The Major Grant Program for requests over $2,000 invites nonprofit organizations and schools to apply for funding in support of public projects, documentary films, and civic education initiatives beginning after April 1, 2015. Applicants must have submitted an Intent to Apply registration by 5:00pm on Monday, November 3, 2014 in order to participate in the […]
How do friends, communities, and cultures come together? How do people cross a chasm of different experiences? On January 17th, four stellar speakers share their thoughts on the concept of Bridges and launch a discussion in our own community as The Currents return to the Bay Spring Community Center on the eve of the Martin […]
Celebrate the 6th Annual Providence Children’s Film Festival at the Opening Night Party & Film Screening at the RISD Museum Metcalf Auditorium! Help kick off this year’s festival with food and festivities followed by a screening of Zip & Zap and The Marble Gang.
(Providence, RI) The Manton Avenue Project (MAP) is proud to present its next production: “OPEN FOR BUSINESS: the entrepreneurship play!” February 13-15, 2015. Performances will take place at 7pm on Friday and Saturday, and at 3pm on Sunday, in the Media and Performing Arts Center at the MET School at 325 Public Street in Providence. […]
Brown University President Christina Paxson will host a public roundtable, Breaking the Glass Ceiling, with women who have been presidents of major universities.
Join Sylvia Ann Soares for an illustrated presentation on Eddie Soares, jazz pianist and solo performer of the twentieth century. Edwin Jose Soares (1913-1993) was a 1st generation Cape Verdean Rhode Island pianist. Eddie was renowned for his stride to cocktail style in solo performances, and for over 35 years, his work with Tony Tomasso’s […]
Everett's FREEDM PROJECT premieres at Brown University's Granoff Center on March 13 and 14 at 8:00pm.
Dr. Marcia Chatelain, a historian of girls and girlhood in America, will discuss the role African American children have played in shaping the goals, strategies, and motivations for black activism during pivotal moments in history. Drawing upon her new book "South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration", Chatelain will present an overview on […]
The University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities' 2015 Humanities Festival, featuring Dr. Peniel Joseph as keynote speaker!
Join Sylvia Ann Soares for an illustrated presentation on Eddie Soares, jazz pianist and solo performer of the twentieth century. Edwin Jose Soares (1913-1993) was a 1st generation Cape Verdean Rhode Island pianist. Eddie was renowned for his stride to cocktail style in solo performances, and for over 35 years, his work with Tony Tomasso’s […]
