2658 East Main Road | Portsmouth, RI | 02871 | (401) 683-9457 | Hours

The Library will be closed on Friday July 4th. 

The annual reading of the Declaration of Independence will be outside at the Blue Star Memorial at 9 am.

Michael W. Mello Program Room

Knitting 101 with Traci Vaspol

If you have always wanted to learn how to knit, this class will get you going in no time!  Traci Vaspol from The Stitchery will cover casting on, knit stitch and pearl stitch, plus plenty of hints and tips to keep you going.  Please bring US size 10 or 6 mm wood or bamboo needles if you have them.  Yarn will be provided.

Knitting 101 with Traci Vaspol

If you have always wanted to learn how to knit, this class will get you going in no time!  Traci Vaspol from The Stitchery will cover casting on, knit stitch and purl stitch, plus plenty of hints and tips to keep you going.  Please bring US size 10 or 6 mm wood or bamboo needles if you have them.  Yarn will be provided.

YA Fiction Book Club

All ages 12-102 are welcome to our Young Adult Fiction Book Club, held on the last Tuesday of every month at 6:30. Refreshments are served, and a lively discussion of that month's book is enjoyed! No registration required.

Our selection this month is The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.

You'll Be Hooked!

Join Roberta Conti for a presentation on the art and craft of rug hooking.  She credits her mother Wilhelmina Shaw who taught rug hooking at Swinburne School for over 25 years, for introducing her to this wonderful and creative hobby.  Over the years, Roberta’s mother tried to get her interested in the hobby without success.  Then as Roberta was cleaning out her mother’s basement in 1986, she found a little stool.  That one little stool project turned into a passion for rug hooking.  Since then, Roberta has hooked 1

Children's Book Sale

The Childen's Book Sale will feature hundreds of kids and 'tweens books and DVDs in like new condition.  The books are 3 for $1 and DVDs are 50 cents each.  This mini book sale will be held outside weather permitting or in the Mello Program Room if raining.

Rare book expert/Antiques Road Show appraiser Kenneth Gloss

Kenneth Gloss, proprietor of the internationally known Brattle Book Shop in Boston’s Downtown Crossing section, will give a free and open talk about the value of old and rare books.  Ken, who is also a frequent guest appraiser on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow, will talk in part about the history of his historic bookshop (www.brattlebookshop.com), which goes back to circa 1825. He is a second-generation owner.

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