Grantee Events

FIND YOUR VOICE WORKSHOPS AND PRACTICE SESSIONS:  Find your voice in a summer long series of workshops funded by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. The series will begin with a workshop on July 6 taught by the talented poet, Christopher Johnson and award-winning author and storyteller, Mark Binder. Youth facilitators […]

Learn how to record and make a podcast! Aprenda a hacer una podcast :)   About this event During these weekly gatherings, artist & cultural producer Hernán Jourdan will share ways to record and edit audio, and host the podcast show THANK YOU FOR LISTENING live. Free to attend! En estos encuentros semanales, artista y […]

FIND YOUR VOICE WORKSHOPS AND PRACTICE SESSIONS:  Find your voice in a summer long series of workshops funded by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. The series will begin with a workshop on July 6 taught by the talented poet, Christopher Johnson and award-winning author and storyteller, Mark Binder. Youth facilitators […]

In July 1780, thousands of French troops landed in Newport beginning an occupation that lasted for nearly a year. The presence of this new ally represented a turning point in the American Revolution and the start of the Franco-American Alliance. While French troops played a vital role in American victory at Yorktown in 1781, Newport […]

Learn how to record and make a podcast! Aprenda a hacer una podcast :)   About this event During these weekly gatherings, artist & cultural producer Hernán Jourdan will share ways to record and edit audio, and host the podcast show THANK YOU FOR LISTENING live. Free to attend! En estos encuentros semanales, artista y […]

In July 1780, thousands of French troops landed in Newport beginning an occupation that lasted for nearly a year. The presence of this new ally represented a turning point in the American Revolution and the start of the Franco-American Alliance. While French troops played a vital role in American victory at Yorktown in 1781, Newport […]

FIND YOUR VOICE WORKSHOPS AND PRACTICE SESSIONS:  Find your voice in a summer long series of workshops funded by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. The series will begin with a workshop on July 6 taught by the talented poet, Christopher Johnson and award-winning author and storyteller, Mark Binder. Youth facilitators […]

Learn how to record and make a podcast! Aprenda a hacer una podcast :)   About this event During these weekly gatherings, artist & cultural producer Hernán Jourdan will share ways to record and edit audio, and host the podcast show THANK YOU FOR LISTENING live. Free to attend! En estos encuentros semanales, artista y […]

Paid Professional Learning Opportunity Like the image above, Indigenous peoples' histories, experiences, and contributions are often absent in our historical and present-day narratives. This Professional Learning Opportunity (PLO) provides Rhode Island educators with selected resources that contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the essential and unique contributions of Native peoples. Participants will also have […]

SHARE YOUR VOICE: OPEN MIC NIGHT The Scituate Story Project series culminates with Share Your Voice: Open Mic Night on July 27 from 5:30pm - 7:00pm. Mark Binder and Christopher Johnson will return to moderate an open mic celebration of the spoken word at Hope Library. 3-minute time slots will be available for folks to […]

Learn how to record and make a podcast! Aprenda a hacer una podcast :)   About this event During these weekly gatherings, artist & cultural producer Hernán Jourdan will share ways to record and edit audio, and host the podcast show THANK YOU FOR LISTENING live. Free to attend! En estos encuentros semanales, artista y […]

Author and historian Rob Grandchamp will speak about the Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers and how they tell the story of a Civil War combat regiment. The lecture will also feature seven artifacts! Registration is not required. Visit the museum’s website for more information. The Summer Speaker Series is free lectures and presentations by local historians, […]