Join the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities to celebrate and support our humanities community and honor leaders who demonstrate the power of the humanities to create meaningful connections across sectors, disciplines, and communities. The Celebration will feature an open wine bar provided by Campus Fine Wines, hors d'oeuvres, silent and live auctions featuring unique […]
Get ready for Urban Bush Women's February 2016 performance of a jazz dance fest entitled "Walking with 'Trane" by celebrating the culture of the African diaspora.
Community and Social Justice: Panelists explore the complexities of policing, street- and court-level law enforcement, racial discrimination, and institutional biases. Moderated by film-maker and radio host Marc Levitt.
Speaker Arnold Weinstein, Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, argues that the phrase – the connection between effort and reward – defines the very nature of humanistic knowing, the kind of ‘experiential knowing’ that we get from literature and art, which is radically at odds with the ‘information-culture’ of our time.
A presentation summarizing the results of research into the influence of the Lapham family on the development of Albion, Rhode Island, and of other discoveries regarding other settlers of the area.
Guest Presenters: David Ellison, a public defender in Fall River, will share his experiences working within the justice system. He provides legal representation and advocacy to indigent clients who are charged with criminal offenses within the final jurisdiction of the District Court of Massachusetts. He has a unique perspective on the justice system and its […]
Reading Across Rhode Island, Rhode Island's One Book, One State community read program is kicking off its 14th year with the 2016 title: The Wright Brothers by David McCullough.
Join FirstWorks for this engaging workshop in anticipation of "Walking with 'Trane," a new live music/dance event created by the electrifying, Brooklyn-based Urban Bush Women dance troupe in tribute to the life of legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and his seminal jazz suite, “A Love Supreme.”
FirstWorks and the Providence Athenaeum present Sylvia Ann Soares (niece of the late, great jazz pianist Eddie Soares) and psychology professor and jazz aficionado Ferdinand Jones (co-editor of the anthology of essays "The Triumph of the Soul: Cultural and Psychological Aspects of African American Music") for a fascinating discussion about the role of jazz in Rhode Island history and culture.
Urban Bush Women founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Thomas F. DeFrantz, Professor and Chair and Professor of Women’s Studies African & African American Studies at Duke University, discuss “Walking with ‘Trane,” Black Dance in its varied contemporary manifestations, Black Lives Matter, and the long histories of dance in African American social justice advocacy.
