Hours:

Monday-Thursday

9:30 am-7pm

Friday 9:30 am-6pm

Saturday 9:30 -2pm

TAKE A NEW PATH

Adult Summer Program

Join us this summer, as we try a new path. Those who enroll in the Adult Summer Program are eligible to earn raffle tickets by completing the squares on the New Path activity Sheet (pre-printed copies are available at the circulation desk). On Thursday, August 18, we will be raffling off a new Kindle Fire HD 10 tablet, 10.1", 1080p Full HD, 64 GB, Please have all raffle tickets in by August 17th.Click to Register.

SHOUT OUT - MOVING FORWARD

For Our New Library

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

At The Towers, 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Join us for a celebration! There will be food, fun, entertainment, a cash bar, raffles and a chance for naming opportunities in the new library

Tickets are a $50 donation and available in the Maury Loontjens Memorial Library. Please make your check out to the "Friends of the Narragansett Library" or purchase tickets here: TICKETS

ART CLUB: If you can Doodle...

Join us for our seven week "Art Club," in which we will explore the book "If You Can Doodle, You Can Paint." Using the simple excercises detailed in the book (all members will be provided with a copy and some of the art materials) we will explore "transforming simple drawings into works of art." and sharing (if willing) those efforts with the members.

Register

Writing Workshop

Tuesday, July 5 at 10:30 am

Join Professor Nancy Shuster and improve your writing. Beginning Tuesday, July 5 from 10:30am until noon class will meet at the Maury Loontjens Library for four consecutive Tuesday mornings. Share your writing with a supportive setting. Space is limited to 10 so register early to reserve your place. Save the dates July 5, 12, 19 and 26. The class is free. Please bring a notebook and a pen or pencil. Questions? Email [email protected].

Registration

DIABETES: DEVICES TO MONITOR AND MANAGE YOUR DISEASE

Wednesday, July 20 at 6pm

Join us for the second presentation in our series with Certified Diabetes Educator, Linda Carver. In this presentation, Ms. Carver will discuss the long and short term risks of diabetes and how they can be lessened. This program has been re-scheduled from an earlier date. Please Register

Croquet, Cornhole and Lemonade.

Join us for a return to childhood summer days spent sipping lemonade and sending an opponent's ball off-course.

WE ARE STARTING CHILDREN’S STORYTIMES AGAIN!

On Tuesday mornings, our new Children’s Librarian, Miss Rebecca will be hosting, Lapsit for Babies and Toddlers and on Wednesday mornings, Little Rascal's Storytime. Questions? Contact: Rebecca Lelli  401-789-9507 ext. 2  [email protected]

Genealogy Club

Monday, July 11 at 6:00 pm.

Join us for a round table of sharing resources and tips. This week we will focus on the elements of citation in genealogical research.

All welcome!

MONDAY MORNING BOOK CLUB

Want to talk about books? Want to hear what everyone else has been reading? Meet in person at the library to discuss what you have been reading. Meetings are Monday, July 11

and Monday, July 25 at 10:30 am.

AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, July 13 at 1pm

The Afternoon Book Club will meet to discuss

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell.

Copies of the book are available at the front desk.

We are meeting in person, please contact Marilyn Sherman at [email protected] if you would like to attend via Zoom.

EVENING BOOK CLUB

Wednesday, July 27 at 6:30 pm

The Evening Book Club will meet to discuss The Girls from Ames by Jeffery Zaslow.

We are meeting in person, please contact Marilyn Sherman at [email protected] if you would like to attend via Zoom. Copies of the book are available at the front .

Do you patronize a local lawyer, realtor, doctor, dentist, accountant, physical therapist, gym, liquor store or local business?

We need your help in reaching out to these businesses and corporations and ask them to sponsor an ad in the brochure for the the Fundraising event at the Towers Wednesday, August 3.

100% of their corporate charity dollars will go to support our new library. All money raised at this event through sponsorships and sale of tickets will be used to support the building of our new library. Donations for Sponsorships are tax deductible.

Your help in obtaining sponsorships will make a significant impact for fundraising our new library!

Sponsor letters and forms will be available at our May 2 meeting or at the library reception desk as of May 2. Please contact Penny Lippe and let her know who you are approaching as a sponsor. We do not want to repeat our efforts.

Penny - [email protected]

Museum Passes are Back!

Many of our passes are available again!

Available Museum Passes

VHS TO DVD SERVICE IS BACK!!!

Are all your old home movies on VHS tapes that are hard to watch or share? Reserve our VHS to DVD converter to transfer your VHS tapes. There will be a staff member on hand to answer questions. Re-writeable DVDs cost $1 each. This is a time consuming process so bookings are in 2 hour increments. When you register, please leave phone number so staff can confirm your appointment. Once you are familiar with the procedure, it is possible to book the machine for other time-slots but there may not be a staff member available to answer questions outside the official appointments. Our machine is built for full size VHS tapes though we do have an adapter for the VHS-s tapes, we cannot do 8 mm video tapes.

Please note that copyrighted material can not be converted