Attention All Muggles! Join us for our Second Annual Harry Potter Book Night! Stop by for games, crafts, snacks (all while supplies last), a screening of The Goblet of Fire and a special musical performance by none other than Draco and the Malfoys at 6:30 pm! Costumes are encouraged! Recommended for ages 8 -108.
Join us as we commemorate 70 years of George Orwell's 1984 with a two-night read aloud. Sign up to read a passage on the stage. First ten participants to sign up will receive a free copy. Refreshments will be served. There will be a raffle held the second night to win an Out of Print 1984 tote bag. Email Tanya@barringtonlibrary.org, call 401-247-1920 x 6, or sign up with a staff member at the Reference Desk.
The RI Coalition of Library Advocates (COLA) is hosting an author panel as a membership drive and fundraiser. This event is co-sponsored by Barrington Public Library.
“Launching Young Lives: Why Authors Love Libraries.”
Join us for a live webcast event to celebrate NASA’s 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s historic Moon landing!
Make something using anything and everything we have on hand, which is a lot!! Come see for yourself!
Free and open to teens in grades 6 to 12
Drop-in program
A drop-in session featuring our Oculus Go VR equipment. Stop by and try some virtual reality!
FOR GRADES 6 thru 12.
A drop-in session featuring our Oculus Go VR equipment. Stop by and try some virtual reality! Summer Reading Raffles will be drawn at 7 pm!
Free and open to teens in grades 6 to 12
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire A 2020 Alex Award Winner! Best Adult Book with a special appeal for Young Adults.
"Author Seanan McGuire introduces readers to a world of amoral alchemy, shadowy organizations, and impossible cities in the standalone fantasy"
Meet the artist, Jen Charleson whose planetary hybrid artwork has been featured in the Jennifer English Gallery (second floor) all summer long. Including prints of awesome animals in space by Marc Roulstone. Stop by for a snack. Make some art. Stay for the door prizes!
Science, history, and mathematics come alive with a visit from the Starry Messenger who helped show future scientists the way to discover the laws of nature. The Starry Messenger is a dramatic fun filled adaptation of Galileo's short treatise Siderius Nuncius.
