Library Closed Friday, July 3

The library will be closed on Friday, July 3 in observance of Independence Day. Have a safe and happy Fourth of July!

Friends of the Library Book Sale and Preview Night

Friends Members Only Book Sale Preview Night
Friday, May 1, 6-8 p.m.
The “Friends Members Only Preview Night” will be Friday, May 1 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the entrance on the far left side of the building. To become a Friends member and/or to enter the Book Sale on “Friends Members Only Night” you must fill out a short application, and a pay a $10 donation.


Friends of the Library Book Sale
Saturday, May 2, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Friends are having their Book Sale on Saturday, May 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations of books, cds, dvds, vhs tapes, puzzles and board games are now being accepted. Damaged materials will not be accepted. Volunteers are needed to sort books in the days prior to the sale, and to work on the day of the sale. The success of the Friends’ Book Sale depends upon its volunteers. Please help if you can! For more information, call the library at 769-9044.

Celebrating Ireland Returning to the WHPL Saturday, March 14th

Back by popular demand! Storyteller Marilyn Murphy Meardon; Irish playwright, bodhran player and whisky tenor Tom Maquire; tin whistle, button accordion player and native of Killaloe, Country Claire, Ireland Phil Edmonds; and fiddler, vocalist, harpist and leprechaun, Mary King, will be performing together as Celebrating Ireland at the Woonsocket Harris Public Library Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m. The Celtic soul is alive and well in the stories and songs you will hear, and your ears and eyes will smile. The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, please visit their website!

Friends of the Library Book Sale May 2nd

The Friends are having their Book Sale on Saturday, May 2nd from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Donations of books, cds, dvds, vhs tapes, puzzles and board games are now being accepted. Readers Digest condensed books, encyclopedias, and damaged or moldy materials will not be accepted. Volunteers are needed to sort books in the days prior to the sale, and to work on the day of the sale. The success of the Friends’ Book Sale depends upon its volunteers. Please help if you can! For more information, call the library at 769-9044.

Library Closed for Veteran's Day

The library will be closed on Tuesday, November 11 for Veteran's Day.

Library Closed on Election Day

The Woonsocket Harris Public Library, as well as City Hall, will be closed on Tuesday, November 4 for Election Day. Make sure you get out and vote!

Two Old Friends Returning to WHPL Saturday, September 27

TWO OLD FRIENDS

MAC MCHALE & EMERY HUTCHINS


Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins, affectionately known as Mac & Hutch, have recently joined forces to sing and play songs from Ireland, the mountains and the sea. Mac and Hutch were the original founders of the Irish band, Northeast Winds. They traveled, and recorded with The Winds for nearly 18 years.

For the last 17 years, Mac has headed up The Old-Time Radio Gang, a very successful traditional country music band and Hutch has been a very important part of the Angel Band, a world famous Irish music group.

They will be performing some of their favorite’s music from The Northeast Winds as well as some very old-time traditional country music. The program is sure to include some of your favorite Irish and sea songs, a good amount of hot picking instrumentals and some great sing-a-longs.

Mac & Hutch will be playing the banjo, guitar, mandolin, concertina, bodran and the octave mandolin.

During their performances, they are able to illustrate how the music came to this country with the immigrants from Ireland, Scotland and Great Britain. Although it has been modified, it is still evident where the roots of a lot of these songs and tunes began. Two Old Friends are dedicated to taking their music, stories and poems to smaller and underserved areas wherever and whenever invited.



COME JOIN THE LADS FOR ONE OF THEIR CONCERTS
AND
ENJOY AN AFTERNOON WITH TWO OLD FRIENDS!

Saturday, September 27 at 2 p.m. in the Program Room. This performance is free and open to the public.

Book Club Returns!

The next meeting of the Book Club will be Wednesday, September 17 at 7 p.m. The selection for the evening is Reading Lolita in Tehran, by Azar Nifisi.

Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi’s living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature.

Upcoming Meetings:

Wednesday, October 15, 7 p.m. What is the What, by Dave Eggers. Free copies are available for the first ten people who sign up to attend the meeting.

Wednesday, November 19, 7 p.m. TBA