Our Storied Health Film and Media Series is a year-long integrated media experience at the Brown Arts Institute that illuminates the importance of our collective health and what can be done to enhance it. The series, curated by Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, Director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown School of Public Health and Dr. […]
Cultural Society will present the Prototype of the AAPI History Museum. Meet the original artist, researcher, co-artist, and the founder of the Cultural Society. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions about this project and anything they want to know about the making of the AAPI History Museum coming to Rhode Island. This event is […]
¡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 […]
University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities Innovation in Storytelling Speaker Series A talk by Jeffrey Yoo Warren Thursday, November 2nd, 4pm Hope Room, Higgins Welcome Center & Livestreamed 45 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI Information and registration: https://web.uri.edu/humanities/seeing-providence-chinatown-relational-reconstruction-of-erased-histories/ Free and open to the public “Seeing Providence Chinatown” is an ongoing project using archival photographs and […]
Join Notable Works on November 4th at 2:30 PM at the Warwick Public Library for a free public program featuring original poetry and music as well as a special presentation by Rebecca Reeves, Stormwater Education and Outreach Coordinator for Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Stormwater Innovation Center. The event will include an open mic […]
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 […]
A Matter of Truth Exhibition Opening Reception Friday, November 10, 2023, 4:30-6:30 pm Rhode Island State House, Bell Room Hosted by RI Black Heritage Society and Secretary of State Gregg Amore A Matter of Truth: The Struggle for African Heritage & Indigenous People for Equal Rights in Providence, Rhode Island (1620-2020) is a 2021 report […]
Monday, November 13 at 6:00 pm in the Chace Theater Listen to the stories of local veterans in their own words with Veteran Voices, presented as a part of Trinity Rep’s Green Light Ghost Light Project. The event will feature performances, music, and readings from local veterans about their time during and after military service. […]
What I Want You To Know is a documentary featuring 13 veterans and their personal stories from their deployments in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Executive producers Travis Weiner and Tommy Furlong, combat veterans, made this film as an outlet for veterans to candidly share their emotional experiences of these wars and for civilians to listen. […]
A symposium and gathering bringing together regional Black and Indigenous community historians, scholars, storytellers, and educators. Free and open to the public. Information and registration can be found here. In Conversation: Black and Indigenous Histories and Pedagogies is a two-day symposium and gathering on November 16th and 17th, 2023 at Brown University. The symposium will bring […]
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 […]
A symposium and gathering bringing together regional Black and Indigenous community historians, scholars, storytellers, and educators. Free and open to the public. Information and registration can be found here. In Conversation: Black and Indigenous Histories and Pedagogies is a two-day symposium and gathering on November 16th and 17th, 2023 at Brown University. The symposium will bring […]
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 […]
LitArts RI’s Advisory Committee invites RI creatives of color to a series of monthly B/I/POC centered co-working sessions at their literary arts center in Olneyville. Meet other writers, illustrators, and podcasters, share projects and find community and support for your creative work. Then spend time writing together over coffee. These gatherings are supported in […]
FirstWorks - Rennie Harris Presents: Rome & Jewels “The most brilliant hip-hop choreographer in America” (The New Yorker), Rennie Harris restages his breakout masterpiece, Rome & Jewels. A story of love, fear, violence and triumph, Rome & Jewels challenges preconceived notions of Shakespeare with a hip-hop journey through the streets of Philadelphia. The evening-length production was groundbreaking globally, […]
BROOKE WALDRON PAINTINGS FROM “THOSE THAT GUIDE US” Gamm Theatre Gallery, Nov. 2 - 26, Tuesdays - Sundays from 12:00-6:00 pm and Mondays by inquiry Artist's talk and Q & A on Sunday, Nov. 19 at approx. 4:30pm, following the matinee performance of HANGMEN. FREE and open to the public. This small installation exhibits 12 original […]
Cultural Society will present an academic symposium for public school teachers who teach social studies or ELA as it relates to history. This symposium will also serve as professional development for social studies teachers to give them the resources and equip them to teach Asian American history to their students in the years to come, […]
The path to publication can be riddled with rejection. Whether you are looking for an agent, submitting to publishers, sending your manuscript out to contests, or receiving a challenging round of editorial feedback, cultivating care is key. On Sat, Dec 2, join local authors Rebekah Bergman, Nada Samih-Rotondo and Candace Williams at LitArts RI for […]