UPDATE: Women’s Fund of Rhode Island (WFRI) is closely monitoring the COVID-19 (coronavirus) in regard to our upcoming community events. As you know, this is a rapidly evolving situation, and we recognize the need to be flexible. Rather than meeting in person at the URI Feinstein Campus as originally planned for our March 26 Mocktails […]
UPDATE - postponed until Fall 2020 - date TBD The Bristol BookFest Steering Committee has voted to postpone our inaugural event on March 27-28 and to take steps to find a suitable date in the fall to reschedule our All the King’s Men weekend. This, of course, depends on how the COVID 19 pandemic travels, […]
The Enigmatic Providence Journal Editor Who Ignited the Newport Naval Sex Scandal Matthew Lawrence and Jason Tranchida present: "SCANDALOUS CONDUCT/NEWPORT 1919: The Enigmatic Providence Journal Editor Who Ignited the Newport Naval Sex Scandal" Who was John Rathom and why should we care? As editor of the Providence Journal a century ago, this mysterious Australian almost […]
Join the Providence Public Library via Zoom on Thursday, June 4th for a story share and skillshare! The Providence Public Library is working on a new LGBTQ+ history collection. Virginia Thomas and her Queering Oral Histories class at Brown have begun to collect oral histories for the archive. To kick off Pride month and this new […]
The Little Compton Women’s History Project is a digital archiving project that captures and preserves the stories, life, and impact of Little Compton’s women from the 1600s through today. The project includes an exhibit featuring 50 banners exploring personal histories, a digital archive, and a virtual lecture series that shares the stories of diverse women […]
Presented by The Wilbury Theatre Group in collaboration with WaterFire Providence, FRINGEPVD The Providence Fringe Festival® has traditionally brought hundreds of theatre, music, dance, and multimedia performing artists to the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence. In light of COVID-related closures to performance spaces, the 2020 Festival will feature performances from around the country streamed through the Wilbury Group […]
On Thursday, July 23, we’ll present Bite-Sized Preservation: Historic Districts 101 to illuminate the differences between local and national historic districts. It is confusing — we know! Why are districts under local preservation protection and districts on the National Register both called “historic districts”?? We’ve invited colleagues from the city and state to help us iron […]
Stages of Freedom and Jazz is a Rainbow present "Aretha: Queen of Soul," a virtual tribute concert with eleven talented teens and professional musicians. Live on Facebook and YouTube Friday, August 14th at 6pm. The show, rehearsed for two weeks on Zoom, was written and musically directed by Michael Palter and Lynne Jackson, and artistically […]
The Museum of Work & Culture is excited to launch a free, bi-weekly virtual summer education series, Hands-on History: Summer Spotlight Rhode Island, for ages 4-7, beginning Tuesday, July 7 at 9:30am. Each week will feature a different aspect of Rhode Island’s performing arts history, with registered families receiving all necessary materials in a pre-emailed packet. […]
The Museum of Work & Culture will be hosting its annual Labor Day festivities online this year, with a series of pre-recorded presentations and film screenings. Programs will be released daily at 10am on the Museum’s Facebook page beginning on Thursday, September 3 through Labor Day, Monday September 7. Events will include: Thursday, September 3: […]
