July 2015
Every Hero Has a Story
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 ORIGINAL, wearable "Plasti-Foam Super-Hero Helmet-Heads" inspired by characters from Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by American author Kate DiCamillo. The amazing Hero-Helmets fabricated by workshop participants…
Find out more »November 2017
Aliyah from Rhode Island: A Photo-Text Exhibit and Panel Discussion
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 at the Central Library on Sunday, November 5 at 2 PM, there will be a panel discussion. The exhibit and panel discussion will serve as…
Find out more »March 2019
Reading Across Rhode Island 2019 – Living Literature Performance
Living Literature is proud to present a 60 minute readers theatre of the Reading Across Rhode Island selection for 2019, What the Eyes Don’t See by Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha. Engaging discussions of the book follow the performances, which benefit both those who have read the book and those who have not had the opportunity. The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities is a proud Prime Sponsor of the 2019 Reading Across Rhode Island season of the RI Center for the…
Find out more »September 2019
What Have They Done With Our Water?
The Cranston Public Library will welcome filmmaker, professor and Cranston resident Evan Villari on Wednesday, Sept. 11, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the Central library, 140 Sockanosset Cross Road, Cranston, RI. Villari will share research for Blood and Watershed (bloodandwatershed.com), an upcoming documentary film on the true history of the Scituate Reservoir, while drawing contemporary parallels to issues related to water usage. Through a combination of image-based storytelling and personal narratives, this engagement promises to provide concerned citizens with…
Find out more »The Civil Rights Kid with Ray Rickman
The Civil Rights Kid with Ray Rickman tells in dramatic and compelling ways of his early activism in the Civil Rights Movement. As a young student, Ray fought to integrate the Detroit public schools, leading city-wide walk-outs and bringing a federal lawsuit. As a teen, against his mother's better instincts, he participated in the March Against Fear in Mississippi with Civil Rights giant James Meredith and was jailed and beaten nearly to death for "trespassing." This exciting one-man presentation, filled…
Find out more »December 2019
Shai Afsai’s “The Igbo Jews of Abuja”: Meet and greet with photographer
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 on display November 6 through December 17 in the James T. Giles Community Room at the Cranston Public Library. A meet and greet with the…
Find out more »November 2021
Religious Services in the Age of Social Distancing: Rhode Island Narratives and Snapshots – Poster Exhibit
This Religious Services in the Age of Social Distancing project sought to document and interpret the experiences of a diverse group of selected churches, mosques, and synagogues (‘religious communities’) across Rhode Island during the pandemic and during the ‘return to normalcy’ in the summer of 2021. The documentation of this unique period for people of faith will be a reminder that challenges can be overcome and can transform community dynamics. The project is grounded in empirical social-science research and aims to…
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