Community Events

In support of local writers taking the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge, What Cheer Writers Club is hosting a kick-off Novel Writers Happy Hour for NaNoWriMo writers to meet fellow novelists and prepare for the month ahead.

Co-presented by FirstWorks and Brown Arts Institute at Brown University “For him, dance is theatre, not just movement.” — The Guardian For almost four decades, the groundbreaking Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company has revolutionized modern dance while exploring issues of identity. The company’s work “What Problem?” evokes the tension between belonging to a community and […]

Join the RISHM as it installs a new Medallion at Newport’s historic Trinity Church to acknowledge the Church’s role in Rhode Island slavery. Guest speakers include RI Episcopal Bishop Rev. Nicholas Knisely, historian Rev. Canon Timothy Watt, and RISHM Executive Director Charles Roberts.

Podcast Support Group is a welcoming space for existing podcasters to share their projects, get feedback, and brainstorm ideas. Each attendee will have the chance to present a piece of audio or element of their show to the group. With direct feedback from the instructor and peer discussion, you will walk away with more confidence […]

From counterculture movements to activist art, zines are an empowering medium where artists and writers find expression and community outside of mainstream publishing. On Sat, Nov 19 at 2:30pm, join What Cheer Writers Club and local artist Zooey Kim Conner at Binch Press / Queer.Archive.Work for a Collaborative Zine Workshop. Learn about zines as a […]

In support of local writers taking the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge, What Cheer Writers Club is offering free in-person writing sprints on Sundays in November. Join us to meet fellow writers and keep up your momentum for the month! Sun, Nov 6 10am-12pm Sat, Nov 12 1-3pm B/I/POC Creatives Write-in* * Sun, Nov […]

The future of our environment is among the most pressing issues of our time. In 2022-23, URI’s Center for the Humanities is devoting its annual lecture series to the environmental humanities, a discipline that uses humanistic questions and methods to shed light on how we interpret our environment and envision its future. This yearlong series draws on […]