This event SOLD OUT!
An Evening with
Layng & Tucker Martine
To celebrate the release of
Layng Martine Jr.'s Album, "Music Man"
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
6:00 PM
United Theatre, 5 Canal Street, Westerly RI
Thank you for your support of this event! It was a wonderful evening of conversation, song, reminiscing, and conviviality.
Our next speaker series event is September 14, 6:00 pm at the United Theatre, when Walter V. Robinson and Pamela Constable will join in conversation about "Why Newspapers Still Matter at a Time of Hype, Hate & Social Media Domininance." Buy tickets here https://www.literacywashingtoncounty.org/summer-speaker-series
Thank you to our sponsors!
Deborah Goodrich Royce & The Ocean House Author Series
Olympia Tea Room Restaurant
Urso, Liguori & Micklich, Attorneys at Law
乔伊斯是华盛顿县董事会扫盲志愿者的长期成员。她对 LVWC 充满热情,总是可以指望她帮助学生、筹集资金和招募志愿者。
开始
这一切都始于 2012 年的一位斯托宁顿渔夫!詹姆斯·阿鲁达·亨利 (James Arruda Henry ) 九十多岁时开始学习阅读和写作。尽管没有识字过着成功的生活,詹姆斯开始学习并继续写他的第一本书,渔夫的语言。他的一生展示了承诺、努力和决心的力量如何重新定义任何年龄的人——这正是LVWC的使命!
以前的演讲者
Winter 2021: Ted Widmer and Frank J. Williams
Nathaniel Philbrick
June 3, 2022
The setting was perfect at the United Theatre on Friday, June 3 as the audience enjoyed a lively and informative evening with Nathaniel Philbrick! Prompted by astute questions from fellow historian Ted Widmer, Philbrick spoke about the process of writing his most recent book, Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy, along with other related topics.
Summer 2021: Deborah Royce and Luanne Rice