Who are the Friends of Rochambeau?
A group of caring individuals, families, and businesses dedicated to the support of the Rochambeau Library Branch... its facility, programs, services, resources, and the many people it serves. Learn more about the Friends of Rochambeau
Friends of Rochambeau Library is pleased to announce:
Our 2017 Annual Meeting
Monday, June 5
6:00p – 7:30 (Please note the earlier start time)
Community Room of Rochambeau Library, 708 Hope Street
Guest speaker at 6:00p, followed by a short business meeting
Wendy Nilsson, Superintendent of Providence Department of Parks
Wendy Nilsson, Superintendent of the Providence Department of Parks, will be the featured speaker at the Friends of Rochambeau Library Annual Meeting. She will discuss her vision of Providence Parks, provide an overview of Providence Parks and highlight how community engagement and programming is improving our city. She will also talk about specific projects at Prospect Park, Blackstone Woods, Summit Ave., Gladys Potter, the Morris Ave. “Totlot”, India Point and Roger Williams. Come join us for an update about your favorite park and learn about our extensive and diverse park system.
For the past decade, Wendy Nilsson’s passion has been the development of Providence’s green spaces into a network of vibrant and unique parks. In 2006, Nilsson founded the Friends of Brown Street Park, which has been cited as a national example of sustainable and innovative urban park revitalization. Six years later she established and became founding Director of the Partnership for Providence Parks, a non-profit that brings community, business and city resources together to improve Providence’s park system. As the Superintendent of the Providence Department of Parks, she sees her mission as redefining the ways parks are used, not only through the amenities offered and creative use of resources, but also through the way that residents and community partners are brought together to create parks’ programming and activities that engage and inspire. Nilsson has a Masters Degree in Administration and Policy from Boston University.
Friends of Rochambeau Library sponsor
The BIG SPRING BOOK SALE
APRIL 24-29
Rochambeau Branch PCL 708 Hope St. Providence
Preview Night: $30.00 per person
Mon April 24th 4 – 8 PM
Members’ Night for Friends of Rochambeau Join at the door!
Tue April 25th 4 – 8 PM
Open to the Public: (no entry charge)
Wed April 26th 10 – 530 PM
Th April 27th 1 – 8 PM
Fri April 28th 1 – 5 PM Fill-a-bag for $5.00
Sat April 29th 1 – 5 PM Fill-a-bag for $5.00
All Proceeds benefit programs at Rochambeau Community Library
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We’re delighted to announce that Ray Rickman, will present “How to Talk About Slavery” drawing on knowledge of both Rhode Island and African American history and culture to highlight the effect slavery had – and continues to have – in our state. He will also explain the economic bases of slavery, its African origins, the relation of Rhode Islanders to the slave trade and the economic effects of slavery in the state.
Mr. Rickman is the Executive Director of Stages of Freedom, an organization that promotes black culture for the entire community. He is a former executive director of the Providence Human Relations Commission, was the EEO officer for both Lifespan and the city of Providence and a former President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Historian Ray Rickman provides context on Slavery in RI
This Saturday, March 4th, come to Rochambeau’s Community Room on the lower level for DEALS on BEAUTIFUL BOOKS for your den, study, living room or library shelves coffee tables and nooks!
See poster, below, for more information!
another great poster from the FOR Media team – why not join the Friends today?
FEBRUARY 16th, Thursday, 7:00p – 8:30
John McNiff, National Parks Service Ranger from the Roger Williams National Memorial for a lively talk on the culture and economy of colonial RI and Roger Williams’ achievements and legacy. The Roger Williams National Memorial on N.Main Street in Providence is one of 5 designated National Parks Service locations in Rhode Island.
Historian John McNiff Dressed as Roger Williams
MARCH 23rd, Thursday, 7:00p – 8:30
Ray Rickman, will present “How to Talk About Slavery” drawing on knowledge of both Rhode Island and African American history and culture to highlight the effect slavery had – and continues to have – in our state. He will also explain the economic bases of slavery, its African origins, the relation of Rhode Islanders to the slave trade and the economic effects of slavery in the state.
Mr. Rickman is the Executive Director of Stages of Freedom, an organization that promotes black culture for the entire community. He is a former executive director of the Providence Human Relations Commission, was the EEO officer for both Lifespan and the city of Providence and a former President of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Historian Ray Rickman Provides Context on Slavery in RI
2016 FALL SCHEDULE: October 24 – 29
- Preview / Dealers Night (Admission $30 / person) Mon. 24th 5pm – 8:30pm
- Members Night for Friends of ROC (join at the door!) Tues. 25th 4pm – 8:30pm
- Open to the public:
- Wed. 26th 10am – 5:30pm
- Thurs. 27th 1pm – 8:30pm
- Fill a Bag for $5, free entrance for ALL
- Fri. 28th noon – 5:30pm
- Sat. 29th 1pm – 3pm
Proceeds of the bi-annual Book Sales support events, programs and services for children and adults, subscriptions of papers and journals, purchase of media equipment, etc. at the Library.
Want to help us with the book sale? It’s really fun! Email us now or sign up in the binder at the Reference Desk.
Come browse and buy a selection of gorgeous
coffee table worthy books at Rochambeau Library! The mini-sale will be in the downstairs conference room, just off the elevator or stairs to the left, at Rochambeau Community Library from 2:00 – 5:00p on the first day of October.
We are very proud to offer hundreds of near-new condition books for sale at this event. All books were donated to the Friends by our generous neighbors here in our community! As always, proceeds from your purchases will go directly to support the programs, services and events at your branch location of the Providence Community Library. Bring a friend and tell a neighbor, and we will see you at the book sale!
For more information or to volunteer to help with this or other Friends events, please feel free to contact us, at friend@friendsofrochambeau.org
Come browse and buy specialty HIS, BIO, & FIC
books at the Friends of Rochambeau Library SUMMER FICTION Book Sale! We will be in the downstairs conference room, just off the elevator or stairs to the left, at Rochambeau Community Library from 1:00 – 5:00p on the first Saturday in March.
We are very proud to offer hundreds of near-new condition books for sale at this event. All books were donated to the Friends by our generous neighbors here in our community! As always, proceeds from your purchases will go directly to support the programs, services and events at your branch location of the Providence Community Library. Bring a friend and tell a neighbor, and we will see you at the book sale!
For more information or to volunteer to help with this or other Friends events, please feel free to contact us, at friend@friendsofrochambeau.org
Please join us for our 2016 Annual Meeting, where we will hear from this year’s special guest speaker: Ricardo Pitts-Wiley!
In 2003, Ricardo Pitts-Wiley and his wife Bernadet formed Mixed Magic Theatre &
Cultural Events, a non-profit arts organization, dedicated to presenting a diversity of
cultural and ethnic images and ideas on the stage. Ricardo serves as the company’s
Development Director. As the company’s director he has gained national and international
acclaim for his page-to- stage adaptations of Moby Dick, Don Quixote, Frankenstein, The
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave and the life and poetry of
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
He is the author of four volumes of performance poetry, Reflections: Growing Up a Black
Man in America, The Well of Woman, Night Voices and Man, Woman, Chaos. He wrote the
book and lyrics for the musicals A Kwanzaa Song, Celebrations: An African Odyssey,
Sara’s Jukebox and The Spirit Warrior’s Dream, as well as five plays including Fate Comes
Knocking and 35 Miles From Detroit. In 2009, Ricardo was the Martin Luther King Visiting Scholar at MIT in Cambridge, MA.
Ricardo Pitts-Wiley is an accomplished actor, director, playwright and composer. He has performed major roles at noted theaters throughout the United States including The Actor’s Shakespeare Project in Boston, Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, RI, The Old Globe Theater and San Diego Repertory in San Diego, North Carolina Black Repertory, Rites and Reason and Perishable Theater.
Come browse and buy 100’s of coffee table
worthy books at the Friends of Rochambeau Library ART + ARCHITECTURE Book Sale! We will be in the downstairs conference room, just off the elevator or stairs to the left, at Rochambeau Community Library from 1:00 – 5:00p on the first Saturday in March.
We are very proud to offer hundreds of near-new condition books for sale at this event. All books were donated to the Friends by our generous neighbors here in our community! As always, proceeds from your purchases will go directly to support the programs, services and events at your branch location of the Providence Community Library. Bring a friend and tell a neighbor, and we will see you at the book sale!
For more information or to volunteer to help with this or other Friends events, please feel free to contact us, at friend@friendsofrochambeau.org
