Upcoming Events

Vishaan Chakrabarti – Getting to Goldilocks

Wednesday, September 18 at 5pm

Join us on Wednesday, September 18 at Rhode Island School of Design for a presentation by the urban visionary Vishaan Chakrabarti titled “Getting to Goldilocks: Housing Communities, Building Neighborhoods, Preserving Nature,” moderated by Marisa Brown, Executive Director of Providence Preservation Society and Jacqueline Shaw, Chair of the Architecture Department at Rhode Island School of Design. Chakrabarti…

Walk the PVD Crosstown Trail: A 13-Mile Urban Hike!

Saturday, September 28 at 9am (Rain Date September 29)

Inspired by the San Francisco Crosstown Trail, this walking route traverses both quiet neighborhoods and a variety of parks across the city of Providence. The first half of the trail (7.5 miles, 2.5 hours) starts at Neutaconkanut Hill and proceeds through Merino Park, the Woonasquatucket River Greenway, and Pleasant Valley Parkway to the downtown River…

The Importance of Being Furnished: Four Bachelors at Home (Members Event)

Wednesday, October 9 at 6pm

Tripp Evans’s recent book and exhibition, “The Importance of Being Furnished: Four Bachelors at Home” explores the New England homes of four bachelor-designers, all of which serve today as public museums. (They include the Codman Estate in Lincoln, MA; Pendleton House at the RISD Museum; Beauport in Gloucester, MA; and Boston’s Gibson House Museum). Spanning…

Keeping Heritage Alive: Developing Skills for Traditional Building Industries Around the World

Wednesday, October 16 at 12pm on Zoom

INTBAU is a UK-based organization dedicated to revitalizing traditional building skills across the world through its global network and hands-on summer school programs. Alexander Lamont Bishop, Executive Director of INTBAU, joins us to explain the challenges of launching and running these global programs – touching on curriculum development, funding and reaching the right audience –…

Wooden Window Restoration Workshop

Saturday, October 19 (9am to 4pm) and Sunday October 20 (9am to 1pm)

Do you struggle to open or close your home or office’s wooden windows? Would you like to learn how to fix a cracked pane, peeling paint, or broken glazing? Do you want to keep your old windows but learn how to make them last another 100 years while remaining energy efficient? This beginner workshop is…

New England Modernism: Revolutionary Architecture in the 20th Century

Tuesday, October 22 at 6:30pm

Screening of New England Modernism: Revolutionary Architecture in the 20th Century, followed by a panel conversation with the filmmaker, Jake Gorst; Jonathan Bell, Critic in Interior Architecture (RISD); Nancy Skolos, Professor in Graphic Design (RISD) and Thomas Wedell, Senior Critic, Graphic Design (RISD) with Skolos and Wedell sharing reflections on their stewardship of an Ira…

What Could Have Been: Providence’s 21st Century (Un)built Environment

Wednesday, October 23 at 5pm

Cities are constantly being shaped by new development projects. Residents hotly debate whether the look and scale of a new building is appropriate. But what about the projects that never got built? This lecture and walking tour will explore several projects in Providence that were proposed but never constructed. We’ll have an open discussion about…

Studio Visit with Jazzmen Lee-Johnson + Tour of Atlantic Mills

Sunday, November 3 at 1pm

Join artist Jazzmen Lee-Johnson for an an informal, conversational walk through her shared studio with WARP Collective in Atlantic Mills. We will explore the ways she challenges historical narratives through her process of sampling and remixing in the media of printmaking, drawing, music, and more. Through a selection of finished work as well as work…

Winter Weatherization Workshop

Saturday, November 16 at 9am

Are you looking for ways to prevent cold air from getting into your older home or office? Whether you own or rent, this is a common problem. Drafty windows and doors increase your heating costs and make your home less comfortable. Find out more about the best options for keeping the cold out and the…

2024 Preservation Awards

Tuesday, November 19

Every other year, PPS confers awards that recognize outstanding preservation, adaptive reuse and community heritage projects that have been completed in Providence during the preceding two years; and individuals, community groups or organizations that have had a substantial impact on heritage efforts across the city. On Tuesday, November 19, join PPS for our Preservation Awards…

Preservation’s Futures: A Panel Conversation with PPS’s Preservation Awards Jury

Wednesday, November 20 at 5pm

Join this panel conversation with PPS’s 2024 Preservation Awards Jurors on the future of preservation, following PPS’s Awards the night before! Jamie Duggan is a preservationist and educator based in Montpelier, Vermont. He is currently the Director of Preservation for the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation. He is responsible for the maintenance and repair of…