Sunday, September 13 to Sunday, October 25
Gallery Exhibit
Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Ray Bacon
(401) 769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org
“New Eyes on Woonsocket”
This photography exhibit by local artist Christina Lauzon offers a new viewpoint on buildings in Woonsocket in terms of architecture, texture, character and history. Lauzon, a Florida native, is co-owner of T. Lauzon Funeral Home in Woonsocket.
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Thursday, September 17, 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…. Tracking an African American Family from 1664
Come hear Ray Rickman outline his groundbreaking research on William J. Brown and Brown’s family background. Brown was born in Providence in 1814 to a free family of color, but his grandfather came to Rhode Island on a slave ship owned by the famous Brown brothers. It is a rare historical experience to track an African-American family back to Africa. Rickman is a former president of the RI Black Heritage Society, and has conducted walking tours for the RIHS.
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Saturday, September 19
Evenings of full WaterFire lightings, 5:30 p.m.
Tour departs from the
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
$10 per person
Reservations requested: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org
RiverWalk: Before the Fires are Lit
Discover the winding history and continued importance of Providence’s rivers! Urban outdoor sculpture and beautiful civic and commercial buildings of varied architectural styles provide the setting for stories of Providence’s fabled past and dynamic present. This walk shares the history of Rhode Island’s capital city and the history of WaterFire. $10 per person. Reservations requested for this tour. For schedule of WaterFire lightings: www.waterfire.org <http://www.waterfire.org/> , or (401) 272-3111. This walk is offered in collaboration with WaterFire.
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Thursday, September 24, 6:30 p.m.
Rhode Island Historical Society Library
121 Hope Street, Providence
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Lee Teverow
(401) 273-8107 x10 or lteverow@rihs.org
Familiar Voices: Salty Brine & Warren Walden
Helen York speaks on Rhode Island Radio in the 1940s and 1950s.
In today's world of Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern, the kind of radio host that reminded kids to say their prayers and brush their teeth seems almost impossibly wholesome. Come hear Helen York speak about Salty Brine and Warren Walden, two such radio personalities who were emblematic of a time when radio was the electronic town meeting. York is a writer and radio producer currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Media History at the University of Maine. She received a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium award to support research on her thesis, “Sound and Silence: Enfranchised and Disenfranchised Radio in New England.”
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Saturday, September 26, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
By Appointment Only: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org
Collection Event for “Going to Work” exhibit
The Rhode Island Historical Society is pleased to announce plans for a new exhibit at the Museum of Work & Culture in Woonsocket. “Going to Work: 20th Century Settlers in the Blackstone Valley” will look closely at the people who moved to the Blackstone Valley area in Rhode Island during the twentieth century to find work. The Collection Event is an opportunity to share your family’s photos, letters, postcards, diaries, recipes, etc. with the Historical Society. Staff will be on hand to listen to your family’s story and scan your items. We are especially interested in, but not limited to, gathering the Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Jewish, Haitian, Asian, and Latino experiences. For more information on the “Going to Work” exhibit and to reserve an appointment at the Collection Event, please contact Dalila Goulart, (401) 331-8575 x45. This event is sponsored by the RI Council for the Humanities.
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