Grantee Events

Join us for an exclusive screening of the multi award-winning film, Tre Maison Dasan, as seen on PBS’ Independent Lens. Tre Maison Dasan is a film about three boys— Tre, Maison, and Dasan— who share the experience of having a parent in prison. Filmed over three years in Rhode Island, this intimate documentary takes on […]

Queer Activism is RI: Pasts, Presents and Envisioning Futures invites you to a screening of the documentary short, The Time is Already, and subsequent panel to discuss the historical and present organizing landscape as well as envisioning and building the futures of queer and trans activism in Rhode Island. The Time is Already is about […]

The Sowams Heritage Area Project invites children and their parents to enjoy a free presentation of Pokanoket Tribal history and traditions at the following locations: Thursday, April 18, 2019, 1:00-2:00 p.m. at the Rogers Free Library, 525 Hope St, Bristol, RI Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the East Providence Public Library, 41 Grove […]

Data has surpassed oil as the world’s most valuable asset. It’s being weaponized to wage cultural and political warfare. People everywhere are in a battle for control of our most intimate personal details. From award-winning filmmakers Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim, THE GREAT HACK uncovers the dark world of data exploitation with astounding access to […]

Last of a series of Community Walking Tours of Rhode Island Barrios. Join us as we celebrate people, places, and community life in three neighborhoods that are significant to Rhode Island’s Latino Community. This special twilight tour of La Broa’ • Lower Broad Street | The Latino Cultural Corridor will be led by Marta V. […]

Money, power, politics, drugs, scandal, and fast cars. The incredible story of John DeLorean is the stuff of a Hollywood screenwriter’s dreams. But who was the real John DeLorean? To some, he was a renegade visionary who revolutionized the automobile industry. To others, he was the ultimate con man. For the first time, Framing John […]

In August 1969—against a backdrop of a nation in conflict over sexual politics, civil rights, and the Vietnam War—half a million people converged on a small dairy farm in upstate New York to hear the concert of a lifetime. What they experienced was a moment that would spark a cultural revolution, changing many of them […]