Join C.J. Chivers, combat veteran and Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter to explore the unique challenges of reporting on war as part of a two-year project on "Irregular Warfare: Experiences Across the Civil-Military Divide." This projectt is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more about the goals of the project […]
Caroline Woolard (b. 1984) is a New York-based artist born in Rhode Island. Woolard creates sculptures using online networks, hand built objects, and immersive environments. Her work has been commissioned by MoMA, the Whitney Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Creative Time, the Brooklyn Museum, Cornell University, and Cooper Union. She is the recipient of […]
When Sylvia Brown’s father handed much of his inheritance to Brown University in 1995, the gesture maintained a 300-year family philanthropic tradition. Less than a decade later, at the inaugural symposium of the University’s Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, one speaker declared “there were no good Browns.” “Grappling with Legacy” was born of the […]
Edra Soto (b. Puerto Rico) is a Chicago-based artist, educator, curator, and co-director of the outdoor project space THE FRANKLIN. She obtained her Master of Fine Arts degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2000, as well as attending Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (ME), Beta-Local (PR), the Robert Rauschenberg […]
Join us to celebrate the public presentation of the UPP Arts Archive to the Rhode Island Collection at PPL. Formerly known as Urban Pond Procession, UPP Arts uses public art, history, and science to give community members a voice in the environmental issues that impact their well being. Focused on Mashapaug Pond and its surrounding […]
SOLD OUT! But... You can still register for a book signing with Angie Thomas by clicking here. Reading Across Rhode Island presents an evening with Angie Thomas, the author of The Hate U Give, at Savoy Bookshop & Café in Westerly. The event will be followed by a book signing with the author. Tickets are free […]
On April 12th at 7pm join the Newport String Project for “Musical Pioneers”, an evocative program featuring chamber works by trailblazing composers including Franz Joseph Haydn, Grazyna Bacewicz and George Walker, hosted by the Newport Historical Society on the second floor of the Colony House on Washington Square, Newport, RI. This event is only accessible […]
This Brain Café includes a presentation by Vanna Phrommavanh, a school-based clinician at the Providence Center. Vanna grew up in war-torn Laos, escaping to a Thai refugee camp before coming to America. Drawing on these experiences, she now helps trauma-impacted youth in Providence’s most challenged schools. In addition to Vanna’s presentation, Everett artists will perform […]
SOLD OUT! But... You can put your name on the waitlist for an overflow room at Rhode Island College. More details to come in early March. Sign up for the waitlist by clicking here. Join Reading Across Rhode Island and Open Books-Open Minds for a lecture with Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give, […]
The John Carter Brown Library invites you to the Vasco da Gama lecture by Josiah Blackmore, a scholar of Iberian literature and culture and medieval and early modern Portuguese writing and Professor of the Language and Literature of Portugal and Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. “Navigation and Narrative: […]
Join Cathy Little Bert and Ray Rickman for an Illustrated Talk and Pop-up Exhibit organized by Stages of Freedom. This special program will focus on the intersection of two Black Rhode Island artists: Warwick native, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, sculptress and RISD's first graduate of color, and Providence's landscape artist, Edward Mitchell Bannister, the first artist […]
Join us Monday, April 23rd for our annual Grant Announcement and Humanities Happy Hour at the Southside Cultural Center. Grant Announcement | 3:00 - 4:00 pm in the Community Space This special event recognizes and celebrates the Council's 2018 major grant recipients. Humanities Happy Hour | 4:00 - 6:00 pm at the Southlight Pavilion* The […]
A new way to experience a historic house museum! Back to the Work: Encounters with Historical & Contemporary Voices offers a multi-sensory experience – self-guided tour meets theater installation. Enter an immersive experience featuring props, lights, and voices (both historical and contemporary) sharing the stories of the people who built the house and continue to […]
A new way to experience a historic house museum! Back to the Work: Encounters with Historical & Contemporary Voices offers a multi-sensory experience – self-guided tour meets theater installation. Enter an immersive experience featuring props, lights, and voices (both historical and contemporary) sharing the stories of the people who built the house and continue to […]
Undressing History: Women’s Clothes & Unmentionables from the 19th Century A History Space Talk Presented by the Newport Historical Society & the Rhode Island Historical Society The Newport Historical Society and the Rhode Island Historical Society are pleased to partner for their first 2018 joint History Space talk when they present Undressing History: Women’s Clothes […]