Join us for a FREE community screening of this fascinating & inspiring educational documentary... PAPER TIGERS in partnership with Newport Health Equity Zone Tuesday, May 30 Casino Theatre - 9 Freebody Street, Newport, RI 6:30 PM Film, followed by Q&A with film subject & teacher Erik Gordon ADMISSION: FREE (suggested $5 donation) RSVP & Watch […]
“The Sea Mark: Captain John Smith’s Voyage to New England,” by Russell Lawson. By age thirty-four Captain John Smith was already a well-known adventurer and explorer. He had fought as a mercenary in the religious wars of Europe and had won renown for fighting the Turks. He was most famous as the leader of the […]
Youth In Action makes maps! Equal parts youth leaders and cartographers! We think that when used unconventionally, maps can be used as an act of social change. Maps can inspire or induce, bringing attention to social issues, stories, and history in a given community. With no predetermined beginning, the narrative of a map lends itself […]
Schoolgirl samplers are key to documenting and understanding a girl’s education through her skill with the needle in the 18th, 19th and early 20th Centuries. As artifacts of early education, samplers and other forms of girlhood embroidery are remarkably helpful. The vast majority of surviving artifacts carry the name of the girl who stitched it […]
Mark Valdez, writer and director who has worked at theaters across the country, will lead us through an introduction to scriptwriting workshop. This event is Part IV of a series of community pláticas designed to empower Latinos on how to tell their story to a live audience. FREE and open to the public.
Join us for our FIRST newportFILM Outdoors of the season with a DRIVE-IN at Second Beach! OCEAN SHORTS newportFILM Outdoors presented by Lila Delman Real Estate International Thursday, June 22 Second Beach Parking Lot Middletown, RI 6:40PM - Gates & Food vendors open 7:25PM - Live music by Sarah Daigle 8:40PM - Film + Skype […]
Rhode Island’s contribution to World War II vastly exceeded its small size. Newport’s and Aquidneck Island’s contributions alone included the nation’s most important torpedo production facilities, a naval training station for some 500,000 sailors, and a PT boat training center at Melville. Civilians, including for the first time many women, did their part by manufacturing […]
Join us for this week's newportFILM Outdoors screening at THE REDWOOD LIBRARY AND ATHENÆUM! BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY newportFILM Outdoors presented by Lila Delman Real Estate International Thursday, June 29 Redwood Library and Athenæum Lawn 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 6:40PM - Venue & food vendors open 7:25PM - Live music 8:40PM - Film […]