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Events Listing
October 20, 2017
10:15am - 11:00am
Here's a great opportunity to teach young ones to communicate their needs or communicate with others! Each session focuses on a popular story and we will showcase simple and useful signs that go along with it!
Program is recommended for ages 1-5 Members of the Frank Olean Center STEPS Program... Read more
Audience: Adult, Kids
October 20, 2017
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Come join us and our Jumpstart friends, as we have a very special storytime and craft as part of National Read for the Record Day! All ages welcome!
About Jumpstart
Jumpstart is a national early education organization working toward the day... Read more
Audience: Kids
October 20, 2017
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Drop in to the Teen Space for a little therapeutic painting session. No painting skills required! Just mix colors, have fun, and express yourself. Materials will be provided, but are limited. Feel free to bring your own materials--including canvas and paints!
Audience: Teen
October 20, 2017
October 21, 2017
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Are you interested in wind power and electric cars?
People’s Power and Light is a non-profit organization in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Their mission is to make energy more affordable and environmentally sustainable for consumers and businesses through... Read more
Audience: Adult, Kids, Teen
October 23, 2017
6:30pm - 9:00pm
Join the Dante Society for an Italian Film Festival in the month of October. These film screenings are free and open to the public.
Tonight, they will be showing Mediterraneo.
Summary from Google: When a group of Italian soldiers washes up on a Greek island after the Allies sink their ship, the men... Read more
Audience: Adult
October 24, 2017
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Join our Writer's Workshop in the Roberts Room of the library. All writing experience levels welcome! This is a space for YOU to decide what to write, how to write it, and why you write it. There will be prompts, snacks, and time to read for everyone. Come out for our Halloween themed prompts and... Read more
Audience: Teen
October 24, 2017
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Join us in our partnership with School One's Write Rhode Island, where prizes and potential publication await! We'll be joined by Katie Dieder, a local author. You won't want to miss it!
Audience: Teen
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Presentation by Lido Mochetti.
Audience:
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Knit and Crochet @ Westerly Library
Come to the library for our friendly knitting, crochet, needlework, and yarn craft club.
Bring your project, work on a project with others, share your techniques or learn a new skill.
Join us on the second floor in the Reference Department any time between 5:30... Read more
Audience: Adult
October 24, 2017
6:00pm - 6:45pm
Meditation group--all ages and experience levels are welcome!
Join us in the Terrace Room of the Westerly Library on Tuesday evening from 6:00 - 6:45 pm.
Audience: Adult, Teen
October 25, 2017
10:00am - 11:00am
Hop, Skip, Jump, Slide on in for 1 to 3 Year Old Storytime!
Join us as we have a fun filled storytime comprised of movement and stories!Parents, Caregivers and children 1 to 3 years old welcome!
Audience: Kids
October 25, 2017
11:00am - 11:45am
***PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS FULL *****
Our homeschoolers book club is for ages 7 and up. Pre-register online BEFORE September 12th . Our book for this session is "Capture the Flag" by Kate Messner. Books will be provided at the first session, please do NOT read the book... Read more
Audience: Kids
October 25, 2017
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Join us at our “Medicare 101” meeting to learn about your Medicare Options from AAA and Aetna.
Wednesday, Oct. 26th at 6 pm
REGISTER HERE
or Call... Read more
Audience: Adult
October 25, 2017
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Join us for the world premiere of our now stop-motion animated LEGO movie! The Animation Nation Club laboured all summer to create this ghostly, ghoulish, ghastly, and... goofy film - just in time for Halloween! Bring your friends... bring your family... it's going to be frighteningly good!!!
Audience: Adult, Kids, Teen
October 25, 2017
October 26, 2017
10:30am - 12:00pm
Come enjoy some down time with other moms while your little one plays with toys/other children. We will meet to share ideas about all sorts of stuff : recipes, survival strategies, discipline, fun crafts, books, and diaper rash. The goal of the group is to provide a place for moms to share and... Read more
Audience:
10:00am - 11:00am
Stories. rhymes, songs and crafting! Our 3 to 5 Year Old Storytime is happening!Join us each week as we venture into a new theme through stories, craft and more!
Parents, Caregivers and children ages 3 to 5 welcome!
Audience: Kids
October 26, 2017
3:30pm - 5:30pm
Join us for our monthly anime in the Auditorium. Ramen and Pocky will be served. There will also be craft supplies!
Audience: Teen
October 26, 2017
5:30pm - 7:30pm
All ages and experience levels are welcome. All you need is a desire to learn more about the game of chess. Chess sets and roll up boards will be provided.
Audience: Adult, Kids, Teen
October 27, 2017
10:00am - 12:00pm
Come create some art on an iPad! Drop in at any time during our program to draw a masterpiece on Tayasui Sketches, try some neat photo editing techniques in Camera, or bring your own headphones and compose a song in Garage Band! We will have some iPad Pros with Apple Pencils and some regular iPads... Read more
Audience: Adult, Kids, Teen
October 27, 2017
3:30pm - 4:30pm
It's back...cupcake wars!
We'll have all sorts of decorating supplies and there will be a special mystery theme unveiled for the cupcakes.
Audience: Teen
October 27, 2017
October 28, 2017
9:00am - 12:00pm
On the second and fourth Saturday of the month, from June through October, bring your gardening questions and/or soil samples to Wilcox Park. URI Master Gardeners will test your sample as you wait, and provide suggestions for improvement. They will provide research and experienced based answers... Read more
Audience: Adult, Teen
October 28, 2017
10:00am - 11:30am
On the fourth Saturday of the month, from June through October, come take a walk around Wilcox Park. URI Master Gardeners will show you the native gardens and plants in the Park. Tours begin with a history of the Park and an introduction to native plants. We'll make a loop around the Park,... Read more
Audience: Adult, Kids, Teen
October 28, 2017
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Keep falling asleep on your SAT prep test book? Join us for a fun and informal SAT Game Show one week before the November 4th testing date instead! The questions have been designed to reflect the real SAT test, and after each round we will discuss test-taking strategies as a group. And, yes, there... Read more
Audience: Teen
October 30, 2017
6:30pm - 9:00pm
Join the Dante Society for an Italian Film Festival in the month of October. These film screenings are free and open to the public.
Tonight, they will be showing La Finestra di fonte (Facing Windows.)
Summary from Google: An unhappily married woman (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) befriends... Read more
Audience: Adult
October 31, 2017
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Join us for a teen movie special! Since it's Halloween...it may be time for a little Hocus Pocus!
Audience: Teen
October 31, 2017
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Knit and Crochet @ Westerly Library
Come to the library for our friendly knitting, crochet, needlework, and yarn craft club.
Bring your project, work on a project with others, share your techniques or learn a new skill.
Join us on the second floor in the Reference Department any time between 5:30... Read more
Audience: Adult