BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Rhode Island Historical Society - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Rhode Island Historical Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.rihs.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Rhode Island Historical Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210303T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210303T203000 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210218T202200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T202200Z UID:22118-1614798000-1614803400@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Virtual: "African American Women’s Activism in Historical Perspective" DESCRIPTION:In honor of RIHS’s “Take A Stand” 2021 theme\, we’re happy to offer this talk from the Smithsonian Institution! Highlighting objects related to African American women’s history in the Smithsonian collections\, this event focuses on African American women’s activism and contributions in historical perspective. Each speaker will explore an interesting aspect of African American women’s activism through an extended discussion of one or two objects. \nFeaturing: \n\nCrystal Moten\, Curator\, National Museum of American History\nNancy Bercaw\, Chair\, Division of Political and Military History\, National Museum of American History \nModupe Labode\, Curator\, National Museum of American History\nAleia Brown\, Assistant Director\, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities\n\nRegister here: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/8316124684093/WN_UDFln1_RRdqW0MwZN7Riaw \nImage Credit: Pressing Comb and Can of Glossine\, Gift of Dr. Marjorie Joyner and Barbara J. Powell in the collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/virtual-african-american-womens-activism-in-historical-perspective/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-www-rihs-org/2021/02/NMAH_collection-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210305 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210301T220233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T220233Z UID:22138-1614816000-1614902399@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Streamable Quebecois Films: Merci Pour Tout DESCRIPTION:Beginning Thursday\, March 4\, stream the Quebecois dark comedy\, Merci Pour Tout\, which tells the story of two estranged sisters who reunite after the death of their father and embark on a road trip to the Magdalen Islands to scatter his ashes. The film will be available for 72-hours\, with registrants receiving the link on the afternoon of March 4th. \nA $5 donation is suggested. \nThis offering is made possible by the Délegation of Québec in Boston and details of registrants may be provided to the Delegation. URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/streamable-quebecois-films-merci-pour-tout/ LOCATION:RI CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.rihs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/merci.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210307T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210307T140000 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210109T000208Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210109T000208Z UID:21898-1615122000-1615125600@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Virtual Valley Talks: The Sentinelle Affair DESCRIPTION:Valley Talks\, a series of biweekly historical lectures by the Museum of Work & Culture\, continues Sunday\, March 7 at 1pm on Zoom.\n\nWriter and historical reenactor Paul Bourget will examine the Sentinelle Affair\, the local underground movement to preserve French Canadian culture that led to the excommunication of 61 congregants. The Movement Sentinelliste\, one of the most divisive periods in Woonsocket’s history\, caused battle lines to be drawn among French-Canadians in St. Ann’s Parish and throughout New England. Bourget will discuss the roots of the movement\, its impact on the city\, and the long-term ramifications of the members’ actions.\n\nIndividuals can register for the talk here.\n\nThis year’s series is presented as part of the Rhode Island Historical Society’s Taking a Stand in Rhode Island\, a yearlong examination of how the people who have called this place home\, from the 17th century to the recent past\, have identified aspects of society that needed to shift and how they worked to change them.\n\nPaul Bourget is the owner of Bourget & Associates. He was the editor\, researcher\, and co-writer of Towers of Faith and Family\, a history of Woonsocket’s St. Ann’s parish\, and was the founding president of St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center. He currently serves as the Immediate Past President of the Museum of Work & Culture’s Preservation Foundation and is Chairman of the Woonsocket School Committee. URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/virtual-valley-talks-the-sentinelle-affair/ LOCATION:RI CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.rihs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/french-papers.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T200000 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210301T222605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T222605Z UID:22148-1615402800-1615406400@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Smithsonian Affiliations Women's History Lecture Series: Lena Richard and Julia Child: Two Women Who Changed Culinary History DESCRIPTION:Join the Museum of Work & Culture\, a Smithsonian Affiliate\, on Wednesday\, March 10 at 7pm for “Lena Richard and Julia Child: Two Women Who Changed Culinary History.” \nThrough their cookbooks\, teaching\, and television programs\, these extraordinary women inspired generations of people to take cooking seriously. They challenged perceptions and stereotypes of women in their respective eras and made lasting contributions to culinary history. Their stories\, reflective of their very different backgrounds\, reveal insights about women\, race\, food\, and culture in 20th-century America. The program will feature Paula Johnson\, Curator\, National Museum of American History and Ashley Rose Young\, Historian\, National Museum of American History.  \nRegister by visiting https://bit.ly/3jPmG4x. \nThis talk is presented as part of the Museum of Work & Culture’s 2021 Francophonie Celebration\, a month long series highlighting French language and culture\, and is a segment of the Smithsonian Affiliations’ Women’s History Lecture Series. \n  \nPaula J. Johnson is a curator and public historian in the Division of Work and Industry at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.  She is responsible for the food technology and marine resources collections and directs the Smithsonian’s Food History Project. Johnson was one of the curators who collected Julia Child’s home kitchen in 2001\, and led the team that created the current exhibition\, FOOD: Transforming the American Table. She has shaped and contributed to many public programs on food history and has served as a curator for several museum exhibitions. She holds degrees in English (BA) and Folklore/Anthropology (MA)\, and has published books and articles on the fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay\, traditional watercraft\, maritime communities\, and food and museums. \nDr. Ashley Rose Young is the Historian of the American Food History Project at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. She is the host and historian of “Cooking Up History\,” the museum’s cooking demonstration series. She also co-curated the museum’s main food history exhibition\, FOOD: Transforming the American Table along with Paula Johnson and other food history team members. She is currently working on two books: an academic manuscript about New Orleans’ street food culture and an historically-informed cookbook about Chef Lena Richard. Young earned a Ph.D. in History from Duke University\, an M.A. in History from Duke University\, a B.A. in History from Yale University\, and was also a visiting scholar at Oxford University. URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/smithsonian-affiliations-womens-history-lecture-series-lena-richard-and-julia-child-two-women-who-changed-culinary-history/ LOCATION:RI CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.rihs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Lena-Richard_Courtesy-Newcomb-Archives-and-Vorhoff-Library.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T193000 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210218T204306Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T204306Z UID:22120-1615487400-1615491000@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Virtual: "Roger WIlliams\, New and Dangerous" DESCRIPTION:Roger Williams and his ideas were considered dangerous in the 1600s. Not insightful\, not enlightened—outright dangerous. Join National Park Ranger John McNiff as he explores why and to whom Williams ideas were considered dangerous.  \nThis talk is presented as part of Rhode Island Historical Society’s “Take a Stand” programming theme for 2021. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeGurD8pGNUJO987EoZzeG7gZoevLyYE \nPresenter Biography \nJohn McNiff was born and brought up in RI. He attended Rhode Island College and received his BA in History with a minor in Anthropology in 1979. He spent the summer of 1980 studying archaeology in England through Christ’s College\, Cambridge University\, and then came back to the US where he worked as a commercial fisherman\, in sales\, and advertising. In 1984 he began graduate studies at SUNY Binghamton\, now Binghamton University in NY\, studying Anthropology\, specializing in Archaeology. He worked with the Public Archaeology Lab\, Inc of Pawtucket and Rhode Island College’s Public Archaeology Program on numerous archaeological projects around New England the 1980s and 1990s. In 1988 he was part of a National Science Foundation funded expedition to map archaeological sites in the Sonoran Desert in northwest Mexico. He received his MA in Anthropology\, specializing in archaeology\, in 1990 from Binghamton University. In 1996 John began working with the National Park Service and in 1997 was stationed as a Park Ranger at the Roger Williams National Memorial on North Main Street in Providence. \nMr. McNiff has been an historical re-enactor since the mid-1970s\, first with the Kentish Guard and then with the Second RI Regt. of the continental Line. For the last 20 years he has been a re-enactor of the nautical aspects of Rhode Island history\, as a privateer and pirate. \nMr. McNiff is a Ranger with the National Park Service at the Roger Williams National Memorial\, and has presented countless public programs for schools\, libraries\, historical societies\, retirement groups\, scouts\, religious groups\, family groups and visitors from all over the world. He has also consulted\, worked on and appeared in several films about the colonial period and particularly dealing with the early Colonial history of Rhode Island. URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/virtual-roger-williams-new-and-dangerous/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.rihs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ranger-me.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210311T200000 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210128T135637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T221319Z UID:22038-1615489200-1615492800@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Virtual Winter Walking Tours: Woonsocket's Franco Landmarks DESCRIPTION:The Museum of Work & Culture will offer a series bi-weekly virtual walking tours exploring different districts of Woonsocket. \nThe final tour on Thursday\, March 11th will spotlight the city’s historic Franco sites\, including the people and places with French Canadian cultural significance. The event will be a part of the Museum’s month-long observance of Francophonie\, a celebration of French language and culture. \n\nTours will be conducted on Zoom and registration is required with a suggested donation of $5 per tour. Register by visiting shopmowc.com. URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/virtual-winter-walking-tours-woonsockets-franco-landmarks/ LOCATION:RI CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual,Walking Tour ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.rihs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Virtual-Walking-Tours-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210315 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210412 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210301T221219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210406T185722Z UID:22144-1615766400-1618185599@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:5th Annual Poutine Indulgence DESCRIPTION:The Museum of Work & Culture is excited to announce the eagerly anticipated 5th Annual Poutine Indulgence & Competition. \nBetween Monday\, March 15th\, and Sunday\, April 11th\, event ticket holders will be able to sample poutine (a traditional Québecois dish of French fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds) from seven restaurants from across the state via curbside pickup and then vote online for their favorite. Restaurants include: Adelines: A Speakeasy Kitchen Bar in Cumberland\, Bywater in Warren\, Ciro’s Tavern in Woonsocket\, Durk’s Bar-B-Que in Providence\, Friskie Fries in Johnston\, KG Kitchen Bar in Providence and Ming’s Asian Street Food. \nThe Poutine Indulgence will culminate on Sunday\, April 11 with Salute to Salute to Spring~Bonjours Printemps. The event will begin at 3pm with a live stream on Facebook featuring the announcement of the winning restaurant\, as well as a live drawing of the Museum’s annual raffle. Additional entertainment for Salute to Spring ticket holders will include a 4pm live-streamed performance by Quebecois band Mélisande\, who fuses Quebec traditional song and instrumentation with complex electronic programming to create a sonic experience like no other. \nSalute to Spring is made possible in part by the event’s generous sponsors: Délégation of Québec in Boston\, The Brickle Group\, Fournier & Fournier Funeral Home and Lepine Financial Advisors\, Inc.; along with\, Wright’s Dairy Farm & Bakery\, Bourget & Associates\, Councilman David Soucy; as well as Esten & Richard Insurance\, the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce\, and Woonsocket Rotary Club. URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/5th-annual-poutine-indulgence/ LOCATION:RI CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.rihs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Poutine.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210319 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210301T220405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T220405Z UID:22140-1616025600-1616111999@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Streamable Quebecois Films: Grand Cru DESCRIPTION:Beginning Thursday\, March 18\, stream the Quebecois documentary Grand Cru\, chronicling the lifework of Pascal Marchand\, an aspiring poet from Montreal\, arrived in the mythical land of Burgundy\, France to work the harvest at age 21. Enchanted by the region\, he settled there and embarked on an unlikely path to winemaking stardom. Now over 30 years later\, he is renowned as an artist and innovator\, finding his inspiration in the ancient techniques of the Cistercian monks who meticulously studied and refined Burgundy’s winemaking in the middle ages. Shot over his most difficult year ever\, the catastrophic 2016 season which saw devastating frosts\, hailstorms and disease in the vineyards\, the film is both a love letter and a cautionary tale\, as winemakers like Pascal must face the unpredictable and destructive consequences of climate change. The film will be available for 72-hours\, with registrants receiving the link on the afternoon of March 18th. \nA $5 donation is suggested. \nThis offering is made possible by the Délegation of Québec in Boston and details of registrants may be provided to the Delegation. URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/streamable-quebecois-films-gran-cru/ LOCATION:RI CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.rihs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Grand-Cru-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T143000 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210218T210023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210218T210023Z UID:22123-1616072400-1616077800@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Virtual RHODI Conversations: "Designing & Learning from Virtual Experiences: K-12 and Adult Audiences" DESCRIPTION:Join RISD Museum colleagues\, Mariani Lefas-Tetenes\, Assistant Director\, School and Teacher Programs\, and Deborah Clemons\, Assistant Director\, Public and Academic Programs\, as they reflect on creating digital spaces for learning and sharing with a range of adult and K-12 audiences. \nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlce-tpjMqGdAUvx0fU6ClHvTHRdRmIekZ \nPresenter Biographies \n \nDeborah Clemons\, Assistant Director of Public and Academic Programs at the RISD Museum\, develops opportunities for adult learning\, artist engagement\, and collegiate exchange that emphasize multiple perspectives\, accessibility and inclusivity. Through research and experimentation\, she designs programs that support cross-cultural dialogues and free expression. A member of the Museum’s Education Department for over 20 years\, she holds a BS in Legal Studies from Roger Williams University\, and serves on the board of Gallery Night Providence\, a non-profit arts organization providing access to visual arts. \n \nMariani Lefas-Tetenes is Assistant Director of School and Teacher Programs at the RISD Museum where she coordinates and develops K-12 student and teacher experiences through visits\, partnerships and collaborations\, professional development and curricular resources. She has taught art history at City University of New York and worked  in education\, curatorial\, conservation\, and editorial capacities at The Jewish Museum\, The Grey Art Gallery at New York University\, and the New-York Historical Society. \n  URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/virtual-rhodi-conversations-designing-learning-from-virtual-experiences-k-12-and-adult-audiences/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Event,RHODI,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-www-rihs-org/2020/01/Rhodi-Conversations-Logo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210318T200000 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210301T220700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210301T220700Z UID:22142-1616090400-1616097600@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Cine Quebec: Grand Cru with Cheese Tasting & Wine DESCRIPTION:Join the Museum of Work & Culture for a virtual reimagining of its annual Cine Quebec event. The evening will begin with a virtual cheese tasting led by Edgewood Cheese Shop. It will be followed by a screening of Quebecois documentary Grand Cru\, chronicling the lifework of Pascal Marchand\, an aspiring poet from Montreal\, arrived in the mythical land of Burgundy\, France to work the harvest at age 21. Enchanted by the region\, he settled there and embarked on an unlikely path to winemaking stardom. Now over 30 years later\, he is renowned as an artist and innovator\, finding his inspiration in the ancient techniques of the Cistercian monks who meticulously studied and refined Burgundy’s winemaking in the middle ages. Shot over his most difficult year ever\, the catastrophic 2016 season which saw devastating frosts\, hailstorms and disease in the vineyards\, the film is both a love letter and a cautionary tale\, as winemakers like Pascal must face the unpredictable and destructive consequences of climate change. \nTickets are $30 and include a refreshment pickup featuring a selection of 5 cheeses for two from Edgewood Cheese Shop and a bottle of Louis Jadot Beaujolais Villages from the Burgundy region of France. \nSpace is limited\, and early registration is strongly encouraged. Registration ends on Monday\, March 15\, 2021. URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/cine-quebec-grand-cru-with-cheese-tasting-wine/ LOCATION:RI CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.rihs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Grand-Cru.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210321T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210321T140000 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210108T235941Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210316T153136Z UID:21896-1616331600-1616335200@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Virtual Valley Talks -- Fears of Conspiracy: The Reception of French Canadian Immigrants DESCRIPTION:Valley Talks\, a series of biweekly historical lectures by the Museum of Work & Culture\, conclude Sunday\, March 21 at 1pm on Zoom.\n\nAuthor David Vermette will present “Fears of Conspiracy: The Reception of French Canadian Immigrants” exploring the experience of the Quebecois upon arriving in New England at the turn-of-the-century. Americans don’t think of Canada as a source of potential terrorists—speaking a foreign tongue\, serving a foreign religion\, and invading their country. But when nearly a million French-Canadians crossed the border between 1840 and 1930\, many seeking work in New England’s burgeoning textile industry\, elements in the press\, clergy and public sector cast them as foot soldiers in an alleged Roman Catholic plot to subvert the New England states.\n\nIndividuals can register here.\n\nThis year’s series is presented as part of the Rhode Island Historical Society’s Taking a Stand in Rhode Island\, a yearlong examination of how the people who have called this place home\, from the 17th century to the recent past\, have identified aspects of society that needed to shift and how they worked to change them.\n\nVermette is the author of A Distinct Alien Race: The Untold Story of Franco-Americans. He is a researcher and writer originally from Massachusetts. URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/virtual-valley-talks-fears-of-conspiracy-the-reception-of-french-canadian-immigrants/ LOCATION:RI CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.rihs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/ADAR_Book-Cover_good.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210325T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210325T183000 DTSTAMP:20240328T142218 CREATED:20210321T173222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210321T173418Z UID:22170-1616691600-1616697000@www.rihs.org SUMMARY:Rhode Island Celebrates La Francophonie DESCRIPTION:Join leaders of Rhode Island’s Francophone organizations\, along with the Consuls General of Canada and France\, and the Delegate of Quebec in New England\, as we celebrate the French language and culture during the month of March. Each organization will showcase their community offerings and their work to promote the French culture of our State. Free registration at http://bit.ly/3kA1cZI.\n\n\nJoignez-vous aux dirigeants des organismes francophones du Rhode Island\, ainsi qu’aux consuls généraux du Canada et de France\, et à la Déléguée du Québec en Nouvelle-Angleterre\, alors que nous célébrons la culture et la langue française tout au long du mois de mars. Chaque organisme présentera ses activités et son travail de promotion au rayonnement de la culture francophone de notre État. Inscription gratuite: http://bit.ly/3kA1cZI. URL:https://www.rihs.org/event/rhode-island-celebrates-la-francophonie/ LOCATION:Virtual CATEGORIES:Event,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.rihs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/franco-flag.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR