Reading Across Rhode Island, Rhode Island’s only One Book, One State community read program kicks off its 15th year by inviting everyone to join in the reading of Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Readers are invited to join Reading Across Rhode Island Honorary Chairs Judges Judith Colenback Savage and Edward C. Clifton, both retired trial justices of the […]
This is the final evening of the East Providence Peace Flag Project, which concludes our month-long series of events to explore peace and nonviolence. We come together this evening to celebrate all we have done this month and to donate a Peace Banner to the East Providence Library. This Banner will hang in the library […]
The Mini Grant Program for requests up to $2,000 invites individual researchers, nonprofit organizations, and schools to apply for funding in support of public humanities projects, documentary film, civic education initiatives, and individual research.
On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 7 PM at the Community Center, Jeffrey Fortin will present “Two Generations of Freedom: From Kofi to Paul Cuffe.” Dr. Fortin is the Paul Cuffe Fellow at Mystic Seaport Museum and Assistant Professor of History at Emmanuel College. His book on the life of Paul Cuffe will be published […]
Join in the 22nd Annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading begin held at the RISD Museum. The gathering allows audiences young and old to learn about and experience the brilliance of Langston Hughes as a writer and voice of the Harlem Renaissance. Each year people from local communities participate by reading or performing select poems […]
Gentrification comes in many forms. On the tiny island of Martha’s Vineyard, where presidents and celebrities vacation, trophy homes threaten to destroy the island’s unique character. Twelve years in the making, One Big Home follows one carpenter’s journey to understand the trend toward giant houses. When he feels complicit in wrecking the place he calls […]
Photo-based artist Annu Palajunnathu Matthew is an Indian from India, who lives near Providence's India Point, and uses photography to relook at histories. She will discuss her creative journey as she explored the Providence Athenaeum's Special Collections and learned more about Rhode Island's long history with non-white immigrants. Note: This event is free but reservations […]
In 1777, Newport was occupied by British troops and a blockade prevented trade to the island. A population with a sophisticated palate, used to trade goods from all over the word, was now forced to eat local. What did people eat 240 years ago to survive the harsh winter and war-torn environment? The Newport Historical […]
Join us for a February screening of... Naledi: A Baby Elephant’s Tale tells the incredible true story of a baby elephant born into a rescue camp in the Botswana wilderness. When she’s suddenly orphaned at one month, the keepers and scientist looking after the herd become tireless surrogate mothers. Camp scientist Mike Chase has launched […]
Bill Harley to perform at the Weaver Library’s Community Celebration of Peace! Weaver Library and The Peace Flag Project invite you to join the celebration of a month long collaboration on peace, Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 6:30 pm. See the unveiling of a peace banner created from the artwork of children who attended Peace […]
The Newport Historical Society’s current programming initiative Newport Eats aims to provide historical context for present ideas such as food sustainability, community development, and healthy eating. Keeping to this popular topic, the Society is pleased to host author Sue AnderBois for the February 23rd, 2017 talk The Rhode Island Food Strategy: Context & How It […]
On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 7PM at the Community Center, Tony Connors, President of the Westport Historical Society, will present “Westport’s Stories of Unfreedom” based on his extensive research using Westport’s primary source documents. The talk is supported by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and is the final installment of the Slavery and Freedom […]