(8.8) [Update: The concert has been postponed to Thursday, August 8, due to weather.] Bring your blanket or lawn chair to the Temple to Music this Wednesday evening. The Rhode Island Foundation and the City of Providence are celebrating the spirit of community by hosting a free concert in Roger Williams Park featuring the Rhode …
(8.8) Local writers who dream of having more time to work on their craft have until 11:59pm on Wednesday, August 8, to apply for $25,000 fellowships from the Rhode Island Foundation. The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowships give writers in any genre time to concentrate on their creative process, focus on personal or professional …
(12.12) Come to a tree-lighting ceremony at the newly restored Roger Williams Park Bandstand on Roosevelt Lake. More than 23,000 LED lights will sparkle off the surface of the lake when Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and Rhode Island Foundation President Neil Steinberg throw the switch sending power to the 15-foot tall tree. Free refreshments and …
(10.7) This Friday may be your last chance to see movies outdoors for a while. “Despicable Me” is the last in the Rhode Island Foundation’s new ‘Movies in the Park’ series at Roger Williams Park. “Despicable Me” is the story of a man who delights in all things wicked. Supervillain Gru hatches a plan to steal the …
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(8.26) ‘Movies in the Park’ is back this month with “In the Heart of the Sea” this Friday at 8pm on the Boathouse Lawn. Set in 1829, crewmen aboard the New England vessel Essex face a harrowing battle for survival when a whale of mammoth size and strength attacks with force, crippling their ship and …
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(8.18) How often do you get invited to a 100th birthday party? The Rhode Island Foundation is celebrating its centennial by hosting a free concert in Roger Williams Park featuring the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. There’s room for thousands of music lovers on blankets and lawn chairs. The two-hour program includes rousing standards like ‘The …
Rhode Island visual artists who dream of having more time to work on their craft have until August 18th to apply for $25,000 fellowships from the Rhode Island Foundation. Established in 2003, the Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship Fund makes up to three grants a year, rotating among composers, writers, and visual artists on …
(7.29) Outdoor movies have come to Roger Williams Park. Make plans for “The Motorcycle Diaries” this Friday at 8pm on the Boathouse Lawn. Set in Latin America, the movie follows an inspiring journey of self-discovery and traces the youthful origins of a revolutionary heart. The rich and complex human and social topography is unveiled in all …
College students with a yen for travel and adventure have until this Friday to apply for fellowships through the Michael P. Metcalf Memorial Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation. College freshmen, sophomores and juniors from Rhode Island can get up to $5,000 for self-designed enrichment projects that include travel. Over the years, the Foundation has helped more …
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(9.29) The Office of the Secretary of State will register voters and provide free Voter IDs at a voter engagement rally sponsored by the NAACP this Saturday from 11am to 1pm at 833 Eddy Street, Providence, the home of the Prince Hall Grand Masonic Lodge, a traditionally African-American fraternal organization with roots in Rhode Island …
This Sunday is the deadline to register to vote in the September primary. It is also the last day for voters who have moved or changed their names since the last time they voted to re-register in order to cast a ballot on September 11. Why a Sunday? State law requires Rhode Islanders to be …
Voters who need a photo ID in order to comply with the state’s new Voter ID law can get a free one Friday, July 27, from 7pm to 9pm at the Multi-service Center for All, 370 Hartford Avenue, and Wednesday, August 1, from 11am to 1pm at the Westminster Senior Center, 133 Mathewson Street. Beginning …
Secretary of State Mollis is reminding residents of Providence’s Ward 9 that this Saturday is the deadline to register to vote in the special election to fill the late Miguel Luna’s City Council seat. Residents are scheduled to go to the polls on November 29. State law requires voters to be registered at least 30 …
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Secretary of State Mollis is once again offering you a useful tool for connecting with local, state and federal officials. The 2011 version of the “Rhode Island Government Owner’s Manual” includes contact information for the state’s Congressional delegation, municipal leaders and key officials in all three branches of state government. “We are making it easier for …
Secretary of State Ralph Mollis hopes URI, RIC and CCRI students are up for a practical lesson in political science during campus voter registration drives later this week. URI-Providence on Tuesday, March 29, in the Main Lobby at 80 Washington Street, Providence RIC, on Wednesday, March 30, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave., in the Student Union, …
Legislation to eliminate the so-called “master lever” from Rhode Island ballots will get its first public hearing this afternoon, Wednesday, when the House Judiciary Committee meets at the Rise in Room 313 at the State House. State law currently requires ballots to include the straight-party option, which enables voters to vote for all the candidates …