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Author Deborah Goodrich Royce @ Rye Free Reading Room in April

Deborah Goodrich Royce, author of the thriller, Ruby Falls, the story of a fragile young actress haunted by a childhood trauma, will be at...

Library Offers STEAM Activities for Grades 3-5, Funded by ARPA

Supported with funds from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Rye Free Reading Room, along with the Westchester Children's Museum and Harrison...

Riveting 4th Annual Spelling Bee – Riding the Sampan to Victory

Sampan and riveting. Spelling those two words brings bragging rights and $3,000 of scholarship money to the winners of the Rye Free Reading Room Fourth...

Going Up: Library Awarded $11K State Grant

Going up! The Rye Free Reading Room has been awarded $11,260 through the NYS Library Construction Grant Program to upgrade and rebuild the existing...

Over 100 Volunteers at Library Clean-Up

Over 100 volunteers came out to assist the Rye Free Reading Room with clean-up efforts. Volunteers were members of the auxiliary board, parents, and...

Where I Work: Rye Free Reading Room’s Director Chris Shoemaker

Where I Work showcases people who work in Rye. The feature is inspired in part by exploring how the pandemic has impacted our work environment...

Thur/Fri/Sat in Rye: LawnChair Theatre Delivers Shakespeare to the Music of Queen

(Correction: The first show is Thursday, not Friday. The story is corrected, we apologize for the error.) No one has ever done this before --...

Local Artist Ellen Liman to Exhibit at Rye Library

This fall, local Rye artist Ellen Liman will exhibit her Rye Mill Pond paintings at the Rye Free Reading Room from October 3rd through...

Out in the Hustings with Rye Free Reading Room’s Spelling Bee

(PHOTO: Seventh-grader Calvin Holler scored $2,500 by correctly spelling “hustings.”) Despite the challenges of Covid-19, The Rye Free Reading held its Third Annual Spelling Bee...

Notorious Celebration of Life, Rye Village Green 8am – 10pm Sunday

There will be a notorious celebration Sunday on the Rye Village Green. pRYEde, in collaboration with the Rye Historical Society, will be hosting a celebration...

Rye Library Offers In-Person Appointments Starting Monday

The Rye Free Reading Room will begin offering limited access to the library collections for browsing by appointment starting this Monday, August 3rd. In order to observe social...

Welcome to the Storytelling Project, Episode #28 with Rye Mayor Josh Cohn

Over the last several weeks the Rye Free Reading Room and MyRye.com have asked various Rye citizens – elected officials, city staff, community leaders,...

Welcome to the Storytelling Project, Episode #27 with Osborn School’s Stacy Coyne

Over the last several weeks the Rye Free Reading Room and MyRye.com have asked various Rye citizens – elected officials, city staff, community leaders,...

Welcome to the Storytelling Project, Episode #26 with Julia B Fee Sotheby’s Jennifer Reddington

Over the last several weeks the Rye Free Reading Room and MyRye.com have asked various Rye citizens – elected officials, city staff, community leaders,...

Library & Historical Society Host Discussion on Racial Inequality Thursday, 7pm

The Rye Free Reading Room and Rye Historical Society will hold a community screening and discussion of Ava DuVernay's documentary, 13th this Thursday evening,...