Disrupt with Haus of Glitter! Join in a lawn party that centers joy, community, and Queer BIPOC music and dance to disrupt Linden Place's connection to the DeWolf family, one of the most prolific families engaged in the Transatlantic Human Trade. Estimates are that between 1649 and 1819, at least 953 voyages to Africa were […]
Join What Cheer Writers Club at Under the Lindens, a community write-in at Linden Place in Bristol, RI on Sun, April 23 from 11am-4pm. Gather with fellow writers from across Rhode Island to work on your individual project in a community setting. Writers can set up at tables in the ballroom or across the expansive […]
Explore close readings, reflections and discourse of The Odyssey by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson, with scholars and literary-minded audiences from Rhode Island and beyond. Bristol BookFest 2023 consists of a free keynote talk and reception on Friday evening, March 31, at Colt School Auditorium (574 Hope St) and a paid day program of speakers and informal […]
Dr. Scott Molloy, Award-Winning Writer of “Irish Titan, Irish Toilers: Joseph Banigan and Nineteenth-Century New England Labor,” will discuss the relationship between Joseph Banigan and Samuel P Colt. The event will be in the Ballroom. Dr. Molloy, a highly regarded authority on Irish history is a Carnegie Foundation Rhode Island Professor of the Year, a […]
Over time, some 1750,000 people went whaling. Most experienced the "Nantucket sleigh ride" only once because of the extreme and dangerous conditions, but as many 30% of the those working on whalers were men of color. Join Martha's Vineyard author Skip Finley in the Linden Place Carriage House as he leads us on this fascinating […]
Bristol BookFest 2022 consists of a free keynote talk on Friday evening, April 1, from 5-6:30pm at St. Michael's Episcopal Church (399 Hope St.) and a paid day program of speakers and informal discussions on Saturday, April 2, from 9am-5pm in Linden Place ballroom (500 Hope St.). It ends with a reception open to registrants at the Rogers Free […]
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 2 “Disowning Slavery: Gradual Emancipation & Race […]
Linden Place Museum will host a walking tour of Linden Place Mansion and downtown Bristol, focused specifically on Bristol’s DeWolf Family and their involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The DeWolf family, Bristol’s premier family in the 18th and early 19th centuries, was once one of the largest traders of slaves in New England. Learn […]
Linden Place Museum will host a walking tour of Linden Place Mansion and downtown Bristol, focused specifically on Bristol’s DeWolf Family and their involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The DeWolf family, Bristol’s premier family in the 18th and early 19th centuries, was once one of the largest traders of slaves in New England. The […]
Linden Place Mansion welcomes springtime with a concert of traditional and contemporary Italian, Neapolitan and Italian-American songs performed by pianist and singer Michael DiMucci in the mansion’s historic Ballroom on Friday, May 8th at 7:30 p.m. DiMucci will perform selections like O Sole Mio, Come Back to Sorrento, Ahi! Marie, Mamma and other crossover pieces […]
