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 […]
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 […]
Join us for a talk and performance by the Marian Anderson String Quartet. Presented by the Brown Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and the Providence Community Library.
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, join Newport ceramicist Valorie Sheehan to create a unique “mother and child” earthenware wall sculpture. Space is […]
Join the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice in partnership with Reading with Robin for the launch of the novel The Mapmaker’s Children with New York Times bestselling author, Sarah McCoy.
Linden Place Mansion welcomes springtime with a concert of traditional and contemporary Italian, Neapolitan and Italian-American songs performed by pianist and singer Michael DiMucci in the mansion’s historic Ballroom on Friday, May 8th at 7:30 p.m. DiMucci will perform selections like O Sole Mio, Come Back to Sorrento, Ahi! Marie, Mamma and other crossover pieces […]
The Mobile Museum of American Artifacts (MMoAA) is a touring museum of personal objects and their histories. Housed in a small vintage trailer, MMoAA travels from town to town, conducting an “archeology of the present” that uncovers objects of significant (and insignificant) connection to everyday American life. MMoAA will be making its debut visit to […]
The Mobile Museum of American Artifacts (MMoAA) is a touring museum of personal objects and their histories. Housed in a small vintage trailer, MMoAA travels from town to town, conducting an “archeology of the present” that uncovers objects of significant (and insignificant) connection to everyday American life. MMoAA will be making its debut visit to […]
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, join Liz Holstein to create luminaries inspired by Rough Point’s Ming Dynasty wine jar. Space is limited, […]
The Mobile Museum of American Artifacts (MMoAA) is a touring museum of personal objects and their histories. Housed in a small vintage trailer, MMoAA travels from town to town, conducting an “archeology of the present” that uncovers objects of significant (and insignificant) connection to everyday American life. MMoAA will be making its debut visit to […]
Not normally open to the public, come enjoy the chance to explore this remarkable home and the legacy of Newport furniture making as NRF staff offer informal tours of the house and neighborhood. We will also be selling autographed copies of "Extraordinary Vision: Doris Duke and the Newport Restoration Foundation." Light refreshments. Free, donations welcome.
The Mobile Museum of American Artifacts (MMoAA) is a touring museum of personal objects and their histories. Housed in a small vintage trailer, MMoAA travels from town to town, conducting an “archeology of the present” that uncovers objects of significant (and insignificant) connection to everyday American life. MMoAA will be making its debut visit to […]
The Mobile Museum of American Artifacts (MMoAA) is a touring museum of personal objects and their histories. Housed in a small vintage trailer, MMoAA travels from town to town, conducting an “archeology of the present” that uncovers objects of significant (and insignificant) connection to everyday American life. MMoAA will be making its debut visit to […]
Revolutionary War Reenactors, Living Historians, and Colonial Artisans recreate and authentic military encampment and battle on the ground of Spell Hall, the Historic 1770 Gen. Nathanael Greene Homestead, home of George Washington’s Most Trusted General. Meet General and Mrs. Greene, experience colonial camp-life, music, musket and cannon demonstrations, tour Gen. Greene’s 1770 Homestead and watch […]
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. The […]
The Mobile Museum of American Artifacts (MMoAA) is a touring museum of personal objects and their histories. Housed in a small vintage trailer, MMoAA travels from town to town, conducting an “archeology of the present” that uncovers objects of significant (and insignificant) connection to everyday American life. MMoAA will be making its debut visit to […]
Learn about the distinguished design history of this landscape while enjoying exquisite gardens and breathtaking views. Experience the creation of Frederick Law Olmsted who initially designed the grounds. The tour covers 250 years of this beautiful property’s history from farmland to premier vacation spot. Weather dependent, registration available online.
Learn about the distinguished design history of this landscape while enjoying exquisite gardens and breathtaking views. Experience the creation of Frederick Law Olmsted who initially designed the grounds. The tour covers 250 years of this beautiful property’s history from farmland to premier vacation spot. Weather dependent, registration available online.
The documentary film, “Stories in Stones”, explores Narragansett Tribal stonemasons who have built many stonewalls that wind through the woods of southern New England. Following the screening, there will be a Q & A with director Marc Levitt. This lecture is offered in collaboration with the Portsmouth Free Public Library. Space is limited; call 401-683-9457 […]
The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) will celebrate twenty years of its Most Endangered Properties (MEP) program with the opening of the Most Endangered Properties 20th Anniversary Photo Exhibit onThursday, May 28th from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. in the atrium of the Peerless Building at 150 Union St. in downtown Providence. The project features images by the city’s […]
Learn to build and repair traditional stone walls in this hands-on experience. Join master class instructors Chris and Dan Smith for their 13th year of this active workshop. Reservations are required, register at https://www.newportrestoration.org/calendar/details/42428-stone_wall_workshop.
Edwin Jose ‘Eddie’ Soares (1913-1993), a lifelong resident of Fox Point, was a renowned Rhode Island jazz pianist. He performed solo and with numerous famous musicians, and for over thirty-five years with Tony Tomasso’s Jewels of Dixie. Sylvia Ann Soares will give an illustrated talk about his life, his ties to the Cape Verdean community […]
The Accidental Sisters, a Jamestown-based women’s a capella vocal ensemble, will present their sixth annual concert on Saturday, June 6 at 7:30pm. The performance will be held at the Jamestown Arts Center at 18 Valley Road. Admission to the concert is free but a suggested donation of $10 will help Lucy’s Hearth, an emergency shelter […]
