Library will open at 11 AM
2026-08-27 11:00 (America/New_York)

Knitting Group
2026-08-31 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-09-14 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-09-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2026-09-28 13:00 - 14:00

Little Compton Writing Circle
2026-09-01 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-09-15 17:30 - 18:30
Adult writers of all genres and experience levels are welcome! First and third Tuesdays of the month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Brownell Library with facilitator Katrina Hegeman Janove.

Baby and Toddler Playtime
2026-09-02 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-09-09 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-09-16 10:30 - 12:00, 2026-09-23 10:30 - 12:00

Library Closed
2026-09-07

Climate Data and Whaling Ship Log Books with Tim Walker, UMASS Dartmouth professor
2026-09-12 13:30 - 14:30
Tim Walker, UMASS Dartmouth professor, returns to talk about his collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute scientists using weather data from whaling ship log books and current climate data to look at climate variability.

"More than Medicare" Help Sessions – Registration Required
2026-09-14 10:00 - 13:30
It’s more than just Medicare.
Do you think you might be eligible for heating assistance or some other type of state or federal assistance program? Find out. Make an appointment with a representative from the United Way organization The Point for a free, confidential session to get help with these decisions. Contact the library to make an appointment.
Call, email, or stop by the library to sign up for an appointment: (401) 635-8562 or info@brownell-libraryri.org

Narcan Training – Tiverton & Little Compton Prevention Coalition
2026-09-15 18:00 - 19:00
All ages welcome for Narcan training offered by Polly Allen of the Newport County Prevention Coalition. Learn how to administer Narcan safely and save a life.
Register at allen@riprevention.org

Meeting: Board of the Friends of the Brownell Library
2026-09-17 15:00 - 16:00

Narcan Training - Tiverton & Little Compton Prevention Coalition
2026-09-18 13:00 - 14:00

News Media in the Misinformation Age with Phillip Eil
2026-09-22 17:30 - 18:30
Between the relentlessness of the twenty-four-hour news cycle, rampant misinformation, and the influence of social media algorithms, staying informed today can be overwhelming. Join us for a conversation with acclaimed journalist Philip Eil about the current state of news media, how we got to this complex and chaotic moment, and what media consumers can do to maintain a healthy information diet. Here is a bio:
Philip Eil is an award-winning freelance journalist based in Providence, his hometown. He is the former news editor of the alt-weekly newspaper, The Providence Phoenix. Since the paper’s close in 2014, he has contributed to The Atlantic, Men’s Health, the Boston Globe, Huffington Post, and the Columbia Journalism Review, among other outlets. He has also taught writing and journalism classes at Brown University, Columbia University’s School of the Arts, and the Rhode Island School of Design. His first book, Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the “Pill Mill Killer,” was published in 2024.

Hidden Histories of African American Rhode Island with Jim Doherty
2026-09-26 13:30 - 14:30
Jim Doherty will talk about the stories in his book “The Anchor of the Soul: Tales of African American Rhode Island” He weaves together little-known stories from the earliest days of RI’s history to the present in twelve intertwining stories. BIO: Native Rhode Islander James Doherty is the author of The Anchor of the Soul: Tales of African American Rhode Island. A graduate of Washington University in St Louis and King’s College London, he holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Southampton. His widely praised Irish Liberty, British Democracy: the Irish Home Rule Crisis, 1909-14 was published by Cork University Press in 2019. A frequent visitor to his beloved home state, James lives in London.

All the Genres Book Club
2026-09-29 16:00 - 17:00, 2026-09-29 18:00 - 19:00
This month’s book is The Six: the Lives of the Mitford Sisters by Laura Thompson – All are welcome!

Baby and Toddler Playtime!
2026-09-30 10:30 - 12:00

Little Compton Historical Society - Historical Book Club
2026-09-30 16:00 - 17:00
Revolutionary Little Compton (a LCHS new book)
