April Activities

April School Vacation Week
Monday Apr. 13 or Wednesday April 15
Red Cross Babysitting Class-Get certified by the Red Cross. Open to EP
residents only. Bring a brown bag lunch. Required registration begins Wed, Apr. 1.
Space is limited. Call to register. Grades 6 through age 15 only. 10-4pm @Weaver.

Tuesday Apr. 14-Charity Day-2:30-4:30pm@Weaver

Wednesday Apr. 15-Community Service Day-2-5pm@Rumford

Thursday April 16
Open Mic Café-6-7:30pm@Weaver
Games & Goodies-3pm@Fuller

Friday Apr. 17
DDR & Guitar Hero-2:30-4pm@Weaver
Yoga-2-3pm@Riverside.*Registration required.


Charity Day
Earn community service credit while engaging in the project of your choice. Ongoing projects include knitting blanket squares (don’t worry, we’ll provide the needles, yarn and teach you how!), writing letters to service people overseas, and making bookmarks for children at Hasbro. Other projects may be added each month. Charity Day takes place one Tuesday per month from 2:30-4:30pm at the Weaver Library on Apr 20. Grades 4 through adult are welcome.

Writer’s Group
Practice poetry and short story writing individually and as a group. You’ll get feedback and constructive criticism from other writers and have the opportunity to publish in the library’s magazine. Bring writing to share if you wish. (snacks included).The Writers’ Group meets one Monday per month, 3-4pm at the Weaver Library on Apr 20. This group is open to students in middle and high school.

Animanga Group
Share fan fiction and art, play trivia games, try Japanese crafts and other animanga or Japanese related activities. We’ll conclude each meeting with an anime episode while sampling Japanese snacks. The Animanga Group meets one Monday per month from 3-4:30pm at the Weaver Library on Apr 27. This group is open to students in middle and high school.
*Under age 13 requires parental permission. Get a form at any EPL library and bring it to your first animanga meeting.

Open Mic Café
Sing a song, recite a poem, play a tune. The mic is yours! Bring your voice, guitar, keyboard, etc. and perform for your friends café style. Bands, soloists, and/or other group acts are welcome. Food and drinks will be served. Open Mic takes place one Thursday evening a month from 6:00-7:30pm at the Weaver Library on Apr 16. Open Mic is open to students in middle and high school.

RIVERSIDE BRANCH LIBRARY, 475 Bullocks Point Ave., Riverside , RI 401-433-4877
T.G.I.F. Students in grades six through twelve can play Guitar Hero, DDR (Dance! Dance! Revolution!), Playstation II, and various board games every Friday from 2:30-4:30pm (except April 17)

Way to Go RI
Kathy Sisson, Program Planner at the Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority, will show students how to use the website waytogoRI.org. Sisson will demonstrate how the site can be helpful for career planning and high school, college and financial aid planning.
Monday, April 27, 3pm@Riverside


RUMFORD BRANCH LIBRARY, 1392 Pawtucket Ave. , Rumford, RI 401-434-8559 Earth Day Craft Wednesday, Apr 29, 3pm
FULLER BRANCH LIBRARY, 260 Dover Ave., East Providence , RI 401-434-1136 Tissue Box Photo Frame-Thursday, Apr 30, 3pm