The chamber music and spoken word ensemble AUREA present their first of three Monday evening fall performances at Slater Mill, “Once Upon a Midnight Dreary,” on Monday, October 27. Words of Edgar Allan Poe & Alfred, Lord Tennyson meld with string quartets of Schubert and improvisations of Chris Turner to set the tone for All […]
This screening will take place at the "Vampirism in New England...the Dark Ages of Medical Science" event at the New England Institute of Technology with special guest Christopher Rondina, storyteller and author of "Vampires of New England."
Join the Fox Point Neighborhood Association, Mayor Angel Taveras, and Native American Dignitaries for the dedication of a new historical marker in Gano Park. As part of the dedication ceremony, Eastern Medicine Singers will perform!
Come to hear Eva Andersson Strand of The Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. In Viking Age society there has been a need for a wide variety of textiles; textiles for clothing, sails etc. There is no doubt that textiles and production had an important economic and social impact […]
The Pell Center’s Story in the Public Square initiative theatrical production of “Ajax,” a Greek tragedy set in the Trojan War, will tour Rhode Island to start a statewide discussion about the challenges veterans face returning home. "Ajax" in Rhode Island is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for […]
At the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Offices, MIXfits: 21st Century Identities in Woonsocket partnered Riverzedge teens with humanities scholars and historians in original thinking, writing, and making, while they looked at identity formation in their city. Through readings, writings and field research, youth began to explore methods that illuminate their notions of their […]
The opening event for the 2014 Art of the Book Program "Mine! Ownership Marks from Curses to Book Plates." This year's theme will explore topics from curses on would be book thieves to the proclamation of the ownership of knowledge via signature. The Keynote Lecture, "Ownership Marks in Early American Books: Oddities & Outliers" will […]
In the Granoff Center at Brown University, FREEDOM PROJECT interweaves personal stories with images, scenes, choreography, and multimedia projection to examine issues related to mass incarceration in America. The work focuses on the people behind the transformation of the “land of the free” into the most incarcerating country in the world, engaging audiences on a visceral, emotional, and intellectual level.
This Freedom Café will examine ongoing issues in our public schools, such as an over-reliance on testing, the disproportionate number of students of color who are suspended and expelled, and how these practices feed the school to prison pipeline. The evening will include performance and poetry from Everett Company. Everett’s Freedom Cafés are a series of free presentations that create a dialogue […]
The 2014 Alexis Allen Boss '89 Endowment for Community Accord and Public Service presents Sheryl WuDunn, Pullitzer Prize winning journalist and co-author of the best-selling Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (2009) and, A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity (2014). In addition to her writing talents, WuDunn is also a business executive and popular […]
The Pell Center’s Story in the Public Square initiative theatrical production of “Ajax,” a Greek tragedy set in the Trojan War, will tour Rhode Island to start a statewide discussion about the challenges veterans face returning home. "Ajax" in Rhode Island is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for […]
At the Providence Public Library, The Center for Public Humanities at Brown University, the PPL's Story Seekers, and Urban Pond Procession are pleased to announce “Come Sit a Spell: Memories from a Forgotten Neighborhood” – an immersive art and oral history installation. The installation will be open November 18th through January 18th during regular library […]
"Getting Merry Like Christmas" merges traditional holiday songs with jazz and gospel sounds. Powerhouse gospel great Doreen Murray, a soloist known throughout New England, joins an excellent ensemble of Providence vocalists, including Janell Brown, Drew Parker, Luna Abreu-Santana, and Jose Baez, with jazz pianist Rod Luther at the keyboard. Robb Dimmick directs. The show will […]