Every Hero Has a Story.... join Big Nazo for a workshop inspired by the RI Center for the Book's 2015 The Kids Reading Across Rhode Island book, Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo. BIG NAZO LAB Staff Artists will demonstrate how scissors, staplers, hot glue, and colorful Sharpie markers can be used to create […]
During the month of November (November 1-November 30, 2017), the Cranston Public Library will host Shai Afsai's “Aliyah from Rhode Island: A Photo-Text Exhibit” which features interviews and photographs of fourteen Rhode Islanders who made “aliyah,” moving to what in Judaism is considered the spiritually elevated land of Israel. Following the opening of the exhibit […]
There is a widespread belief among the Igbo of Nigeria that they are descendants of the tribes of Israel, and since the end of Nigeria's Civil War (1967-1970) several thousand Igbo have embraced the Jewish religion. Shai Afsai’s exhibit features photographs from his three visits to those practicing Judaism in Nigeria's capital city, and is […]
