RHODE ISLAND SHINES IN NEW HBO SERIES “THE GILDED AGE” The Rhode Island Film & TV Office is pleased to announce that Lord Julian Fellowes’ new HBO television drama series, The Gilded Age, which filmed in Newport and Warwick in early 2021, will have its world premiere on Monday, January 24, 2022. Set in […]
Upcoming SNEP Network Webinar! Sign up for the Webinar using the link below! The Stormwater Tree Trench Guide Stormwater Tree Trench Design Options Guide Training Tuesday, February 8th, 2022 Time: 9:00 am – 10:00 am ET Register Now via Zoom Webinar Webinar Description: The Stormwater Tree Trench Design Guide was developed by […]
Free Virtual Valley Talks Continue with Presentation on History of the Blackstone Valley Landscape WOONSOCKET, R.I. – Valley Talks, a series of biweekly historical lectures by the Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, continues Sunday, February 6 at 1pm on Zoom. In this talk, retired National […]
Mass Higher Ed Commish, UConn Prez Announce Departures By John O. Harney Comings and Goings … Carlos Santiago Carlos Santiago, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, announced he will step down in June. Born in Puerto Rico, Santiago became the Bay State’s first Latino higher ed commissioner in 2015 after serving as deputy […]
MA Educators, Parents: Schools Need Comprehensive COVID Protection Plan Lily Bohlke – Commonwealth News Service Parents, educators and school nurses are calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to take steps toward a comprehensive state-run COVID-19 protection plan. They say with the Omicron variant causing surges in hospitalizations across Massachusetts, the Commonwealth needs a state-run in-school vaccination […]
THIS WEEK’S MUSE TONI MORRISON “I’m a believer in the power of knowledge and the ferocity of beauty, so from my point of view, your life is already artful – waiting, just waiting for you to make it art.” Toni Morrison was an acclaimed American novelist whose works continue to be widely praised […]
RIHS’s Annual After Dark Event Looks at Romance in Rhode Island February program to feature cocktail lesson, cheese tasting, and love stories (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) – Join the Rhode Island Historical Society on Thursday, February 10th at 6pm for Romance After Dark, a virtual evening filled with craft cocktails, cheese samplings, and conversations about some […]
Historic Deerfield invites proposals for its eighth annual symposium on Early New England Architecture Architecture Symposium- Call for Papers “Case Studies in Building Preservation” Historic Deerfield invites proposals for its eighth annual symposium on Early New England Architecture, “Case Studies in Building Preservation,” scheduled on July 9, 2022. This will be a hybrid […]
