LIVELY PANEL DISCUSSION ABOUT CONTROVERSIAL HISTORICAL FIGURE About this Event Esek Hopkins was a successful privateer before the American Revolution and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental navy during the war. Hopkins had some success in his naval career, but he was also accused of disobeying Congressional orders and was dismissed from the Navy in 1778. Before the […]
Esek Hopkins was a successful privateer before the American Revolution and Commander-in-Chief of the Continental navy during the war. Hopkins had some success in his naval career, but he was also accused of disobeying Congressional orders and was dismissed from the Navy in 1778. Before the war, Hopkins was the captain of the Sally, a slave ship commissioned […]
RI author Vanessa Lillie kicks off the PCL READS 2021 virtual event series with an author talk on Monday, January 11, at 6PM! About this Event Hosted virtually by Joseph Morra at Olneyville Library this month, Vanessa Lillie will discuss her latest novel, For the Best. It’s a thrilling read that “rises beyond genre to include […]
Write Rhode Island, co-created by Goat Hill and School One, is a short fiction program and competition for RI students in grades 7-12. Free, creative writing classes and virtual visits with guest authors are offered throughout the fall, students submit their 2500 word stories in December 2020. Winners are announced in the Spring and receive a […]
Before the American Revolution, Newport, Rhode Island was the largest and most active slave port in British North America. As part of that legacy, Newport is today home to a historically noteworthy burying ground that the African heritage community commonly called “God’s Little Acre.” Dating back to 1705, this section of Newport’s Common Burying Ground […]
Join us for a night of poetry with Dr. Adam Falkner. Falkner offers a sharp new portrait of the journey into queerhood and masculinity in America in his first full-length collection of poetry, The Willies. We welcome you to participate in a group conversation with Adam after his performance. Dr. Adam Falkner is an author, educator, […]
Celebrate the end of NaNoWriMo and your word count accomplishments with fellow Rhode Island writers who took the National Novel Writing Month challenge at a virtual cocktail party with What Cheer Writers Club. On Fri, Dec 4 at 5pm, we'll share triumphs and challenges and look ahead to what's next, all while celebrating your writing.
Teatro ECAS se enorgullece en presentar la puesta en circulación del libro: El Plan Perfecto de Poncio Pilá del dramaturgo Haffe Serulle. I Premio Moncrayón de Opinión del Lector 2020. Moncrayón Editores, XN Areté Arts Group y Teatro ECAS, con el fín de fomentar el placer por la lectura y la costumbre del análisis literario convocan el […]
Frequency Writers: Rhode Island's Oldest Creative Writing Organization The Essay as Form focuses on the essay as a productive form with no limits. Each week, students will read or see an essay (yes, there are essay films as well) that will serve us as a model for the essays students will make. Among the possible […]
Brent Runyon, Executive Director of the Providence Preservation Society, will reflect on all we’ve heard and discussed over the course of the 2020 Providence Symposium and offer his thoughts on how PPS can affect positive change. PPS has participated in community life for over 60 years, and it’s never been more important to ask ourselves, whose […]
