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Open Sesame Salon: A Complex, Multivalent, Polyphonic Place of Being

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

SALON: Poet and writer Colin Channer as part of the Open Sesame project Poet and fiction writer Colin Channer will read and discuss poems arising from encounters with books, maps, and documents about food in the Athenæum’s archives. The exploration continues the journey of his artistic life – all the multitude of ways in which […]

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Open Sesame Salon: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Ocean?

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

SALON: Architectural historian Ijlal Muzaffar as part of the Open Sesame project In 19th century England, Providence’s global reach was attested by its literary output. Yet for many in India, the city’s reach was experienced unknowingly through its chickens. Architectural historian Ijlal Muzaffar will explore how and why the Rhode Island Red was known as […]

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Open Sesame Salon: Progress(ive) with Will Reeves

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

The undercurrent of the American spirit is driven by the ideals of progress, resiliency, and modernization. Will Reeves, sculptor and founder of The Wurks, will discuss his research at the Athenaeum, the driving force of progress in today's world, and perspectives of the 19th century to discover if there are parallels the 21st century can learn […]

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Open Sesame Salon: Migration of Memory with Annu Palakunnathu Matthew

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

Photo-based artist Annu Palajunnathu Matthew is an Indian from India, who lives near Providence's India Point, and uses photography to relook at histories. She will discuss her creative journey as she explored the Providence Athenaeum's Special Collections and learned more about Rhode Island's long history with non-white immigrants. Note: This event is free but reservations […]

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Providence Athenaeum Salon – Open Sesame: Consuelo Sherba, Aurea Artistic Director

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

This Open Sesame Salon will concentrate on the process involved in bringing together all the layers of the "Of Nature Composed" program which Sherba is developing for The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities What is the 21st Century Essay?, a series of programs to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize in 2016 through […]

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Providence Athenaeum Salon: “Writing Nature” with Akiko Busch

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

As part of the Pulitzer Campfires Initiative, Akiko Busch discusses the way that essay form promotes a kind of collaborative thinking, accommodating both sciences and humanities. Mining the works of groundbreaking naturalists for their ruminations on the relationship of science, literature, and human emotion, she looks for evidence of how the practice of citizen science, […]

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Providence Athenaeum Salon – Open Sesame: Jed Hancock-Brainerd and Rebecca Noon

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

Jed Hancock-Brainerd and Rebecca Noon of Strange Attractor discuss Rhode Islanders’ relationship with the ocean and their upcoming performance. Hancock-Brainerd and Noon researched Rhode Islanders’ relationship with the ocean in preparation for a 100-person Sea Pageant performed on August 21, 2017 on First Beach in Newport during a solar eclipse. They found materials related to […]

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Jazz in RI History and Culture – A Salon Discussion

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

FirstWorks and the Providence Athenaeum present Sylvia Ann Soares (niece of the late, great jazz pianist Eddie Soares) and psychology professor and jazz aficionado Ferdinand Jones (co-editor of the anthology of essays "The Triumph of the Soul: Cultural and Psychological Aspects of African American Music") for a fascinating discussion about the role of jazz in Rhode Island history and culture.

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The Evolving Consequences of Human Interaction on the Physical Environment – Providence Athenaeum Salon Discussion Co-Presented by FirstWorks

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

Join a conversation with Rhode Island artists whose work addresses a variety of environmental issues and instigations, and learn how they use their work to calibrate, celebrate, test, and protest the evolving consequences of human interaction on the physical environment.

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Fracking, Earthquakes, and Carbon Disposal – Providence Athenaeum Salon Discussion Co-Presented by FirstWorks

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

In conjunction with Cloud Eye Control's performance of Half Life in November, FirstWorks and ecoRI News present a salon discussion with Terry E. Tullis (Brown University Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences Terry E. Tullis, Chair of the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council). While fracking has lowered current gas prices and made us less […]

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