Seeing Providence Chinatown is an ongoing project using archival photographs and records to reconstruct an immersive 3D model of historic downtown Providence Chinatown in 1916. The process of reconstructing the neighborhood’s buildings, streets weaves together and interlinks the few images remaining of this once-vibrant enclave, of which almost no trace remains today. Beyond spatial reconstruction, […]
Welcome to the first physical public viewing of several of the holdings in the Wanderground Archive/Library. Mev Miller shares selections from her extensive library of Lesbian/feminist publications as well as media, art, and other culturally significant items – collected over the past 40 years. The materials make up the cornerstone of Wanderground, a Lesbian Archive/Library being developed as […]
Join the Rhode Island State House Restoration Society at the opening night exhibition for there "My State House" project. The exhibition features the work of Cerberus Studio, TL Studio Landscape Architecture, JLY Designs, Man Hu, Baisha Lu and Jiayi Wang. For more information on the project please click here. My State House is a community […]
ECAS en Casa inicia una serie de Diálogos teatrales, primer panel de discusión con el director y escritor de teatro dominicano Haffe Serulle, en una tertulia sobre el arte de la actuación, la energía creadora y la imaginación. “El director es un creador por excelencia. Cuando tú no eres un creador, no mereces el título de director. […]
Over time, some 1750,000 people went whaling. Most experienced the "Nantucket sleigh ride" only once because of the extreme and dangerous conditions, but as many 30% of the those working on whalers were men of color. Join Martha's Vineyard author Skip Finley in the Linden Place Carriage House as he leads us on this fascinating […]
ECAS en Casa inicia una serie de Diálogos teatrales, primer panel de discusión con el director y escritor de teatro dominicano Haffe Serulle, en una tertulia sobre el arte de la actuación, la energía creadora y la imaginación. “El director es un creador por excelencia. Cuando tú no eres un creador, no mereces el título de director. […]
The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society and Smithsonian Affiliate, is excited to present “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964,” a bilingual poster exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution with images and interviews by documentary photographer Leonard Nadel. The exhibit will open on Friday, June 10, and will remain […]
The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society has created a timeline of enslavement in Bristol, starting when the Town was founded through to 1808 when slave trading was made illegal (although slavery continued). This powerful timeline has been printed on fabric and mounted on the exterior of our building for all to read.
ECAS en Casa inicia una serie de Diálogos teatrales, primer panel de discusión con el director y escritor de teatro dominicano Haffe Serulle, en una tertulia sobre el arte de la actuación, la energía creadora y la imaginación. “El director es un creador por excelencia. Cuando tú no eres un creador, no mereces el título de director. […]
ECAS en Casa inicia una serie de Diálogos teatrales, primer panel de discusión con el director y escritor de teatro dominicano Haffe Serulle, en una tertulia sobre el arte de la actuación, la energía creadora y la imaginación. “El director es un creador por excelencia. Cuando tú no eres un creador, no mereces el título de director. […]
Co-produced with Providence Public Library America Too: Reckoning and Resilience marks the sixth year of the America Too initiative. This 5-part online series combines theater, music, and art with stories from our community and seeks to catalyze community dialogue around the many challenges and potential opportunities of this particular moment, as we confront the aftermath of a polarizing election season, […]
The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society and Smithsonian Affiliate, invites the public to participate in an oral history workshop on Saturday, June 25 from 3-5 pm led by Rhode Island Latino Arts (RILA)’s Nuestras Raíces Latino Oral History Project of Rhode Island. RILA Executive Director Marta V. […]
The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society has created a timeline of enslavement in Bristol, starting when the Town was founded through to 1808 when slave trading was made illegal (although slavery continued). This powerful timeline has been printed on fabric and mounted on the exterior of our building for all to read.
ECAS en Casa inicia una serie de Diálogos teatrales, primer panel de discusión con el director y escritor de teatro dominicano Haffe Serulle, en una tertulia sobre el arte de la actuación, la energía creadora y la imaginación. “El director es un creador por excelencia. Cuando tú no eres un creador, no mereces el título de director. […]