A4LE Northeast Regional Conference Newsletter: Cities that Work, Schools that Work

Providence Biltmore, 11 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI 02903 {{prov}} The 21st Century has empowered renewed focus on several educational strategies with a common theme. Whether noted as Project-Based Learning, 21st Century Learning or even an updated focus on Career and Technical Education, each of these themes stresses creativity, critical thinking, communication and collaboration as essential […]

Next Stop: Making Transit Work for RI

The Rhode Island Convention Center, 1 Sabin Street, Providence, RI 02903 Join with business, civic and elected leaders, transit riders, real estate developers and community advocates for a discussion of where we’re going with Rhode Island’s transit system and how we can most effectively leverage it to benefit more Rhode Islanders, our economy and our […]

Rhode Island Design Community Event: Universal Design for the Bathroom

The Tile Shop, 1400 Bald Hill Road, Warwick, RI 02886 Join the ASID Rhode Island Design Community for a CEU presentation by ROHL at The Tile Shop. Enjoy networking, refreshments and tour the Tile Shop’s Showroom. We will be giving away an iPad along with other great prizes!The expansive Baby Boomer generation is aging, which […]

AIA National Conference on Architecture

https://www.aia.org/events/25621-aia-conference-on-architecture-2017 April 27 keynote Anticipate Need: Design That Cares Three powerful, short-form talks by Alejandro Aravena, Francis Kéré, and Michael Murphy, explore how their work pushes the boundaries of collaborative practice and, in the process, creates thoughtful architecture that addresses community and society challenges. April 28 keynote Anticipate Challenge:  Design That Overcomes Moderator Michael Bierut […]

Jane’s Walk Global Weekend Festival Expands to Fifteen Citizen-Led Neighborhood Tours in Providence: May 4-7

Get to know some of Providence’s hidden treasures during Jane’s Walk, a global festival on the first weekend in May! Inspired by urban activist Jane Jacobs, Jane’s Walk promotes urban literacy by encouraging people to get out and explore their neighborhoods. Unlike typical guided tours, these free walks are led by volunteer citizen guides who […]

Citizen Jane Showing at the Cable Car

May 19, 2017, Cable Car Cinema, 204 South Main Street, Providence, RI. n the 1950s and ’60s, Jane Jacobs, the author of the 1961 classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities, took on seemingly indomitable city planners, principally tyrannical master builder Robert Moses, in a series of epic battles over historic neighborhoods such […]