Dear Pawtucket Residents, Mark your calendars! The City of Pawtucket is thrilled to announce a first-ever Fourth of July collaboration with Rhode Island FC—and we’re moving the fireworks show to Friday, July 5, to celebrate together at Centreville Bank Stadium! This exciting evening will feature all the hometown pride and family fun you expect from […]
WORKSHOP TRAINING TIPS How to Write Emails that Get Read The emails you send compete against hundreds of other messages for your recipient’s attention. How to Write Emails that Get Read is an email writing workshop for non-writers that shares practices from Smart Brevity, the best-selling book and new writing style, to ensure more opens and responses. Why […]
Tomaquag Museum June 25 Children’s Hour! Wednesday, June 25, 2025 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Tomaquag Museum Pavillion (map) Join us every Wednesday starting June 25th through August 13th from 10 AM to 11 AM. Our topic for this year will be The Preservation of History This year we will explore how Indigenous history is preserved through frybread and […]
Argentine Tango Series Presented By: Flamenco Worcester Dance is the hidden language of the soul.” Martha Graham About Flamenco Worcester… Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. Its lyrics are marked by nostalgia, sadness, and laments for lost […]
As we mark Juneteenth, don’t let Trump’s cuts to vital cultural institutions whitewash history As a descendant of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, I consider the Museum of African American History a sacred space by Garth Griffin The African American History Museum on Beacon Hill. (Courtesy of Museum of African American History) I GREW UP under the unflinching […]
Assembly OKs bill encouraging townhome development as affordable homeownership option STATE HOUSE – The General Assembly approved legislation sponsored by Sen. Meghan E. Kallman and Rep. June S. Speakman to encourage the development of attached single family homes, such as townhomes, which can offer more affordable opportunities in Rhode Island’s housing market. June S. Speakman […]
Exhibition Making History: 200 Years of American Art from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts On view June 14 to September 21, 2025 Discover a formidable collection of iconic works alongside stellar pieces by traditionally underrepresented artists. Making History: 200 Years of American Art presents 85 works from the historic collection of the Pennsylvania Academy […]
Mapping The Human Footprint On Earth Over Time Amishi Jain June 12, 2025 Dear EarthTalk: How has the human footprint on Earth changed over time? – B.K, via e-mail When humans began to intensify land use, they began to alter the landscape and ecology in lasting ways. The term “human footprint” has become ubiquitous in modern […]
