RI Humanities

Year of the City

  1. Events
  2. Organizers
  3. Year of the City
401-455-8076
adiveglia@provlib.org
https://yearofthecity.com/
Events from this organizer
Today

As Above, So Below: Visions of Transformation in Down City Providence by Carla Ricci and Roberta Kaufman (Reception)

Providence City Hall 25 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI

Exhibition: August 15, 2019 – October 14, 2019 Reception on August 15, 2019 – 4:30pm – 6:30pm EXHIBITION STATEMENT: The old aphorism, “As above, so below,” has often been used in a secular context to mean that things experienced on a macroscopic scale find expression all the way down stream in the microcosm of everyday […]

Free

Event Series Providence Unveiled: Stories From the Archives

Providence Unveiled: Stories From the Archives

Providence Athenaeum 251 Benefit Street, Providence, RI, United States

Exhibition on view June 3 - September 10 In 1836, the Providence Library Company (1753) and the Providence Athenæum (1831) made the decision to dissolve their institutions and reform as the library we know today as the Providence Athenæum. The library has occupied its home on Benefit Street since 1838, bearing witness to the evolution […]

Free

Map It Out – Providence [Opening Reception]

John Nicholas Brown Center 357 Benefit Street (Rear Entrance, Off the Williams Street Driveway), Providence, RI, United States

Exhibition: September 26 – November 14, 2019 Map It Out – Providence (September 26 – November 14) is an exhibition of hand-drawn maps created by Providence and Rhode Island community members in collaboration with the Toronto-based artists Gwen MacGregor and Sandra Rechico. The maps reveal our community’s memories, and propose new ways of understanding the geography […]

Free

Counter-mapping Providence

Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center 75 Waterman Street, Providence, RI, United States

Panel discussion on alternative ways of mapping the city. This panel discussion is part of a one-day conference titled Radical Cartography Now: Digital, Artistic and Social Justice Approaches to Mapping. The entire conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register here. Counter-mapping Providence (and Tulsa) Moderator: Marisa Angell Brown, Assistant […]

Free

Illustrated talk by Maureen Taylor – “The East Side: Then and Now”

Lippitt House Museum 199 Hope Street, Providence, RI, United States

Maureen Taylor will lead this interactive session about the online crowd-sourcing project OldPVD.com. The site is a virtual map capturing architectural, historical and genealogical resources. Come see and hear how Providence’s East Side evolved and learn how you can contribute to the project. Maureen is an internationally recognized historic photograph expert whose passion is encouraging […]

$5

Home Movie Day

Southside Cultural Center 393 Broad St, Providence, RI, United States

Home Movie Day is an annual celebration of homemade films and the communities that made them. The Rhode Island Historical Society joins local hosts around the world to provide equipment and moving image expertise, and the public is invited to attend and bring their home movies to share with the audience. The following formats can […]

Free
Event Series Echoes of the Gorham Manufacturing Company

Echoes of the Gorham Manufacturing Company

First Baptist Church in America 75 North Main Street, Providence, RI, United States

Gorham Manufacturing Company was a mainstay of Providence's cultural and economic landscape for over a century. On this walking tour, led by Rhode Island Historical Society educators and guides, explore the earliest beginnings of the company in the early 19th century, then move into downtown to look at large-scale creations that are still present in […]

$15

Neighborhood Comics Fest

Mt. Pleasant Library 315 Academy Ave, Providence, RI, United States

A free, family-oriented event for our neighbors in Providence who may not make it to the annual RI Comic Con this year. Local artists, librarians, and educators lead hands-on sessions as well as provide collaborative space to promote creativity. Dress in a costume, design a video game, animate some characters, visit the photo booth, enjoy […]

Free
Event Series Fort Thunder & Lightning Bolt: Old Mill / New Music

Fort Thunder & Lightning Bolt: Old Mill / New Music

Orwig Music Library 1 Young Orchard Ave, Providence, RI, United States

Exhibition on view April 29 – November 3, 2019. From humble beginnings as a studio space rented by four RISD guys in the fall of 1995, rose the now mythic Fort Thunder collaborative, located in a dilapidated mill building on the west side of Providence. While there were other decrepit mills nearby, with funky names […]

Free

Feria del Libro y Las Artes

The Center at Moore Hall Providence College, 1 Cunningham Square, Providence, RI, United States

Feria del Libro y las Artes de Providence is a FREE one-day bilingual Latinx festival of books and arts for the whole community! Attractions will include Latinx author readings, book signings, arts and storytelling workshops, and film screenings for children, teens, adults, and seniors. Speaker appearances will include Dominican storyteller and performer Josefina Baez and […]

Free