Forgotten Drinks of Colonial New England at Linden Place Mansion Taste and learn the history of Colonial New England???s traditional drinks at this tasting, lecture, and book signing on Saturday, April 7th Colonial New England was awash in ales, beers, wines, cider and spirits. Everyone from teenage farm workers to our founding fathers imbibed heartily […]
Bella: An Immigrant’s Story of Resilience and Courage to be performed at the Weaver Library Weaver Library presents??Bella: An Immigrant???s Story of Resilience and Courage, a one-woman show about the life journey of Bella Indianer on Monday, March 5, 2018 at 7pm.?? ??The 45-minute play is performed and written by Bella???s granddaughter, Vicki Summers, who […]
Xaverian Brothers High School Completes Largest Fundraising Effort in School History; $25,000,000 Raised for Facilities and Financial Aid???? Xaverian High School, Needham, MA??Josephine-M.-Noble-Chapel Westwood, MA – Called to Lead: The Campaign for Xaverian, the largest fundraising effort in the history of Xaverian Brothers High School, successfully reached the $25 million expanded goal. The campaign???s conclusion […]
Undressing History: Women???s Clothes & Unmentionables From the 19th Century CARRIE MIDURA Rhode Island and Newport Historical Societies Join Forces for History Space Event Providence and Newport, R.I. (February 15, 2018) ??? The Newport Historical Society and the Rhode Island Historical Society will partner for their first joint ???History Space??? event since 2015 when they […]
Teachers and staff at two charter schools join Boston Teachers Union Boston, MA ?????For the first time, teachers and staff working at independently operated charter schools in the City of Boston have elected to join the Boston Teachers Union, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers. Educators at two Roxbury charter schools, operated by??City […]
Seekonk Library to Host Meet the Candidates Event ?? Seekonk Public Library will give voters an opportunity to meet the people running for offices in Seekonk town government at a Meet the Candidates event on Saturday, March 24 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM.?? The library emailed invitations to all candidates for local office, and has […]
COLLAGE?? in Gallery 175 Thomas Terceira, Birds, Blossom, Blue Jay From March 4 to May 4, 2018, Gallery 175 will be showing artwork by six talented collage artists in its gallery in downtown Pawtucket, RI. Using photographs, printed and patterned papers, each of the artists cuts, pastes, and combines images to create clever, intriguing, and […]
Our state budget must protect the vulnerable By Louis P. DiPalma ???? LOUIS P. DIPALMA As legislators, we must treat each taxpayer dollar with the utmost respect, seeking to maximize its effectiveness and efficiency. That is our responsibility as elected officials. As we grapple with a $200 million deficit in the upcoming budget, our top […]
