[Summit] First Ward meeting tonight (Mon.) + Coming Events at Brown and the downtown Public Library
David Kolsky
davidjkolsky at yahoo.com
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Ward 1 Monthly Community Meeting
In an effort to get the most up-to-date information to constituents, we will continue hosting Ward 1 Monthly Community Meetings (virtually for the time being) every last Monday of the month.
Thank you to all who attended our previous community meetings.
We will be holding our next Ward 1 Monthly Community Meeting
Monday, November 29th, 2021
We will be joined by our Providence Police District Lieutenants along with the Director of the Department of Public Works and the City Traffic Engineer to discuss neighborhood updates, concerns, and topics of interest.
To join the meeting, please RSVP below.
Ward 1 Monthly Community Meeting
Monday, November 29th, 2021 at 6:00 PM
Please RSVP below to receive the ZOOM link
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Mon, Nov 29 at 12:57 PM
Monday 29 November 4:00pm
Little State, Lots of Resources: Navigating Social Determinants of Health & Resources in Rhode Island (Virtual)This talk will provide data on various social determinants of health in Rhode Island, will detail the work of Connect for Health and will give insight into resources for various social needs, including food accessibility. The conversation will be facilitated by Michelle Wheelock, a staff member with the Lifespan Community Health Institute.Learn more
Monday 29 November 4:00pmNew Directions in LGBTQ+ Health Research and Care (Virtual)In this talk, Dr. Alyson McGregor, director of the Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine Division for Lifespan Hospitals, will discuss how medical research is evolving to take sexuality and gender into account and how that will impact care for the LBGTQ+ community. A Q&A session will follow. Learn more
Tuesday 30 November 9:00amA Conversation with Dr. Sapna Desai (Virtual)Dean of the School of Public Health Dr. Ashish Jha will join in conversation with Dr. Sapna Desai, a public health researcher and practitioner based at the Population Council in New Delhi, India, where she focuses on women’s health, community-based interventions and health systems. An interactive Q&A session will follow. Learn more
Tuesday 30 November 12:00pmRace & Poetry in America (Virtual)The "Race &" in America series draws on the expertise of Brown scholars to investigate the origins, history and enduring effects of racism. In this iteration, three professors of literary arts — Sawako Nakayasu, Colin Channer and Erica Hunt — will investigate the ties between race and poetry.Learn more
Tuesday 30 November 4:00pmDefiant Memory, Enduring Voices: Transitional Justice in Latin America Film Series (Virtual)This film series brings together scholars, students and filmmakers in a year-long discussion of transitional justice in order to interrogate how cinema has mobilized calls for truth and reconciliation in Latin America. This event will study Colombia’s recent history of armed insurgency through William Vega’s “La sirga” (2012) and Daniela Abad and Miguel Salazar’s “Carta a una sombra” (2015), available for free virtual viewing. Learn more
Wednesday 1 December 12:00pmThe Better Story: Queer Affects from the Middle East (Virtual)In “The Better Story: Queer Affects from the Middle East,” author Dina Georgis turns to story as a method for thinking about how those affected by colonial traumas and losses narrate their survival. Georgis will discuss the book and her work, which is situated in the fields of postcolonial studies and queer theory and explores how aesthetic and cultural expressions are affective responses to political and social urgencies. Learn more
Wednesday 1 December 7:00pmToday's Healthcare Issues: Democrats and Republicans (Virtual)In this talk, several commentators, moderated by Brown Professor of Political Science Wendy Schiller, will discuss “Today’s Healthcare Issues” — a new volume that provides a broad overview of a variety of issues in contemporary health policy. The book explores the politics of each issue, drawing upon historical evidence, legislative research, public opinion polls and the views of key decisionmakers from both Democratic and Republican perspectives.Learn more
Thursday 2 December 4:00pmFear of a Black Universe: An Outsider’s Guide to the Future of Physics (Virtual)The final installment of the New Book Talk series at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America brings Professor of Physics Stephon Alexander to discuss “Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider’s Guide to the Future of Physics.” In his book, Alexander offers three principles that shape the universe with their inconsistency — invariance, quantum change and emergence — in support of the theory that great physics requires scientists to embrace the excluded, listen to the unheard and be unafraid of being wrong.Learn more
Thursday 2 December 6:00pmConversations at the JNBC: Thalia Field & Thangam RavindranathanProfessor of Creative Writing and Faculty Director of the Brown Arts Institute Thalia Field will discuss her new book, “Personhood,” in a conversation with Thangam Ravindranathan, associate professor of French at Brown. This weekly series brings together local artists, architects, writers, thinkers and musicians at the John Nicholas Brown Center to discuss their work with the public. A short presentation will be followed by Q&A and a convivial gathering in an intimate setting. Lecture Room, Nightingale-Brown House, 357 Benefit Street.Learn more
Friday 3 December 1:00pm‘Camille & Ulysse’: Movie Screening and Presentation with Director (Virtual)Filmmaker Diana Toucedo will give a talk and answer questions about her film “Camille & Ulysse: Extracts from the Journal of Symlinguistics,” based on the fictional works of philosophers Vinciane Despret and Donna J. Haraway, who also lend their voices to the movie. The film follows the protagonists of the philosophers’ tales, Camille and Ulysse, as they navigate living on a planet undergoing massive extinction as members of the first generations of humans living in symbiosis with a species (respectively, the monarch butterfly and the octopus). Registration is required for this event. Upon registration, participants will receive viewing instructions for the film.Learn more
Friday 3 December 3:30pmThe Use of PR Firms in Obstructing Climate ActionAmy Westervelt is the founder of the Critical Frequency podcast network, named AdWeek’s 2019 Podcast Network of the Year. She is also an award-winning print and audio journalist. In a talk, Westervelt will uncover how marketing practices and public relations firms influence the politics of climate policy. Room 130, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, 85 Waterman Street. Learn more
Saturday 4 December 7:30pmProvidence Medical Orchestra: Winter Concert 2021 ($)The Providence Medical Orchestra, an ensemble of musicians from the Warren Alpert Medical School, will be performing a classical string concert. Admission is free for those with student IDs and $5 for general admission. Masks are required. Sayles Hall, 81 Waterman Street.Learn more
Sunday 5 December 4:00pm2021 Service of Lessons and CarolsNow in its 105th year, Brown’s Annual Service of Lessons and Carols will feature Mark Steinbach, University organist, who will perform along with the Brown University Chorus and the Brown Brass Ensemble. All are welcome. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Sayles Hall, 81 Waterman Street. Learn more
Monday 6 December 6:30pmCommunity Partner Panel: Highlighting the Work of Local Nonprofit Leaders (Virtual)Staff from Brown’s Swearer Center will lead a discussion with local nonprofit leaders in the Providence community who are confronting economic inequity, education, racial justice and more. Panelists will share more about the work they do to address the root causes of these issues and will explore the cultural dynamics operating in Rhode Island, including Brown’s relationship with the Providence community.Learn more
Monday 6 December 8:00pm73rd Latin Carol Celebration: Mox Est CelebrandumThis joyful program of readings and songs in the spirit of the season, presented by Brown’s Department of Classics, is conducted entirely in Latin, with a bit of ancient Greek and Sanskrit. English translations are provided for those whose Latin is a little (or a lot!) rusty. Registration required. Sayles Hall, 81 Waterman Street. Learn more
Tuesday 7 December 12:00pmHistory of the U.S. and Republic of KoreaThis talk by Watson Institute visiting scholar and national defense fellow Hongkyu Kim will explore the historical relationship between the U.S. and Republic of Korea from 1866 to 2021, focusing on their critical and enduring military alliance. This presentation will briefly cover how the two have shared the prosperity and values of liberal democracy in the Asia-Pacific region and highlight the importance of this enduring partnership that has successfully maintained peace on the Korean Peninsula. McKinney Conference Room, 111 Thayer Street.Learn more
Tuesday 7 December 4:00pmUp and Doing: Two Presidents, Three Mistakes, and One Great Weekend ― Touchpoints to a Better World (Virtual)Author and Class of 1957 Brown graduate James Harmon joins J. Brian Atwood, a visiting scholar in international and public affairs, for a discussion of his new memoir, “Up and Doing.” The book presents a tale of the deals that made Harmon a celebrated figure in the world of global investment and shows that the best way to do well is by also doing good.Learn more
Tuesday 7 December 6:00pmMiracles ‘par hystoire’: Visual Storytelling and Invisible Disability (Virtual)Is it possible to establish the genuineness of a past disability that has purportedly been miraculously cured? What if that past disability was an “invisible” one? And what to make of the testimony of a miracle recipient who cannot speak about their own past? Such are the questions that confronted the medieval investigators of miracles — questions that Julie Singer, a scholar from Washington University in St. Louis, will attempt to answer in this talk. Registration required.Learn more
Wednesday 8 December 7:30pmGhanaian Drumming & Dancing ConcertThe Brown University Ghanaian Ensemble, led by Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng, presents a performance of Ghanaian traditional music and dance. This event is free and open to the public. Masks are required. Grant Recital Hall, 105 Benevolent Street. Learn more
Friday 10 December 3:30pmHow Can We Make Philosophy More Diverse (and Interesting)?Columbia University Professor of Philosophy Christina Mercer will present a talk titled “Question: How Can We Make Philosophy More Diverse (and Interesting)? Answer: Correct the Big Lie About Its Past and then Put That Past to Use!” Mercer’s work highlights inclusion in philosophy, and she created and oversees Just Ideas, a program that organizes philosophy courses in the Metropolitan Detention Center, a maximum security federal prison in Brooklyn. Room 106, Smith-Buonanno Hall, 95 Cushing Street.Learn more
Saturday 11 December 4:00pmBrown University Chorus Performs Handel’s Messiah ($)Frederick Jodry leads the Brown University Chorus, joined by the Providence Baroque Orchestra and the Choir School of Newport County, in a performance of Handel’s Messiah (Part I). Admission is $5 for students and $25 for general admission, and advance tickets are encouraged. Masks are required. Grace Church, 300 Westminster Street.Learn more
Exhibits
Monday 12 April 9:00am to Tuesday 21 December 5:00pmSherds! (Virtual)Pottery has proven to be a critical archaeological resource due to its widespread use and accessibility throughout time. Sometimes archaeologists find whole pots during their excavations, but more often than not, they encounter broken pieces called sherds. This exhibit looks at archaeologists’ experiences with sherds and what these seemingly insignificant pieces of pottery can tell us about the past.Learn more
Wednesday 5 May 9:00am to Tuesday 21 December 5:00pmOut of Frame (Virtual)What would happen if we took an important sweep of U.S. history — including that having to do with settler colonialism, slavery and exclusion — as foundational to the field of development as ideas, policy practice and discourse? Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs and Africana Studies Geri Augusto's Fall 2020 seminar “Development's Visual Imaginaries” took up the challenge to do so, exploring legislation and decrees, but also paintings, postcards and early photographs and films.Learn more
Thursday 23 September 4:00pm to Tuesday 21 December 5:00pmreflection/abyss/vision/legacyInspired by an expedition into the multidimensional realms of Octavia E. Butler’s archives, writer Porsha Olayiwola and visual artist Dara Bayer explore patterns in the development of the individual and the collective. Butler, the first Black woman to win the Hugo Literary Award for science fiction, questions the cycle of self and spirit, and Bayer and Olayiwola shape their answers in “reflection/abyss/vision/legacy.” The work interweaves themes rooted in ancestry and the world’s future to create eight pieces in conversation. The exhibition is a portal inward and includes an altar space for visitors to imagine and reimagine possibility. Gallery, Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, 94 Waterman Street.Learn more
Thursday 4 November 9:00am to Sunday 19 December 5:00pmTrinities: An Exhibition by Jules GimbroneJules Gimbrone’s immersive installations dissolve visual and aural binaries. Objects both sculptural and sonic reverberate across the space of the gallery, blending and bending light and sound into washes of color, tone and tempo. Meticulously calibrated by the artist, these structures are intentionally scored to produce physical sensations that migrate — unfixed — across the senses. Cohen Gallery, Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell Street. Learn more
Wednesday 13 October 9:00am to Wednesday 31 May 5:00pmSeeing Silicon ValleyIn “Seeing Silicon Valley,” Mary Beth Meehan uses photography to transform public spaces, works collaboratively to reflect communities back to themselves, and aims to jolt people into considering one another anew. Combining image, text and large-scale public installation, Meehan’s work challenges notions of representation, visibility and equity, and prompts people to talk with one another about what they see. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, 111 Thayer Street, and Stephen Robert ’62 Hall, 280 Brook Street. Learn more
Friday 3 December 9:00am to Sunday 5 December 5:00pmTHE STARS (we won’t be here anymore)The Stars is a time-based light, sound and choral music installation for one person, or one small group of people at a time. On the clearest night with the best viewing conditions, humans can see about 5,000 stars with the naked eye.This interactive installation looks as visually similar to viewing a clear night sky as possible. Instead of a field of stars above, the stars are first in front of you, and eventually surrounding you. It is first a guided narrative, then an interactive exploration. The experience will last approximately one hour. Registration required. Granoff Center for the Creative Arts, 154 Angell Street. Learn more
Monday 29 November 9:00am to Wednesday 8 December 9:00pmClimates of Inequality: Stories of Environmental JusticeThe Center for Public Humanities at Brown University, the URI Providence Campus and the Tomaquag Museum present “Climates of Inequality,” a participatory public memory project created by university students, educators, and community leaders in more than 20 cities across the U.S. and the world. Through virtual reality, moving audio testimony and historical imagery from each community, the exhibition explores how the climate crisis and environmental injustice is intensifying inequality — and how the experiences of the hardest hit communities hold the key to confronting these issues and finding ways to move forward. 1st and 2nd floor Lobby Gallery, URI Feinstein Providence Campus, 80 Washington Street.Learn more
All University Events
----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Providence Public Library <tmason at provlib.org>To: Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021, 07:20:15 AM ESTSubject: News & Upcoming Programs
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| December 2021 -- News & Upcoming Programs |
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| In This Issue...-- Current Library Hours & Services-- Updike Prize for Student Type Design Awards, with a Virtual Talk/Tour-- View The State of the Pandemic in Rhode Island on PPL's YouTube-- POP-UP Covid-19 Vaccine Clinics Continuing in December-- On Exhibit...Providence Waterways; Final Program-- Rewilding: Alive in the Churn, PPL's Fall Exhibit is Waiting for YOU!-- Ongoing Small Business Workshops-- New PPL Learning Circle How to Talk About Race; Earn College Credits-- Next Round of Data Pathway and Rhode Coders Classes to Begin Soon!-- Children's Story Time Now Inside at PPL!-- View PPL's 2019-2020 Annual Report |
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| Library Hours
Our current open hours are:Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 8:30 am - 7 pm Thursday, Friday: 10 am - 5 pmSaturday: 8:30 am - 4 pmSunday: ClosedOur upper levels and stacks are open. Masks are required in the Library.Get complete info on our hours & services and making appointments. We'd love to have you come in for a tour! |
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| Updike Prize for Student Type Design Awards, with a Virtual Talk/Tour
Wednesday, December 87 pm via Zoom
Please join us virtually for PPL's 2021 Updike Prize for Student Type Design Awards Presentation, including a virtual studio tour/talk, "Teaching All Types in a Library/Casting the Cherokee Syllabary," by Dartmouth College Library’s Book Arts Workshop Program Manager Sarah M. Smith.
This program is a co-presentation of Providence Public Library and the American Printing History Association, New England Chapter (APHA New England).
The Updike Prize rewards student designers who integrate historical research into their practice. This year's winners, Corrine Ang and Peter Nowell, were praised by our panel of judges for the creativity, sensitivity, and overall quality of their work, which will be showcased during presentation of the awards.Following the presentation, join us for a virtual tour of Dartmouth College Library’s Book Arts Workshop with Program Manager, Sarah M. Smith. She’ll show us around the workshop and tell us about how she works with classes and students from a wide variety of disciplines on campus. Close attention will be paid to projects printed with the Cherokee Syllabary that the Book Arts Workshop acquired from type caster, Ed Rayher of Swamp Press. Sarah will give a bit of background to how Ed started casting the Cherokee Syllabary and how he creates molds from digital faces.
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Please register here. |
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| The State of the Pandemic in Rhode Island, presented by PPL Conservator Society
Did you miss it on November 2?
Catch Our Talk with the Docs on YouTube!
We had such a great talk earlier this month with Dr. James McDonald and Dr. Philip Chan on the state of the pandemic in Rhode Island that we've made it available on our YouTube! It was informative, thoughtful, and reassuring in many ways. We are grateful to be led by such gifted public health practitioners in our little state!
View the video of the event on PPL’s YouTube: https://youtu.be/mjinkw0xyp8 |
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POP-UP Covid-19 Vaccine Clinics at PPL!
Fridays, December 3 & 17 | 12 - 2 pmPPL Workshop, 150 Empire Street, Providence
WALK-IN...no registration needed. PPL is working with the RI Department of Health to host recurring vaccine clinics. |
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ON EXHIBIT at PPL . . .
Providence Waterways: Excavating the Layers of Fields Point
Through December 20, 2021Providence Journal Rhode Island RoomThere's a little point of land on the edge of Providence which holds layer upon layer of history. Field's Point, formerly an island, gives us a way into so many stories about our city. Using artifacts, documents, historic maps and images, let's explore these layers together.
Guest curators Traci Picard and Dan Mitrovic represent Doors Open RI and Providence City Archives, respectively.
Comprised of artifacts collected from the shore at Field’s Point, along with documents, historic maps, and images providing geographical, chronological, and cultural context for the objects, the exhibit is by turn revelatory, mysterous, elegiac, and comical. Moving through its jumble of offerings, both natural and manmade, is like taking a keen-eyed walk along the water, and leaves a viewer feeling energized and restored.
Final Curator Workshop In connection with the exhibition and inspired by the items on display, Dan and Tracy are offering one more creative, participatory workshop. The workshop is free, but registration is required; read more and register!
Saturday, December 4 | 11 am - 12:30 pm |
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| Rewilding: Alive in the Churn, PPL's Fall Exhibit
Through December 17 in our Gallery on Level 3
A collaborative project between PVD Young Makers and Providence Public Library, Rewilding: Alive in the Churn has transformed the Library's Joan T. Boghossian Gallery into an interactive biome for the public, artists, and experimenters, creating a physical and virtual space that is iterative, collaborative, and ever-changing.
Join us to explore, experience, and experiment with ways of being in a world that is in flux! Everyone is invited to Rewild!
Learn more and get involved! |
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Small Business Workshop Fall Series Continues
Saturdays through December 18 | 9:30 am - Noon PPL Seminar Room (Level 3) and via Zoom
Thinking of starting a small business? Get the basics through this FREE informational workshop series presented by PPL and RI SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives). RI SCORE counselors present and discuss the various aspects of planning and owning a business. PPL staff discusses print and electronic resources available at the Library to research your business and marketing plan.
Registration is required for one or all classes. Please check our calendar at www.provlib.org/calendar for information about the series and to sign up!
Schedule of Upcoming Workshops Dec 4: Social Media for Your Business - New Tools & Techniques for New Normal Dec 11: Discovering Your Business Model - Capture More Value for Your Business Dec 18: Writing a Business Plan - Writing a Business Plan that Reflects Your Business Model
To receive a Zoom link for any program, contact Ann Poulos at apoulos at provlib.org or 401-455-8005. |
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Online Training: Supporting Parents in K-12 Distance Learning
Mondays & Thursdays through January 27, 2022Mondays 3 - 5 pm; Thursdays 12 - 2 pmOnline meetings
Would you like to understand more about how Distancing Learning works? If so, this 14-week class can prepare you to help your children be more successful! Classes include: Foundational Skills, Computer Basics, Operating System, Internet Navigation, Using Email, Distance Learning Platforms, Parents’ Guide to Virtual Learning, Google Docs & Classroom, Best practices for Internet privacy/security.
Enrolling now! Call Betty at (401) 426-3517 or email btavares at provlib.org.Course in English with support in Español, Português y Português créole |
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Earn College Credit at PPL...
Introducing a New Learning Circle for College Credit at PPL Beginning January 12!
Learning circles are free, interest-driven study groups that are lightly facilitated. They are an opportunity to study a topic using digital resources or an online course and learn from and with your peers in a casual and supportive environment. They can be in-person, virtual, or a blend of these two environments.
How to Talk About RaceWednesdays, January 12 - February 9, 2:30 - 4 pm, via Zoom
How to Talk about Race is a free 5-week course designed to help participants moderate discussions about race. Participants will gain experience in:
- Using and understanding the purpose of an Identity Wheel.
- Exploring implicit bias & micro-aggressions.
- Understanding systemic racism, the concept of “lived experiences,” and framing conversations.
- Facilitating discussions about race, and establishing ground rules for a group discussion.
- Navigating everyday scenarios relating to race.
Course materials we'll use:Developed by Amrita Patel and Denise LaForce. Learn morePlease note: This class is open to all, whether for credit or not, but credit is only available through learning circles meeting in Providence, RI. To learn more about earning credit, visit: https://docs.p2pu.org/tools-and-resources/credit-bearing-learning-circle-pilot-faq
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Next Round of Data Pathway and Rhode Coders Classes to Begin Soon!
To be notified when these classes become available for registration, sign up for the PPL Computer Class & Tech News email newsletter. The newsletter goes out regularly, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Learn more about the Data Pathway classes.
Learn more about the Rhode Coders classes. |
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PPL BOOK CLUBS!
>From fiction & nonfiction, to history, and more...we have you covered!
The History Hijinks club continues to meet via Zoom and the Brown Bag Book Club is now meeting in our new Workshop Classroom, Ground Level. All are welcome!
Check us out at Book Clubs at PPL |
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| We'd Like to Share Our Incredible Two-Year Journey
We're pleased to share our 2019-2020 Annual Report, which chronicles our two-year transformation. Hope you enjoy seeing and reading about what we've been up to through this historic renovation! |
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