Tuesday, May 18 – Sunday, August 15
Museum of Work & Culture
42 South Main Street, Woonsocket
For more information: Ray Bacon
(401) 769-9675 or rbacon@rihs.org
Gallery: A Walk on Main
The exhibit "A Walk on Main” by Robert Godin provides a photo realistic, morning view of prominent buildings on Main Street in Woonsocket. Early morning shadows play on the varied architecture of this central thoroughfare and lend an air of stillness to an awakening city. Godin is a self-taught, freelance photographer who takes a real-world approach to photography. With more than forty years in this visual medium, he continues to work toward mastering the art of photography. His work and current gallery can be viewed on the web at: www.robertgodin.com <http://www.robertgodin.com/>
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Thursday, May 20
6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Gallery Night
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
Reservations required: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org
If These Walls Could Talk…
Aesop’s Mirror: A Love Story – Book Signing & Lecture
When antiques restorer Maryalice Huggins bought an astonishing mirror at a Rhode Island auction, she got more than she bargained for. Aesop’s Mirror is the story about Huggins’ obsession with the mirror and her search to discover the frame’s maker and where it was possibly manufactured. The reader is introduced to players in the high-end world of antiques and decorative arts, and the mirror’s original owners, the Woods, a wealthy 19th century family from Providence. Huggins spent her career as a restorer of American and European antique furniture and mirrors and has worked for museums, interior decorators and private collectors.
Books will be available for purchase and signing. Reservations required.
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Saturday, May 29, 10:00 a.m.
Tour departs from the
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
To R.S.V.P.: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org
African-American History Walking Tour
This walking tour celebrates the history of African Americans who lived on College Hill from 1701 to the present. Ray Rickman, a well known community leader, will lead a lively discussion and offer his perspective on the people and historic buildings of Providence's oldest neighborhood. Tickets are $10 each; tour lasts about ninety minutes. Reservations are required.
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Thursday, June 3, 6:00 p.m.
Aldrich House
110 Benevolent Street, Providence
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org
Rhode Island Merchants in Spanish Waters: The D’Wolf Family and the Slave Trade to Cuba, 1790-1820
Rhode Island was the leading slave-trading state in the U.S., and the D’Wolf family of Bristol were the state’s leading slave-traders. To remain in business after the federal ban on the trade in 1808, D’Wolf ships were disguised as Spanish vessels and took their cargoes to Cuba, where the trade remained legal for Spanish citizens. This talk by James DeWolf Perry presents the story of the D’Wolf slave trade to Cuba, and incorporates findings from a research trip to Cuba this spring.
Perry is a direct descendant of James D’Wolf. He is the director of research for the Tracing Center on Histories and Legacies of Slavery and appears in Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North, the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary about the D’Wolf slave trade. The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities has provided generous financial support for this research.
www.tracingcenter.org <http://www.tracingcenter.org/>
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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.
egrity of the foundations, advance the decay of the timber structures, and raise the relative humidity in the museums, affecting the collections and leading to possible mold growth. This assessment will generate best practices around drainage and flood prevention in historic buildings.
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Immerse yourself in New England history and material culture. It's not too late to register for the Program in New England Studies, an intensive learning experience with lectures by curators and architectural historians, workshops, and behind-the-scenes tours of Historic New England's house museums and collections, and other regional museums and private homes, Monday, June 21 to Saturday, June 26. 