This tour will offer an educational primer on different ceramics traditions and include a curator-led tour of the 2015 exhibit, "Fired and Inspired: Ceramics at Rough Point." After the tour, there will be light refreshments in the Great Hall and informal conversations with the curators and educators who developed the exhibit. This program is offered […]
Preston Singletary's work with glass challenges the notion that indigenous artists are only best when traditional materials are used. He has helped advocate on the behalf of all indigenous peoples through his art, connecting ancient Native styles to current modern art movements. His artistic style continues to evolve and develop, keeping the work fresh and relevant while […]
Manuel Barcia is Professor of Latin American History at the University of Leeds. He has published extensively on the fields of African slavery in the Americas. These publications include three books and several articles in peer-reviewed journals from Europe, the US and Latin America. He's an honorary fellow at the Wilberforce Institute for the Study […]
The University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities' 2015 Humanities Festival, featuring Dr. Peniel Joseph as keynote speaker!
Linden Place Museum will host a walking tour of Linden Place Mansion and downtown Bristol, focused specifically on Bristol’s DeWolf Family and their involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The DeWolf family, Bristol’s premier family in the 18th and early 19th centuries, was once one of the largest traders of slaves in New England. Learn […]
This spring, the Rhode Island Historical Society, in collaboration with the Roots Cultural Center, the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, the Newport Historical Society, the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage, and the Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice at Brown University, continues a series of talks that mark […]
For the past ten years, the Prescott Farm gardens have been a URI Master Gardener project site. On Sunday mornings (weather dependent), the Master Gardeners offer free soil analysis and gardening information. In addition to texture and pH evaluation, the Master Gardeners will offer advice on any gardening, lawn care or other questions you may […]
Linden Place, the Federal-style mansion built in 1810 by architect Russell Warren for slave trader George DeWolf, offers children and adults the opportunity to see this historical house museum in a whole new light! Make your way through our 200-year old mansion rooms and seek out dozens of artifacts, big and small, while you learn […]
In the 19th century Plains Indian warriors told stories of their heroic deeds by drawing them on pages of a ledger book. In the last forty years this form has been adapted by Native women artists to tell stories of women's lives of the past and present. Author Richard Pearce explores the history of this […]
"BLUEBIRDS FLY, Love and Hope on the Autism Spectrum" Documentary Film Premiere - at the Columbus Threatre, as part of the SENE Festival.
In partnership with the Newport Art Museum, participate in this small group ceramics class and create a finished piece to take home. Each class features a different instructor and project, and includes two drink tickets. In this session, create ceramic creatures using pinch forming techniques. Space is limited, reserve online at https://www.newportrestoration.org/calendar/details/42421-sip_sculpt.
Living Literature is a collective of RI-based performing artists, who celebrate the written word through readers theatre style performances of non-dramatic literature. Since its inception in January of 1996, Living Literature has created well over 100 presentations based on poems, stories, novels, plays, essays, biographies, articles, and oral histories, in libraries, schools, and other community […]
"BLUEBIRDS FLY, LOVE AND HOPE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM" Documentary Film Screening at the Jane Pickens Theatre
Linden Place is pleased to present a two-part series about Russell Warren, one of New England’s most renowned architects of the 19th century, known for his wide use of the Greek Revival style. In addition to his popular work throughout Rhode Island, including Linden Place Mansion in Bristol and the Providence Arcade, America’s oldest indoor […]
The 50-member Jamestown Community Chorus presents “Brush Up Your Shakespeare” at 7:30 p.m. May 2 and 3 p.m. on May 3 at Central Baptist Church, 99 Narragansett Ave. in Jamestown. The concert features the lyrics of Shakespeare set to glorious music. Honoring “The Bard” will be soloists, small ensembles and the full chorus singing music […]
