Universes: Live From The Edge
October 9, 8pm, RISD Auditorium, 17 Canal Way, Tickets Are $18. Fusing poetry, jazz riffs, hip-hop, down home blues and Spanish boleros, Universes delivers a unique theatrical experience that is reshaping American theatre. This boundary-smashing troupe of five multi-disciplined performers hailing from the South Bronx blends the theatre and the street with humor and emotional truth. For more information please click here.

Dan Zanes And Friends
October 11, 2pm, Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset Street, Tickets Are $15 - $30, Family 4 Packs Available Starting At $50.
It's Woodstock for kids! In the world of family music, Grammy Award-winning Dan Zanes is a total superstar. The former lead singer for The Del Fuegos, Dan and his band perform exuberant folk-rock music for enthusiastic kids and their equally enthusiastic parents. For more information please click here.

October 11 - 13, 12pm - 10pm, Atwells Avenue, Free And Open To The Public. Come down to historic Federal Hill for 3 exciting days of food, two stages of entertainment, rides, games and a parade. Scheduled to appear are Opera Providence, Steve Anthony and a host of others. The parade, starting on Atwells Avenue, begins at 12pm on Sunday. For more information please call 401-273-5900.

Through November 2, Thur - Sat @ 8pm, Sundays @ 3pm, Perishable Theatre, 95 Empire Street, Tickets Are $12 - $20. Don't miss the event that has launched women playwrights to Broadway, regional theatres, and numerous awards. Three winning one-act scripts receive production and are presented alongside acts by local women performing artists. Each performance includes a post show talk back. For more information please click here.

October 15, 8pm, Brown University, Alumnae Hall, 194 Meeting Street, Tickets Are $22 - $32. Over the years Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts has presented internationally renowned musicians, such as the Juilliard String Quartet, the Guarneri String Quartet, the Tokyo String Quartet and the Beaux Arts Trio. They kick off their new season with one of the most sought after ensembles in the U.S., the Orion Quartet. For more information please click here.

October 16 - 17, 8pm, Met School, Black Box Theater, 325 Public Street, Tickets Are $10. Bread & Puppet presents a dumb show performed on two small stages. Dumb shows speak with pictures instead of words. The eye's understanding of the pictures goes by its own rules and does not comply with our word-oriented logic. For more information please click here.

October 13, 2pm - 5pm, Cathedral of Life Assembly Church, 1860 Westminster Street, Free And Open To The Public. Featuring a gospel concert, storytellers from the RI Black Storytellers, Yoruba dancers/drummers and much more. This event is part of part of the RI Council for the Humanities On The Road To Freedom: African American Heritage in Rhode Island initiative. For a complete listing and description of events please click here.

October 9 - 11 @ 8pm, October 12 @ 5pm, The MET School, 325 Public Street, Tickets Are $15 For Students And $20 For Adults. Shakespeare's tragedy, based on the short story Moor of Venice by Cinthio, maintains its relevance to present day with themes of racism, love, jealousy and betrayal. For more information please click here.

Greater Kennedy Plaza Reception
October 15, 5pm - 6:30pm, Providence Biltmore, Grand Ballroom, 11 Dorrance Street, Free And Open To The Public. The Greater Kennedy Plaza Working Group invites you to attend a reception highlighting the fantastic progress made over the summer in the heart of our City - with a taste of what the future brings. Please RSVP for this event by October 13 here.

Week of October 9 - October 15:

EVENTS
Thursday, October 9 - Market Bazaar - 11am To 6pm.
Check out lovely antiques, art and more. Join us each week!

Friday, October 10 - Farmer's Market - 11am To 2pm.
Shop for tasty harvests from RI farms here along the sidewalk at Burnside Park. Choose from a selection of foods fresh from the fields and meet the people who grow your meal!

Saturday, October 11 - Peace and Justice Rally, 3:30pm - 4:30pm - Burnside Park.
Stop the wars - stop the deportations! Hosted by the American Friends Service Committee and more organizations. For more information please click here.

Monday, October 13 - Brass Bands Battle The World - 5pm - 6pm - Burnside Park.
Check out 8 renegade marching bands from all over the world! For more information please click here.

Tuesday, October 14 - Public Square Tuesday, 11am - 3:30pm.
Come on down to find out what volunteer opportunities local non-profit agencies have to offer and grab a Del's lemonade while you're there!

Wednesday, October 15 - Community Stage, 4pm - 5pm, Burnside Park Near The Fountain.
Infusion Experience performs tunes with a flamenco Afro-Cuban flair!

For more information on all the great things going on in Kennedy Plaza please click here.

Luminaria & Candlelight Guided Historic Tour
October 17, 6pm - 9pm, North Burial Grounds, 5 Branch Avenue, Tickets Are $5. Bring your family and friends to this Luminaria & Candlelight Guided Historic Tour and enjoy the view of 1800 candles which will light the pathway of this Historic Tour highlighting the graves of RI person's of historic distinction. All proceeds go to replace headstones and care-taking of American Civil War veterans. For more information please click here.

Adult Literacy Fundraiser
October 19, 5pm - 8pm, The Hi Hat, One Davol Square, Tickets Are $15. Dance to Carlos de Leon and the UN Band with others who support adult literacy. For more information please click here.

Call To Galleries And Fine Art Stores. The City of Providence's Department of Art, Culture + Tourism is in the process of revamping their web site. One of the key new features is the addition of an interactive Gallery/Fine Art guide. If you have a gallery, fine art store, art supply store, etc that is not currently listed on their web site, please click here to email Michael Christofaro with the name, location, contact info, brief description and high resolution photograph (300dpi) of your business.

RI Foundation Arts In Academics Grant. This fund supports educational projects that integrate art disciplines into other core academic subjects to benefit Rhode Island public school students. Application deadline: October 31, 2008. For more information and to download an application please click here.

Call For Entries: Letters About Literature. The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, in partnership with Target Stores and in cooperation with affiliate state centers for the book, invites readers in grades 4 through 12 to enter Letters About Literature, a national reading-writing contest. To enter, readers write a personal letter to an author explaining how that author's work changed the reader's way of thinking about the world or themselves. The deadline is December 6. For more information please click here.

Not About The Buildings Fiction Prize. The Not About The Buildings Fiction Prize will be awarded to the author of the best short story submitted to Not About The Buildings by October 15, 2008. There are no thematic criteria or restrictions on age or location to enter. For more information please click here.

Call For Actors. December 16 & 17, 6pm - 9pm, Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway. Rise On Broadway is pleased to announce auditions for their production of West Side Story. Those auditioning will need to prepare 2 musical pieces, 1 being from the production. Please be prepared to do a cold reading as well as a dance routine with our choreographer. Please dress accordingly and bring dance footwear and headshots. For more information please Laura at 508-344-5128 or click here.

Call For French Speaking Organizations. November 6, 6:30pm, Alliance Française de Providence, 88 Meeting Street. The Rhode Island League of French Speaking Organizations is searching for Organizations/communities in Rhode Island who speak French. For more information please call 401-272-6243.