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Offshore Wind and the Sakonnet River: A Dialogue for Coastal Communities II
Offshore Wind and the Sakonnet River: A Dialogue for Coastal Communities II
This meeting is a free in-person event at the Common Fence Point Community Center. Please register to attend in person. To view online, see the link below. This meeting will share information about the state and local decision-making process specific to offshore wind cable installation and how and when community members can engage. This interactive discussion, the […]
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Rocky Ruggiero, Ph.D.: Winter Speaker Series 2023
Rocky Ruggiero, Ph.D.: Winter Speaker Series 2023
Art History Professor and Italian Renaissance Expert “Brunelleschi’s Basilica: The Building of Santo Spirito in Florence” Brunelleschi’s Basilica of Santo Spirito in Florence, Italy, is one of the defining architectural works of the Renaissance. The building of this great church was a perfect historical storm – a celebrity architect, who was bordering on apotheosis as […]
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A Perilous Passage: The Ferrymen of Narragansett Bay
A Perilous Passage: The Ferrymen of Narragansett Bay
For two hundred years, ferrymen and their passengers risked all traversing Narragansett Bay in small sailing ferries on their journey to and from Jamestown and across southern Rhode Island. Jamestown Historical Society member Peter Fay will discuss the ferries and the intrepid ferrymen who were the lifeblood of early Rhode Island. Zoom event. Preregister at […]
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Touro Synagogue Foundation Virtual Presentation Explores Portraits of Jews from 17th & 18th Century Amsterdam
Touro Synagogue Foundation Virtual Presentation Explores Portraits of Jews from 17th & 18th Century Amsterdam
Touro Synagogue Foundation announces the third program of its Winter 2022-2023 Judah Touro Program Series, featuring Distinguished Professor of Art History, Dr. Samantha Baskind. Dr. Baskind's presentation is titled, "Picturing Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews in 17th & 18th Century Amsterdam." Baskind will present the work of Rembrandt, Bernard Picart, and several other artists who spent […]
JAC Talk with Conor Moynihan
JAC Talk with Conor Moynihan
Centering Disability: Art, Representation, and Disability Gain. As has been said by many, disability is all around us, all the time. It is a matter of knowing where and how to find it. In this talk, Conor Moynihan highlights the ways disability has been represented in the arts and why representation–and who is making that […]
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Beech Leaf Disease Information and Practical Approaches
Beech Leaf Disease Information and Practical Approaches
Join the Newport Tree Conservancy for a virtual lecture on Beech Leaf Disease, which has recently been detected in Newport. NTC staff will review the latest research on what the disease is, mechanisms of spread, and impact to American and European beeches. Learn to spot signs of BLD, as well as recent insights into treatments […]
Philip Palmer, Ph.D.: Winter Speaker Series 2023
Philip Palmer, Ph.D.: Winter Speaker Series 2023
Robert H. Taylor Curator and Department Head, Literary and Historical Manuscripts, The Morgan Library & Museum “Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy” Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950) was one of the most prominent librarians in American history. She ran the Morgan Library for forty-three years—initially as the private librarian of J. Pierpont Morgan and […]
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Registering America’s Early Automobiles – Seminar
Registering America’s Early Automobiles – Seminar
Join Rich and Audrain CEO Donald Osborne as Rich tells us about the plates and registration systems developed out of necessity during the first four decades of the 20th century and see examples of plates from Rhode Island and elsewhere that might have graced the vehicles in the current exhibition “Early Landmarks in Automotive Engineering”. […]
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Gary Casabona: Winter Speaker Series 2023
Gary Casabona: Winter Speaker Series 2023
Did you know that biologists estimate there are over 200 different species of native bees in Rhode Island? Gary Casabona’s talk will cover the life cycles of several native bee families and the Monarch butterfly along with their relationships with native plants for pollen, nectar, and nesting sites. The talk will emphasize recommendations on the best […]
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Black History Month Lecture: “Sarah Parker Remond: A Black Abolitionist in Ireland, 1859”
Black History Month Lecture: “Sarah Parker Remond: A Black Abolitionist in Ireland, 1859”
In commemoration of Black History Month, please join members and friends of the Museum of Newport Irish History for the fourth lecture of its 21st Annual Lecture Series. Guest speaker, Maureen D. Brady, will give a talk titled, "Sarah Parker Remond: A Black Abolitionist in Ireland, 1859." The lecture will be presented virtually, via Zoom, […]
Clean Ocean Access Land to Sea Speaker Series: Stormwater Management at Public Boat Ramps
Clean Ocean Access Land to Sea Speaker Series: Stormwater Management at Public Boat Ramps
The second event in this series will be with Restoration Ecologist, Jordan Mora, of Association to Preserve Cape Cod (APCC). Jordan will elaborate on Stormwater Management at Public Boat Ramps. Jordan has roughly fifteen years of experience in aquatic systems research and monitoring. Jordan will provide a presentation focused on why humans and ecosystems benefit […]
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Katherine Quinn: Winter Speaker Series 2023
Katherine Quinn: Winter Speaker Series 2023
Anthony Quinn was a complex man who was no stranger to extreme poverty and prejudice. He lost his father in a tragic accident at a young age and for financial reasons was never able to complete high school. Despite the challenging circumstances, he went on to become one of the most recognized actors of his […]
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Lecture and Book Signing with Professor Ashley Brown
Lecture and Book Signing with Professor Ashley Brown
The International Tennis Hall of Fame hosts professor Ashley Brown, to discuss her new book Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson. In this comprehensive biography, Brown narrates the public career and private struggles of tennis Hall of Famer Althea Gibson (1927-2003). From her start playing paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem […]
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JAC Talk with Jean-Marc Superville Sovak and Peter Fay
JAC Talk with Jean-Marc Superville Sovak and Peter Fay
JAC Talk with artist Jean-Marc Superville Sovak and historian, Jamestown resident Peter Fay to discuss this research-driven, poignant piece of art. Over the past twenty years, Fay has poured over Rhode Island historical archives, uncovering unknown and overlooked people and stories. Superville Sovak found Fay’s work online in a research piece created for the Rhode […]
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Outsider Art: Harnessing Color – Panel Discussion
Outsider Art: Harnessing Color – Panel Discussion
Led by artist and outsider art enthusiast Kim Pinksaw, exhibit artists and curators will be discussing the controversial term, Outsider Art, and color as an important feature in providing artists a voice to communicate their own identity and narrative. Many of the artists will be communicating to the audience through artistic expression. The intent is […]