And better than ever. I stopped by Stages of Freedom recently and found they had enhanced the displays and expanded the inventory — so much more to see, and much of it is for sale (lots of used books, including vintage juveniles). Co-founders Ray Rickman and Robb Dimmick were both on hand to show off […]
(3.19) Saturday at 6pm, via Zoom, AS220 will be presenting the award-winning documentary Summer of Soul, with a special post-film Q&A session featuring Summer of Soul film editor Joshua L. Pearson. In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an
When I found this listing in the Stages of Freedom database, Rhode to Freedom, I was immediately intrigued: George “Gunboat” Purnell: 24 Clarendon Ave. 1865. Built by Washington Cole for workers at Cole Farm. Purnell, “the greatest negro character in the city,” lived here. I determined to discover more about this man, although, I should have
Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughn, Duke Ellington, Sammy Davis Jr., Fats Domino, Ella Fitzgerald — these are just a few of the musicians who played at Providence’s Celebrity Club. In honor of Black History Month the filmmakers behind the documentary “Do it, Man: The Story of the Celebrity
The Providence Art Club has launched a campaign to create a statue of the noted 19th-century landscape painter, and one of the Art Club’s original founders, Edward M. Bannister. Seen here is a mock-up, with a wax maquette, of a full-size sculpture by artist, Gage Prentiss in its anticipated location in Market Square. Prentiss speaks
The larger plaque on this 19th-century Pratt Street house reads, “Formerly the Crispus Attucks* Center founded in 1929 to provide for the cultural and recreational needs of the Afro-American Community.” Eight years later the center was renamed to honor Brown alum, educator, and college president, John Hope, who had died the previous year. The Stages
One of the main characters in the television series The Gilded Age is an educated young African American woman with literary ambitions, carefully finding her way in New York City society. Should Peggy Scott end up in Newport, she might find more to her liking in the vibrant community of Black professionals and middle class
Last Christmas fire tore through the Prince Hall Masonic Temple on Eddy Street doing considerable damage. From the ProJo: “I’m just crushed,” said Jim Vincent, president of the Providence NAACP, whose office was housed there until very recently. “It’s the worst news I’ve heard in a long time. A lot of people today are red-eyed.