The Rhode Island Civic Learning Coalition (RICLC) is hosting the first ever Civic Learning Week March 7 - 11, 2022. The theme of this year’s Civic Learning Week is “Building Communities Through Civics.” The week’s programming is hosted and organized by RICLC in partnership with community organizations, teachers, and students from across the state. Everyone […]
FUNDA (To Learn) - Funda is a Zulu word, spoken by the people in South Africa. Long before there were books, the elders and griots and jaliyas—the storytellers- were the keepers of the culture. They passed on stories and songs so the community would learn its history, values, and traditions, in the oral tradition. That’s what […]
"The End of Heaven," which will be shown across 2 SLATERSVILLE work-in-progress preview screenings this month. Both events will be virtual and hosted by the Museum of Work & Culture. Part 1 will revisit the post World War II years, the final period in which Slatersville operated as a traditional mill village under the Kendall Company. Part 2 will transition into […]
Readers are invited to join moderator Jim Ludes, Executive Director, Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, Lorén Spears, Narragansett, 2022 Reading Across Rhode Island Honorary Chair and Executive Director of Tomaquag Museum, Silvermoon Mars LaRose, Narragansett, Assistant Director of the Tomaquag Museum, and Reading Across Rhode Island Education Chair Maureen Nagle for an […]
"The End of Heaven," which will be shown across 2 SLATERSVILLE work-in-progress preview screenings this month. Both events will be virtual and hosted by the Museum of Work & Culture. Part 1 will revisit the post World War II years, the final period in which Slatersville operated as a traditional mill village under the Kendall Company. Part 2 will transition into […]
We use Wikipedia for everything: trivia, research, or random deep dives. But Wikipedia is run and edited by humans, and therefore its articles reflect a massive gender gap: according to recent studies, over eighty percent of Wikipedia editors are men, and under twenty percent of the biographical pages are about women. The Museum of Work […]
FirstWorks is proud to present this stunning live performance film created by Taiwanese jazz artist Vincent Hsu (徐崇育) and his ensemble, Soy La Ley Afro-Cuban Jazz Band (古巴爵士樂團). Born in Changhua, Taiwan, Hsu is an award-winning bassist and composer who fuses jazz and Afro-Cuban music with his Taiwanese roots. Streaming On-Demand November 12-19 Join the […]
The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities’ annual Celebration of the Humanities event recognizes leadership, creative achievement, innovation, and scholarship. This year Celebration will be hosted as a virtual event on Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 6:00 pm. Join us online as we honor Onésimo T. Almeida, PhD, Mixed Magic Theatre, the Rhode Island COVID-19 Archive, and Becci Davis. The virtual […]
In this virtual program, Frederick Wiseman, coordinator at the Vermont Indigenous Heritage Center (Burlington, VT) and director at the Wôbanakik Heritage Center (Swanton, VT), and Don Stevens, Chief of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk - Abenaki Nation, introducue the cultural clash and history of both native and early settler agriculture in northern New England (Vermont and Wampanoag of […]
Providence Community Library cordially invites you to save the date for the 2021 Providence Latino Book & Arts Fair to be held virtually on September 20-23 and September 27-30, 6-7.30pm, with an in-person event on September 25 to be hosted at Knight Memorial Library, 11-2.00pm. Our bilingual Fair will feature Latino, Latina and Latinx artists, performers and writers […]
