Christopher Johnson

Funda Fest Returns to RI

It’s story time once again as Rhode Island Black Storytellers puts on their 17th annual family festival, Funda Fest. FUNDA, meaning to teach and to learn in Zulu and KiSwahili, is a Rhode Island tradition showcasing favorite local storytellers, such as Ramona Bass Kolobe, Raffini and Len Cabral, and importing award-winning talent from across the country. The […]

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Look Beneath the Surface to Find Summer Spoken Word Workshops

Every summer, the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services offers summer reading workshops and performances under a specific theme for children, teens and adults in libraries across the state. This year, the office saw it fit to have poetry/spoken word workshops and performances in its teen category under the theme “Beneath the Surface” […]

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