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 […]

DownCity Design is thrilled to invite you to celebrate the unveiling of our newly renovated Community Design Studio! Thanks to your generous support, our new home will enable DCD to expand our work and deepen our mission of building community through design. We hope you will join us as we celebrate this milestone!

Join award-winning historian, Professor Robin Bernstein (Harvard University), for a discussion about her new book, The Freeman’s Challenge: The Murder That Shook America’s Original Prison for Profit (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo213968137.html). It’s a gripping, morally complicated story of murder, greed, race, and the true origins of prison for profit. Prof. Bernstein will be in conversation with Prof. Nicole […]

We've Rescheduled!!  Please note the date change. The Fleet Library and Center for Community Partnerships welcomes The Womxn Project Education Fund. The Womxn Project will present its “Empowered to Advocate” series. Gender-diverse activists will lead the series. Describing how citizens can engage with local governments to show their support for public policies, including trans, nonbinary, […]

Restaurants are rebounding on Main Street. How do we spark retail? Join us for our Halloween roundtable on the innovative ways we can build local retail to strengthen RI communities. STAR! Businesses are grappling with issues like shifting consumer and labor behavior. We’ll flesh out these barriers and discuss ideas to bring shoppers and their […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]