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 | | John Brown House Museum 52 Power Street Providence, RI (401) 273-7507 Friday - Saturday: Museum hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Guided tours: 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Winter hours at the John Brown House Museum will continue through March 30, 2012. 
Museum of Work & Culture 42 South Main Street Woonsocket, RI (401) 769-WORK (9675) Tuesday-Friday: 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. 
RIHS Library 121 Hope Street Providence, RI 401-273-8107 x10 Wednesday-Friday: 10:00am to 5:00pm 2nd Saturday of the Month: 10:00am to 5:00pm Search NETOP: Our Collections Catalog View our Holidays, Closings and Event Calendar. |
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| | | Wednesday, March 21, 6:30 p.m. | Elizabeth Stevens, "Conscientious Convictions: A Rhode Island Abolitionist Family and the Civil War"
RIHS Library
121 Hope Street, Providence
Free & open to the public.
 The Valley Falls family of abolitionist Elizabeth Buffum Chace experienced uncertainty and despair at the outset of the Civil War. This talk will explore records left by Lillie Buffum Chace Wyman, a young teenager when the war began in 1861, which illuminate the wartime tensions that permeated households of radical antislavery activists. Read more about these fascinating women on the RIHS blog, "A Lively Experiment." Elizabeth C. Stevens, Ph.D, is editor of the journal Rhode Island History, and author of "Elizabeth Buffum Chace and Lillie Chace Wyman: A Century of Abolitionist, Suffragist and Workers' Rights Activism." |
| Saturday, March 24, 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. | | A Discussion with Alexander "Sam" Aldrich, Author of "Dancing with the Queen, Marching with King."
The Aldrich House
110 Benevolent Street, Providence
Contact/RSVP: Caitlin Murphy, (401) 331-8575 x28, or cmurphy@rihs.org
To say that Sam Aldrich has had an unusual and interesting life would be a serious understatement. Born into a life of wealth and privilege, Aldrich was expected to follow his father into a career of high finance. But Aldrich had other ideas, as these lively memoirs make clear. At the age of 25, he danced in London with Queen Elizabeth II. At 37, he was marching with Martin Luther King in Selma, Alabama. Recounting the journey between and beyond those two points, and musing over the irony of the contrast they represent, is the subject of his memoir "Dancing with the Queen, Marching with King." Please join us for a discussion with Sam Aldrich on Saturday, March 24 at the Aldrich House. Aldrich is the grandson of Nelson W. Aldrich, United States Senator from Rhode Island, and has fond memories of the Rhode Island Historical Society headquarters when it was the Aldrich family home. |
Sunday, March 25, 1:30 p.m - 5 p.m.
| | Salute to Spring (Bonjour Printemps) Museum of Work & Culture Market Square, 42 South Main Street Woonsocket, RI
(401)769-9675 Click here to view the Salute to Spring flyer! The Museum of Work & Culture presents "Salute to Spring/Bonjour Printemps" in celebration of Francophonie Week, featuring songstress Josee Vachon, Blackstone Valley trivia, and a living history play titled "1917" about a French Canadian family during World War I. There will also be raffles for a trip for two to Quebec City, donated by Conway Tours, and over thirty gift certificates. Refreshments will be served. Tickets are $15 per person and are limited to 200. They can be purchased at the museum, or by mailing in the form found on our events page. For more information, contact Anne Conway or Ray Bacon at 401-769-WORK (9675). | | Thursday, March 29, 6:30 p.m. | | "Double Vision: 19th-Century Rhode Islanders at Work, at Play and in 3-D"
Aldrich House
110 Benevolent Street, Providence
Cost: Free for members, $5 for Non-Members.
 Please join us for an evening of projected 3D images of 19th-century Rhode Islanders at work and at play. RIHS has recently completed a year-long project of locating and cataloguing over 400 RI stereoviews produced between 1860 and 1920. We have digitized a number of these for a presentation that will look at Rhode Islanders in factories, farms and commercial establishments, as well as the places where we relaxed-including never before seen stereoviews of the A&W Sprague company store in South Providence and beloved Rocky Point in Warwick. Narration will be provided by historian and stereo enthusiast Ned Connors. We'll provide the 3D glasses and refreshments. You provide the ohhhhs and ahhhhs. This project has been made possible by a grant from the ADDD Fund at The Rhode Island Foundation, a charitable community trust serving the people of Rhode Island, and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. |
Saturday, March 31, 11 a.m.
| | "A Lincoln Portrait: A One-Man Performance by Robb Dimmick"
The Community College of Rhode Island
Bobby Hackett Theater
Knight Campus, 400 East Ave., Warwick
The Community College of Rhode Island welcomes actor, director and playwright Rob Dimmick, who will present "A Lincoln Portrait," a play based on the writings and reflections of Abraham Lincoln. The one-man performance will begin at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 31, in the Bobby Hackett Theater at the Knight Campus, 400 East Ave., Warwick. The event, which is sponsored by the CCRI Foundation, is free and open to the public.
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| Ongoing Exhibit at the John Brown House | | John Brown House Museum 52 Power Street Providence, RI Contact: Elyssa Tardif, (401) 331-8575 x45 or etardif@rihs.org 
Providence has a history of celebrating its past in style. This year marks the 375th-anniversary of Roger Williams' founding of Providence, an event that Rhode Island has long commemorated. This exhibit highlights a variety of artifacts and images from the Sestercentennial of 1886 and the Tercentenary of 1936 preserved in the Rhode Island Historical Society collections, including parade paraphernalia and Roger Williams's relics. This event is part of an exhibit and lecture series co-sponsored by the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Brown University celebrating the 375th Anniversary of the founding of Providence. Programs are co-sponsored by the RI Historical Society and the Haffenreffer Museum and are linked to the Museum's exhibition "Customes, Manners, and Worships: Rhode Island Begins." |
| Wanderlust? | | RIHS Partners with Conway Tours on Two Great European Tours in 2012.
Ireland - $2069 pp + taxes, fees and surcharges Departs September 4 9 Days/7 Nights featuring round trip air, 3 and 4 star hotels throughout, 14 meals and services of a Professional Conway Tour Manager. 
Sorrento, Italy - $1899 pp + taxes, fees and surcharges Departs November 4 9 Days/7 Nights featuring round trip air, a 7 night-4 star hotel stay in Sorrento, 17 meals and services of a Professional Conway Tour Manager. 
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