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SUMMARY:Poetry Out Loud
DESCRIPTION:Rhode Island Poetry Out Loud 2022 finalists recite classic poems at the Athenæum’s annual poetry event dedicated to the memory of Charles and Deborah Philbrick and to fostering the art of poetry in Rhode Island and beyond. All ages welcome! \nKyleah Bodden – Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde\nMariama Bandabaila – Songs for the People by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper\nClaire Fitzgerald – Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley\nLeanne Gomes – Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear by Mosab Abu Toha\nVirginia Keister – I Once Was a Child by Victoria Chang\nJennifer Shon – Adam’s Curse by William Butler Yeats \nSince 2005\, Poetry Out Loud has reached more than 4.1 million students and 68\,000 teachers from 17\,000 schools and organizations in every state\, the District of Columbia\, Puerto Rico\, the U.S. Virgin Islands\, Guam\, and American Samoa with a dynamic recitation competition for high school students across the country. This program helps students master public speaking skills\, build self-confidence\, and learn about literary history and contemporary life.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/poetry-out-loud-2/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220408T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220408T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20220112T135311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220829T162014Z
UID:7022-1649442600-1649446200@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: Central Park
DESCRIPTION:With more than 800 sprawling green acres in the middle of one of the world’s densest cities\, Central Park is an urban masterpiece. Designed in the middle of the 19th century by the landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux\, it is a model for city parks worldwide. Most people are familiar with Central Park’s celebrated design\, but few know the history of that landscape before Olmsted got his position in 1857 as Superintendent. The condition of the land\, who lived there\, what had happened there over several centuries\, and the social and political situation Olmstead found will come as a complete surprise. The pre-park witnessed three wars\, farms\, orchards\, burial grounds\, taverns\, trails dating back to Indigenous peoples\, the Black settlement of Seneca Village\, and a convent of 200 Catholic sisters and their female students – even George Washington was there for a meeting that history seems to have forgotten. Sara Cedar Miller\, author and historian emerita of the Central Park Conservancy\, explores one of this country’s most iconic landmarks and how much of the history of early America is still etched upon the landscapes of Central Park today. \nWe are a proud partner of the Olmsted 200 campaign\, a nationwide bicentennial birthday celebration of the democratic values and enduring influence of visionary American landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. For more information about how you can join the celebration\, visit olmsted200.org.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-central-park/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20220112T135255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220329T185038Z
UID:7019-1648751400-1648755000@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:Membership Library Spotlight: The Folio Seattle
DESCRIPTION:This program is reserved for members of the Providence Athenæum or another membership library. \nThe youngest organization in the Membership Libraries Group\, Folio Seattle is the first membership library to be created in this country in over a century. Founded in 2014\, it carries on the tradition of 19th-century athenæums in 21st-century Seattle. Join Executive Director Caroline Cumming to learn more about this sister institution. For members.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/membership-library-spotlight-seattles-the-folio/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220325T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220325T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20220112T135216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T164950Z
UID:7016-1648233000-1648236600@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: Shouting from the Archives
DESCRIPTION:The John Carter Brown Library\, an independent institution located on the campus of Brown University\, has held one of the world’s outstanding collections of 15th-19th-century primary sources – including books\, maps\, manuscripts\, and other printed materials – related to all aspects of the so-called “New World” for over a century. Karin Wulf\, who joined the library as the Beatrice and Julio Mario Santo Domingo Director and Librarian last year\, will discuss the importance of the early Americas and how the deep past continues to shape our future\, how the library has contributed to what we know about this critical history\, and what we can expect from this storied institution over the next years. \nThis event was made possible with the support of Joseph A. Chazan\, M.D.\, and Vicki Veh.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-shouting-from-the-archives/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220317T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220317T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20220112T135238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220112T135238Z
UID:7013-1647541800-1647545400@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:Membership Library Spotlight: Cincinnati's Mercantile Library
DESCRIPTION:This program is reserved for members of the Providence Athenæum or another membership library. \nPredating the Providence Athenæum by one year\, the Mercantile Library in Cincinnati\, OH is one of fewer than 20 surviving membership libraries in the country. Since 1835\, the Mercantile’s storied history has included fires\, a 10\,000-year lease\, the first telegraph in the west\, and a continued commitment to welcoming readers\, writers\, and thinkers. Join Executive Director John Faherty to learn more about this sister institution. For members.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/membership-library-spotlight-cincinnatis-mercantile-library/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220311T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220311T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20220112T135157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220112T135157Z
UID:7011-1647019800-1647023400@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: Azar Nafisi
DESCRIPTION:What is the role of literature in an era when one political party wages continual war on writers and the press? What is the connection between political strife in our daily lives and the way we meet our enemies on the page in fiction? How can literature\, through its free exchange\, affect politics? Azar Nafisi\, the New York Times bestselling author of Reading Lolita in Tehran\, seeks to answer these questions in her new book Read Dangerously and arms readers with a resistance reading list\, ranging from James Baldwin to Zora Neale Hurston to Margaret Atwood. \nDrawing on her experiences as a woman and voracious reader living in the Islamic Republic of Iran\, her life as an immigrant in the United States\, and her role as literature professor in both countries\, she crafts an argument for why\, in a genuine democracy\, we must engage with the enemy\, and how literature can be a vehicle for doing so.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/nafisi/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220304T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220304T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20220112T135131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220112T135131Z
UID:7005-1646415000-1646418600@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: The Words That Made Us
DESCRIPTION:When the US Constitution won popular approval in 1788\, it was the culmination of 30 years of passionate argument over the nature of government. But ratification hardly ended the conversation. For the next half century\, ordinary Americans and statesmen alike continued to wrestle with weighty questions in the halls of government and in the pages of newspapers. Should the nation’s borders be expanded? Should America allow slavery to spread westward? What rights should Indian nations hold? What was the proper role of the judicial branch? In The Words that Made Us\, Yale University legal scholar Akhil Reed Amar unites history and law to explore the biggest constitutional questions early Americans confronted and assesses the answers they offered. His account of the document’s origins and consolidation is a guide for anyone seeking to properly understand America’s Constitution today.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-the-words-that-made-us/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220225T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220225T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20220112T135113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220112T135113Z
UID:7003-1645810200-1645813800@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: The Salem Witch Trials
DESCRIPTION:More than 300 years after the Salem witch trials\, the personal tragedies and grievous wrongs that occurred still provoke reflection as we continue to reckon with the experiences of those involved. \nThe exhibition The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem\, Massachusetts (on view until March 20\, 2022) describes the factors that fueled the storied crisis\, including individuals who rose to defend those unjustly accused\, and explores two creative responses by contemporary artists with ancestral links to the trials. Both projects directly speak to the historical trauma evident in the authentic 17th-century documents and objects on view\, and provide a powerful connection between past and present. \nJoin co-curators Paula Richter and Dan Lipcan for an overview and discussion of the exhibition. They will outline the exhibition’s concept and organization\, describe several objects in detail\, and provide insights on how the team made decisions. \nAthenæum Household and Individual members are able to visit the Peabody Essex Museum free of charge through the North American Museum Association. Members must present their membership card. Click here for more information.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-the-salem-witch-trials/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220218T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220218T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20220106T140709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220112T135016Z
UID:6960-1645205400-1645209000@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: Michael Pollan
DESCRIPTION:For the past 30 years\, bestselling author Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: on our plates\, in our farms and gardens\, and in the environment. He is the author of eight books\, six of which have been New York Times bestsellers. His most recent work is This Is Your Mind on Plants\, a radical challenge to how we think about drugs\, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants – and the equally powerful taboos. He will be joined in conversation by scholar R. Tripp Evans.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/pollan/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220211T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20220112T135051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220209T141608Z
UID:7000-1644600600-1644604200@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: Begin Again
DESCRIPTION:Named one of the best books of the year by Time\, The Washington Post\, and the Chicago Tribune\, Begin Again by Princeton University’s Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is a powerful reckoning with America’s ongoing failure to confront the lies it tells itself about race. Just as in James Baldwin’s “after times\,” when white Americans met the civil rights movement’s call for truth and justice with blind rage and the murders of movement leaders\, so in the current moment were the Obama presidency and the birth of Black Lives Matter answered with the ascendance of Trump and the violent resurgence of white nationalism. Glaude finds hope and guidance in Baldwin as he mixes biography – drawn partially from newly uncovered interviews – with history\, memoir\, and poignant analysis of our current moment to explore what we must ask of ourselves to call forth a new America. \nPlease note: only the Q&A portion of this program will be recorded.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-begin-again/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220204T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220204T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20220112T134945Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220112T134945Z
UID:6997-1643995800-1643999400@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: A Defense of Truth
DESCRIPTION:Trolls. Disinformation. Canceling. Conspiracy theories. If America’s grasp on reality seems to be under attack\, that’s because it is. Epistemic warfare – the use of powerful psychological manipulations to divide\, distract\, and disorient our society – has come into its own in the 21st century as never before. Jonathan Rauch\, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the author of The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth\, explores the goals and tactics of the war on truth. He shows who’s behind it and how it works\, revealing the inner workings and hidden strengths of our precious Constitution of Knowledge – and how to capitalize on them to fight back.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-a-defense-of-truth/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T205746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T205746Z
UID:6738-1639071000-1639074600@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Members are invited to join us for a review of last fiscal year and Board of Directors elections.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/annual-meeting-5/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211203T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211203T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T205730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T153607Z
UID:6734-1638552600-1638556200@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: Barbara Kingsolver
DESCRIPTION:Named one of the most important writers of the 20th century by Writer’s Digest\, Barbara Kingsolver is the bestselling author of over a dozen books\, including the critically acclaimed The Poisonwood Bible\, The Bean Trees\, and Animal\, Vegetable\, Miracle. She will be joined in conversation by her friend and fellow author Ann Patchett. \nA selection of books by these authors are available for purchase through the Brown Bookstore (use promo code EVENT10 for 10% discount).
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-barbara-kingsolver/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211119T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211119T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T205710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T153049Z
UID:6731-1637343000-1637346600@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: The Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Author and journalist Sasha Issenberg discusses The Engagement: America’s Quarter-Century Struggle Over Same-Sex Marriage. On June 26\, 2015\, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state bans on gay marriage were unconstitutional\, making same-sex unions legal across the United States. But the road to that momentous decision was much longer than many know. \nIt is a story that begins in Hawaii in 1990\, when a rivalry among local activists triggered a sequence of events that forced the state to justify excluding gay couples from marriage. In the White House\, one president signed the Defense of Marriage Act\, which elevated the matter to a national issue\, and his successor tried to write it into the Constitution. Over twenty-five years\, the debate played out across the country\, from the first legal same-sex weddings in Massachusetts to the epic face-off over California’s Proposition 8 and\, finally\, to the landmark Supreme Court decisions of United States v. Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges. \nThis richly detailed narrative follows the coast-to-coast conflict through courtrooms and war rooms\, bedrooms and boardrooms\, to shed light on every aspect of a political and legal controversy that divided Americans like no other. \nThe Engagement by Sasha Issenberg is available for purchase through the Brown Bookstore (use Promo Code EVENT10 for 10% discount) and other local independent booksellers.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-the-engagement/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211118T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211118T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T205654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T205654Z
UID:6725-1637256600-1637260200@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Joseph C. Ely
DESCRIPTION:This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. \nA dark\, unassuming painting which has hung in the Art Room for more than 100 years was recently restored to reveal a striking portrait of art collector\, lawyer\, and Athenæum board president Joseph C. Ely (c. 1849-97). R Tripp Evans\, art historian and board member\, explores Ely’s life and legacy.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/behind-the-scenes-joseph-c-ely/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T183000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T135445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T205637Z
UID:6721-1636738200-1636741800@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: My Name is Pauli Murray
DESCRIPTION:Filmmaker and director Betsy West (RBG) joins us to discuss her new project\, My Name Is Pauli Murray. Fifteen years before Rosa Parks refused to surrender her bus seat\, a full decade before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned separate-but-equal legislation\, Pauli Murray was already knee-deep fighting for social justice. A pioneering attorney\, activist and dedicated memoirist\, Murray shaped landmark litigation – and consciousness – around race and gender equity. As an African American youth raised in the segregated South – who was also wrestling with broader notions of gender identity – Pauli understood\, intrinsically\, what it was to exist beyond previously accepted categories and cultural norms. Both Pauli’s personal path and tireless advocacy foreshadowed some of the most politically consequential issues of our time. Told largely in Pauli’s own words\, this documentary is a candid recounting of that unique and extraordinary journey. \nAttendees will be emailed a link to view the film 48 hours in advance of the program.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-my-name-is-pauli-murray/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211105T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211105T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T205612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T152713Z
UID:6718-1636137000-1636140600@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: The Woman Who Made Van Gogh
DESCRIPTION:Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous artists of all time\, yet few are aware that his legacy was secured through the efforts of an extraordinary woman. Author Russell Shorto brings to life the story of Jo van Gogh-Bonger\, Vincent’s sister-in-law\, who persevered through personal tragedy\, sexism\, and self-doubt to cement his place in history. Read more about Jo van Gogh-Bonger in Shorto’s recent NYT piece. \nRussell Shorto’s most recent book\, Smalltime: A Story of My Family and The Mob is available through the Brown Bookstore (use Promo Code EVENT10 for 10% discount) and other local independent booksellers.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-the-woman-who-made-van-gogh/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211029T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211029T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T205553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T205553Z
UID:6715-1635532200-1635535800@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: North Burial Ground
DESCRIPTION:The Providence North Burial Ground is the largest public cemetery in Rhode Island and the second largest green space in Providence\, but only recently has it begun to receive the attention it deserves as a public asset for understanding the history of the city\, state\, and region and as a potential contributor to the economic development of Providence. Fran Leazes will present an overview of North Burial Ground: its purpose\, history\, unique features\, its place in the community\, and a few sketches of individuals interred there. Because this program is so close to Halloween there may be an opportunity to meet a few of the residents of the Providence North Burial Ground…
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-north-burial-ground/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211028T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211028T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T205537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T205537Z
UID:6711-1635445800-1635449400@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Edgar Allan Poe
DESCRIPTION:This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. \nIn 1848\, famed American writer and master of the macabre Edgar Allan Poe spent time at the Providence Athenæum. Why did he come to Providence\, and what did he do during his visits to the library? Join Reference & Special Collections Librarian Stephanie Ovoian for the answers to these questions\, along with some other surprising insights and a peek at some Poe-related items from the library’s Special Collections!
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/behind-the-scenes-edgar-allan-poe/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211022T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211022T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T205518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T152126Z
UID:6708-1634927400-1634931000@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: The Fire Right Now
DESCRIPTION:Princeton University classicist Dan-el Padilla Peralta will be joined by Brown University classicist Johanna Hanink to discuss what\, if anything\, the study of the ancient Mediterranean has to offer us in this specific moment of calamity – the result and sum total of many earlier moments and histories of calamity\, most notably the violences of the transatlantic slave trade and Euro-American settler-colonialism. In place of the knee-jerk rush in some circles to ostensibly emancipatory or liberatory uses of the “classical” past\, they will consider the benefits of what Charles Mills has termed “the illumination of Blackness” or what Jacoby Adeshei Carter has singled out as a pressing need for canon-builders in philosophy: “a lively active oppositional set of communities of inquiry.” \nBooks by these authors are available for purchase through the Brown Bookstore (use Promo Code EVENT10 for 10% discount) and other local independent booksellers:\nUndocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League by Dan-El Padilla Peralta\nDivine Institutions: Religions and Community in the Middle Roman Republic by Dan-El Padilla Peralta\nHow to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy by Johanna Hanink
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/thefirerightnow/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T134705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T151701Z
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SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: The Life of Alain Locke
DESCRIPTION:In The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke\, Jeffrey C. Stewart offers the definitive biography of the father of the Harlem Renaissance\, based on the extant primary sources of his life and on interviews with those who knew him personally. He narrates the education of Locke\, including his becoming the first African American Rhodes Scholar and earning a PhD in philosophy at Harvard University\, and his long career as a professor at Howard University. Locke also received a cosmopolitan\, aesthetic education through his travels in continental Europe\, where he came to appreciate the beauty of art and experienced a freedom unknown to him in the United States. And yet he became most closely associated with the flowering of Black culture in Jazz Age America and his promotion of the literary and artistic work of African Americans as the quintessential creations of American modernism. In the process he looked to Africa to find the proud and beautiful roots of the race. Shifting the discussion of race from politics and economics to the arts\, he helped establish the idea that Black urban communities could be crucibles of creativity. \nStewart explores both Locke’s professional and private life\, including his relationships with his mother\, his friends\, and his white patrons\, as well as his lifelong search for love as a gay man. \nThe New Negro by Jeffrey C. Stewart is available for purchase through the Brown Bookstore (use Promo Code EVENT10 for 10% discount) and other local independent booksellers.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-the-life-of-alain-locke/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211007T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T205443Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T183055Z
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SUMMARY:The Public's Voice
DESCRIPTION:The Public’s Radio’s Ian Donnis moderates a panel discussion about the state of the state of Rhode Island. Topics will include the upcoming Rhode Island gubernatorial and mayoral races\, as well as the threat of voter suppression. Panelists include: \nRI House GOP Leader Blake Filippi (R-New Shoreham) first won election as a state representative in 2014. His district includes all of Block Island and Charlestown and parts of Westerly and South Kingstown. Filippi is a lawyer and organic cattle farmer. He previously served in the second-ranking GOP post in the House before being elected by his Republican colleagues as their leader in 2018. \nRI state Sen. Jeanine Calkin (D-Warwick) is co-chair of the progressive RI Political Cooperative. She won election last year\, after previously winning a term in the Senate in 2016. Calkin is the founder of RI for Bernie and one of the influential voices among the left side of RI politics. \nBrown University political science professor Wendy Schiller did her undergraduate work at the University of Chicago\, served on the staffs of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Governor Mario Cuomo and then earned a PhD from the University of Rochester. She has written extensively both as an author and in political journals. Schiller has offered commentary for outlets including CNN\, NPR and Bloomberg. \nThe discussion will be moderated by Ian Donnis\, who has served as the political reporter for The Public’s Radio since 2009. Donnis is the host of the weekly Political Roundtable interview show on The Public’s Radio. He has served as a debate panelist for four different Rhode Island television stations. \nPresented with The Public’s Radio
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/the-publics-voice-2/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211001T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211001T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T205413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T151550Z
UID:6699-1633113000-1633116600@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: The Agitators
DESCRIPTION:In The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights\, Dorothy Wickenden – longtime executive editor at The New Yorker – traces the history of women’s progressive politics in the US through the lives of Harriet Tubman and two of her close friends: Frances Seward\, an abolitionist and sub rosa adviser to her husband\, Secretary of State William H. Seward; and Martha Coffin Wright\, an organizer of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention\, who became the key associate of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in the women’s rights movement\, and a close colleague of Frederick Douglass in the fight for abolition. Before women could be elected and participate in Congress\, they made their impact behind closed doors – and readers get the story of abolition\, the Underground Railroad\, the early women’s rights movement\, the Civil War\, and much more\, told from the letters these women wrote to each other. \nMany of the most prominent figures in the history books – Lincoln\, Seward\, Daniel Webster\, Douglass\, Charles Sumner\, John Brown\, Harriet Beecher Stowe\, William Lloyd Garrison – are seen through the discerning eyes of the protagonists. So are the most explosive political debates: about women’s roles and rights during the abolition crusade; emancipation\, and the arming of Black troops; and about the true meaning of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. \nThe Agitators by Dorothy Wickenden is available for purchase through the Brown Bookstore (use Promo Code EVENT10 for 10% discount) and other local independent booksellers.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-the-agitators/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210924T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210924T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T134121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210922T133413Z
UID:6694-1632508200-1632511800@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: Charles Yu
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on his experience as a fiction writer and as a writer and producer for television\, Charles Yu discusses his acclaimed novel Interior Chinatown (winner of the 2020 National Book Award) and the issues of immigration\, assimilation\, and representation that animate his storytelling. Yu unpacks the role of the family story in his work and the confining weight of stereotypes in film and television that continue today. \nInterior Chinatown by Charles Yu is available for purchase through the Brown Bookstore (use the Promo Code EVENT10 for 10% discount) and other local independent booksellers.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-charles-yu/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210916T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210916T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20210907T205317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T205317Z
UID:6690-1631817000-1631820600@providenceathenaeum.org
SUMMARY:BEHIND-THE-SCENES: Welcome back!
DESCRIPTION:This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. \nWelcome back to another season at the Athenæum! Join Executive Director Matt Burriesci\, Director of Collections & Library Services Kate Wodehouse\, and Director of Membership & External Relations Robin Wetherill for an overview of what’s been going on and what’s coming up.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/behind-the-scenes-welcome-back/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20201221T212233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201230T035342Z
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SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: Daniel Mendelsohn
DESCRIPTION:Three Rings: A Tale of Exile\, Narrative\, and Fate\, explores the mysterious links between the randomness of the lives we lead and the artfulness of the stories we tell. \nCombining memoir\, biography\, history\, and literary criticism\, Daniel Mendelsohn weaves together the stories of three exiled writers who turned to the classics of the past to create masterpieces of their own – works that pondered the nature of narrative itself: Jewish philologist Erich Auerbach\, 17th-century French archbishop Francois Fenelon\, and the German novelist W.G. Sebald. As Three Rings moves to its startling conclusion\, a climactic revelation about the way in which the lives of its three heroes were linked across borders\, languages\, and centuries forces the reader to reconsider the relationship between narrative and history\, art and life. He will be joined in conversation by classicist Johanna Hanink. \nThree Rings by Daniel Mendelsohn is available for purchase through the Brown Bookstore and other local independent booksellers.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-daniel-mendelsohn/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210513T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210513T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20201221T215215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201221T220418Z
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SUMMARY:FILM CLUB: Grizzly Man
DESCRIPTION:This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. Attendees are invited to participate in a guided discussion on selected films. \nEric Bilodeau\, Artistic Director of the Providence Children’s Film Festival and founder of Cricket Cinema (and former owner of the Cable Car!) dives into documentary Grizzly Man (2005\, Werner Herzog). \nGrizzly Man is available in the Athenæum’s DVD collection\, CALL # DVD/Documentary GRI. The film is also available to rent and stream online on many platforms including Hulu\, Google Play\, Prime\, Vudu\, and more.  \nMore information about the film and discussion points forthcoming.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/film-club-grizzly-man/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210430T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20201221T212246Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210330T152943Z
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SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: John McWhorter
DESCRIPTION:Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon\, an integral part of being human. In fact\, our ability to curse comes from a different part of the brain than other parts of speech – the urgency with which we say “f&*k!” is instead related to the instinct that tells us to flee from danger. \nLanguage evolves with time\, and so does what we consider profane or unspeakable. John McWhorter’s Nine Nasty Words is a rollicking examination of profanity\, explored from every angle: historical\, sociological\, political\, linguistic. In a particularly coarse moment\, when the public discourse is shaped in part by once-shocking words\, nothing could be timelier. \nNine Nasty Words (May 4\, 2021) by John McWhorter is available for pre-order through the Brown Bookstore and other local independent booksellers.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-john-mcwhorter/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20201221T212531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201221T220410Z
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SUMMARY:BEHIND-THE-SCENES: What's Next?
DESCRIPTION:This program is reserved for members of the Athenæum. \nThis spring\, the Athenæum is embarking on an exciting master planning project with an array of experts to help us determine what’s next for the institution. Executive Director Matt Burriesci explains the process and illuminates some of the project’s findings.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/behind-the-scenes-whats-next/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210423T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210423T193000
DTSTAMP:20260428T090909
CREATED:20201221T212336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201221T220405Z
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SUMMARY:EX LIBRIS: Rita Dove
DESCRIPTION:Rita Dove served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1993-1995\, the youngest person and first African American to be appointed. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 and received the National Humanities Medal from president Clinton and the National Medal of Arts from President Obama – the only poet ever to receive both. Her upcoming poetry collection\, Playlist for the Apocalypse\, investigates the vacillating moral compass guiding America’s\, and the world’s\, experiments in democracy. \nPlaylist for the Apocalypse (August 3\, 2021) by Rita Dove is available for pre-order through the Brown Bookstore and other local independent booksellers.
URL:https://providenceathenaeum.org/calendar/ex-libris-rita-dove/
CATEGORIES:Adult Event,Virtual
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