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, […]

Join the 18+ community choir that ONLY sings rock music! No auditions. Rock Voices has choirs around New England, but this will be the very first one in Rhode Island and you can be a part of it. Can't read music? No problem; we provide recordings. Haven't sung in awhile? You'll be in good company, […]

Ladd Observatory will be open to the public on Monday nights, from 8pm to 10pm, beginning September 16th, 2024. The historic Ladd Observatory opened in 1891 under the direction of Prof. Winslow Upton. A regular program of transit observations and timekeeping was started in 1893. Prof. Charles Smiley, famous for his observations of solar eclipses, became director […]

Join us at School One on October 16, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m., as Christine West, Brigida Capicotto, and Erikson Diaz-Cortes from Kite Architects discuss their design for Stonewall House, the LGBTQ+ Center at Brown University. Designed entirely with students in mind, Stonewall House serves as both a community gathering space and a home for queer […]

***Though this event is technically sold out, we encourage you to register to join the wait list so we can contact you if tickets open up due to cancellations. We also plan to live stream this event online and will contact all waitlist attendees with livestream info.*** The need for urgent solutions to address global […]

OUR NEXT GALLERY NIGHT IS OCTOBER 17! Get excited for October 17 - there will be art openings and receptions across the city of Providence - at 19 different galleries and art spaces! This month, Gallery Night and The Avenue Concept (TAC) bring to you the first event of a three-part series titled “Gallery Night […]

Join the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology as we welcome Christopher Sockalexis (Penobscot), Penobscot Nation Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, he discusses where his work intersects as a tribal official, cultural tourism guide, artist and archaeologist. In addition to his work as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Penobscot Nation, Chris is currently conducting research for […]

Sewing 101 Course — Learn to Sew with Louise Sutton Learn to machine sew in this intimate beginners sewing class & create a custom tote bag while learning the basics of machine sewing. Bring your own machine or borrow one of ours. Who you are: Someone who wants to learn how to sew on a […]

Americans’ relationship with animals transformed during the Gilded Age (1870-1914). With a focus on Newport history, the exhibition explores how this exciting, tumultuous period shaped the role of animals in our modern world. In the late 19th century, Americans moved in large numbers from farms to cities, losing touch with a rural way of life […]

Americans’ relationship with animals transformed during the Gilded Age (1870-1914). With a focus on Newport history, the exhibition explores how this exciting, tumultuous period shaped the role of animals in our modern world. STAR! In the late 19th century, Americans moved in large numbers from farms to cities, losing touch with a rural way of […]

Naomi Klein is the author of many books, including No Logo (2000), The Shock Doctrine (2007), This Changes Everything (2014),and, most recently, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (2023), which was a New York Timesbestseller and A Notable Book of 2023, and one of Time Magazine Top Ten Best Books of the Year. Klein’s […]

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, […]

Americans’ relationship with animals transformed during the Gilded Age (1870-1914). With a focus on Newport history, the exhibition explores how this exciting, tumultuous period shaped the role of animals in our modern world. In the late 19th century, Americans moved in large numbers from farms to cities, losing touch with a rural way of life […]

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 […]

Belly up to the Bar, take a seat, and join in some peristaltic perambulations with authors, Elsa Richardson’s and Jean Walton!  Don't miss this conversation on the history and politics of the stomach, the bowels, or in other words, our “SECOND BRAINS” Elsa Richardson’s Rumbles unearths the beguiling—and often secret—history of the body’s most fascinating system: 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, […]

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 […]