Thursday, March 19, 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 … Sylvia DeWolf Ostrander: “The Girl of My Dreams”
Join us in welcoming photographer Stacy Renee Morrison to the first Gallery Night and If These Walls Could Talk lecture of the year! In 2005, Morrison received a grant from the Rhode Island Council of the Humanities for the girl of my dreams project, which has been exhibited in Italy and the Fine Arts Center Gallery at URI. The girl of Morrison’s dreams is Sylvia DeWolf Ostrander, whose 19th century trunk she stumbled upon in Manhatten. Morrison would later discover that Sylvia was born in Rhode Island, and related to the DeWolf family of Bristol. Morrison will share her work from the past several years discovering and reconstructing Sylvia’s life and how the journey has influenced her artistically.
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Thursday, March 19, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
International week of Francophonie
Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Ray Bacon
(401) 769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org
Consultation of the Center of Francophonie of the Americas
Join us in Woonsocket to celebrate Francophonie Week from March 19 – 29! Again this year, the Museum of Work & Culture has joined the New England Francophone Committee to plan and offer a variety of events during the International week of Francophonie in New England. Today, representatives from the Center of Francophonie of the Americas will be present to meet and share ideas with Franco-Americans and fellow Francophiles in the area. For more information on how to celebrate the diversity of the French speaking world, log onto: www.franco-newengland.org <http://www.franco-newengland.org/> .
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Thursday, March 26 – Sunday, March 29
Gallery Exhibit
Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Ray Bacon
(401) 769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org
“Hidden from History: Slavery in Rhode Island from its Inception to Its End”
Ray Rickman, former president of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, will share materials from his private collection representing slavery and Rhode Island’s involvement in the slave trade. Rickman will also speak for the Museum’s final Ranger Days Talk on Sunday, March 29 at 1:30 p.m.
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Saturdays, 10:00 a.m.
March 28, April 25, May 30, June 27
Tours departs from the
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
For more information: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org
African-American History Walking Tours
These walking tours celebrate the history of African Americans who lived on College Hill from 1701 to the present. Ray Rickman, a well known community leader, will lead a lively discussion centered on the people and historic buildings of Providence's oldest neighborhood. Tickets are $10 per person; tour lasts about ninety minutes.
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Saturday, March 28, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Rhode Island Historical Society Library
121 Hope Street, Providence
RIHS members, $8; Non-members, $10
To register: Lee Teverow
(401) 273-8107 x10 or lteverow@rihs.org
Workshop: Identifying and Dating Family Photographs
A single photograph can unlock a family mystery. The details are in the photographic clues. Come learn how to solve your own picture mysteries with Maureen Taylor, known as the Photo Detective. Taylor is a photo curator, genealogist, and author of Picturing Rhode Island, as well as a contributing editor at Family Tree Magazine. See her website at http://photodetective.com <http://photodetective.com/> . This workshop will teach you 10 easy steps to identifying your own family photos. RIHS members, $8; non-members, $10.
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