Events at Linden Place

Linden Place Summer Arts Camp is Back!

Linden Place Museum Welcomes Keith Stokes for a lecture titled “What’s in a Name: Biblical Origins of Plantations in the Colony of Rhode Island”

As part of Linden Place’s bicentennial celebration and in recognition of Black History Month, Linden Place Museum will host Keith Stokes, the executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, for a lecture in the historic Linden Place ballroom titled “What's in a Name: Biblical Origins of Plantations in the Colony of Rhode Island” Mr. Stokes is a frequent national, state and local lecturer in community & regional planning, historic preservation and interpretation with an expertise in early African and Jewish American history. In conjunction with this lecture and the celebration of the mansion’s 200th birthday, the Linden Place Museum will be open for free guided tours from 12pm – 2pm.

Linden Place Concert Series Presents “Voices United in Praise” Choir from the Community Baptist Church

The Linden Place Bicentennial Concert Series welcomes the Newport Community Baptist Church Gospel Choir “Voices United in Praise” on Sunday, February 28, at 3 P.M. in the Linden Place Ballroom. Under the leadership of director Jason Jenkins, the Voices United in Praise Choir has been in existence for 20 years and was started shortly after Rev. Dr. Vincent L. Thompson, Jr. was installed as pastor of Community Baptist Church. The choir of over twenty members is composed entirely of volunteer singers in ages ranging from their 20's to their 70's. They will present a program of contemporary Gospel music and traditional hymns of the church. In conjunction with this concert and the celebration of Linden Place Mansion’s 200th birthday, the museum will be open for free guided tours from 12pm – 3pm. Guests are encouraged to visit the 1810 museum prior to attending the performance.

Fourth of July Parade Picnic At Linden Place Mansion

Tickets Include:

• Reserved Seating, both bleacher and restaurant style,
  at the center of the parade route
• Continental Breakfast and Picnic Lunch
• Onsite Restrooms

Linden Place Museum to host Edward Achorn, Author of Fifty-Nine in ‘84, for Reading & Book Signing

Linden Place will host Rhode Island author, Edward Achorn, for a reading and book-signing of his new book Fifty-Nine in ‘84 .Edward Achorn, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Distinguished Commentary, is the deputy editorial pages editor of The Providence Journal. Achorn’s new book explores the story of Providence Grays pitcher Charles “Old Hoss” Radbourn who in 1884 won an astonishing fifty-nine games – more than anyone in major-league history ever had before. Radbourn then went on to win all three games of baseball’s first World Series. Fifty-nine in ’84 tells not only the dramatic story of that amazing feat of grit, but also the tale of big-league baseball two decades after the Civil War—a brutal, bloody sport played barehanded, the profession of ill-educated, hard-drinking men who thought little of cheating outrageously or maiming an opponent to win. Achorn’s Fifty-Nine in ‘84 is also the story of the woman Radbourn loved, Carrie Stanhope, the alluring proprietress of a boarding house with shady overtones, a married lady who was said to know every man in the National League personally. A diehard Red Sox fan, Achorn grew up in Westborough, Massachusetts. He witnessed Carl Yastrzemski’s 3,000th hit and attended the 1967 World Series and all four games of the 1975 World Series at Fenway Park, including Game Six, when Carlton Fisk “waved” his home run fair.