Brown Bag Lecture Jim Hummel
Jim Hummel, Founder of The Hummel Report "From Print, to Broadcast, to the Internet: A Reporter’s Journey in Rhode Island Media Over the Past Four Decades" Jim Hummel has been… Read More »Brown Bag Lecture Jim Hummel
Jim Hummel, Founder of The Hummel Report "From Print, to Broadcast, to the Internet: A Reporter’s Journey in Rhode Island Media Over the Past Four Decades" Jim Hummel has been… Read More »Brown Bag Lecture Jim Hummel
Dr. Isaac Ginis, Professor at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Coastal communities are at increased risk due to extreme weather conditions and sea-level rise under a changing climate. In New England, the most common coast-shaping storms are nor’easters and hurricanes with strong winds and heavy precipitation. There is limited information on… Read More »Brown Bag Lecture Dr. Isaac Ginis
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Sheldon Whitehouse, U. S. Senator from Rhode Island "The intersection of dark money, climate change, and the corporate capture of the Supreme Court" Please bring all your questions. Representing the Ocean State since 2007, Senator Whitehouse plays a key role in crafting policies addressing climate change and environmental protection. The senator has worked… Read More »Brown Bag Webinar w/ Senator Whitehouse: “The intersection of dark money, climate change, and the corporate capture of the Supreme Court”
Join author Amanda Quay Blount to learn about the iconic Biltmore Hotel in downtown Providence. If you’ve lived in Rhode Island, you many have gotten married there or even had your senior prom there. Ms. Blount will tell us about the extensive research that went into writing Meet Me At The Biltmore: 100 Years at… Read More »Brown Bag Webinar w/ Amanda Quay Blount, Author: “Meet Me At The Biltmore: 100 Years at Providence’s Most Storied Hotel”
Renowned Jazz Musician Kenny Werner will talk about lessons in self-mastery from music – and will present a live piano performance for us to enjoy. Kenny Werner is a renowned pianist and composer and a Grammy-nominated artist who has won multiple other awards. Werner has put out over 30 CDs as a leader and has… Read More »Brown Bag Webinar w/ Renowned Jazz Musician Kenny Werner: “TALK and PLAY: The philosophy behind the joy of music”
Everyone, especially seniors, must be aware of cybersecurity and scams to protect their own personal information, their friends and family, and their data from a constant barrage of threats. And there are new ones coming every day! Larry Sullivan, Security Expert, will tell us about some of them including Medicare scams, Funeral, Counterfeit prescription drugs,… Read More »Brown Bag Webinar w/ Larry Sullivan, Security Expert: “Cyber Scams Targeting Seniors: How to Avoid Being Scammed”
Talented Concert Pianist, William Fried, will talk about Debussy and the Music of La Belle Époque – the sounds of prewar Paris through the music of Debussy and his circle – and will offer a live piano performance of selected works. TRY NOT TO MISS THIS ONE William Fried is a pianist based in Charlotte,… Read More »Brown Bag Webinar w/ William Fried, Concert Pianist: “Debussy and the Music of La Belle Époque: The sounds of prewar Paris through the music of Debussy and his circle”
Professor Danny Warshay, Executive Director of the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at Brown University and Author of See, Solve, Scale: How Anyone Can Turn an Unsolved Problem into a Breakthrough Success We are very excited to have as our guest Professor Danny Warshay, who will present his three-step “See, Solve, Scale” workshop process that he… Read More »Brown Bag Lecture feat. Danny Warshay
Alan Hoffman, Translator of Lafayette in America in 1824 and 1825 "Lafayette and the Farewell Tour: Odyssey of an American Idol" Contemporaries thought that Lafayette’s Farewell Tour of America in… Read More »Brown Bag Lecture feat. Alan Hoffman, Translator
Professor Stephen Porder, Brown University and Author of Elemental: How five elements changed Earth’s past and will shape our future “Climate Change: Local Solutions to a Global Problem” Human-caused climate change is the defining challenge for society in the 21st century and is the world around us. Rising to its challenge will require mitigation, to… Read More »Brown Bag Lecture feat. Professor Stephen Porder