Brownell Library

Game Day
2025-11-07 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Games will be set up around the library – so stop by, play a game and have a laugh

Tech Help
2025-11-05 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-29 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-22 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-15 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-08 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-01 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-24 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-17 13:00 - 16:00 and 2 more dates

Baby and Toddler Playtime!
2025-11-05 10:30 - 12:00

Little Compton Writing Circle
2025-11-04 17:30 - 18:30

Medicare Help Sessions – Contact the Library to Register
2025-10-31 10:00 - 14:00

Knitting Group
2025-10-27 13:00 - 14:00

The Invisible World / Supernatural Encounters in Rhode Island
2025-10-25 13:00 - 14:00
with Michael E. Bell, Ph.D.
You may have every reason to suppose that our rational age of science has cast out Rhode Island’s eclectic mix of magic and religion, yet the invisible world is still very much with us. We may no longer see extraordinary occurrences as demonic visitations or divine providences, but they still haunt us and cause us to wonder. Former State Folklorist Michael Bell will discuss both historical and contemporary accounts of contact with the invisible world from the perspective of a folklorist.

The Inheritance Plan, A Practical Workshop for Parents
2025-10-18 10:30 - 12:00
Inheritance planning doesn’t have to be a headache! Learn how to set up an estate plan that avoids taxes, legal fees, probate court, delays, and family disuptes. All materials are provided with step-by-step instructions. Free and open to the public. Registration is required as space is limited.
To register click HERE!

Reading Basics for Parents of Young Readers
2025-10-14 17:30 - 18:30
Do you want to understand the basics of early reading skills from a teaching perspective? Come for an hour to learn these basics: the difference between “sight words” and “sound out words”, the six basic syllable types, the exceptions (rule breakers), and some fun ways to help your early reader learn at his/her own level of readiness. Presented by Beth Donnell-Kilmer, who taught First Grade for 5 years and then served as a Reading and Learning Specialist at The Park School, Brookline MA for 28 years.

The Aperture Effect with Kathryn Ford
2025-10-14 17:30 - 18:30
Local resident Dr. Kathryn Ford will share her strategies to help people get comfortable with uncomfortable talk in all types of relationships. In her book, The Aperture Effect, her Aperture Awareness approach has helped hundreds of couples reverse the downward spiral of relationship crisis-and prepare for a lifetime of learning and loving together. Learn how to apply this approach to all of your relationships.

Library Will Open at 11 AM
2025-09-25 11:00

Navigating Sustainable Growth with Gib Hedstrom
2025-08-26 17:30 - 18:30
Join us on Aug 26th at 5:30 as local author Gib Hedstrom talks about his new book, Navigating Sustainable Growth: A Roadmap for Boards and Corporate Leaders, which advises companies on how to address climate change while advancing sustainable growth and profitability. In this presentation he will point out how this mindset applies to all of us in our daily lives.

All the Genres Book Club
2025-08-26 16:00 - 17:00

Old Book Book Sale
2025-08-16 11:00 - 13:00
Stop by the library and buy an old book or two. We’ll have books published from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s available for sale. Look through our assortment of children’s books, fiction and nonfiction books. Various authors including Dickens, Thackeray, as well as biographies, assorted histories, religious books and much more.

MOVIE NIGHT - "Screenagers"
2025-08-12 17:00 - 19:00
Presented by the Tiverton & Little Compton Prevention Coalition – Join us for a showing of the film Screenagers, with an included information/Q&A session to follow. This is an informational movie on screen time and youth cell phone use. Snacks and drinks will be available.

LIBRARY CLOSED - Victory Day
2025-08-11

Historical walk through Dundery Brook with John Berg
2025-08-09 12:00 - 13:00
Join us on a walk at Dundery Brook and learn how this wonderful wild space was used in the past and how it is used now.

Mad Science presents The Flight Stuff
2025-08-08 11:00 - 12:00
This highflying outdoor event introduces children to the principles of flight and rocketry. In this show, the Mad Scientists will introduce concepts such as lift, drag, and thrust while conducting experiments ranging from simple paper airplanes, to balloons, all the way to launching actual Mad Science rockets!

Landscape succession for nature - forests, fields, shorelines & waterways with John Berg
2025-08-05 17:30 - 18:30
Occurring by design, chance or relic, the wild places of Little Compton persist within a cultural landscape that has been cultivated by people for thousands of years. These have been lovingly represented in recent centuries by so many painters, photographers, and even cartographers. In their images, we see evidence of a cultural landscape evolving over time in response to the efforts and impacts of people. Together, we can consider these images in light of practices at The Nature Conservancy which aim to keep these wild places for the future.

Little Compton Writing Circle
2025-08-05 17:30 - 18:30
Facilitator: Katrina Hegeman Janove

First and third Tuesdays of the month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Brownell Library

Adult writers of all genres and experience levels are welcome!

"What’s Crazy in Healthcare" with Dr. Michael Fine
2025-08-02 11:00 - 12:00
What’s Crazy in Healthcare is an ongoing series of thought-provoking articles by Dr. Michael Fine that exposes the irrational and unjust realities of the American healthcare system. Drawing on decades of experience as a family physician and public health leader, Dr. Fine brings his own human-centered lens to topics ranging from medical debt and health disparities to public health crises and the corporate forces shaping healthcare delivery.
