Ray Rickman and Detra Windsor will discuss Sissieretta Jones -- a Rhode Islander who became the first African-American opera star to achieve global fame a century ago -- and the restoration of one of her gowns. Jones's concert gown, beautifully restored by Detra Windsor of Windsor Conservation, will be on display for the first time […]
2019 marks 400 years of slavery in America. Rhode Island was a major player in this vicious episode of our history, and also a leader in abolishing it. Breaking Chains tells this story through a series of events held from June 12 to June 15. Breaking Chains Event 1 Pulitzer Prize winning author David W. […]
Providence author Shai Afsai will discuss Benjamin Franklin’s self-improvement method and its influence on Judaism. As a young man in his twenties, Benjamin Franklin resolved to perfect his character and devised a unique method to aid him in the challenging task of becoming virtuous. Franklin's method, described in his posthumously-published autobiography, became incorporated into the […]
In Celebration of Black History Month, Disappearing Ink: Rhode Island Black Literature & The Black Press in Rhode Island, a conversation with Robb Dimmick and Ray Rickman on Stages of Freedom's latest project. The event will be an examination of writings by and about Rhode Island African Americans documenting Black life in the Ocean State, […]
