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Celebration of the Humanities
On Monday,
October 15, we'll be hosting our 2007
Celebration of the Humanites at Roger
Williams Park Botanical Gardens from 5:30 -
7:30pm.
Join us as we recognize Judy
Barrett Litoff, Ph.D., with the Honorary
Chairs' Award for Lifetime Achievement in the
Humanities and Stanley Aronson,
M.D. with the Tom Roberts Prize for
Creative Achievement in the Humanities.
This is our annual fundraising event and
proceeds support public humanities programs
in Rhode Island. Tickets start at $45.
Buy Tickets Now!
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Greetings!
Although it's been many years since I've been
"in school," I always feel re-energized in
the early fall. The idea of returning to the
classroom - literally or
figuratively - inspires me to scan my
bookshelves for the novels bought, but still
unread, and seek opportunities to flex all
the learning muscles that may have gone slack
over the summer. If you're like me in that
regard, our October calendar of events may be
just what you've been waiting for.
You may notice that we're carrying the garden
theme from our Celebration for the Humanities
(for more information, see below) through for
National Humanities Month. Here in the
office, we love the symbolism of turning the
earth to uncover the rich soil beneath.
That's what we hope our October line-up of
events will do for you. Turn the metaphoric
ground, uncover some new ideas.
Happy gardening!
All the best,
Mary-Kim
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| Ocean State Swing: History of RI Jazz |
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EnRICHment Opportunity Lecture by Tom
Shaker October 3, 2007, 7 pm
Warwick Public Library, 600 Sandy Lane
This multi-media presentation focuses on the
rich heritage Rhode Island has in the music
world. Using music and video with interviews
and archival photos, this talk looks at the
big history of jazz in little Rhody.
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| Burrillville Celebrates 200 Years of History |
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Screening of video by Betty and Carlo
Mencucci
October 6, 2007, 10 am and 1 pm
Bridgeton School, 16 Laurel Hill Ave,
Burrillville
Witness 200 years of history beginning in
1806 when Burrillville became a town. Learn
about an early tax revolt and how the town
was named. See and hear stories about
Burrillville's schools, farms and businesses.
Find out how Burrillville has celebrated
major events in the past and how it
celebrated its bicentennial in 2006!
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| Cassius Clay Changes His Name to Muhammad Ali, 1964 |
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Action Speaks forum presented by RICH and
AS220
October 10, 2007, 5:30 pm - 7 pm
AS220, 115 Empire St., Providence
After winning the heavyweight championship in
1964, Cassius Clay publicly changed his name
to Muhammad Ali revealing that he was a
member of the Nation of Islam. At the time,
Ali's choice was extremely controversial. His
choice, representing freedom from the past's
'slave name', put him at odds with the
boxing, media and political establishment.
Panelists will discuss: Nation of Islam,
African American political activism in the
1960's, Ali as a polarizing figure, and the
role of athletes in today's political climate.
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Action Speaks 2007 Website |
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| And Now to Our Local Boys on the Diamond: RI Black Baseball in the Age of Integration |
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Public Lecture by Robert Cvornyek
October 11, 2007, 6:30 pm
William Hall Library, 1825 Broad St., Cranston
Unlike most places where the color line in
semi-professional and amateur baseball had
been drawn indelibly by the turn of the 20th
century, Rhode Island experienced a long
history of integrated play. Whereas nearly
all teams and leagues throughout the nation
remained racially segregated, especially
between 1887 and 1946, the Ocean State
experienced greater flexibility especially
within the amateur in its ranks. Local teams
frequently included combinations of the
state's African American, Cape Verdean,
Native American, and white populations.
Although the integration of Rhode Island's
semi-professional and amateur teams
intensified after Jackie Robinson shattered
the color line in professional baseball in
1946, many local teams already included
ballplayers excluded from organized play
elsewhere during the Jim Crow era.
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| Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change |
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Public lecture presented by the Pell Center
October 11, 2007, 6 pm
Bazarsky Lecture Hall, Salve Regina
University, Newport
Staff writer for The New Yorker since 1999,
Elizabeth Kolbert has written dozens of
pieces for the magazine, including profiles
of Senator Hillary Clinton, Mayor Michael
Bloomberg, and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Her series on global warming, "The Climate of
Man," appeared in The New Yorker in
the spring of 2005, and has won the
American Association for the Advancement
of Science's magazine award and the
2006 National Academy of Sciences
Communication Award in newspaper/magazine
category. Kolbert will discuss her recent
book Field Notes from a Catastrophe
and how the environment can be brought into
the consciousness of the American people and
asks what, if anything, can be done to save
the planet.
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| In Search of Madame Jumel |
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Public lecture by Jane Lancaster
October 11, 2007, 7:30 pm
Rhode Island Historical Society, Aldrich
House, 110 Benevolent St., Providence
Eliza Jumel was one of the most enigmatic
women of nineteenth century America.
Desperately poor in her youth, the daughter
of a Providence prostitute, she may have
followed her mother's trade for a while, and
then used her beauty and her wits to become
immensely wealthy. She was very much a
self-invented woman. Her obituary in the New
York Times stated that Madame Jumel was born
at sea, of an English mother by the name of
Capet (which is the name of a French
dynasty); Providence town records suggest,
more prosaically, that she was Betsey Bowen
(1775-1865), the daughter of Phebe Kelley
Bowen, who turned to prostitution to keep
body and soul together. Betsey left
Providence in her late teens, reinvented
herself as Eliza Brown, and in New York
married first a wealthy Frenchman, and
second, former vice-president Aaron Burr.
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