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Image of the SS Rhode Island October 13, 2016

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Dr. Fiona Ross, type designer September 19, 2016

Third Annual Updike Prize Ceremony, Exhibition & Lecture at Providence Public Library, October 17
RIPExpo 2016 poster September 2, 2016

Rhode Island Independent Publishing Expo returns to PPL for an exciting third year!
Jordan Goffin, Head Curator of Special Collections, and two students looking at items in Special Collections June 1, 2016

My Friends in Special Collections
A window display designer setting up a window display at Providence Public Library May 5, 2016

Nordstrom Window Installation
Portals candle by Burke & Hare, sold during the 2015 Portals exhibition at Providence Public Library

Portals Candles Available – Limited Edition
Teen learning in the Library May 2, 2016

Providence Public Library Receives $530,000 IMLS Grant to Create a High Impact Workforce Development Program Model to Serve 600+ Local Teens
Afro Futurism event at Providence Public Library, part of Portals exhibition April 29, 2016

On Afrofuturism, Motherships, and Afronauts
April 27, 2016

Travel from Book to Film
Text from a book in Providence Public Library's Special Collections

Fox Point Juvenile Delinquents