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  • Book Event: The Forest Year by Ethan Tapper

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    In partnership with our friends at Charter Books, join us for an event with author In partnership with our friends at Charter Books, join us for an event with author Ethan Tapper. Tapper will discuss his new book, The Forest Year; a meditative and lyrical ode to the land, weaving complex scientific and ecological concepts with beautiful narrative prose, making nuanced ideas easy to understand and deeply resonant. Both place-based and practice-driven, Tapper writes not as an armchair philosopher or an academic, but as a working forester and ecologist stewarding real forests in real time, blending emotional insight with ecological rigor.

  • Artist Talk with Lois Harada

    The Vernon House 46 Clarke Street, Newport, United States

    Join Lois Harada for an artist talk about her practice, recent projects and her work on encouraging a name change for the RI holiday Victory Day.

  • Welcome Home: Exhibition and Artist Talk with Eric E. Sung

    The Vernon House 46 Clarke Street, Newport, United States

    Created as part of a larger body of work titled Welcome Home, this series contributes to an ongoing exploration of the carceral experience in the United States. The broader project includes contemporary portraits and personal narratives of individuals impacted by incarceration today, situating these historical artifacts within a continuum of justice system experiences across time, which will be introduced at the artist talk.

  • From Revolution to Reclamation, Indigenous Perspectives of Sovereignty, Independence, and the American Revolution, a Talk with Chrystal Mars Baker of the Tomaquag Museum

    The Vernon House 46 Clarke Street, Newport, United States

    Though many people know that African heritage people served in the American Revolutionary War, we sometimes overlook the Narragansett and Wampanoag people who fought. In this presentation from Chrystal Mars Baker of the Tomaquag Museum we’ll learn more about their crucial contributions and the long history of Indigenous service.

  • Strangers in a Strange Land: a Talk on the Free African Union movement by Keith Stokes

    The Vernon House 46 Clarke Street, Newport, United States

    Held on the anniversary of its founding, this talk given by RI State Historian Laureate Keith Stokes will interpret the evolution of the Free African Union movement during the American Revolution era, showcasing the profound influence of the African Diaspora on the advancement of Black identity in early America.