“Tales of the Slave Trade” Walking Tours are Back at Linden Place Mansion Linden Place Museum will host a walking tour of Linden Place Mansion and downtown Bristol, focused specifically on Bristol’s DeWolf Family and their involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. The DeWolf family, Bristol’s premier family in the 18th and early 19th centuries, was onceRead More...

MAKING YOUR FIRST MARK Artists often say that making the first mark is the hardest thing to do. The first stroke of the brush across a fresh, blank canvas, the first impression of the chisel on an untouched stone, or the first sentence on a new piece of paper. The lack of any guide orRead More...

Food Truck Fridays Aug 14, 2020 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM   Roger Williams Park Carousel Village 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Rhode Island 0290   Food Truck Friday celebrates our 6th season!   End your week at Food Truck Friday at Roger Williams Park Zoo & Carousel Village with some of the best food trucks in Rhode Island broughtRead More...

A Civic Conversation – The Truth in America Today The latest in a series about civil discourse with the Newport Historical Society Newport, RI (August 2020) – Join the Newport Historical Society for a Civic Conversation to discuss the topic “The Truth in America Today,” on Thursday, September 3, 2020, 5-6:30 pm, virtually on Zoom.Read More...

“IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE. . .     It is with great pleasure that we are announcing the reopening of the New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! galleries and shop in accordance with Phase 3 of Governor Baker’s Reopening Massachusetts Plan. The Art Museum will open its doors to all visitors starting Saturday, August 15th with restrictions inRead More...

HORNBINE SCHOOL MUSEUM OPEN FOR AUGUST & SEPTEMBER BY DAVID DOWNS  The Hornbine School Museum is a one room school house LOCATED at 144 Hornbine Road in Rehoboth. (That’s in the south east corner of Rehoboth across from the Historic Hornbine Church. We are very happy to announce that the Museum will be open betweenRead More...

RHODE ISLAND HERITAGE MONTH RIHPHC is transforming the RI Heritage Festival into RI Heritage Month .     Every Saturday in September, we will host a 60-minute virtual event on Zoom featuring “Heritage Highlights”  from cultural performance groups, heritage museums, and cultural organizations as well as hands-on activities like crafts and cooking. Stay tuned for more information on how you canRead More...

19th Century Landscapes from the New Bedford Free Public Library’s Collection Curated by Allie Copeland 8/15 – 12/31/2020   Artists who created landscapes that sought to evoke feelings of awe, fear, or exaltation were said to be depicting the Sublime. These artists often enhanced the grandeur of their landscapes with dramatic contrast in lighting and exaggeration ofRead More...