Please join Cultural Society's annual celebration of AAPI Heritage Month at the Rochambeau Public Library. A venue of entertainment showcasing the cultures, arts, crafts, and speakers of Asian American and Pacific Islander descent. If you missed Cultural Society's last AAPI Heritage Month celebration, mark your calendar this year! Watch the highlight video and see the […]
Cultural Society will present the Prototype of the AAPI History Museum. Meet the original artist, researcher, co-artist, and the founder of the Cultural Society. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions about this project and anything they want to know about the making of the AAPI History Museum coming to Rhode Island. This event is […]
See the 2022 Rhode Island Civic Health Index traveling exhibit at Rochambeau Library, 708 Hope St, Providence, RI 02906 from March 28 - April 13. See library website for open hours. The 2022 Rhode Island Civic Health Index (CHI)—the first ever for the state—draws upon data-driven indicators and information about diverse connections to civic life. The […]
GRANT INFORMATION WORKSHOPS! Have ideas for a new public humanities project? Join the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities for a free workshop to learn about upcoming major and mini grant opportunities for nonprofit organizations and individual researchers planning public programs in the humanities. Attend one of four workshops across the state to answer your questions […]
Teachers, librarians, and children’s book enthusiasts are invited to An Evening with Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan, authors of Save me a Seat, the 2017 Kids Reading Across Rhode Island selection. Join us to meet the authors and learn about their creative process and inspiration for this popular novel.
Living Literature (link is external) and the Rochambeau Readers join forces for a presentation and discussion of the Reading Across Rhode Island selection for 2017, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson.
A Poetry Workshop with Heimark Artist-in-Residence Evie Shockley
Join fellow community members and enjoy a performance by Living Literature! This year's performance is based on the Reading Across Rhode Island selection, The Wright Brothers by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough. Living Literature is a collective of RI-based performing artists, who have been celebrating the written word through readers-theatre style performances of non-dramatic literature, since its […]
Join us for a talk and performance by the Marian Anderson String Quartet. Presented by the Brown Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and the Providence Community Library.
Join Sylvia Ann Soares for an illustrated presentation on Eddie Soares, jazz pianist and solo performer of the twentieth century. Edwin Jose Soares (1913-1993) was a 1st generation Cape Verdean Rhode Island pianist. Eddie was renowned for his stride to cocktail style in solo performances, and for over 35 years, his work with Tony Tomasso’s […]
