This is the final evening of the East Providence Peace Flag Project, which concludes our month-long series of events to explore peace and nonviolence. We come together this evening to celebrate all we have done this month and to donate a Peace Banner to the East Providence Library. This Banner will hang in the library […]
On Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at 7 PM at the Community Center, Jeffrey Fortin will present “Two Generations of Freedom: From Kofi to Paul Cuffe.” Dr. Fortin is the Paul Cuffe Fellow at Mystic Seaport Museum and Assistant Professor of History at Emmanuel College. His book on the life of Paul Cuffe will be published […]
Join in the 22nd Annual Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading begin held at the RISD Museum. The gathering allows audiences young and old to learn about and experience the brilliance of Langston Hughes as a writer and voice of the Harlem Renaissance. Each year people from local communities participate by reading or performing select poems […]
Photo-based artist Annu Palajunnathu Matthew is an Indian from India, who lives near Providence's India Point, and uses photography to relook at histories. She will discuss her creative journey as she explored the Providence Athenaeum's Special Collections and learned more about Rhode Island's long history with non-white immigrants. Note: This event is free but reservations […]
Bill Harley to perform at the Weaver Library’s Community Celebration of Peace! Weaver Library and The Peace Flag Project invite you to join the celebration of a month long collaboration on peace, Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at 6:30 pm. See the unveiling of a peace banner created from the artwork of children who attended Peace […]
On Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 7PM at the Community Center, Tony Connors, President of the Westport Historical Society, will present “Westport’s Stories of Unfreedom” based on his extensive research using Westport’s primary source documents. The talk is supported by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and is the final installment of the Slavery and Freedom […]