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Event Series Unpolished Echoes: EXPLORE THE PAST AND PRESENT OF MASHAPAUG PARK

Unpolished Echoes: EXPLORE THE PAST AND PRESENT OF MASHAPAUG PARK

Museum of Natural History and Planetarium 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI, United States

Unpolished Echoes, a new collaboration between artist curators Holly Ewald and Becci Davis will connect visitors of Museum of Natural History and Planetarium with the sights and sounds of nearby Mashapaug Park. As one of Providence’s newest parks, Mashapaug Park is an archive of stories. Unpolished Echoes is an exhibition that centers this natural world […]

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Event Series Seeing Providence Chinatown

Seeing Providence Chinatown

Virtual Event

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, […]

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Wanderground Lesbian Archive Exhibits at Providence Public Library

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

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 […]

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My State House: A Community Revisioning Project

Rhode Island State House 82 Smith St, Providence, RI, United States

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 […]

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AUTHOR TALK WITH SKIP FINLEY, AWARD-WINNING WRITER

Linden Place 500 Hope Street, Bristol, RI, United States

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 […]

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Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964

Museum of Work and Culture 42 South Main St., Woonsocket, RI, United States

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 […]

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Oral History Workshop with Rhode Island Latino Arts Executive Director Marta V. Martínez

Museum of Work and Culture 42 South Main St., Woonsocket, RI, United States

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. […]

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Event Series A Timeline of Bristol’s Enslaved Population

A Timeline of Bristol’s Enslaved Population

Bristol Historical & Preservation Society 48 Court St., Bristol, RI, United States

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.

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Whitehorne Days: Restoration and Conservation

Whitehorne House 416 Thames Street, Newport, RI, United States

Join the Newport Restoration Foundation (NRF) for the first Whitehorne Day of the season! Free and open to the public. From 12-3 pm, visitors of all ages are invited to Whitehorne House Museum’s garden for a fun afternoon celebrating restoration and conservation. Explore how NRF carpenters perfectly match centuries-old carvings during the restoration process and […]

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Pokanoket Heritage Day

Burr's Hill Park 550 Water St, Warren, RI, United States

Pokanoket Heritage Day at Burr’s Hill Park in Warren, RI, is a free event that provides perspective on Pokanoket life in the East Bay (Sowams) from past centuries to the present day through dancing, singing, drumming, storytelling, presentations, and displays on Pokanoket history and culture.

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