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Of Nature Composed – signature Aurea premiere

Brown University Granoff Center for the Creative Arts 154 Angell Street, Providence, RI, United States

This signature Aurea Ensemble premiere will explore the intersection of nature, science, the arts and humanities in celebration of the Pulitzer Prize centennial and the sanctity of our environment. Of Nature Composed includes the music of 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner, John Luther Adams; American Modernist, Charles Ives, and Renaissance composer, Johannes Ockeghem; with words of the […]

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Annual Major Grant Deadline

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MAJOR GRANTS (ANNUALLY) 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, 2017. MAJOR GRANT DEADLINES Register your Intent to Apply: October 1 – November 1, 2016 Submit Draft for Staff Review (optional): December […]

Reading Across Rhode Island Kick-Off

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

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 […]

$15

February Mini Grant Deadline

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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.

Building Stories: Historic Houses and the Stories We Tell

Lippitt House Museum 199 Hope Street, Providence, RI, United States

Three experts will discuss the ways in which historic houses are researched, narrated, and presented. Using 1865 Lippitt House as the example. Discussion will include reflections on the role of houses in fiction. Audience members will be encouraged to visit the first-floor rooms before and after the presentation. Speakers Carrie Taylor (Lippitt House Museum Director), […]

May Mini Grant Deadline

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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.

Kids Reading Across Rhode Island Kick Off Celebration

Rhode Island State House 82 Smith St, Providence, RI, United States

Kids Reading Across Rhode Island (KRARI), kicks off its 8th year with the 2017 award-winning book, Save me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan. Internationally acclaimed storyteller Len Cabral chairs the 2017 KRARI program featuring a May 13th kickoff event with a presentation and book signing by authors Weeks and Varadarajan at the State […]

August Mini Grant Deadline

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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.

Industrial Heritage Rhode Tour Launch

Iglesia Puerta de Refugio 247 Valley Street, Providence, RI, United States

Join Us! The Council will be launching the new Industrial Heritage Along the Woonasquatucket Rhode Tour at the Woonasquatucket Vision Plan Community Picnic scheduled from 1:00pm to 4:00pm on Saturday, September 30th. Come and learn about the might of Rhode Island's industry, its role in America's rise as a world superpower, and its lingering environmental and […]

2017 Celebration of the Humanities

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

Join us Thursday, October 5th, 2017 as we celebrate distinguished honorees who each demonstrate Proximity–how the humanities bring us together through stories that make connections not widen division, conversations that bring people and communities closer, and affirmation of our shared civic values. Click here for event information and to purchase tickets. Honorees include: HONORARY CHAIRS’ […]

$100