Upcoming Events

It may still be summer, but we already have a busy fall! Why not join us for one or all of these exciting events.

Celebrate the freedom to read

Join RI Authors Reading for Banned Books Week

To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, and more titles
Adam Braver, Thomas Cobb, Rosemary Mahoney,
Stephen O’Shea, Mike Stanton, Edward L. Widmer

Friday, Sept. 24, 5-7 pm
The Providence Athenaeum
251 Benefit Street, Providence

Winnie the Pooh, Charlotte’s Web, and other children’s books
Natalie Babbitt, Anika Denise, Naomi Zucker

Saturday, Sept. 25, 2-4 pm
Knight Memorial Library
275 Elmwood Avenue, Providence

Events are free and open to the public

November 4, 2010 - RI ACLU's Annual Dinner & Meeting - This year's Annual Dinner & Meeting promises to be a fun event, as national radio commentator and author Jim Hightower will be the guest speaker. Elizabeth V. Earls, President and CEO of the R.I. Council of Community Mental Health Organizations, will be the recipient of the 2010 Raymond J. Pettine Civil Libertarian Award, and longtime volunteer attorney Richard A. Sinapi will receive the William G. McLoughlin First Amendment Award. Stay tuned for more details.