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Havdalah #53: Events, Events, and More Events
21 Elul, 5785 / September 13, 2025
White Rose RI
September 13, 2025
Hello everyone,
We have a lot of events at local libraries and other places this week, so if you are looking for something to do (or to distract yourself from thinking about current events) check them out.
No profound thoughts this week, because work overtime is the mind killer.
So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, adieu…
Jackie (she/her)
PS: We’d like to hear from you! Let us know how we’re doing!
The Art of Autonomy: An Exhibition Exploring Community and Art Activism
When: September 13 - October 11
Where: TWP Annex Gallery: Ritual Spaces, 719 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903
Through a combination of two community collaboration projects, The Womxn Project Education Fund is being hosted at Ritual Spaces to explore bodily freedom and one's own interaction with art, civic participation and democracy that intersect with our organizational focus — past, present, and future.
Schedule of events:
9/13: Opening installation “Looking Back, Learning Forward: Launching the Project, Sharing Our Memories” by Jordan Banick
9/21, 12:00pm-4:00pm: Community Mural Project Build with artist Abby Wright and Jonathan Izzard helping lead
9/28, 12:00pm-4:00pm: Community Mural Project Build with artist Jonathan Izzard
10/10, 4:00pm-7:00pm: Closing Reception Party and Talk. Explore and add to the final outcomes of the Community Mural Project and Oral History Report with a small speaking program about the oral history project by TWP co-founder, Jordan Banick at 6:00pm
Documentary & Discussion: Descendant
When: Sunday, September 21, 2025, 1:00pm-3:30pm and Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Where: Salem Family Auditorium, Barrington Public Library, 281 County Road, Barrington, RI 02806
Join the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for a screening of Descendant. Documentary filmmaker Margaret Brown returns to her hometown of Mobile, Alabama to document the search for and historic discovery of The Clotilda, the last known ship to arrive in the United States, illegally carrying enslaved Africans.
There will be two showings of this film.
Free and open to all. Registration is recommended but not required.
2022 - 1 hr 49 mins - PG
National Voter Registration Day Info Pop-Up
When: Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 10:00am-2:00pm
Where: Cross’ Mills Public Library, 4417 Old Post Road, Charlestown, RI, 02813
While 2025 is an “off election year” in Rhode Island, National Voter Registration Day is still observed by the League of Women Voters South County as a civic rallying point to raise awareness of, not only the power of voting, but also civic engagement, especially at the local level where elections shape the future in our communities and beyond. League members will answer all questions about voting and provide comprehensive and specific resources on elections in general.
Food Growing Neighborhoods: Planning for a Neighborhood Growing System with Daniel Penengo
When: Thursday, September 18, 2025, 6:30pm
Where: Collis Family Gallery, Barrington Public Library, 281 County Road, Barrington, RI 02806
Join Daniel Penengo of Digging Education for an interactive workshop and opportunity to gather with your neighbors to plan and conceptualize our neighborhood food growing system. They will map our neighborhoods for best growing areas, resources, and shared spaces and will learn to grow food together by reimagining boundaries, landscapes, and community.
Because this is a neighborhood based workshop, they encourage you to get together with your neighbors and register to come as a group. They also encourage you to bring a notebook or garden notes. They will have scrap paper and pens available as well as whiteboards.
There are limited spots in this workshop. Please only register if you intend to attend and actively participate.
Free and open to adults.
Documentary Series: Is There Anybody Out There
When: Friday, September 19, 2025, 1:00pm-3:30pm
Where: Salem Family Auditorium, Barrington Public Library, 281 County Road, Barrington, RI 02806
The Barrington Library continues their new monthly documentary series with Is There Anybody Out There. Born with a rare disability, filmmaker Ella Glendining wonders if there is anyone who can share the experience of living in a body like hers. This simple question — one which non disabled people take for granted — leads to a journey to not only others who live like her but to the realization that meeting them changes how she views herself in the world, as well as many surprises along the way.
Workers and Renters: Providence General Assembly
When: Saturday, September 20, 12:00pm and every other Saturday
Where: 134 Mathewson Street, Providence, RI 02903
From their Instagram:
Worried about Trump?
Want to defend our communities?
Want a world that works for everyone?
Come to the Providence General Assembly!
Spanish, ASL interpretation and childcare available upon email request
Masking requested and masks will be provided
Direct questions to [email protected]
ACLU Rights Explainers
When: Up now
Where: Online
The ACLU just released two updated versions of their explainers about your rights when interacting with immigration agents (ICE) or the police. They have them available in 10 languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, Cape Verdean, Haitian Creole, French, Swahili, Dari, Pashto, and Khmer.
Read and save this material – regardless of your own immigration status – and send to friends and family! Click the link below and scroll to the bottom of the page to download PDFs that you can print, plus the ACLU posted on all their social media platforms (@riaclu) if you want to save and share online.
If you have a specific way to distribute larger numbers of the paper copies, please email the RI ACLU at [email protected] or call them at 401-831-7171. They have a limited supply printed, but will provide as many as they are able.
The History and Future of Save the Bay: A Story of Resilience and Hope
When: Tuesday, September 16, 2025, 1:00pm
Where: Salem Family Auditorium, Barrington Public Library, 281 County Road, Barrington, RI 02806
Join the Barrington Garden Club for a presentation on the history and future of Save the Bay featuring Topher Hamblett, executive director of Save The Bay. Hamblett's work at Save The Bay has spanned over thirty years, as a volunteer, intern, and advocate. As executive director, Topher works with Save The Bay's board of directors and staff to set strategic priorities, implement campaigns, and raise support for the organization.
Free and open to all. Registration required for non-Garden Club members.
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Projects in Guatemala
When: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 6:00pm-7:00pm
Where: Cross’ Mills Public Library, 4417 Old Post Road, Charlestown, RI, 02813
The Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Projects: Providing potable water and improved sanitation facilities for over 22,000 Indigenous Mayans living in Guatemala. Rick and Elin Lawrence, members of Rotary International, will make a slide presentation that will show the history of the WASH projects, the four basic components and how they improve the lives of the Indigenous Mayan recipients.
Offshore Wind Terminal Tour
When: Sunday, September 21, 2025, 10:00am-11:00am
Where: New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, 4 Wright Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
Get a behind-the-scenes look at one of the nation’s most important clean energy ports. This guided tour of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal (NBMCT) offers a unique view of the NBMCT quayside from the easily accessible New Bedford Harbor Walk, allowing attendees to see current port operations up close. During this tour, you will learn about the terminal’s history, current operations supporting the Vineyard Wind I offshore wind project, and hear about the work underway as part of an ongoing expansion and improvement project. The terminal plays a central role in regional offshore wind development and maritime commerce activities.
This event is hosted by Climate Action Rhode Island in collaboration with Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, Climate Jobs MA, and Sun Day.
Space is limited, please RSVP to register and let us know if you can no longer attend.
Sun Day Rhode Island
When: Sunday, September 21, 2025, 12:00pm
Where: The Steel Yard, 27 Sims Ave, Providence, RI 02909
CARI is joining with events across the nation to celebrate the power of solar and wind energy! Sun Day Rhode Island is a family-friendly community event that will highlight the power of the sun and wind through art, play, and hands-on learning.
Sun Day Rhode Island will have:
Opportunities to learn from RI clean energy advocacy organizations
A clean energy showcase with electric vehicle and solar demos
Kid-friendly art activities that celebrate the power of the sun and wind
Live music
A short speaking program beginning at 2:00pm
Snacks and refreshments
Come celebrate clean energy while learning and engaging with the technologies (and the natural forces) that power it!
Hosted by Climate Action Rhode Island, Green Energy Consumers Alliance, and Citizens Climate Lobby RI.
Tomaquag Museum: Lunch & Learn with Kimberly Toney
When: Monday, September 22, 2025, 12:00pm-1:00pm
Where: Online (Zoom)
Join the Tomaquag Museum for a free virtual presentation. This month’s is on Land Dispossession After KPW (King Phillip’s War).
This lecture will explore how 17th-century land deeds were used to dispossess Native peoples in the Northeast and examines the lasting impacts on tribes like the Narragansett, Nipmuc, Wampanoag, and Pequot. It highlights the experiences of those who signed these early documents and the colonial systems they confronted.
The Deportation Defense Line of Rhode Island
Anchored by PSL, AMOR, and ONA, and supported by the work of over 200 volunteers across dozens of Providence area neighborhoods, the Deportation Defense Line responds to ICE sightings and mobilizes our community whenever ICE is spotted in the neighborhood. They have successfully driven ICE away multiple times and stopped deportations.
Their work continues to grow because of a wide network of community members doing outreach and spreading the word about the defense line. To get the defense line phone number into people's hands, they print thousands of sheets every week to distribute to our community.
Your donation will help to purchase a printer, supplies, and ink, as well as to launch new and creative initiatives to spread the word so every Rhode Islander knows about the defense line, and whenever ICE shows up, they'll be there!
This fundraiser is hosted by the Providence Liberation Center, the home of PSL Rhode Island. 100% of your donation goes directly to the Deportation Defense Coalition.
News Round-Up: Local
On the White Power Chopping Block – Again: Stephen Thomas Farrea (In Idavox, September 6, 2025)
Op-Eds
Magaziner co-sponsoring bill to stop the transfer of certain offensive weapons to Israel (Steve Ahlquist in SteveAhlquist.news, September 8, 2025)
Lawsuit challenges Trump’s illegal conditions on housing grants (ACLU of Rhode Island press release in SteveAhlquist.news, September 11, 2025)
Pod Recs: It Could Happen Here and Throughline
It Was Never About Crime feat. Prop (It Could Happen Here, September 8, 2025)
Line. Fence. Wall. (Throughline, September 11, 2025)
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #33 (It Could Happen Here, September 12, 2025)
