“SHALL WE SHANTY” Music Event Celebrates RI’s Nautical Past CRANSTON, R.I. – As the Ocean State, Rhode Island’s shores have heard the songs of sailors for decades. Sung to pass the time during a hard day’s work and often fueled by some variety of alcohol, these maritime performances are uniquely a part of our state’sRead More...

Lincoln’s Birthday Celebration Description Saturday, February 8, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Arnold House, 487 Great Road, Lincoln, R.I.   The town of Lincoln, Rhode Island, was named in honor of our sixteenth president in 1871.   Visit Arnold House and learn about President Lincoln’s visits to the Ocean State and the history of this landRead More...

Historic Activities for Newport’s Winter Festival  Tours and History Space Event Newport, RI (January 2020) – Join the Newport Historical Society for History Walking Tours and Colonial Wedding Expo: A Newport Historical Society History Space Event during Newport’s annual Winter Festival. Tours, unless otherwise noted, cost $15 per person, $10 Newport Historical Society members, activeRead More...

BEGINNING THROWING with Jamin Eldredge Tuesdays, beginning February 18 6 weeks from 6-8:30 pm $245 per person   This 6-week course will give you the foundation of throwing on the wheel.    We will start by learning the stages of the clay from start to finish, the proper vocabulary that goes along with it, andRead More...

The Best Way to Enjoy a Sunday Afternoon in Providence Sunday, February 9, 2020, 3:30 pm Museum Concerts Presents Sylvia Berry, fortepiano Performing The London Piano Scene   Music of Haydn, Clementi, J.C. Bach, and Beethoven Berry is a complete master of the rhetoric throughout, whether in the driving passagework of the allegros or the cantabile adagios. “  ARead More...

Free Talk on the History of the Newport Folk Festival at Museum of Work & Culture   WOONSOCKET, R.I. – Valley Talks, a series of free historical lectures, continues on Sunday, Feb. 9, 1:30pm, at the Museum of Work & Culture.  RICK MASSIMO Former Providence Journal music critic Rick Massimo will present 60 Years of the Newport Folk Festival.  Read More...

ANCIENT BUCKLIN BROOK WATERSHED REDISCOVERED  TEN MILE RIVER In 1995 when I walked with Mark Benoit the length of the Ten Mile River, I remember conversing several times that we were the only people in our watershed doing what we were doing and as the world buzzed around us going about daily pursuits, we pressedRead More...

Museum of Work & Culture Announces Monthly Series for Memory Loss  Museum to Welcome Lieutenant Governor & Mayor for Ribbon Cutting (WOONSOCKET, R.I.) – The Museum of Work & Culture is proud to announce that it will be extending its inclusive programs with Living Memories Mondays, a new monthly series focused on individuals with memory lossRead More...