Adult

Free Soil Testing with URI Master Gardeners

How healthy is your soil? Get it tested with the URI Master Gardeners who will be at the library on Saturday, April 8 from noon to 3 pm. The test will find out its pH, and help you decide how you can make your soil better. Prepare a sample using the following steps:

1. Dig eight scoops of dirt from the area you want to test.

2. Put the scoops in a quart baggie and mix.

3. Take one cup of dirt out of the baggie and air dry.

4. When the dirt is dry, put it in a sandwich baggie.

Gmail Basics

Learn the basics of Gmail, including setting up an account, sending and receiving email, privacy, and storage. You do not need a Gmail account to attend the class. To sign up for a Gmail account, you will need to bring a cell phone that can receive text messages, or another active email address with username  and password. Please register below or call 401-247-1920 x2.

Co-sponsored by Barrington Senior Center

Facebook Basics

Learn the basics of Facebook, including setting up an account, friend requests, groups, pages, and privacy. You do not need a Facebook account to attend the class. To create a Facebook account, you need an active and valid email account. Please register below or call 401-247-1920 x2.

Co-sponsored by Barrington Senior Center

Computer Basics

This is a 3-week class on March 8, 15, & 22 at 10 am (90 mins.) Learn how to use a computer, the internet, search engines, and email, as well as tips about internet safety. Registration is required and for all 3 weeks. Class is limited to 6 people. If you choose to bring your laptop, please notify instructor of your computer's operating system.

Computer Basics: Week One (Wednesday, March 8)
Provides an introduction to mouse, keyboard, and desktop.

Drawing & Coloring Party for Adults

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we have to cancel the Drawing & Coloring Party for Adults. We hope to offer it again in the future.

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Everyone can draw! Enjoy a fun, stress-free, creative experience as artist Amy Grace Sloan brings you through the process of drawing and coloring a whimsical creature, from blank page to fully colored, frame-ready 5x7 image. 

Reading in the Kitchen: a Cookbook Club

A book club for those who like to read cookbooks and enjoy a community meal.

The group meets monthly on the third Monday night of the month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Participants are asked to bring a dish to share from that month’s cookbook and their own table setting. 

Registration is required. This group cannot accommodate drop-ins.

To register, contact Community Services Librarian Jessica D’Avanza at jessicad@barringtonlibrary.org or call 401.247.1920 x312.

Reading Across RI Book Discussion

This year's Reading Across Rhode Island selection is Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. The library will have a book discussion on Monday, March 13 at 7 pm. It will be led by librarians Ben Hanley and Jane Granatino. Please register at the Reference Desk or call 247-1920 x2.

For those who join the book discussion group, we have extra copies available to borrow at the Reference Desk. These copies must be returned to the Reference Desk after the program. The book is also available from the library catalog here.

Lectures @ the Library - Election 2016: Analyses & Consequences

Barrington Public Library presents a post-presidential election lecture titled, “Election 2016: Analyses & Consequences” with Professor of Political Science, June Speakman.

The 2016 presidential election results show that Rhode Island is divided by blue towns along the coast and red towns inland, echoing the voting patterns of the country.  Speakman will discuss the factors that explain Trump’s victory and some of the consequences of that victory for public policy, both nationally and closer to home.

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