Virtual Event

More than 6,000 pedestrians are getting killed every year on American streets, representing an enormous 50 percent increase from the first part of the decade. Angie Schmitt, the author of the new book Right of Way: Race, Class and the Silent Crisis of Pedestrian Deaths in America will talk about the social trends that are putting people at risk. […]

On Thursday, November 19, we’ll present Bite-Sized Preservation: Climate Justice and Preservation, a look at where environmentalism and historic preservation intersect. Providence attracted national attention with the City’s release of a climate justice plan in fall 2019. Our Director of Preservation, Rachel Robinson, will speak with Leah Bamberger, the City of Providence’s Director of Sustainability, to learn how the plan is […]

Launched in December 2019, @hoodmidcenturymodern catapulted to fame as Instagram’s leading Black voice in architecture. HOOD CENTURY fills an industry gap as a preservation society for the streets, centering communities traditionally excluded from the conversation. This is preservation for us, by us. With HOOD CENTURY, Jerald Cooper utilizes pop culture and classic hip-hop imagery from an architectural and […]

Join the conversation this month through Zoom to discuss How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. Conversations Book Club features authors and characters from marginalized groups. We meet on the third Tuesday of every month at 6:30PM. Get Free Tickets ABOUT THE BOOK Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism--and, […]

Many regard the preservation field as being in the midst of a relevancy crisis — its systems outdated, its practices exclusionary, and its practitioners out of touch. In order for preservation to become more accessible and relevant to more communities and to survive into the future, deep change is necessary. But can we reform preservation or do […]

Who shows up to public meetings? Whose interests are they advocating for? And how do decisions made by the few shape the social and political fabric of our communities? This talk discusses how neighborhood participation in the housing permitting process exacerbates and reproduces existing inequalities, limits the housing supply, and contributes to the current affordable […]

Who “authorizes” cultural heritage and decides what places are worth protecting and celebrating? How are these decisions made and whose histories do they preserve? This panel discussion will explore the formal preservation systems currently in place and how they work for and against communities. Our guests will offer insight on how preservation works at the […]

ECAS en Casa les invita este JUEVES 12 de noviembre a las 7:00 PM (Hora del Este) a un entretenido diálogo con Shey Rivera, artista interdisciplinaria y gestora cultural. * Cada uno de nuestros invitados son personalidades influyentes en miras a transformar el teatro de minorías e inmigrantes a través de la representación en la escena. […]

“I Was Asked to Stand” educates and empowers us to understand the cause and possible solutions to the disparity in the lack of representation, documentation, and acknowledgment of the great works of women and diverse designers. Pascale’s presentation focuses on the history of the problems, how we can proactively change architecture and design, and future […]