Grappling with Legacy: A Lecture with Sylvia Brown on Rhode Island???s Brown Family and the American Philanthropic Impulse?? Presented by Newport Historical Society and Emmanuel Church Newport, RI ????? When Sylvia Brown???s father handed much of his inheritance to Brown University in 1995, the gesture maintained a 300-year family philanthropic tradition.?? Less than a decade […]

CO-OP Announces Addition to Management Team North Dighton ???Joyce Faria, President & Chief Executive Officer of Cooperative Production, Inc. (???CO-OP???), a Taunton-area non-profit agency supporting adults with intellectual and other disabilities, recently announced an addition to CO-OP???s senior management team.?? Traci Cabral has been appointed to the position of Director of Day Services. TRACI CABRAL […]

Spring Vacation Art Classes for Kids at Linden Place Mansion this April Spark creativity and imagination with popular art instructor, Joanne Murrman, at Linden Place! Linden Place Mansion is offering art classes the week of April vacation on Thursday, April 19 and Friday, April 20. This two-day course from 9:00am ??? 3:00pm is designed for […]

RI REPUBLICANS QUESTION ELECTION LAW Warwick, RI -??Governor Gina Raimondo???s re-election campaign entered into an agreement with Patrick Ward???s Providence Democratic City Committee, which is still legally in effect.?? According to Jonathan Berkon, who drafted the agreement: ???the campaign consulted with the Rhode Island Board of Elections on January 9, 2018 to confirm that it […]

Grants Support High Quality Art Programming in Pawtucket ?? PAWTUCKET ??? The City of Pawtucket is proud to announce the availability of project-based arts grants to support and expand cultural activities within the City. Grant funds are available to local artists and nonprofit organizations that are dedicated to community enrichment. These grants help to ensure […]

Historian Quincy Mills talks about “Cutting Along the Color Line: Black Barbers and Barber Shops in America”?? DR. QUINCY MILLS, VASSAR COLLEGE Monday, March 12, 2018 6:00 pm??-??8:00 pm Providence Public Library 150 Empire Street. Free. Registration Required: Click below. Dr. Quincy Mills, Associate Professor of History and Director of??Africana??Studies at Vassar College, and author […]

Imagination Playground Weekly Activities at Providence Children???s Museum March 18 ??? 25 Imagination Playground Sunday, March 18 ??? 11:00 AM ??? 2:00 PM Invent your own ways to play as you stack and build with huge blue foam blocks of all shapes and sizes.?? Using blocks, wheels, spools, tubes and a variety of loose parts, […]

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS During a time when the media frequently comes under attack, supporters of freedom of the press say defending the First Amendment and promoting open government are more important than ever. This is Sunshine Week (March 11-17), an annual initiative celebrating the crucial need for access of information to ensure government transparency […]