| Broad Street Findings Comments Session |
Where & When
Date:September 23
Time: 8 - 9 am and 6 - 8 pm
Location: Blackstone Valley Visitors Center | | | | Two Sessions Tomorrow Broad Street Community Outreach invites the public to comment on their findings at two convenient sessions. Both will be held at 175 Main Street in Pawtucket. For more information visit BroadStreetExperience.com or call Alex Sommer at 401-724-2200. Free refreshments. | |
| Building Support for Landscape Preservation |
Where & When
Date: September 24th
Time:6:30 - 8:30 pm
Location: Douglas Municipal Center | | | | Workshop This Wednesday!* Is there a particular landscape you want to save in your town? Learn how to make the case, find allies and achieve success! Featuring Chris LaPointe, Project Manager, The Trust for Public Land and Rebecca Williams, Field Representative, Northeast Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation. Register today with Joanna Doherty at 401-762-0250.
* This workshop will also be held on October 2. | |
| UniBank Blackstone River Valley Greenway Challenge |
Where & When
Date: September 27
Time: 9 am - 5 pm
Location: Daniels Farm, Blackstone to the Kelly House Meadow in Lincoln | | | | Support the 8th Annual Challenge this Saturday! Over 70 teams will "challenge" themselves to a course that always shows participants and friends some of the finest outdoor recreation sites the Valley has to offer. This year a mountain biking segment has been added at the Blackstone River and Canal Heritage State Park in Northbridge and Uxbridge. Come cheer on your friends! | |
| Freedom Festival |
Where & When
Date: Starts September 27
Time: various
Location: Rhode Island | | | | Celebrate the Bicentennial of the Abolition of the TransAtlantic Slave Trade The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities has a full schedule of events to celebrate this anniversary. They start with Waterfire on September 27th and continue through October with films, discussion, theatre and more. Click here to view the entire schedule. Events are free and open to the public. | |
| How Providence Became a City: The Impact of the HardScrabble & Snowtown Race Riots of 1824 and 1831 |
Where & When
Date: October 4
Time: 11 am - 1 pm
Location: Roger Williams National Memorial in Providence | | | | Lecture Presented by Ray Rickman, Former Deputy Secretary of State and Past President of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society
Join us as Ray Rickman portrays Providence as a city with a burgeoning Afro American population and how local newspapers helped create divisions around race and class. For more information visit contact Ranger Chuck Arning at 401-762-0440. This is part of the Freedom Festival also sponsored by the RI Council for the Humanities. | |
| Footsteps in History Preserve America Weekend |
Where & When
Date: October 11, 12, 13
Time: Varies
Location: Blackstone River Valley Preserve America Communities | | | | Columbus Day Weekend Events Tour the Blackstone Valley this weekend and gain perspective on our "centuries" of history! Along the way, carve a pumpkin, pick your own apples or just take in some spectacular views. The Footsteps in History web site has a complete listing of programs, open houses, and special things to see and do. Watch your local paper for listings as well! | |
| Traces of the Trade |
Where & When
Date: October 18
Time: 4 pm - 8 pm
Location: Alternatives at 50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville | | | | Film, Walking Tour and Facilitated Discussion Filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in the U.S. history. Learn more about her discoveries and her family's reactions as they view their past through 21st century eyes. A light meal will be served. For more information and to register, call Tom at Alternatives at (508) 234-6232 x302.
This program is also sponsored by Alternatives, the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, the Worcester Historical Museum and the Northbridge Historical Society.
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| Roger Williams and America's Journey Towards Religious Freedom |
Where & When
Date: October 24 & 25
Time: All Day
Location: Providence | | | | Religious Freedom Conference Join this gathering of scholars and lay persons to examine the legacy of Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, and early advocate of religious freedom. Keynote speaker: Dr. Thomas Bremer, author of "Blessed with Tourists: The Borderlands of Religion and Tourism in San Antonio" Click here for conference details and registration information.. | |
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