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| Tuesday | 9:30am - 5:30pm |
| Wednesday | 9:30am - 8:00pm |
| Thursday | 9:30am - 5:30pm |
| Friday | 9:30am - 5:30pm |
| Saturday | 9:30am - 5:30pm |
| Sunday | 1:00pm - 5:00pm |
Redwood Library & Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840-3292
Telephone: 401-847-0292
Fax: 401-841-5680
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The Redwood Library will be close at 4:30 on Monday, January 26, and remain closed on Tuesday, January 27, due to the snowstorm. The website will continue to be updated so please check back to confirm the status for Wednesday.
Author: GMarkert
The Redwood is delighted to present Italian guitarist Diego Campagna, following his performance at Carnegie Hall, in a special concert at 3:00 pm on Saturday, February 7, in the Harrison Room. Mr. Campagna began studying guitar at the age of nine (after listening to a record by Maestro Andres... Read More
Date: Saturday, February 7, 2015 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm
Author: GMarkert
All Newport Winter Festival attendees with Winterfest bracelets are invited to stop by the Redwood Library during the week of special winter events. Visitors wearing a Winterfest bracelet will receive 15% off all Redwood merchandise (members will receive 25%) and $1 off our daily 2:00 pm tour. (... Read More
Author: GMarkert
Please join us for a Members' Reception on Thursday, February 5, to welcome the Redwood's new Executive Director, Benedict Leca. The reception will begin at 5:00 pm - we hope to see you there.
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Author: GMarkert
This event includes a series of indoor and outdoor challenges at the beautiful and rugged Norman Bird Sanctuary. It provides young adventure-lovers the hands-on experience and inspiration necessary to create exciting and vibrant adventure stories. Please dress warmly. Free. Register at 847-0292,... Read More
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Author: BCorbishley
Join us as we read the Bard. All are welcome. Free.
Date: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Author: GMarkert
New 3M eBook offerings for members!
Ackerley, J.R: My Dog Tulip
Amis, Kingsley: Lucky Jim
Caldwell, Ian: The Fifth Gospel
Coben, Harlan: The Stranger
Gardner, Lisa: Crash & Burn
Hoag, Tami: Cold Cold Heart
Kellerman, Faye: Murder 101
Lippman, Laura: Hush Hush
Mayhew, Margaret: The Seventh... Read More
Author: GMarkert
Please join the Redwood Book Club on Saturday, January 31, at 10:30 am, to discuss the first half of Homer's Odyssey, and then watch the first half of Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey 2001. All are welcome.
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2015 - 10:30am
Author: GMarkert
His Booke: Ownership Marks and Book Plates is the newest exhibition in the Rovensky Delivery Room vitrines. Stop by to see dozens of exquisite examples of this art form, gathered from private collections and the Library's own Special Collections. First developed in the mid-fifteenth century in... Read More
Author: GMarkert