Brownell Library

Meditation with Rosa Volpe - Brownell Pavillion
2025-06-23 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-06-30 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-07 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-14 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-16 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)

Roger Williams Zoomobile
2025-06-27 11:00 - 12:00

Libraries on the Air
2025-06-28 13:00 - 14:00
Stop by the Brownell Library to learn more about amateur radio and connect with Ham radio operators around the country. The Libraries on the Air initiative was started by a librarian in Winthrop, WA. While we aren’t sure we’ll be able to connect with WA, we will be able to connect with Ham operators closer to home. This event will be held in the Pavilion.

Fort Church and Rhode Island Coastal Defenses
2025-07-08 17:30 - 18:30
Norman Desmarais, Professor Emeritus at Providence College will talk about Fort Church and Rhode Island Coastal Defenses during World War II at the Brownell Library. He will identify the locations of the three reservations which Fort Church occupied. The talk will also describe the defenses at each reservation as well as neighboring defenses and how they worked together to defend the Rhode Island and Southeast Massachusetts coastline. There will be a particular emphasis on the 16-inch guns.

Art Show in Brownell Library Pavillion
2025-07-18 - 2025-07-20

Mark Binder - Storyteller Extraordinaire
2025-07-18 11:00 - 12:00
Fun for all ages!

Old Book Book Sale
2025-07-19 11:00 - 13:00

Narcan Training / Newport County Prevention Coalition
2025-07-22 18:00 - 18:30, 2025-07-26 14:00 - 14:30
Registration appreciated – email: allen@riprevention.org

State Archive Display of Historical Documents
2025-07-23

Meditation with Rosa Volpe – Brownell Pavillion
2025-07-28 09:00 - 10:00

"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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

LIBRARY CLOSED - Victory Day
2025-08-11

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.

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.

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

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.

Tech Help
2025-09-03 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-10 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-17 13:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-24 13:00 - 16:00

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