These 75-minute virtual workshops will cover the THRIVE grant program and process, and provide tips on completing the application. Both sessions will occur via Zoom, and require pre-registration via Zoom. If you cannot make it or would like a refresher, we will also be posting a recording of the session along with the slide deck […]
Newport Historical Society Winter Fest Walking Tours February 16 4:00 pm - Colonial Newport Lantern Tour: Enjoy a lantern-lit walk through Newport’s historic streets. Learn about Newport’s early history including stories of rebellion, revolution and religious liberty. This tour lasts approximately 75 minutes. February 17 11:00 am - Golden to Gilded: From Newport’s colonial Golden Age […]
The Year of the Dragon is here and the Rhode Island Kung Fu Club (RIKFC) lions will be performing all over the Providence area for the New Year. The good-luck lion dance will be performed at a variety of local businesses (listed below) on February 10, 11, 17, and 18. Saturday, Feb. 10: 10:00am […]
The Year of the Dragon is here and the Rhode Island Kung Fu Club (RIKFC) lions will be performing all over the Providence area for the New Year. The good-luck lion dance will be performed at a variety of local businesses (listed below) on February 10, 11, 17, and 18. Saturday, Feb. 10: 10:00am […]
The University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, and devoting this year’s speaker series to storytelling, an endeavor at the heart of the humanities. The Center's yearlong series envisions storytelling expansively and brings a variety of practitioners — historians and novelists, cartoonists and artists, musicians and musicologists, […]
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 […]
The Pell Center at Salve Regina University invites the public to this powerful presentation by MIT Professor and award-winning author Dr. Joshua Bennett who will share selections from his most recent book—Spoken Word: A Cultural History—alongside original poems, as well as his reflections on the art of storytelling and his individual journey as a writer […]
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, […]
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, […]
Tuesday, March 12, 2024 6:30 PM Reception | 7:00PM Panel Discussion FREE, Registration Required Lippitt House Museum, the Providence League of Women Voters, and the African Alliance of Rhode Island are partnering on two in-person community discussions about civic life for immigrants in Rhode Island. The 9th Annual Community Conversations Discussion Series takes place March […]
