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, […]
Kick off Kids Reading Across RI 2021 with a live, virtual discussion with Becoming Muhammad Ali authors James Patterson and Kwame Alexander. Schools, public libraries, learning pods, homeschoolers, and children's literature lovers are invited to celebrate this year's selection and the dynamic authors who have brought Muhammad Ali's story to a new generation. Please pre-register to receive the event […]
Note: This screening has been postponed. The Humanities Council will update this listing upon receiving the new dates. May 20, 21, and 22, WaterFire and Wilbury Theatre Group will host playwright and performer Christopher Johnson's Invoice for Emotional Labor, including a live screening, performance, and talkback outdoors on the big screen as part of Theatre […]
Join Alexandra on zoom for a Classical Indian dance workshop focusing on the foundational mudras (hand gestures) of classical indian dance. These gestures are used to storytell and communicate specific ideas, events, actions, or animals — this class will go over the thirty-two `Asamyukta Hasta' which can be done with one hand. All levels are […]
You are invited to Gallery Night's community conversation on May 25, The Future of Art and Artists in a Post-COVID World, for a gathering of artists sharing their aspirational visions for the future of visual art access. This is a FREE event! RSVP on Facebook as well as registering on EventBrite; https://fb.me/e/dyONjm5gk Gallery Night is […]
More info about this session coming soon. 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 […]
The book publishing landscape is incredibly complex, and even more so for writers of color, who have historically lacked support and representation within the book industry. At Diverse Paths to Publishing, literary agent Saba Sulaiman, editor Christine Pride, and marketing director Antonio Gonzalez Cerna speak to the unique challenges of publishing as a person of […]
A live in-person culminating event for America Too: Reckoning and Resilience series. The event will be held outdoors in Adrian Hall Way, next door to the theater. Safety precautions including social distancing and mask-wearing will be in place. More info coming soon. America Too: Reckoning and Resilience marks the sixth year of the America Too initiative. This 5-part online series […]
An Episcopal minister. 41 naval recruits. A zealous newspaper editor. A pandemic. A drag show. A beanstalk. The YMCA. A future president of the United States. At the close of World War I, the US Navy sparked a national scandal after news broke about an undercover operation to stamp out “immoral acts” in Newport, Rhode […]
This informal discussion circle is sponsored as part of a one-year research grant, Wanderground: Archiving Lesbian Legacies, Words, Creativity in Rhode Island. This one-year research looks into Rhode Island Lesbians’ relationships with and contributions to the late-twentieth-century Women in Print Movement (1970-2000), and their existing personal collections related to the Movement. ** This discussion is […]
