Special Events

Pub Trivia Challenge at the Redwood Library & Athenaeum-This event is at capacity

This event is at capacity.

Come join the Redwood Library staff on June 6th, for our first ever Pub Trivia Challenge. Teams of up to five compete over five rounds for honor, glory, prizes and general bragging rights. Gather your friends for a night of all-you-can-eat pizza and beer and test your trivia knowledge in the Nation’s oldest continuously running library.

Program Type: 
Special Events
Date: 
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Author: 
jrusnak

2018 Redwood Gala

Please join us on Saturday, July 14 for the Redwood Gala, Fête de la Bastille, as we honor Angela and Garry Fischer. We hope to see you for dinner and dancing to Chris Norton and his band.

Program Type: 
Special Events
Date: 
Saturday, July 14, 2018 - 6:30pm to 11:00pm
Author: 
lwhite

Holiday Open House

Step through the Redwood's doors on Saturday, December 9 from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm for our Holiday Open House. The Open House will feature Christmas carols performed by the Chariho High School choir, a pop-up exhibition of select treasures from our vault, Christmas book display, scavenger hunt, children's craft and refreshments All visitors will have a chance at winning raffle prizes.

Program Type: 
Special Events
Date: 
Saturday, December 9, 2017 - 11:00am to 1:00pm
Author: 
lwhite

Halloween at the Redwood

Join our early Halloween celebration as Peter Chabot presents Edward Gorey’s eerie cartoons, Washington (Rip) Irving reads from his ancestor’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and actors perform the witches’ scene from Macbeth. Cake and champagne will be served afterwards. 


$5 for Members; $10 for Non-members. Register online below.

Program Type: 
Special Events
Date: 
Friday, October 27, 2017 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Author: 
lwhite

Redwood Book Sale

Enjoy a wide selection of non-fiction, fiction, music CDs and DVDs. Saturday will feature our popular "$5 per bag" offer.

Program Type: 
Special Events
Date: 
Thursday, August 24, 2017 - 10:00am to Saturday, August 26, 2017 - 5:00pm
Author: 
lwhite

Colonial Classics: The Redwood Library & American Architecture in the 18th Century

Devoted to the art, architecture and material culture of Colonial America, the annual Redwood History Seminar will take place on 

Program Type: 
Special Events
Date: 
Saturday, June 10, 2017 - 1:30pm to 5:30pm
Author: 
lwhite

Bloomsday – A Celebration of James Joyce’s Ulysses

Join us on Friday, June 16 at 6:30 pm for Bloomsday - a celebration of the anniversary of James Joyce's prolific novel Ulysses. This celebration will include actors and actresses in period costume reading excerpts from the piece, accompanied by musicians.

Free and all are welcome to join in on the festivities. 

Program Type: 
Special Events
Date: 
Friday, June 16, 2017 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Author: 
lwhite

Neport Winter Festival

It's Winter Festival!  Wear your Festival button and receive 15% off of Redwood merchandise and enjoy a discount on our daily 2:00 pm tour.  The daily tour is free for members, but if you are a visitor with a Festival button, you will receive $1 off the $5 price... and will spend a very enjoyable 40 minutes with one of our superb tour guides, learning about the 266-year-old Redwood Library & Athenaeum and seeing some our wonderful treasures!

Program Type: 
Special Events
Date: 
Friday, February 14, 2014 - 9:30am to Friday, February 21, 2014 - 5:30pm
Author: 
evadmin
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