May 15, 2017 – The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities welcomes nine new members to its Board of Directors including Christina Bevilacqua, C. Alexander Chiulli, Esq., Elaine B. Fain, […]
JOIN THE HUMANITIES COUNCIL TEAM
The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities is looking for a part-time Administrative Coordinator to join our team in early July 2017!
2017 Major Grants Announced
$146,132 IN GRANTS AWARDED TO 16 HUMANITIES INITIATIVES Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and grantees gathered Thursday to celebrate the role of humanities in civic life PROVIDENCE, RI — […]
Sold Out Reading Across Rhode Island Event – Bryan Stevenson’s message of hope and reconciliation
Saturday, April 8, 2017 – On a beautiful spring afternoon, hundreds of Rhode Islanders poured into McVinney Auditorium in Providence for the 15th annual Reading Across Rhode Island program with Bryan Stevenson, […]
Rhode Island leads defense of National Endowments for Arts and Humanities on House Floor
Thursday, April 6, 2017 – Rhode Island has a long history of leading the way when it comes to taking a stand for the value of the arts and humanities […]
Celebration of the Humanities: Call for Nominations
Submit your nominations to honor the work of extraordinary members of the public humanities community! The Council invites YOU to submit nominations for the 2017 Celebration of the Humanities awards, to […]
Tickets Now Available for An Afternoon with Bryan Stevenson
Reading Across Rhode Island, now in its 15th year, is an engaging, state-wide community read program of the Rhode Island Center for the Book at the Rhode Island Council for […]
“Story in the Public Square” – The reader as citizen
In the final installment of the Pulitzer in RI series, Pulitzer-Prize winning science journalist and professor Dan Fagin joined us for a taping of “Story in the Public Square.” He and co-hosts Jim Ludes, executive director of the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University, and G. Wayne Miller, reporter at the Providence Journal, discussed the role of journalism in the 21st century and the need to develop stories that engage with audiences–readers, listeners, tweeters–as citizens.
“Story in the Public Square” airs on Rhode Island PBS in Rhode Island and southern Massachusetts on Sundays at 11:00 am and is rebroadcast Thursdays at 7:30 pm. An audio version of the program airs Saturdays at 8:30 am and 6:30 pm ET and Sundays at 1:30 am and 12:30 pm ET on SiriusXM’s popular “POTUS: Politics of the United States” show on Channel 124.
Connecting to Just Mercy – 300 gather for Reading Across Rhode Island Kick-Off
Sunday, January 29, 2017 — Reading Across Rhode Island, Rhode Island’s only One Book, One State community read program, kicked off its 15th year with the 2017 title Just Mercy by […]
A statement from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities regarding reports of federal funding cuts
Recently, the Washington, DC, publication The Hill reported on possible plans by the Trump Administration to eliminate federal funding for the arts and humanities. Ever since, we here at the […]
