Hempsted Houses Host Juneteenth: Continuing the Conversation Featuring Tammy Denease and Tamara Lanier HEMPSTED HOUSE New London, CT – On Saturday, October 24 th from 1 to 4 pm, Connecticut Landmarks’ Hempsted Houses will host Juneteenth: Continuing the Conversation on Facebook Live in partnership with the NAACP – New London Branch, and our neighbor the Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC).
Rain date! Mixashawn concert rescheduled to 10/17 FIRST WORKS ROGER WILLIAMS PARK Rain, rain, go away, please join us on Saturday… Lee Mixashawn Rozie is an internationally acclaimed jazz musician whose career in traditional and contemporary Indigenous music spans three decades. Combining ancient cultural principles and harmonic adventures, Mixashawn lights up the connecting waves
Museum Joins Smithsonian’s National Youth Summit on Teen Resistance to Systemic Racism RIHS Student Program Leaders Kick-off Term with Empowering Historical Context The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, was pleased to take part in September’s “National Youth Summit on Teen Resistance to Systemic Racism,” an online outreach
Hempsted Halloween Get into the spirit of the season and meet the ghosts of New Londoners who have ghoulish stories to tell – hear their tales and talk with them if you dare! On Saturday, October 17 th from 4 to 7 pm, experience the grounds of the city’s oldest house at twilight. Enjoy fun
Pop Up Art Show Westport, MA October 10, 11 and 12 New Work by Cali Almy and Whitmore Boogaerts Here is some info: October 10, 11, 12 10 to 5 pm The Show is outside with plenty of space Safety First! 1138 Horseneck Road Westport, MA 02790 A Lovely Location! 401-297-9389 Find Out More
FBP Receives $100,000 Grant to “Take It Outside” Festival Ballet Providence (FBP) is proud to announce a once in a generation project for a time like no other. On October 1, 2020, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and RI Commerce announced Festival Ballet is the recipient of a $100,000 grant award to fund the creation of a temporary outdoor performing arts
OUR LOCAL WILD WEST BY DON DOUCETTE WOODCOCK HOUSE NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH John Woodcock’s fortress outpost in the northern Ten Mile River Watershed, William Blackstone’s remote Study Hill in Lonsdale, the Bucklin family and the Daggett family as neighbors and a few others homesteading the Rehoboth Plain, the Newman Ring of the Green settlement in old
FROG POND CLEAN-UP Good Afternoon, Friends of the Ten Mile and Bucklin Brook will be conducting a cleanup this coming Sunday, October 4th at 8:00 AM. We will be meeting at the Doreen Tomlinson Baseball Field on Daggett Avenue in Pawtucket and will be cleaning the area around the small pond. This cleanup will
SSHSA DROPS ANCHOR IN WARWICK FOR FIRST PERMANENT HOME Maritime nonprofit completes purchase of former NEIT library After decades adrift at sea, the Steamship Historical Society of America (SSHSA) and its extensive collection of maritime images, artifacts, periodicals, artwork, official records and memorabilia finally have a port to call home. Last month, SSHSA completed the