Weaver Library 2017 February Events

Drop in Knit & Crochet Club at the Weaver Library
Tuesday evenings from 6 -7:30pm
Enjoy the company of other knitters. All needlework is welcome.

Book Clubs at the Weaver Library
Wednesday, February 1st 10:30am Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin by Jill Lepore
Tuesday, February 14th 2pm or 7pm Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
Thursday, February 16th 12:30pm “Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton
Clubs meet monthly. Contact Joyce at 401-434-2453 or eplibraryjoyce@yahoo.com to join.

The Caribbean Soul Duo in Concert
Monday, February 6, 2017 7:00pm
Do you need an escape from winter? Vocalist and steel pan artist Becky Bass and pianist Jhony Keys are The Caribbean Soul Duo playing rhythm and blues, jazz, soul, reggae, pop and soca. This is going to be a great night! Bring your Valentine, even if it is a little early!

“Tarde Kultural” An Afternoon of Culture
Saturday, February 11, 2017 1:00pm -4:00pm
Weaver Library and the Cape Verdean Museum of East Providence invite the community to a program celebrating Cape Verdean culture. Audience members will have the opportunity to view and discuss a documentary film on Amilcar Cabral, the leader of the Liberation Movement of Cape Verde and Guinea Bissau and the founder of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea Bissau and Cape Verde. Directed by Ana Lucia Ramos Lisboa, the film has English subtitles and is 52 minutes. The afternoon will also feature Cabral's poetry, an exhibit from the Cape Verdean Museum to include Amilcar Cabral artifacts, and sample tastes of a Cape Verdean appetizer and beverage.

African and Native American Slavery in New England and the Caribbean
Monday, February 13, 2017 7:00pm
New England’s people and economy were intertwined with the wider English Caribbean world. At the center of it all were the enslaved people—Africans and Indians—who worked in thousands of English homes and farms. Brown University Professor Linford Fisher lectures on the wider world of Native and African slavery in New England and the Caribbean, specifically comparing New England with other English Caribbean Islands to understand the full scope of slavery over time.

Summer Gardens in February: An Artist’s Painting Process
Monday, February 27, 2017 7:00pm
Artist Margaret Owen will present a slide show documenting the course of an idea through to a finished painting. Her slides include sketches, reference photos, documentation of her garden paintings at various stages in their development as well as paintings by other artists that she studied to inform her own work.

Library events are free and open to all. Questions? Call 401-434-2453 or see www.eastprovidencelibrary.org.

41 Grove Avenue, East Providence, RI 02914 401-434-2453