Lovecraft’s
Providence: an annual birthday remembrance
Link to:
Walking
Tour
The Rhode Island Historical Society
offers its annual summer literary walking tour in honor of H.P.
Lovecraft’s August birthday – 117 years ago this year. The 90-minute
walking tour begins at 11 a.m. at the John Brown House
Museum, 52 Power Street, Providence.
Lovecraft, an internationally acclaimed
author and Providence native, wrote eloquently about
Providence sites (Prospect Terrace, Market Square) and buildings (First
Baptist Church and Benefit Street houses). His short novel,
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward,
provides the backdrop
for the walk.
Tickets
are $12/person. Reservations are appreciated.
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RIHS will also offer its
Benefit Street: a mile of History walk at 11 a.m. Saturday morning for
those who want to visit Providence’s most historic street.
Tickets for that walk are $12/person.
At 5:30 p.m., prior to the
lighting of WaterFire, the Society sponsors a 60-minute walk called The
Providence Riverwalk. Walkers discover the history of the waterfront and
the background of WaterFire. Tickets are $10/person and the walk begins
at the John Brown House.
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RIHS will also offer its
Benefit
Street: a mile of History walk at 11 a.m. Saturday mornings through
October 15th for those who want to visit Providence’s
most historic street.
Tickets for that walk are $12/person.
At 5:30 p.m., prior to
the lighting of WaterFire, the Society sponsors a 60-minute walk
called The Providence Riverwalk. Walkers discover the history of the
waterfront and the background of WaterFire. Tickets are $10/person
and the walk begins at the John Brown House.
The
Providence
RiverWalk takes place on the following Saturdays:
August 18
September 1
September 15
September 29
October 6
October 27
** No
Concerts Under the Elms
on August 16th
Last
Concert of the Season: Driftwoods August 23rd **
RIHS
Website: www.rihs.org
Founded in 1822, the Rhode Island Historical Society is the nation’s
fourth oldest state historical society and is today the steward of tens
of thousands of books, manuscripts, prints, photographs, paintings,
artifacts, and other historical materials. The Society maintains its
research library and John Brown House Museum in Providence and operates
the Museum of Work & Culture in Woonsocket. The Society’s ongoing
public and educational programming includes publication of the
historical journal
Rhode Island History
and the presentation of exhibitions,
lectures, workshops, and tours.