Join us March 7 - 11, 2022 “BUILDING COMMUNITIES THROUGH CIVICS” The theme of this year’s Civic Learning Week is “Building Communities Through Civics.” To confront society’s most pressing issues, which include climate change, racial and economic inequality, voting rights, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our democracy must also address the increasing political polarization and […]
Artists from the fields of professional dance, design and music join a community conversation to discuss their inspiration and creative process behind an all-new, multidisciplinary production of one of the world’s most iconic cantatas. Join us for an invigorating discussion about legacy, multidisciplinary collaboration, and what sparks and energizes artists of different fields to come […]
RI Commerce announced a new round of grants for arts and culture organizations (as well as hospitality, tourism, and events). Details at: https://commerceri.com/ri-rebounds/hospitality-tourism-and-events-grant-program/. Commerce will be hosting a webinar via Facebook on Wednesday March 9 from 1 – 2 pm. Join them to learn more about this new opportunity. The application is supposed to be […]
Join the Lippitt House Museum and the RI League of Women Voters for this two-part community conversation series. According to a December 2021 NPR/Ipsos poll, 64% of Americans believe democracy is in crisis and at risk of failing. Here in Rhode Island, two key contributors were identified in the recent Culture is Key: Strengthening Rhode Island’s […]
Providence's Congregation Beth Sholom, Core Connects Rhode Island, the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island, Providence's Temple Beth-El, and Providence's Temple Emanu-El are collaborating to offer a 12-week in-person program: "Spiritual Accounting: Benjamin Franklin and Rabbi Mendel Lefin’s Course of Character Development." Taught by Providence’s Rabbi Eliahu Klein, a musar (practical Jewish ethics) instructor […]
Presented by the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University, the CSSJ Slavery, Democracy, and Racial Violence in the Americas Seminar provides a series of lectures on slavery, racism, and violence in the modern and contemporary Atlantic World. These lectures offer an overview of the legacies of colonialism […]
This talk examines the visual relationship between the cotton trade and the representation of the black body in American culture, using historical case studies and contemporary art. Juxtaposing contemporary interventions with historical moments, it examines how cotton materially influenced the way black bodies were seen, and how black Americans saw themselves, as both enslaved and […]
Join the Lippitt House Museum and the RI League of Women Voters for this two-part community conversation series. According to a December 2021 NPR/Ipsos poll, 64% of Americans believe democracy is in crisis and at risk of failing. Here in Rhode Island, two key contributors were identified in the recent Culture is Key: Strengthening Rhode Island’s […]
Anxiety around money and taxes are serious setbacks for any artist working toward financial stability and independence. On Wed, March 16 at 7pm, join What Cheer Writers Club online for Taxes for Artists, Freelancers and Creative Businesses, an online financial empowerment workshop for creatives with Hannah Cole, Enrolled Agent and founder of Sunlight Tax. Learn […]
Join us in this public event as we reflect on the year that has passed since the Atlanta massage murders of 2021. The CSSJ Human Trafficking Research Cluster will moderate a conversation with organizers, workers, and artists with Red Canary Song, a grassroots coalition of migrant workers, sex workers, and allies working with massage workers in Flushing, Queens. […]
Setting is often an overlooked element of story, especially in memoir and autobiographical fiction. But paying attention to place can help convey cross-cultural experiences of immigration, dislocation, social mobility, and other circumstances impacted by racism and discrimination. This workshop will consider works by Randa Jarrar, Alison Bechdel, Julia Alvarez and Lamtharn Hantrakul to discuss how […]
The Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (RIHPHC) and the Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries (RIACHC) present RI Historical Cemeteries Awareness and Preservation Weeks in April - May 2022. Our Calendar of events features tours, clean-ups, gravestone conservation demonstrations, and additional free outdoor programs that raise awareness about Rhode Island's historic cemeteries and promote their preservation. Please […]