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BALA-BILA

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

Date: October 23, 2024 Time: 6:00 pm Venue: Providence Public Library Location: 150 Empire Street, Providence Learn more here Tickets: General Admission tickets: $25 (+ $2 online processing fee) Pay-what-you-can tickets are available to our community members. Your ticket purchase in any amount directly supports FirstWorks connecting art with audiences. About the performance: BALA-BILA brings together […]

$25

Jake Blount + Mali Obomsawin

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

Date: October 10, 2024 Time: 6:00 pm Venue: Providence Public Library Location: 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI Learn more here Tickets: General Admission tickets: $25 (+ $2 online processing fee) Pay-what-you-can tickets are available to our community members. Your ticket purchase in any amount directly supports FirstWorks connecting art with audiences. About the performance: On their 2024 […]

$25

Washed Series: Explore Radical Models of Family, Community, and Care with Sabrina Imbler, Author of “How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures”

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

Monday, October 7, 5:30 to 7pm: Join Providence Public Library for an evening with science and conservation journalist Sabrina Imbler on How Far the Light Reaches: lluminating Queerness in Nature, exploring radical models of family, community, identity, and care through the exploration of undersea life forms. The ocean is exuberantly queer—just look at sex-changing clownfish and gay […]

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Washed Series: Historian Timothy D. Walker on “Sailing to Freedom: Recovering and Re-centering the Maritime Dimension of the Underground Railroad”

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

Monday, September 30, 5:30 - 7:00pm: Join Providence Public Library for a talk by Timothy D. Walker, Professor of History, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, on Sailing to Freedom: Recovering and Re-centering the Maritime Dimension of the Underground Railroad as part of their Washed Series. Dr. Walker's talk will highlight little-known stories of freedom-seeking by sea, describe the less-understood […]

(Re)Telling: Crafting New Stories of Race and Place in Southern New England

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

June 7, 2024, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Providence Public Library, 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI Sponsored by the Roger Williams University Public Humanities and Arts Collaborative Free and open to the public On Friday, June 7, 2024, the Roger Williams University Public Humanities and Arts Collaborative (The Co-Lab) will host (Re)Telling: Crafting New Stories […]

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Reinsulator: Pop Up Reading Room

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

Reinsulator: Pop Up Reading Room with Yankee Pole Cat Insulator Club https://www.bensisto.com/projects/reinsulator Saturday April 20, 2024; 11am–2pm Providence Public Library, Special Collections’ Reading Room 150 Empire Street, Fl. 3, Providence, RI Free and open to the public What’s an insulator hobby zine? Wait. What’s an insulator? Glad you asked! For the unfamiliar, an insulator is […]

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Event Series Meshanticut Cultural Placemaking Conference

Meshanticut Cultural Placemaking Conference

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

The Meshanticut Cultural Placemaking Conference is a two-day event hosting presenters and discussions to ideate initiatives, policies, and strategies to promote and support the international cultural placemaking sector. Taking Place Thursday August 17, 2023, 9a.m. to 5p.m. , and Friday August 18, 2023, from 9.a.m. to 4p.m. at the Providence Public Library in Providence Rhode […]

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Wanderground Lesbian Archive Exhibits at Providence Public Library

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

Welcome to the first physical public viewing of several of the holdings in the Wanderground Archive/Library. Mev Miller shares selections from her extensive library of Lesbian/feminist publications as well as media, art, and other culturally significant items – collected over the past 40 years. The materials make up the cornerstone of Wanderground, a Lesbian Archive/Library being developed as […]

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Rewilding: Alive in the Churn

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

Rewilding: Alive in the Churn is a collaborative, interactive installation curated by artist Kotone Deguchi and co-produced by PVD Young Makers (PVDYM) and Providence Public Library (PPL). The installation is located physically in PPL’s new 3rd floor Joan T. Boghossian Gallery and digitally on various platforms. Now open and evolving through December 17, Rewilding: Alive in the Churn has transformed PPL’s exhibition […]

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UNLADYLIKE2020: Art Animates the Archive!

Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street, Providence, RI, United States

In honor of the centennial of women’s suffrage in 2020, UNLADYLIKE2020 presents the comprehensive biographies of 26 bold American women who, at the turn of the 20th century, broke barriers in male-dominated fields, including science, medicine, politics, business, journalism, sports, aviation, and the arts. The project’s 26 digital shorts share the extraordinary stories of daring […]

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