Library Talk
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
Lecture: New England’s 18th-Century Caribbean Adventures
James Roberts, a New England Regional Fellowship Consortium research grant recipient and Ph.D. candidate at Johns Hopkins University, will discuss his dissertation research on New England’s eighteenth-century Caribbean adventures. Roberts’ talk will present an account of the opportunities or difficulties encountered by mariners, women, youths, and slaves in the pursuit of economic chances. Particular attention will be given to a slice of the waterfront world fostered by Aaron Lopez in Newport, 1769-1772.
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Saturday, March 15, 11:00 a.m.
Tour departs from the
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
For more information and R.S.V.P.: Barbara Barnes
(401) 273-7507 x62 or bbarnes@rihs.org
Celebrating H.P. Lovecraft: A Literary Walk
Today’s walking tour celebrates the life and work of Providence native and author Howard Phillips Lovecraft to mark the anniversary of his death. Acknowledged genius of occult and horror fiction, Lovecraft’s “Providence stories” (written between 1924 and 1935) provide the basis for this walk. $12 per person; tour lasts ninety minutes.
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Sunday, March 16, 1:30 p.m.
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
Ranger Days
Anne Conway, Co-Site Director of the Museum will present the film Nouvelle France about the collapse of New France and the establishment of the British regime in 1759 to 1761. Ranger Days are FREE and open to the public.
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Thursday, March 20, 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… The First Baptist Church in America and the Browns
Join us for the first Gallery Night and If These Walls Could Talk lecture of the year! Help us in welcoming Dr. J. Stanley Lemons, historian and author on American culture, who will speak about his research on the First Baptist Church in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Lemons is a standing authority on the First Baptist Church and wrote its 350th anniversary history. Come listen to Dr. Lemons trace the beginnings of the church, as well as dispel some notions of the Brown family’s connections with the Baptists.
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At the Providence Public Library …
RI Center for the Book at Providence Public Library
2008 Reading Across Rhode Island Public Lecture Series
In support of the Reading Across RI - 2008 promotion of Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, the RI Center for the Book at Providence Public Library announces a series of free public events.
Sunday, March 16, 1:30 – 4 pm - Providence Public Library, 150 Empire Street
Everyone is invited to attend Family Circus Day. Practice circus arts with Marvelous Marvin at workshops at 2 & 3 pm: learn to juggle, walk on stilts and master the rhythm sticks. The Hope High School’s Rise and Read Book Club will offer circus crafts. Entertainer Marc Kohler will tell circus stories and offer face painting. Circus fun for the whole family!
Ken Gloss of Brattle Book Shop, Boston, Presents “Treasures in Your Attic”at Providence Public Library
Monday, March 24, 6:00-7:30 pm - 150 Empire Street, Lippitt Hall (1st floor)
Providence Public Library is pleased to welcome Kenneth Gloss, owner of the Brattle Book Shop in Boston and an expert on rare books, for a lecture and book appraisal program. In his lecture “Treasures in Your Attic: Old and Rare Books” he will advise participants on how to spot the literary treasures that may be hiding right under their noses (or above their heads). A Question and Answer session will follow the lecture, as well as free verbal appraisals of books.
Gloss has worked in the Brattle Book Shop, one of the country’s oldest and largest antiquarian bookstores, since he was a child, succeeding his father, George Gloss, as sole proprietor. He incorporates extremely rare and valuable items from his store into his presentations.
For more information:
Tonia Mason, Marketing & Communications Director
401-455-8090
www.provlib.org <http://www.provlib.org> or www.thelibraryonline.org <http://www.thelibraryonline.org/>
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Founded in 1822, the Rhode Island Historical Society is the nation’s fourth oldest state historical society and is today the steward of tens of thousands of books, manuscripts, prints, photographs, paintings, artifacts, and other historical materials. The Society maintains its research library and John Brown House Museum in Providence and operates the Museum of Work & Culture in Woonsocket. The Society’s ongoing public and educational programming includes publication of the historical journal Rhode Island History and the presentation of exhibitions, lectures, workshops, and tours. www.rihs.org <http://www.rihs.org/>
March 27 marks Henry Davis Sleeper's 130th birthday.
This fuzzy, colorful plant is neither a begonia nor a strawberry. It is more closely related to the garden plant Heuchera, or Coralbells, and is native to the mountains of Western Europe.
Historic New England's educational programs earn nationwide attention by demonstrating that museums are exciting places where interactivity and discovery are the norm, and that history and the arts are essential activities to include in children's lives. These initiatives are designed for both school and youth programs, either in-school or after-school, and often in conjunction with classroom curricula. Your contribution is vital to our education efforts, and provides many more children with the opportunity to experience the rich history of New England in a unique way.
The conference offers lectures, seminars, and workshops on old house care as well as an exhibition hall filled with hundreds of products and services tailored to traditional building needs and home restoration, and daily presentations in the exhibit hall. Stop by Booth #323 and visit the Historic New England staff.
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