Blackstone Parks Conservancy: Park Keeping
Blackstone Parks Conservancy 2 River Drive, Providence
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Make our parks even more beautiful, get exercise, meet fellow park lovers and have fun!!! Monday June 24, 10:00 – 11:30 (note earlier time). Meet in the ravine behind York Pond Knotweed removal. Tools to bring: loppers, pointed shovel, hand pruners. Sunday June 30, 10:30 – noon North end trails and knotweed removal. We will reinforce a […]
Newport Black History Walking Tour: Lost Stories of Resistance & Freedom Experience Newport’s little-known Black history on a tour of Colonial-era Historic Hill. This unique opportunity brings you to historic locations designated with Rhode Island Slave History Medallion (RISHM) markers and other local landmarks. Your RISHM tour guide will introduce you to early Black Americans, […]
Shadow Mask Workshop Monday, June 17, 2024 6:30 PM 8:30 PM Shadow mask is a performing techniques inspired by traditional Indonesian shadow pupperty and developed by Larry Reed of Shadowlight Productions. This workshop will focus on the formation of a character that will be created into a foamcore shadow mask ( you need not be a […]
June 25th | 6 – 8 PM Dancing Cats Bar | 41 Central St, Providence, RI 02907 Join us at Dancing Cats Bar for a conversation on experience design, music, nightlife, and community co-curated with RIMiAD! Hear from architect and Dancing Cats’ co-owner Bryan Mitchie and interdisciplinary artist Julio Berroa. RSVP here
Sewing 102: Intro to Garment Making - Best for moderate sewists who are interested in a hands on introduction to garment making or anyone who has taken our Sewing 101 course. 6 Classes - 7 Weeks (because of 4th of July) - Complete a pair of shorts, pants or a skirt - Bring your own […]
When I Get Home lettering by Leiyana Simone Pereira When I Get Home, a month long group exhibition by the 2023-2024 WaterFire Accelerate Cohort, features the works of Kannetha Brown, Sydney Darrow, Emily Gray, Andrea Pascual, Adolfo Peralta, and Leiyana Simone Pereira. Ranging across a wide variety of media, these six artists are united by their collective interests in their roots, grief and growth. […]
At 10 AM, Lorén Spears will give a guided traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) walk around Blackstone Park. Explore Indigenous plants and discover their uses in the traditional life ways of the Narragansett People. Lorén, an enrolled Narragansett Tribal Nation citizen and the Executive Director of Tomaquag Museum, is an author, artist and shares her cultural knowledge with […]
Newport Black History Walking Tour: Lost Stories of Resistance & Freedom Experience Newport’s little-known Black history on a tour of Colonial-era Historic Hill. This unique opportunity brings you to historic locations designated with Rhode Island Slave History Medallion (RISHM) markers and other local landmarks. Your RISHM tour guide will introduce you to early Black Americans, […]
When I Get Home lettering by Leiyana Simone Pereira When I Get Home, a month long group exhibition by the 2023-2024 WaterFire Accelerate Cohort, features the works of Kannetha Brown, Sydney Darrow, Emily Gray, Andrea Pascual, Adolfo Peralta, and Leiyana Simone Pereira. Ranging across a wide variety of media, these six artists are united by their collective interests in their roots, grief and growth. […]
Planetarium Show Saturdays & Sundays @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Located in the Museum of Natural History, the planetarium is a dome theater with a Zeiss projector that casts images of stars, planets and constellations to simulate the night sky. Planetarium show tickets must be purchased online using our online ticketing system. Museum admission does not include the […]
Newport Black History Walking Tour: Lost Stories of Resistance & Freedom Experience Newport’s little-known Black history on a tour of Colonial-era Historic Hill. This unique opportunity brings you to historic locations designated with Rhode Island Slave History Medallion (RISHM) markers and other local landmarks. Your RISHM tour guide will introduce you to early Black Americans, […]
Saturday, Aug 10, 2024 @ 2:00 pm The Insect Orchestra What’s the buzz, click, and whir I hear? Often it’s insects! Create instruments based on insect sounds and engineering as we listen to field and tree crickets, katydids, cicadas, and more. Meet at Blackstone Field, across from the Narragansett Boat Club (2 River Drive, Providence, RI […]
Make our parks even more beautiful, get exercise, meet fellow park lovers and have fun!!! Monday June 24, 10:00 – 11:30 (note earlier time). Meet in the ravine behind York Pond Knotweed removal. Tools to bring: loppers, pointed shovel, hand pruners. Sunday June 30, 10:30 – noon North end trails and knotweed removal. We will reinforce a […]
Planetarium Show Saturdays & Sundays @ 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Located in the Museum of Natural History, the planetarium is a dome theater with a Zeiss projector that casts images of stars, planets and constellations to simulate the night sky. Planetarium show tickets must be purchased online using our online ticketing system. Museum admission does not include the […]
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