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Entering the doors of the Barrington Library is like receiving a “magic pass to another world.  Our library is a caring environment...

The universe is conspiring in my favor…always. Serendipity brought my family to Barrington. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines...

Fashion Design 101 was a six-week workshop held from January 29th through March 11th in the Barrington Public Library’s Makerspace Studio...

Following my previous article, ‘Where Unwanted Books Find Second Life,’ featured in the August issue of Greet Barrington, I embarked on a...

By Tanya Paglia, Young Adult Librarian Last fall, I stumbled across a 2021 video of a Christian Dior fashion show inspired by a tarot...

By Chuck Van Sluyter, President, Friends of the Barrington Public Library As our new nation slowly emerged from the American...

BY MERLE “MAGI” GREEN, RESIDENT Where do we—the lovers of the Barrington Public Library—begin? February was Library Lovers Month and in a...

BY MERLE ANN GREEN Friends of the Library Annual Sales Bring Together All Walks of Life Curiosity filled the second floor of our library...

BY LISA VIALL, VICE PRESIDENT, FRIENDS OF THE BARRINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Inspired to honor her father’s military service in the Korean...

BY PRIMA HOWER AND TAYLOR SCOTT, FRIENDS BOARD MEMBERS Every day in a remote village in the Philippines, a group of indigenous children...

BY LISA VIALL, VICE PRESIDENT, FRIENDS OF THE BARRINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY My daughter had a history of bad timing when it came to losing...

BY CHUCK VAN SLUYTER, PRESIDENT, AND CINDY PIERCE, SECRETARY Have you ever wondered how over 7,000 books miraculously appear on tables in...

BY CHUCK VAN SLUYTER, RESIDENT, INTERIM PRESIDENT Barrington is one of the most coveted places to live in Rhode Island but not only...