Community Events

The Pell Center at Salve Regina University invites the public to this powerful presentation by MIT Professor and award-winning author Dr. Joshua Bennett who will share selections from his most recent book—Spoken Word: A Cultural History—alongside original poems, as well as his reflections on the art of storytelling and his individual journey as a writer […]

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 6:30 PM Reception | 7:00PM Panel Discussion FREE, Registration Required Lippitt House Museum, the Providence League of Women Voters, and the African Alliance of Rhode Island are partnering on two in-person community discussions about civic life for immigrants in Rhode Island. ​The 9th Annual Community Conversations Discussion Series takes place March […]

Tuesday, March 19, 2024 6:30 PM Reception | 7:00PM Panel Discussion FREE, Registration Required Lippitt House Museum, the Providence League of Women Voters, and the African Alliance of Rhode Island are partnering on two in-person community discussions about civic life for immigrants in Rhode Island. ​The 9th Annual Community Conversations Discussion Series takes place March […]

The University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, and devoting this year’s speaker series to storytelling, an endeavor at the heart of the humanities. The Center's yearlong series envisions storytelling expansively and brings a variety of practitioners — historians and novelists, cartoonists and artists, musicians and musicologists, […]

Rhode Island historians Erik Chaput and Russell DeSimone will discuss the life and career of one of the most important civil rights activists of the 19th century – George T. Downing (1819-1903). Although Downing traveled extensively, living in Providence and Boston before the Civil War and in Washington, D.C., managing the U.S. House of Representatives […]

The University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, and devoting this year’s speaker series to storytelling, an endeavor at the heart of the humanities. The Center's yearlong series envisions storytelling expansively and brings a variety of practitioners — historians and novelists, cartoonists and artists, musicians and musicologists, […]

The University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, and devoting this year’s speaker series to storytelling, an endeavor at the heart of the humanities. The Center's yearlong series envisions storytelling expansively and brings a variety of practitioners — historians and novelists, cartoonists and artists, musicians and musicologists, […]

Join Rhode Island creatives of color for Writers Like Us, a day of celebration and connection at LitArts RI on Sat, March 30 from 1-7pm. Writers of color are invited to drop in to participate in free programming designed by and for local B/I/POC creatives.   For the program schedule and more information, please visit:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/writers-like-us-a-creatives-of-color-celebration-tickets-848465452007

Giving and receiving feedback on creative work can be a delicate matter, especially when writing touches on sensitive material or when you are writing or discussing content outside of your own lived experiences. On Thurs, April 4 at 6pm online, LitArts RI welcomes sensitivity reader Renee Harleston of Writing Diversely to guide writers through the […]

The University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, and devoting this year’s speaker series to storytelling, an endeavor at the heart of the humanities. The Center's yearlong series envisions storytelling expansively and brings a variety of practitioners — historians and novelists, cartoonists and artists, musicians and musicologists, […]