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The school, included on PPS's 2007 Most Endangered Properties list, had been recommended for rehabilitation by the DeJong Facilities Master Plan, but many parents and neighbors demanded a new, state-of-the-art school. Following meetings with the disparate stakeholders and persuasive reuse plans from Ai3 Architects, the decision was made to reuse the building and transform it into a 21st century learning environment. Now, over two years later, the project is approaching completion. The school will reopen this fall as a testament to the success of rehabilitating Providence's historic public school buildings. 
Brown University has announced that it is abandoning the planned construction of two new buildings in favor of historic preservation. The proposed Mind Brain Behavior Building, which was to be built on the site of 127, 129, and 135 Angell Street (2008 PPS Most Endangered Properties List), will be housed in the renovated Metcalf Research and Chemistry Buildings on the corner of Thayer and Waterman Streets. Brown had also planned to build a new medical education building in the Jewelry District; instead, the University will renovate 222 Richmond Street, a former jewelry factory. It will house Brown's medical school along with neighborhood retail. PPS applauds Brown's decision to preserve these distinctive buildings!
At last, downtown Providence has a grocery store! On Thursday, June 18, Gourmet Heaven opened in the historic Fletcher Building (ca. 1893) at 173 Weybosset Street. The Fletcher Building, originally two stories, was built upwards as the city grew and was fitted with storefronts in the mid-20th century. For more information, click 
PPS is looking for individuals interested in leading walking tours for elementary and middle school students, grades 4-8. Each year, docents lead over 3500 students on walking tours of Providence. PPS's award-winning program uses the city's architecture as a textbook from which students learn the history of Providence. No previous experience is necessary - just an interest in history and/or architecture and the desire to work with school children. Upon completing a 2.5 day training provided by PPS, docents are asked to make a one-year commitment to the program. For more information please contact Kathleen McAreavey, Education Coordinator, by e-mail at 
PPS celebrated the 30th Anniversary of its signature event in style with a special garden party kick-off sponsored by 
Thursday, July 2, 2009
FW: PPS July E-Newsletter
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Defining Sustainability - Fall 2009 Season Preview - ASU Art Museum
ASU Art Museum becomes catalyst for dialog and change in sustainability through art
ANNOUNCES FALL 2009 EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
*complete list of fall exhibitions below
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TEMPE, Ariz. (June 26, 2009) Surprising. Invigorating. Thought provoking. The Arizona State University Art Museum continues to present the best in contemporary art with exhibitions in all media by regional and international, emerging and established artists. The ASU Art Museum organizes these outstanding contemporary art exhibitions – which often receive national and international attention – and presents them in innovative ways for students and visitors.
The fall 2009 season, titled Defining Sustainability, is a series of dynamic and interactive projects that will come together at the ASU Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center to illustrate ideas about sustainability. Each exhibition or project tells a simple story – an artist’s proposal for green transportation or a designer’s solution for recycled shade structures – which together convey the complexity of sustaining life on earth. A nontraditional art museum project, artists and designers, faculty and students will engage the greater Phoenix community in their creative processes and in conversations on sustainability. The diverse projects range in materials and format, and are installed throughout the ASU Art Museum to tell stories of environmental, social and cultural sustainability.
In Defining Sustainability, art and the museum are catalyst and site for campus and community members to gather and further the conversation on sustainability. While many of the projects focus on this place, they have implications for art, museums and urban centers throughout the country and the world. Today’s art museum is a pristine, controlled environment, keeping the landscape, with all its environmental systems, hazards and problems, at bay. The ASU Art Museum strives to forge a new model for the university art museum as an interdisciplinary lab to explore real world issues through the lens of the creative process.
Our museum is a gathering place for people to interact, collaborate, explore artistic vision, participate in creative process and discuss our contemporary world.
To illustrate some ways in which the idea of sustainability affects us, three separate projects will physically alter our museum buildings, if only temporarily: Native Confluence: Sustaining Cultures brings together Native American artists led by noted artist Nora Naranjo Morse, in a collaboration at the Ceramics Research Center that builds throughout the season, who will use organic materials to create an installation that will extend beyond the walls of the building; Political Ply, in which recycled political posters will be used to create shade structures on the museum’s west side sculpture courts; and Canalscape for Metro Phoenix, which will create an environment in the museum’s entryway to view project ideas and information about the history of Phoenix’s canals and prospects for the future.
This season includes our Social Studies initiative at the ASU Art Museum as well. Social Studies opens the creative process by turning over a gallery to an artist who considers social interaction a crucial part of his or her art-making. Visitors are invited to participate with the artist in the gallery to create the objects and installations that form the exhibition, or to observe and question the process. Now on our fifth project, New York-based, Canadian artist Jillian McDonald visits the desert in the fall of 2009 with her project, Alone Together in the Dark. McDonald’s project is expected to explore different aspects of Arizona ghost towns, which are the remnants of both unsustainable cities and industries.
In addition to these projects, the museum is also featuring exhibitions in the galleries that highlight issues of sustainability in desert and other environments through the use of prints, sound sculptures and other media. The season will be featured in national and international conferences including the U.S. GreenBuild conference, coming to Phoenix November 10-14, 2009 (www.greenbuildexpo.org) and World Wide Views on Global Warming, in conjunction with the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark, which plans to hold one of its satellite community events in Phoenix, dates to be determined (www.wwviews.org).
In addition to the Defining Sustainability projects and exhibitions, the ASU Art Museum continues to advance its Moving Targets initiative with the group video exhibition, I'm Keeping an Eye on You, which explores the broad and lasting effects of our curiosity and intrusions upon others. The exhibition features artists Mounira Al Solh (Amsterdam/Beirut), Rachel Garfield (London), Charlotte Ginsborg (London), Pia Greschner (Berlin), Myung-Soo Kim (Tempe), Yaron Lapid (London), Jeff Luckey (New York/Berlin), Johnna MacArthur (Los Angeles), Michael Mohan (Los Angeles) and Corinna Schnitt (Hamburg), and was curated by John Spiak initially as a single channel installation for Aqua Art Miami, December 2008.
*Press and freelance writers may call for images and interview opportunities with artists, collectors and curators featured this season.
FALL 2009 ASU ART MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
JILLIAN McDONALD: ALONE TOGETHER IN THE DARK
Social Studies Project 5
Artist in residence in the gallery: October 5-November 14, 2009
Exhibition: October 5, 2009-January 9, 2010
Social Studies challenges the traditional exhibition format by opening with an empty gallery and an artist in residence who considers social interaction a crucial part of their art-making. Visitors are invited into the gallery to participate with the artist to create objects and installations, or to observe and question the process. Working through public/private partnerships with multiple ASU departments, schools and community organizations, the project brings museum visitors into the art-making process, invites extensive collaboration with community and university students, and greatly enhances the museum’s role as a vital gathering place.
In this, our fifth Social Studies project, Canadian artist Jillian McDonald will explore sustainability in the museum while including grassroots, community conversations. “At this point, my thoughts for the Tempe project circulate around haunted sites, ghosts and abandoned houses, focusing on ideas around sustainable living, ghost towns and The Day of the Dead,” says McDonald. “I will be visiting Arizona in June to get acquainted with the landscape and local customs, and to further develop site-specific ideas.”
Usually, a work of art is created in the solitude of an artist’s studio, shipped to an exhibition space and installed by museum staff; this project will allow museum visitors direct access to a contemporary artist and her creative process. Research, discussion and art-making are the subject matter of Social Studies rather than a behind-the-scenes activity.
The project will culminate in an installation, led by the artist, which will remain at the museum beyond the six-week residency. There are few artists in Phoenix who work in this method and, as the city continues to mature, projects like Social Studies will play an important role in presenting new ways to make, think about and participate in art.
NOWHERE TO HIDE: THREE ARTISTS IN THE DESERT
Julie Anand, Richard Lerman, Carrie Marill
October 10, 2009-February 20, 2010
Nowhere to Hide presents the work of three artists who live in Phoenix and have explored definitions of sustainability in their multi-media artworks. Their approaches range from photography to sound sculpture and gouache paintings.
Julie Anand’s Material Histories are based on her walks around the Valley; as she moves through the city’s neighborhoods she collects lost and discarded items along the way. Her brilliantly-hued photographs present the found objects like specimens and begin to tell stories of the people who have traveled along the same path – their habits and preoccupations.
Richard Lerman is a well-known sound artist who creates speakers and instruments from tumbleweeds and cactus, cereal boxes and rejection letters. His work often explores the inevitable trade-offs in our interaction with the land, how even green systems and solutions impact our environment.
Visual Aides, by Carrie Marill, is a series of gouache paintings which represent environmental problems and solutions brought on and devised by humans. The series was inspired by candy-colored classroom posters from the 1940s, found by the artist at a flea market in France, of different domestic, agricultural, industrial and maritime landscapes. She reprints the images on watercolor paper and updates them with current events and objects, like recycling bins in a bucolic farmyard and a cargo ship with a parasail in the busy harbor scene.
Marill, like all of the artists in the exhibition, grapples with issues of personal responsibility and control, sustainable systems that inevitably require compromise and the complex, global challenges of humans living on earth.
DEFINING SUSTAINABILITY:
FROM THE ASU ART MUSEUM COLLECTION
Exhibition co-curated by Heather S. Lineberry, Interim Director/Senior and
Claudia Mesch, Associate Professor, Art History.
Seminar taught by ASU Herberger Institute’s Claudia Mesch, Associate Professor, Art History, and Julie Anand, Assistant Professor, Photography.
September 19, 2009-January 30, 2010
Students from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts and the School of Sustainability will work with faculty and curators to explore art and sustainability issues raised by artworks in the ASU Art Museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition will include both past and present examples of artists exploring human interaction with the land, urbanization, natural and manmade materials, pollution, cultural sustainability and sustainable processes, and will explore how artists have brought issues of sustainability to a broader community, encouraged participation and dialog, and proposed creative solutions.
The exhibition will include historic precedents, like the 19th century Hudson River school painters who painted classic American landscapes with encroaching signs of industrialization, as well as selections of work by contemporary artists like Matthew Moore, who has created compelling land art works on his family’s farm in the middle of the suburbs in West Phoenix, and Eddie Dominguez, who uses ceramics to explore human history and impact on the earth.
The students in the seminar will bring their different disciplines to their discussions and research. As the conversation deepens, the projects that emerge from the class will be accessible to the public in the gallery on a class bulletin board and on the website including a class blog. Class sessions with guest speakers from the fields of art, science and the humanities will be open to the public. The students in the seminar will also interact with the artists in residence during the larger fall season.
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CANALSCAPE FOR METRO PHOENIX
November 7-December 1, 2009
Dr. Nan Ellin and her students create a canalscape in the museum’s entryway and Nymphaeum.
Amsterdam has 47 miles of canals. Venice has 125. And Phoenix has … 181! Yet Amsterdam and Venice are widely known and lauded for their stunning canal-oriented cityscapes, while Phoenix has largely turned its back on this tremendous asset. We use the canal banks for recreation and have been engaged in canal bank enhancements – public art, benches, landscaping and shade structures – but we have failed to leverage the opportunity to create special places alongside the canal banks that combine live, work and play areas.
Canalscape proposes the creation of vital urban hubs where canals meet major streets. This mixed-use "urban infill" would provide highly desirable places to gather by the water as well as an alternative to sprawl. Unlike Amsterdam and Venice, much smaller cities with urbanized canals throughout, Phoenix’s trademark would be distributed canalscape, reflecting its unique quality of being a “network” city as well as a region that creatively intersperses urban living into a breathtaking desert landscape. Canalscape would contribute to a sustainable and authentic Desert Urbanism for Metro Phoenix.
Dr. Nan Ellin and her students will create a canalscape in the museum’s entryway and Nymphaeum. Water features and plants will create an environment to view project ideas and information about the history of Phoenix’s canals and prospects for the future. For more information, see:
ASU Office of the President podcast on Canalscape: http://president.asu.edu/node/667
ASU Canalscape website: http://canalscape.asu.edu/
AIA Canalscape Competition: http://aia-phoenixmetro.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/canal-comp-rules.pdf
POLITICAL PLY: RECYCLED EVAPORATIVE COOLING SHADE STRUCTURES
October – December 2009
Architecture faculty member Jason Griffiths and Design students create innovative shade structures for the ASU Art Museum’s sculpture courts.
Architecture faculty member Jason Griffiths and Design students create innovative shade structures for the ASU Art Museum’s sculpture courts. Using recycled materials, specifically old political posters, they have built a gridded structure that will provide shade, respond to the existing architecture and inject color and whimsy into the environment. On the western side of the building, the courts are currently inhospitable for visitors or art due to the ferocity of our climate, the building materials and lack of shade; even in the winter, the sunlight can be uncomfortable for prolonged visits. The new structures promise to positively impact the visitor’s experience in the space in manifold ways. Social and educational events will take place in the court during this time frame to test the new environment created by the structures.
Sustainability in Clay at ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center -
NATIVE CONFLUENCE: SUSTAINING CULTURES
August 29 – November 28, 2009
Nora Naranjo Morse, Espanola, NM
Athena & Bill Steen, Canelo Project, Elgin, AZ
Postcommodity (Kade Twist, Steven Yazzie, Nathan Young and Raven Chacon), Phoenix, AZ
For centuries, native peoples have practiced sustainable living, having a cultural and spiritual connection to the environment and a deep respect for the balance of natural and rhythmic cycles of plant, animal and human life which has always been nurtured and guarded. In Native Confluence, three Native American artists (or groups of artists) from Arizona and New Mexico will each spend one week per month in residence.
Prior to opening, all of the artists together will conceptualize a theme or direction for the project, which will then be continually developing throughout their residencies at the museum, inspired through the lens of the collective. The first artist in residence will start the project knowing that later artists will add or subtract to the piece over a period of time. In the end, there will be a true collaborative installation that has been inspired by material, cultural and personal creativity.
The project will include an installation in progress within the gallery at the CRC as well as seep outside onto the exterior walls of the building. It is anticipated that materials to be used will include clay, adobe, dirt, stone, branches and other organic materials.
Native Confluence speaks to a native worldview in terms of inter-generational methods of practicing sustainability. It's this approach to organic materials – tools from ancestral traditions – that allow new doors to open. This idea is holistic in its approach; the idea of sustainability is consciousness about the whole – whole community, world and self.
Tentative residency schedule:
August 24-29; Postcommodity residency-exhibition project opens to the public August 29
September 21-25, Nora Naranjo Morse residency, opening reception October 9 with artist
November 9-14, Athena & Bill Steen residency, in conjunction with the Green build conference (tours at museum on Friday & Saturday)
Moving Targets -
I’M KEEPING AN EYE ON YOU
September 19 – December 12, 2009
Mounira Al Solh (Amsterdam/Beirut), Rachel Garfield (London), Charlotte Ginsborg (London), Pia Greschner (Berlin), Myung-Soo Kim (Tempe), Yaron Lapid (London), Jeff Luckey (New York/Berlin), Johnna MacArthur (Los Angeles), Michael Mohan (Los Angeles), Corinna Schnitt (Hamburg)
The Moving Targets initiative builds on the museum's long history of exploring the role of new media in the arts. The museum presented its first media exhibition in 1993, Nam June Paik: Time for Change and represented the U.S. at the 1995 Venice Biennale, Italy art exhibition with the work of five installations by Bill Viola. The ASU Art Museum supports emerging artists and critically acclaimed practitioners of new genres through solo exhibitions, including William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat, Jim Campbell, Pipilotti Rist, Gary Hill and Francesco Torres. In 1997, the museum developed an annual short film and video festival, which continues to present the work of international artists. As technology penetrates all aspects of art, the museum strives to present the most innovative and engaging works.
Through personal, established relationships, casual encounters, forced institutional interactions, or contact from a safe distance, we often overstep our boundaries. Whether we are conscious or not of our boundary breaking, we are all guilty at one time or another of intruding into other people's lives and space. What may pass as uneventful for one individual may be the cause of great anxiety and fear for another. I’m Keeping an Eye on You explores the broad and lasting effects of our curiosity and intrusions upon others.
Organized by John Spiak, ASU Art Museum curator, I’m Keeping an Eye on You premiered as a Video Project Space at Aqua Art Miami in December 2008. This project is made possible by the generosity of Aqua Art Miami and Friends of the Arizona State University Art Museum. As part of the Moving Targets series, the ASU Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival is held each April. Look for its 14th annual screening in April 2010.
FRIDAY CONVERSATIONS @ 11
at ASU Art Museum
A series of discussions to further the conversation about our exhibitions and events, Fridays at 11 a.m. (Fall season subject to change. Please refer to http://ASUArtMuseum.asu.edu <http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/> for the most updated information.)
Sept. 18: I’m Keeping an Eye on You, with John Spiak
Sept. 26: Defining Sustainability: From the ASU Art Museum Collection, with Heather Lineberry, Claudia Mesch and others
Oct. 2: Defining Sustainability: Sustainable Interiors, with Deborah Schneiderman
Oct. 9: Alone Together in the Dark, with Jillian McDonald and John Spiak, The Start
Oct. 16: Nowhere to Hide: Three Artists in the Desert, with Julie Anand
Oct. 30: Political Ply, with Jason Griffins
Nov. 13: Alone Together in the Dark, with Jillian McDonald and John Spiak, The End
JAN FISHER MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES
Oct. 22: artist Kathy Butterly
Kathy Butterly's quirky, small sized sculptures and exquisitely colored glazes merge human and vegetal forms into organic ceramic shapes. The artist creates in response to her surroundings and topical issues. She describes her newer work as starting to feel like figure/landscapes involving outside elements. "Maybe I would call these ‘harmonious-parasitic-invaders,'" Butterly says. Labor intensive, Butterly often fires her work up to 20-30 times to achieve the jewel-like effects she seeks.
Her work is represented in numerous national and international collections and her work is sought after by collectors worldwide. While at ASU, Butterly will also meet with ceramics graduate students to offer critiques.
ASU ART MUSEUM
EXHIBITIONS ON THE ROAD
April 24 – September 6, 2009
Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection
Museum of Fine Arts
Santa Fe, New Mexico
June 26 – September 13, 2009
Eden Revisited: The Ceramic Art of Kurt Weiser
Erie Art Museum
Erie, Pennsylvania
July 11 – October 4, 2009
Business As Usual: New Video from China / Cao Fei and Yang Fudong
Henry Art Gallery
Seattle, Washington
November 13, 2009 – January 10, 2010
Innovation & Change
Vero Beach Museum of Art
Vero Beach, Florida
The ASU Art Museum is part of the Herberger Institute of Design and The Arts at Arizona State University. The museum is located on the southeast corner of Mill Avenue and 10th Street in Tempe and admission is free. Free parking for Museum patrons is available in front of the ASU Art Museum Ceramics Research Center in marked stalls. Hours are 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Tuesdays (during the academic year), 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and closed on Sundays and Mondays. We offer additional educator hours by appointment, Monday and before 11 a.m. Tuesdays – Thursdays. To learn more about the museum, call 480.965.2787 or visit http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu <http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/>
Monday, June 29, 2009
RI Historical Society -- July Events
Saturday, July 4, 11:00 a.m.
Tour departs from
Reflections Café
8 Governor Street, Providence
Tickets: $10 each
To RSVP: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org
A Fox Point Fourth of July
On July 4th, the scheduled 11:00 a.m. walking tour will be a patriotic stroll through the Fox Point neighborhood. Come celebrate the life and works of Providence native George M. Cohan, the original Yankee Doodle Dandy. He was born in one of the oldest and most diverse neighborhoods in Providence, and is associated by his birth and patriotic songs, with the Fourth of July. Learn about the ever-changing character of Fox Point, from its first colonial settlements through the waves of Irish, then Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigration, to the impacts of urban and highway development today. The tour begins at the George M. Cohan Plaza in Providence. Reservations are requested. $10 per person.
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Wednesday, July 8, 12:00 noon
Tour departs from the
Hampton Inn & Suites
58 Weybosset Street, Providence
Free, Contact: Barbara Barnes
(401) 273-7507 x62 or bbarnes@rihs.org
Downcity Alive! Art and the City
Join us on 45-minute noon time walks sponsored by the Providence Foundation and Rhode Island Historical Society that are free and open to all! They are discovery tours for those who work, shop and walk downtown at lunch time. Today, come see and learn about the public sculpture and architectural details that create an outdoor gallery in downtown.
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Thursday, July 9, 6:30p.m.
John Brown House Museum Lawn
52 Power Street, Providence
For more information: Mary Lou Upham
(401) 331-8575 x33 or mlupham@rihs.org.
Concert Under the Elms
Capital Properties Inc., Presenting Sponsor
The Duke Robillard Band plays classic blues, R&B, and swing tonight. Adults $8; Children under 12 free; RIHS members and accompanying minor children, free.
NO PETS ALLOWED. Lite Fare & Beverage Sponsor: Eastside Marketplace.
Other sponsors include: Bank of America, Brown University, Esten & Richard Insurance, Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP, Coldmasters, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP, Joukowsky Family Foundation, Dr. & Mrs. George Goodwin, Mandel & Tracy, LLC, Pratt Radiation Oncology Associates, Inc., Dr. Russell & Ms. Carla Ricci, E.F. O’Donnell & Sons Co., Inc., Santoro Oil Company, Inc. and Washington Trust Company Wealth Management. Check out our website for the full series schedule: www.rihs.org <http://www.rihs.org/> .
Thursday, July 9 – The Duke Robillard Band
Thursday, July 16 – Pendragon
Thursday, July 23 – Magnolia
Thursday, July 30 – The Carlos de Leon Latin Jazz band
Thursday, August 6 – Greg Abate Jazz Quartet
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Fox Point Fourth of July Weekend Celebration
Highlights George M. Cohan, Son of Providence
For more info contact Judi & Sy Dill: (401) 351-9944.
or http://sites.google.com/site/georgemcohancommemoration/
George M, Cohan , the famous actor, singer, dancer, director, writer, and producer, was born on Wickenden St. in Fox Point on July 3, 1878. Called the father of the American musical comedy, he was known in his heyday as “the man who owned Broadway.”
The festivities begin on Friday, July 3 at 6:30 pm at Wickenden & Governor Sts. with a dedication ceremony with local dignitaries; the unveiling of a bronze statue of Cohan by internationally known sculptor, Robert Shure, the presentation of the first annual Excellence in Art & Culture Award to Curt Columbus, Artistic Director of Trinity Repertory Company; and musical entertainment by the Navy Band Northeast Ceremonial Band, singer Ian O'Brian and jazz musician Mike Miller. (Please bring your own folding chairs)
Saturday, July 4, at 11 am, a walking tour of Fox Point led by The Rhode Island Historical Society ($10), will meet at the corner of Wickenden & Governor Sts. Reservations requested at 401-331-8575, x45. At 2 pm at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, a lecture on the life of George M. Cohan by RISD Professor Mike Fink will be presented, followed by a screening of “Yankee Doodle Dandy” the Oscar winning film starring James Cagney. In the evening, all are invited to India Point Park for more entertainment and fireworks.
Monday, June 22, 2009
RI Historical Society -- Summer Concerts and 4th of July Walking Tour
Thursday, June 25, 6:30p.m.
(Rain Date: Thursday, July 2)
John Brown House Museum Lawn
52 Power Street, Providence
For more information: Mary Lou Upham
(401) 331-8575 x33 or mlupham@rihs.org.
Concerts Under the Elms
Capital Properties Inc., Presenting Sponsor
The 2009 summer concerts series will once again feature a lively and entertaining mix of musical genres that have made the Society’s outdoor music series a popular fixture of summer on the East Side. The American Band kicks off the season on June 25 with its patriotic music and “pops” repertoire. Adults $8; Children under 12 free; RIHS members and accompanying minor children, free.
NO PETS ALLOWED. Lite Fare & Beverage Sponsor: Eastside Marketplace.
Other sponsors include: Bank of America, Brown University, Esten & Richard Insurance, Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP, Coldmasters, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP, Joukowsky Family Foundation, Dr. & Mrs. George Goodwin, Mandel & Tracy, LLC, Pratt Radiation Oncology Associates, Inc., Dr. Russell & Ms. Carla Ricci, E.F. O’Donnell & Sons Co., Inc., Santoro Oil Company, Inc. and Washington Trust Company Wealth Management. Check out our website for the full series schedule: www.rihs.org <http://www.rihs.org/> .
Thursday, June 25 – The American Band
Thursday, July 9 – The Duke Robillard Band
Thursday, July 16 – Pendragon
Thursday, July 23 – Magnolia
Thursday, July 30 – The Carlos de Leon Latin Jazz band
Thursday, August 6 – Greg Abate Jazz Quartet
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Saturday, July 4, 11:00 a.m.
Tour departs from Reflections Café
8 Governor Street, Providence
Tickets: $10 each
To RSVP: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org
A Fox Point Fourth of July
On July 4th, the scheduled 11:00 a.m. walking tour will be a patriotic stroll through the Fox Point neighborhood. Come celebrate the life and works of Providence native George M. Cohan, the original Yankee Doodle Dandy. He was born in one of the oldest and most diverse neighborhoods in Providence, and is associated by his birth and patriotic songs, with the Fourth of July. Learn about the ever-changing character of Fox Point, from its first colonial settlements through the waves of Irish, then Portuguese and Cape Verdean immigration, to the impacts of urban and highway development today. The tour begins at the George M. Cohan Plaza in Providence. Reservations are requested. $10 per person.
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Fox Point Fourth of July Weekend Celebration
Highlights George M. Cohan, Son of Providence
For more info contact Judi & Sy Dill: (401) 351-9944.
or http://sites.google.com/site/georgemcohancommemoration/
George M, Cohan , the famous actor, singer, dancer, director, writer, and producer, was born on Wickenden St. in Fox Point on July 3, 1878. Called the father of the American musical comedy, he was known in his heyday as “the man who owned Broadway.”
The festivities begin on Friday, July 3 at 6:30 pm at Wickenden & Governor Sts. with a dedication ceremony with local dignitaries; the unveiling of a bronze statue of Cohan by internationally known sculptor, Robert Shure, the presentation of the first annual Excellence in Art & Culture Award to Curt Columbus, Artistic Director of Trinity Repertory Company; and musical entertainment by the Navy Band Northeast Ceremonial Band, singer Ian O'Brian and jazz musician Mike Miller. (Please bring your own folding chairs)
Saturday, July 4, at 11 am, a walking tour of Fox Point led by The Rhode Island Historical Society ($10), will meet at the corner of Wickenden & Governor Sts. Reservations requested at 401-331-8575, x45. At 2 pm at The French-American School, 75 John St., corner Hope St., a lecture on the life of George M. Cohan by RISD Professor Mike Fink will be presented, followed by a screening of “Yankee Doodle Dandy” the Oscar winning film starring James Cagney. In the evening, all are invited to India Point Park for more entertainment and fireworks.
Monday, June 15, 2009
RI Historical Society -- Upcoming Events
SummerWalks, June 15 - October 15
Sponsored in part by AAA of Southern New England and Parkside Rotisserie & Bar
Tours depart from the
John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street, Providence
For more information: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org
Benefit Street: A Mile of History
Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11:00 a.m.
$12 per person; $10 for RIHS members; $6 for children 12 and under.
RiverWalk: Before the Fires are Lit
Saturdays of full WaterFire lightings, 5:30 p.m.
See www.waterfire.org <http://www.waterfire.org/> for scheduled lightings.
$10 per person.
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Thursday, June 18, 6:30 p.m.
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…
Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution
In writing his book Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution, Gerald Carbone drew on his 25 years of research experience as a newspaper reporter to ferret out the facts on this overlooked hero. Much of the biography was previously published in serial form in the Providence Journal, and Carbone has been recognized as an expert on Greene by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, the University Club of Providence, and the RIHS.
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Saturday, June 20, 1:00 p.m.
Tour departs from the
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue, Providence
Tickets: $10
To R.S.V.P.: Barbara Barnes
(401) 273-7507 x62 or bbarnes@rihs.org
Gallery Night in the Light of Saturday: West Side
Join us on these walking tours offered by Gallery Night Providence and the Rhode Island Historical Society. Let the fun you had on Gallery Night continue during the weekend. On the Saturday after Gallery Night in May, June and July, walk with a tour guide who knows the neighborhood and an artist who knows the galleries and the art. Learn more about the Providence art scene, and after the tour, linger awhile. Explore the neighborhood; find a great cafe for coffee and conversation; stay for dinner. Maps and local information provided. Today’s tour begins at 1:00 p.m. from Gallery Z, 259 Atwells Avenue. Tickets are $10/person. Reservations are requested.
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Thursdays, June 25 - August 6, 6:30 p.m.
John Brown House Museum Lawn
52 Power Street, Providence
For more information: Mary Lou Upham
(401) 331-8575 x33 or mlupham@rihs.org.
Concert Under the Elms
Capital Properties Inc., Presenting Sponsor
The 2009 summer concerts series will once again feature a lively and entertaining mix of musical genres that have made the Society’s outdoor music series a popular fixture of summer on the East Side. The American Band kicks off the season on June 25 with its patriotic music and “pops” repertoire. Adults $8; Children under 12 free; RIHS members and accompanying minor children, free.
NO PETS ALLOWED. Lite Fare & Beverage Sponsor: Eastside Marketplace.
Other sponsors include: Bank of America, Brown University, Esten & Richard Insurance, Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP, Coldmasters, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP, Joukowsky Family Foundation, Dr. & Mrs. George Goodwin, Mandel & Tracy, LLC, Pratt Radiation Oncology Associates, Inc., Dr. Russell & Ms. Carla Ricci, E.F. O’Donnell & Sons Co., Inc., Santoro Oil Company, Inc. and Washington Trust Company Wealth Management. Check out our website for the full series schedule: www.rihs.org <http://www.rihs.org/> .
Thursday, June 25 – The American Band
Thursday, July 9 – The Duke Robillard Band
Thursday, July 16 – Pendragon
Thursday, July 23 – Magnolia
Thursday, July 30 – The Carlos de Leon Latin Jazz Band
Thursday, August 6 – Greg Abate Jazz Quartet
Friday, June 12, 2009
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You won't want to miss this opportunity to explore kitchen history, from New England to the Southwest, from Colonial to present day. Discover what was cutting-edge technology in 1807; the color contrasts of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s; and the stories of the people who made "dinner's ready" possible.
During the Year of the Kitchen, Historic New England offers 
Monday, June 8, 2009
RI Historical Society -- Upcoming Events
Wednesday, June 10, 12:00 noon
Tour departs from the
Hampton Inn & Suites
58 Weybosset Street, Providence
Free, Contact: Barbara Barnes
(401) 273-7507 x62 or bbarnes@rihs.org
Downcity Alive! Meet Me Under the Shepard Clock
Join us on 45-minute noon time walks sponsored by the Providence Foundation and Rhode Island Historical Society that are free and open to all! They are discovery tours for those who work, shop and walk downtown at lunch time. Today, learn the story of department store shopping in Providence.
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Saturday, June 13
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, June 18, 6:30 p.m.
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…
Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution
In writing his book Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution, Gerald Carbone drew on his 25 years of research experience as a newspaper reporter to ferret out the facts on this overlooked hero. Much of the biography was previously published in serial form in the Providence Journal, and Carbone has been recognized as an expert on Greene by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, the University Club of Providence, and the RIHS.
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Saturday, June 20, 1:00 p.m.
Tour departs from the
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue, Providence
Tickets: $10
To R.S.V.P.: Barbara Barnes
(401) 273-7507 x62 or bbarnes@rihs.org
Gallery Night in the Light of Saturday: West Side
Join us on these walking tours offered by Gallery Night Providence and the Rhode Island Historical Society. Let the fun you had on Gallery Night continue during the weekend. On the Saturday after Gallery Night in May, June and July, walk with a tour guide who knows the neighborhood and an artist who knows the galleries and the art. Learn more about the Providence art scene, and after the tour, linger awhile. Explore the neighborhood; find a great cafe for coffee and conversation; stay for dinner. Maps and local information provided. Today’s tour begins at 1:00 p.m. from Gallery Z, 259 Atwells Avenue. Tickets are $10/person. Reservations are requested.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
RI Historical Society -- June Programs and Events
SummerWalks, June 15 - October 15
Sponsored in part by AAA of Southern New England and Parkside Rotisserie & Bar
Tours depart from the
John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street, Providence
For more information: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org
To book group tours: Barbara Barnes
(401) 273-7507 x62 or bbarnes@rihs.org
Benefit Street: A Mile of History
Tuesdays through Saturdays, 11:00 a.m.
$12 per person; $10 for RIHS members; $6 for children 12 and under.
RiverWalk: Before the Fires are Lit
Evenings of full WaterFire lightings, 5:30 p.m.
See www.waterfire.org <http://www.waterfire.org/> for scheduled lightings.
$10 per person.
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Thursdays, June 25 - August 6, 6:30 p.m.
John Brown House Museum Lawn
52 Power Street, Providence
For more information: Mary Lou Upham
(401) 331-8575 x33 or mlupham@rihs.org.
Concert Under the Elms
Capital Properties Inc., Presenting Sponsor
The 2009 summer concerts series will once again feature a lively and entertaining mix of musical genres that have made the Society’s outdoor music series a popular fixture of summer on the East Side. The American Band kicks off the season on June 25 with its patriotic music and “pops” repertoire. Adults $8; Children under 12 free; RIHS members and accompanying minor children, free.
NO PETS ALLOWED. Lite Fare & Beverage Sponsor: Eastside Marketplace.
Other sponsors include: Bank of America, Brown University, Esten & Richard Insurance, Partridge, Snow & Hahn, LLP, Coldmasters, Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP, Joukowsky Family Foundation, Dr. & Mrs. George Goodwin, Mandel & Tracy, LLC, Pratt Radiation Oncology Associates, Inc., Dr. Russell & Ms. Carla Ricci, E.F. O’Donnell & Sons Co., Inc., Santoro Oil Company, Inc. and Washington Trust Company Wealth Management. Check out our website for the full series schedule: www.rihs.org <http://www.rihs.org/> .
Thursday, June 25 – The American Band
Thursday, July 9 – The Duke Robillard Band
Thursday, July 16 – Pendragon
Thursday, July 23 – Magnolia
Thursday, July 30 – The Carlos de Leon Latin Jazz Band
Thursday, August 6 – Greg Abate Jazz Quartet
*************************************
Wednesday, June 10, 12:00 noon
Tour departs from the
Hampton Inn & Suites
58 Weybosset Street, Providence
Free, Contact: Barbara Barnes
(401) 273-7507 x62 or bbarnes@rihs.org
Downcity Alive! Meet Me Under the Shepard Clock
Join us on 45-minute noon time walks sponsored by the Providence Foundation and Rhode Island Historical Society that are free and open to all! They are discovery tours for those who work, shop and walk downtown at lunch time. Today, learn the story of department store shopping in Providence.
**************************************
Saturday, June 13
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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