RI Historical Society -- Upcoming Events

Thursday, October 16, 6:30 p.m.
Gallery Night
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org
 
If These Walls Could Talk…. Furniture Making and Buying in Early America
Tonight, come learn about historic furniture from an expert woodworker. Michael Carroll will highlight pieces of furniture in the RIHS collection to explain how a furniture buyer’s desire, and sometimes their pocketbook, influenced the final design of their purchase. He will also compare the design and construction of two nearly identical sideboards by the same maker to illustrate general methods that a joiner would follow in working with clients during the Federal period. Mr. Carroll is a woodworker who specializes in replicating fireplace surrounds from the Colonial, Georgian and Federal periods. He has also been a docent at the John Brown House Museum for several years. Reservations required.

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Saturday, October 25
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Aldrich House
110 Benevolent Street, Providence
Contact: Karen Eberhart
(401) 273-8107 x20 or keberhart@rihs.org
 
The Rhode Island Historical Society presents Home Movie Day 2008!
Do you have home movies on film you haven’t seen in years? Don’t throw them away – drop them off for Home Movie Day. Don’t have any films of your own? Come on down and watch someone else’s! Local film archivists will be on hand to discuss film preservation, home movies, and amateur films of regional interest.
Bring your home movies and/or amateur films on 8mm, super 8mm, and 16mm to be screened, (sorry, no video) on the following drop off days: Wednesday, October 22, Thursday, October 23, and Friday, October 24 from 10 – 5 pm. Drop off location is the Rhode Island Historical Society Library, 121 Hope Street, Providence. Films will be screened on a first-come, first-serve basis.