Free Virtual Valley Talks Summer Screenings Kicks-off with New Slatersville Documentary Preview WOONSOCKET, R.I. – Virtual Valley Talks Summer Screenings, a series of free, monthly virtual documentary screenings by the Museum of Work & Culture, kicks-off on Wednesday, July 22 at 4pm when critically acclaimed filmmaker Christian de Rezendes will present a segment of Slatersville, […]
KIDSEYE SUMMER FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS GO VIRTUAL … APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR 2020 Reserve your space now for the 22nd year of the KidsEye Summer Virtual Filmmaking Workshop. The dates are AUGUST 3-7, 2020 The fee for the one-week program is $95 per registration. THE BACKSTORY: The Flickers’ KidsEye Filmmaking Workshop for Summer 2020 will be a collaboration with Give Me 5, The Rhode […]
A Little-Known Law Gave Birth to Google — and Countless Other Inventions By Katharine Ku When Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin spoke to my colleagues at Stanford’s technology licensing office in the late 1990s, other search engines already existed. But Page and Brin, who were graduate students at the time, believed the page-rank […]
AARP honors several legislators with Capitol Caregiver Awards STATE HOUSE – AARP have awarded their Capitol Caregiver Awards to several members of the Rhode Island General Assembly who were instrumental in passing legislation concerning caregivers during the 2019 legislative session. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the awards were postponed from March 31 to July […]
#GIVE65 Starts Today! HESSCO is raising funds for the Holiday Meals program and Meals on Wheels. Each Thanksgiving and Christmas, home bound seniors are treated to a bountiful holiday meal along with a compassion bag filled with thoughtful treats. HESSCO anticipates a substantial increase in holiday meal requests this upcoming season due to a 75% increase […]
Our Road to Reopening: Your Feedback is Essential New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! has begun to release our reopening survey. As the State of Massachusetts launches into Phase III of its reopening plan, we wanted to let you know that NBAM will be sharing our plans for a phased reopening as well. There are many things […]
This is the must-read book for our times. We have three hardback copies of this long out-of-print book, which Ray Rickman consulted on. $35 If you wish a copy, please email: StagesofFreedom@aol.com and we will provide a link to purchase it. Sales benefit Stages of Freedom’s work! “Mr. Rappleye’s book on the Brown family and […]
Dear Fellow American, I hope you are having a fine week. Though Hillsdale College is well known for educating Americans about the Constitution and founding principles through free online courses, one of our most popular courses has been about a famous British author—C.S. Lewis. In fact, our free online course, “An Introduction to C.S. Lewis: Writings […]
