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RIC offers numerous events throughout the year for the public to enjoy. Our well-known performing arts program brings music, theatre, and dance performances of the highest quality, and our Bannister Gallery features exhibitions by local, regional and international artists. We also hold conferences, programs, and of course admissions events, intended for the public. For athletics matches please view .
 

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Ken Price ceramic mug

Friends and Acquaintances, Contemporary Ceramics Collection of Craig and Martha Bachman

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  • Various times

Experience a collection that highlights the diversity, creativity, and ongoing evolution of contemporary ceramics over the past 50 years. Opening Reception: October 8, 4-7 pm.

Fireside chat for Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Jim Langevin, Distinguished Chair of the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at RIC and the Honorable Chris Inglis, National Cyber Director

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: A Conversation with National Cyber Director Chris Inglis

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Join Jim Langevin, Distinguished Chair of the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at RIC, for a fireside chat with the Honorable Chris Inglis, the first Senate-confirmed National Cyber Director.

Dr. Linford Fisher, professor of history at Brown University

The Hidden Story of Indigenous Slavery in U.S. History

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Join us for a presentation by Linford Fisher, professor of history at Brown University.

Collage work with old family photographs and bright yellow, red, orange, and green colors

Mahler Ryder: Interrupted Inheritance

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  • Bannister Gallery in Roberts Hall

This exhibition presents the work of Mahler B. Ryder alongside reflections by his daughter, Ulli K. Ryder, in a dialogue between visual and written expression, between parent and child, and between the living and the dead. Join us for an opening reception on Thursday, November 12, from 4-7 PM in Bannister Gallery.

Members of the RIC Chorus in black attire holding songbooks

Carols and Light

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Join us for a performance by the RIC Chorus.

World Languages Education Fall Workshop

RIC World Languages Education Fall Workshop

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Join us for "Embracing our students' languages: resisting ideocide" by Dr. Noelia Sánchez-Walker, Yale University.

President Jack R. Warner speaking on stage with flag behind him

Why Do 70% of Americans Think We’re Going in the Wrong Direction?

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This free Presidential Forum, presented by 91³Ô¹ÏÍø and Ocean State Media, will explore higher education, the news media, and the crisis of public trust. 

View of RIC Wind Ensemble featuring kettle drum and woodwind instruments

The RIC Wind Ensemble presents "The American Experience"

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The 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Wind Ensemble and Joseph Foley Music Director presents "The American Experience", an evening of inspiring works for the Wind Band.