Grantee Events

¡Una celebración bilingüe de Día de los Muertos! (A bilingual Day of the Dead celebration!) Bienvenidos al Newport Art Museum para ¡Qué Vivan los Muertos!, una celebración tradicional mexicana de los seres queridos que han fallecido. Organizado por el museo y Jesús de la Torre, empleado de Conexión Latina, este evento está abierto a todo […]

SCANDALOUS CONDUCT: PUNKS & POGUES Live Staged reading of a new work by Matthew Lawrence and Jason Tranchida Tuesday, November 7 at 7:00pm at Wilbury Theatre Group Free (Adavance registration strongly encouraged). To register, please visit: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/11374546 Shortly after the end of World War I, a Navy-sanctioned raid on queer activity in Newport, Rhode Island […]

Free screening and post-film conversation of "BEING THUNDER" in partnership with the Tomaquag Museum ABOUT THE FILM, "BEING THUNDER": French filmmaker Stephanie Lamorre quietly documents Sherenté Mishitashin Harris’s life and family interactions over the course of several years. Sherenté’s energy is focused on participating in traditional dance competitions with other New England tribes, but not […]

Virtual Talk with Rennie Harris and Jessica T. Pearson November 9, 7:30-8:30 PM Free - Online via Zoom - More info and Register for link here: https://firstworks.org/event/virtual-talk-with-rennie-harris-and-jessica-t-pearson/ Join FirstWorks for an artist talk with legendary choreographer, Rennie Harris, as he talks about the re-staging of his classic work, "Rome & Jewels," with his company Rennie […]

What the Hands Do Community Impact Screening Presented by newportFILM in partnership with Ladies Climbing Coalition and Whalers Brewing Company Thurs., Nov. 16, 7:00 pm Whalers Brewing Company, 1174 Kingstown Road, South Kingstown FREE and open to the public, RSVP required ABOUT THE FILM: Mariana Mendoza and Miguel Casar are attracted to proud, challenging boulders and […]

Dance Floor Dialogues November 17, 6:00-8:00 PM Co-hosted by FirstWorks and Brown Arts Institute at Brown University William Riley Hall at The Lindemann Performing Arts Center 144 Angell St., Providence, RI FREE - RSVP at https://firstworks.org/event/dance-floor-dialogues/ Using dance as a catalyst for conversation between the Rennie Harris Puremovement American Dance Theater company members and the local […]

Saturday, February 24, 1:00 pm MPACT 25 Maple Street, Pawtucket, RI FREE and open to the public RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4i5lRJ5jjZNZvRYHVIA-Yu979Ai_od5_kBbylIFeaYygU3A/viewform A dance school is a space and place where entrepreneurship, youth development, identity and legacy cultivate and thrive. This intergenerational and interstate panel discussion features Dee Dee Handy Morris (Dee Dee’s Dance Center, CT) and […]

RI Civic Learning Week 2024 will occur March 11-15, 2024 and seeks to highlight the importance of civic education in sustaining and strengthening constitutional democracy in the United States. The week’s free programs, events, and activities are hosted and organized by the Rhode Island Civic Learning Coalition in partnership with Common Cause RI, Courageous RI, […]