Volunteers for PPS Closing Reception 11/9

The Providence Preservation Society is hosting a Closing Reception for its Most Endangered Properties Exhibit at 150 Union Street downtown, in the Atrium of the Peerless Building, on Friday, November 9 from 5 - 8 p.m. I am seeking two volunteers to help pour wine and mind the refreshment table during this event. Please e-mail Tracy_Gierada@brown.edu if you can volunteer between 4:30 - 6:30, 6:30 - 8, or the whole time.

Follow this link to see photos from the Exhibit's Opening Reception on October 18. http://proteus.brown.edu/gradstudents/391

For the first time this year, the Most Endangered Properties Exhibit will be transformed into a traveling exhibit that will be installed in the Carriage House Gallery at the JNBC! This exhibit will feature an Opening Reception on November 15, a Brown Campus-wide Gallery Night on November 28, and will be open in the Carriage House from November 15 - December 12. More information about this inaugural traveling exhibit is forthcoming. Don't miss your chance to see the full gallery exhibit at the Peerless Building before it closes on November 10!

Thank you to everyone who has already volunteered, spread the word, and contributed to the success of this exhibit.

Tracy E. Gierada
M.A., Public Humanities '08
American Civilization
Brown University

PPS Inaugurates Most Endangered Properties Traveling Exhibit

Contact: Sara Emmenecker, semmenecker@ppsri.org <mailto:semmenecker@ppsri.org>                     
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel. (401) 831-7440 Fax: (401) 831-8583
November 1, 2007

PPS Inaugurates Most Endangered Properties Traveling Exhibit

The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) is pleased to announce the first-ever Most Endangered Properties Traveling Exhibit, which will kick off in the Carriage House Gallery at the John Nicholas Brown Center (JNBC), Brown University's center for the public humanities. The Carriage House Gallery is located at 47 Power Street adjacent to the JNBC's headquarters in the historic Nightingale-Brown House on College Hill. The Traveling Exhibit includes a selection of the best photographs from the Most Endangered Properties Gallery Exhibit and features images and status updates for all eleven properties on the 2007 Most Endangered List. The goal of the Traveling Exhibit is to eventually reach all twenty-six Providence neighborhoods. The show will be on display in public spaces such as libraries, cafes, galleries, and renovated mill buildings.
The Traveling Exhibit follows the successful return of the celebrated Most Endangered Properties Gallery Exhibit, which has been on display in the atrium of the Peerless Building since October 18.  A closing reception at the Peerless on November 9, 5:00 - 8:00 P.M. will mark the end of this Gallery Exhibit. The Most Endangered Properties List has long been one of PPS's most respected programs and its accompanying photography exhibit was a popular annual event from 1994 until 2003. In 2004, PPS undertook a Ten Year Anniversary Retrospective and after a three-year hiatus, the Most Endangered Properties List returned in 2007. Local professional photographers have generously donated their time and talent to both the traveling and gallery exhibits. Artists participating this year are Michael Cevoli, David Ellis, Stephanie Ewens, Peter Goldberg, Erik Gould, Matt Kierstead, Scott Lapham, Brian McDonald, Frank Mullin, David Simione, and Olivia Sauerwein Winter.
The Most Endangered Properties List helps call attention to significant historic and architectural resources citywide now endangered by threats such as deterioration, insufficient funds, insensitive public policy and inappropriate development-problems that frequently jeopardize cultural and historic resources throughout Providence. According to PPS Executive Director Jack Gold "PPS is delighted that Brown's JNBC will kick off the traveling exhibit and eager to increase the visibility and exposure of these endangered resources as the exhibit moves to neighborhoods throughout the city, in particular those areas nearby endangered buildings on the List."
The John Nicholas Brown Center will sponsor an opening reception for the Traveling Exhibit on Thursday, November 15 (Gallery Night), 5:00 - 9:00 P.M. Please call PPS at (401) 831-7440 or visit www.ppsri.org <http://www.ppsri.org/>  for information and updates on where the exhibit will travel next.

The Providence Preservation Society, founded in 1956, is a nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life in the city of Providence through historic preservation and the enhancement of the built environment.
The John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization is Brown University's center for the public humanities. They support students and faculty who connect the public to history, art, and culture, and they sponsor programs that consider the ways in which the humanities enrich everyday life.
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Days of the Dead altar dedication - Manning Hall, October 31, 5:30 pm

The Haffenreffer Museum invites you to attend the dedication of an altar for the Days of the Dead, created by Mexican and Mexican-American

students at Brown, to honor the memories of women who were important influences in their lives. The dedication will take place in the

first-floor vestibule of Manning Hall. 5:30 pm, Wednesday, October 31.  The altar will remain on view throughout November.

Sponsored by the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.























































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Artists, Museums, and Libraries - a Providence Athenaeum Salon

Be my guest(s) to this Friday's Salon at the Providence Athenaeum! Seems
like something that might interest a lot of you.

Amanda


Friday, 10/26, 5-7pm : SALON - Matthew Lawrence, creator of the
multidisciplinary installation The Library Show and Anna Shapiro, Director
of Firehouse 13, site of the show. In response to Providence Public
Library's ongoing crisis, Matthew created The Library Show, converting
artists' space Firehouse 13 into a guerilla library branch for a month,
featuring books, movies, discussions, music, and many events. Join us to
talk about libraries past, present, and future, and to hear about the
experiences of Firehouse 13's brief life as a library. More:
www.notaboutthebuildings.com/libraryshow.html
<http://www.notaboutthebuildings.com/libraryshow.html> or
http://www.firehouse13.org/. (Sponsor: risdworks, http://www.risdworks.com/)

Photos of the Most Endangered Properties Exhibit

Hello Everyone,

On my graduate student page in the Public Humanities wiki I have posted a bunch of pictures of the Providence Preservation Society's Most Endangered Properties Exhibit-- check them out!

Click on this link, or find the link through Tracy Gierada's student page.
http://proteus.brown.edu/gradstudents/391

This wonderful photography exhibit is open free daily now through November 10 at 150 Union St downtown.

Please join us for the Closing Reception Friday November 9, 5 - 8 p.m.!

Thanks,
Tracy
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Tracy E. Gierada
M.A., Public Humanities '08
American Civilization
Brown University

Providence Creative Conversation - Monday, Oct. 29

I hope that you'll come to this, and invite friends!  (It's something I've been working on, and is sponsored in part by the public humanities program at Brown.)

Also, visit the blog ( creativeprov.wordpress.com <http://creativeprov.wordpress.com> ) to start the conversation -- the evening's agenda will be drawn from the online discussion.

- Julia

For more information on Americans for the Arts' nationwide events, visit http://www.americansforthearts.org/services/emerging_leaders/creative_conversations/default.asp.

Lecture this Friday (10/26): Stephen Shennan on "The Archaeology of Cultural Evolution"

The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World invites you to:

Stephen Shennan
The Archaeology of Cultural Evolution

Friday, October 26 at 5:30 pm
Mencoff Hall (68 Waterman Street)

Stephen Shennan is Director of the Institute of Archaeology and Professor of Theoretical Archaeology at University College London, and a Fellow of the British Academy.  He is author of many texts, including "Genes, Memes and Human History: Darwinian Archaeology and Cultural Evolution" and "A Future for Archaeology: The Past in the Present" (with R. Layton & P. Stone).  His talk will examine the implications of adopting the Darwinian perspective on cultural evolution in the methods and approaches of archaeologists.
 

Around The Block: Rhode Island Preservation News 10-19-07 (scroll bar at bottom of post)

Around The Block Rhode Island Preservation News October 19, 2007 Preserve Rhode Island News Celebration of RI Geotourism Initiative held at IMAX On October 18th guests celebrated the Rhode Island Geotourism initiative and welcomed the new Executive Director of Preserve Rhode Island, Valerie Talmage, as they enjoyed a deep-sea themed cocktail reception and entertainment by the world-renowned puppeteers BIG NAZO! Governor Carcieri expressed his enthusiastic support of the Geotourism initiative and praised Rhode Island's unique and beautiful natural and historic resources. Guests were also treated to the exclusive premiere of Journey Over Rhode Island (click to view on YouTube), a short film from the Rhode Island Tourism Division showcasing aerial views of some of Rhode Island's most beautiful natural and historic destinations. The evening was concluded with a screening of National Geographic's spectacular new film Sea Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure. Geotourism was developed by the National Geographic's Center for Sustainable Destinations (CSD), which is dedicated to protecting all the world's distinctive places through wisely managed tourism and enlightened destination stewardship. The core strategy for achieving this mission is geotourism, which is defined as tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place-its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well-being of its residents. Working with many allied organizations, both global and local, CSD helps develop and disseminate information for adopting the geotourism approach-by destination communities, by tourism professionals, and by travelers themselves. Statewide News This regionally focused forum is geared towards Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut tourism practitioners, community policy makers and shapers, educators, students of tourism, elected officials, and others interested in sustainable tourism. Place-making views economic development in a whole community context. Therefore, thoughtful economic development takes responsibility for the quality-of-place to be attractive to residents, investors and visitors. Tourism is a key component to the development of a whole community and it should play a crucial role in advancing progress in a community. Thoughtful tourism development enhances a place by differentiating it from other places/destinations by using its cultural, natural, historical, human, educational and built resources. Presentations will include: The Art and Science of Place-making Creating Sustaining Destinations Through Place-making Technology Innovation in Marketing for Sustainable Destination. Eating outside the Fence: Sustaining the Community Experience Using the Local Flavors. Technology Innovation in Marketing for Sustainable Destination. For more information please view the forum brochure or to register click here. Rhode Island Preservation News Links Block Island 10/7 Surf is going out for a landmark on Block Island 10/15 National Geographic speaker urges assessment, changes Bristol 10/17 New plans expand Belvedere at Bristol project 10/15 Buyer found for dilapidated 'Longfield' Burrillville 10/9 Neighborhood of the Week: Water views, vast woods in historic setting 10/10 Home of the Week - Historic house, reproduction barn and nearly six acres Cumberland 10/10 R.I.'s Freemasonry dates back to 1749 Newport Lincoln 10/15 Step back in time at Arnold House Newport Frightening walk through Fort Adams Portsmouth 10/16 Neighborhood of the Week: Affordable and tranquil with great sunsets Providence 10/17 Hotel slated for mill location 10/17 Grove Street School case postponed until Oct. 29 South Kingstown 10/10 Offer they couldn't refuse Tiverton Fort Barton School saves face Warren 10/9 Town selling Liberty Street School Woonsocket 10/10 St. Ann Church purchased by Arts and Cultural Center Preservation news links are provided by PRI staff for informational purposes only. The inclusion or exclusion of articles should not be considered as an endorsement or indictment of their contents.

The Stories of Doris, Leah and Grace - RI Chinese American Chronicles

The Stories of Doris, Leah and Grace - RI Chinese American Chronicles   

Public Lecture by John Eng-Wong October 25, 2007, 7:30 pm Rhode Island Historical Society, Aldrich House, 110 Benevolent St., Providence Brown University Visiting Scholar John Eng-Wong first met Doris Fong thirty years ago and soon realized that she was a key figure in the history of Rhode Island's Chinese community. Later in life, Doris discovered that she was adopted as a child and that her birth name was Leah Woo. Doris is one of a rapidly diminishing number of survivors from the time when there really was a "Chinatown" in Providence. Eng-Wong has been working to record Fong's recollections as a way to begin preserving the story of Chinese Americans in Rhode Island. Join us in viewing the resulting slide show that uses Doris' life as a way of understanding the circumstances of a mostly understudied group in Rhode Island.  

Most Endangered Properties Exhibit Opening Thursday

Please join us at the Gallery Night opening reception for The Providence Preservation Society's Most Endangered Properties Photography Exhibit on Thursday, October 18, 2007, 5:00- 9:00 p.m. in the Atrium of the Peerless Building, 150 Union Street, Providence.
 
Public Opening Reception Thursday 5-9, all are welcome!

The exhibit will be open free daily from October 18 - November 10, see below for hours.

Providence Preservation Society Launches its 2007
Most Endangered Properties Photography Exhibit
 in the Atrium of The Peerless Building

The Providence Preservation Society proudly announces the return of its’ Most Endangered Properties photography exhibit, which will run from October 18 through November 10 in the magnificent atrium of The Peerless Building at 150 Union Street at Westminster Street in Downcity Providence.

All eleven properties selected for the 2007 Most Endangered Properties List have been imaginatively captured by professional photographers who have generously donated their time and talent to PPS, including: Michael Cevoli, David Ellis, Stephanie Ewens, Peter Goldberg, Erik Gould, Matt Kierstead assisted by Alyssa Wood and Mardo Atoyan, Scott Lapham, Brian McDonald, Frank Mullin, David Simione, and Olivia Sauerwein Winter. Given creative freedom to capture the significant and unique qualities of each property, these photographers have illustrated the powerful connection between art and advocacy.

The Most Endangered Properties List is one of PPS’s most respected programs which helps to call attention to significant historic and architectural resources citywide that are endangered by threats such as deterioration, insufficient funds, insensitive public policy and inappropriate development—problems that frequently jeopardize properties throughout Providence. The List’s purpose is to generate interest and support for the preservation of these significant resources; educate the public about the benefits of historic preservation and the unique historic properties in our city; and work toward solutions with property owners, developers, and other interested parties to bring about positive change in each property.

The exhibition is hosted by the Arts & Business Council of RI as part of it’s gallery partnership with Cornish Associates that focuses on providing site specific, invitational and curated exhibits of contemporary Rhode Island Artists throughout Downtown.

The Most Endangered Properties exhibit will run from October 18 through November 10 in the atrium of The Peerless Building at 150 Union Street at Westminster Street in Downcity Providence. The Peerless Building is the keystone of Cornish Associates’ revitalization effort in downtown Providence. The Peerless actually consists of five historic buildings built in the 1890’s that have been rehabilitated by into several retail outlets and the Westminster Lofts. The internal atrium allows natural light to penetrate the space and is an excellent venue for showcasing art. The space is open to the public Monday through Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Fridays 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., and Sundays 1:00- 5:00 p.m. The exhibit will open Thursday, October 18 with an opening reception from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. coinciding with Gallery Night in Providence. For more information, please call (401) 831-7440 or visit the PPS website at www.ppsri.org <http://www.ppsri.org/> .

The Providence Preservation Society, a non-profit membership organization, was formed in 1956 to respond to the proposed demolition of a number of 18th- and early 19th-century houses on College Hill. Now celebrating its 51st year, PPS has grown from that small neighborhood group to a multi-faceted citywide preservation organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life in the city of Providence through historic preservation and enhancement of the built environment.

The Arts & Business Council of Rhode Island (A&BC/RI) is an arts service organization that works to promote cultural and economic growth through leadership, partnerships, and programs that link the arts and business sectors.
Contact: Sara Emmenecker                                                                
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel. (401) 831-7440 Fax: (401) 831-8583                                           
October 15, 2007
Email: semmenecker@ppsri.org