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Prov Public Library ‘Special Collections’

This really is special: “How to do Good Tattooing” by Miss Cindy Ray, is just one of the gems to be found in the Providence Public Library’s Special Collections. (She numbered the tattoos on her body to keep track of their progress for her first book.) Head curator Jordan Goffin was kind enough to pull …

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Grand Panorama Of Whaling Voyage — Through October 8

Nothing prepares you for the scale of this thing. Seen here is one of the four panels on display now, an off-site exhibit of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. But the panorama is coming down in one week! See America’s longest painting – longer than the Empire State Building is tall. All 1,275 feet of …

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