's one woman quest to hike the Pacific Crest Trail as a way to heal following her divorce and a life of destructive behavior
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Into The Woods
Friday, May 29th at 1:30pm PG, 125 minutes, 2014
"From the director of Chicago and the producer of Wicked comes a modern twist on the beloved fairy tales you thought you knew. Meryl Streep stars in this epic musical saga about daring to venture Into The Woods. Iconic characters, such as Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel, find their fates intertwined with a humble baker and his wife, whose longing to have a child sends them on a quest to reverse a witch’s (Streep) curse. With an all-star cast, this spellbinding adventure is everything you could ever wish for! Also starring: Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick and Chris Pine." ALERT
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Nightcrawler /
Friday, June 12th at 1:30pm R, 117 Minutes, 2014
When a psychopathic man realizes that he could become famous by filming crime scenes, his attempts to make the news become progressively more and more disturbing
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Birdman:
Friday, June 26th at 1:30pm R, 119 Minutes, 2014
A washed-up, middle-aged actor stages a Broadway play in an attempt to reclaim his former glory
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