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Have you spotted the BUY ART button designed by Providence Artist Paul Clancy?
To obtain yours and collect all five limited edition BUY ART buttons designed with artwork of Providence artists, simply BUY ART at our city's galleries, retailers, artisan sales and cultural organizations.
Mayor David N. Cicilline and the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism are pleased to bring shoppers in our Creative Capital this fun twist on art advocacy. For more information please click here.
BUY ART Event
December 11, 5pm - 8pm, Craftland, 235 Westminster Street, Free And Open To The Public.
BUY ART hosts an artful foods evening with Whole Foods Market at Craftland. Taste, browse and be surrounded by ART. |
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| Craftland |
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Through December 24, 11am - 6pm, Open Until 8pm on Thursdays + Saturdays, 235 Westminster Street, Free And Open To The Public. This annual craft show in a unique retail format will feature an eclectic assortment of fine craft and fresh handmade goods from over 175 artists near and far. For more information please click here. |
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| RISD Alumni Holiday Art Sale |
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December 13, 10am - 5pm, RI Convention Center, One Sabin Street, Tickets Are $7. Bringing together artists from many disciplines with a huge variety of items for sale. You'll find hand-made jewelry and scarves, originally designed clothing and more! For more information please click here. |
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| What Cheer? Antiques 9th Anniversary Party |
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December 14, 12pm - 5pm, What Cheer?, 7 South Angell Street, Free And Open To The Public. Join them for food, drinks and good fun holiday merriment and dig through the jam-packed store full of all things vintage, all things Rhode Island, original artwork by Jennifer Daltry and much more. For more information please click here. |
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| Millcraft 2008 |
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Opening Reception December 11, 6pm - 9pm, Runs Through December 23, 532 Kinsley Avenue, Gallery #104, Free And Open To The Public. This year's work varies as much in character as it does in flavor and attitude. Amazing shirts, clever prints, kool cups and new wave action figures are among some of the items for sale at Millcraft 2008. For more information please click here. |
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| Art On The Woonasquatucket |
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December 12, 5:30pm - 10pm, The Plant, 60 Valley Street, Free And Open To The Public. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Woonasquatucket's designation as an American Heritage River and the creation of two new public artworks by Will Machin and Gillian Christy. For more information please click here. |
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| RISD Music Friday |
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December 12, 5:30pm - 8:30pm, RISD Museum, 20 North Main Street, $5 For Museum Meembers, $8 For Non-Members. This RISD Music Friday will feature a performance by the electro-acoustic improvisational ensemble Cozy Collective and food fron RISD Catering. For more information please click here. |
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| l'Esperance Mandolin Ensemble Holiday Concert |
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December 18, 6:30pm - 7:30pm, Providence Public Library, Central, 150 Empire Street, Lippitt Hall, 1st Floor, Free And Open To The Public. Music will be lead by Josh Bell of the Providence Mandolin Orchestra and will include Carol of the Bells, March of the Wooden Soldiers and Arabian Dance from The Nutcracker, Angels We Have Heard on High, and more. For more information please click here. |
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| Barking Up The Right Tree |
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Opening Reception December 19, 6pm - 8pm, Exhibit Runs Through December, The Gallery At City Hall, 25 Dorrance Street, 2nd Floor, Free And Open To The Public. Ricky Gagnon will be the featured artist for this month's exhibition in the Gallery at City Hall. For more information please click here. |
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| Bank of America Skating Rink |
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Monday - Friday 10am To 10pm, Saturday & Sunday 11am To 10pm, Only $6 For Adults, $3 For Seniors & Children Under 12, $2 For School Groups. With admission and rental prices at the same rate for the last four years, it is truly affordable fun in Downtown Providence! Don't have skates? Rent some for only $4! The skating rink is open on all winter holidays. For more information please click here.
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Festival Ballet Presents:
The Nutcracker |
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December 12 - 14, Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset Street, Tickets Are $18 - $83. No other December event delivers the awe-inspiring spectacle of this stunning production, which features Tchaikovsky's magnificent score, glittering costumes, and breath-taking dancing. For more information please click here. |
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| A Christmas Carol |
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Runs Through December 31, Trinity Repertory Company, 201 Washington Street, Tickets Are $10 - $60. Heralded as "The crowning jewel of holiday theatre here in Rhode Island" by EDGE Providence, Trinity Rep is celebrating its 32nd year of presenting this beloved New England holiday tradition. For more information please click here. |
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| Bright Night Providence |
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New Year's Eve, December 31, Downtown Providence, Tickets Are $10 In Advance, $15 On New Year's Eve. Featuring over 150 performers in a number of venues downtown, afternoon children's activities, and some of Rhode Island's best actors, singers, dancers, musicians, storytellers, magicians, acrobats, and clowns. For more information please click here.
Headline Act
The Nerveless Nocks, a family of daredevil circus performers, will headline this year's event with performances at 6pm, 8pm & 10pm at the RI Convention Center. |
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| Christmas Spectacular |
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December 13, 7pm, VMA Arts And Cultural Center, 1 Avenue Of The Arts, Tickets Are $14. This evening of enchanting music features the Bay View Chorus, Orchestra and Children's choir along with the Bishop Hendricken Young Men's Chorus and Concert Band joined by musicians from the 88th Army Band. For more information please click here. |
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| Rise On Broadway Presents: A Christmas Carol |
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December 13 & 20 @ 7pm, December 14 & 21 @ 2pm, Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway, Tickets Are $15 For Adults, $10 For Students And Seniors. After seeing Charles Dickens grandson perform a one man Christmas Carol, artist Gary Poholek was moved to create his own production. For more information please click here. |
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| Museum Concerts Presents: Blue Heron Renaissance Choir |
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December 21, 3:30pm, Grace Church, 175 Mathewson Street, Tickets Are $20 For Adults, $18 For Seniors, $8 For Students. Museum Concerts is happy to welcome back Scott Metcalfe with this highly-regarded Renaissance choir in a Christmas program of some of the finest music of the period. For more information please click here. |
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| A Christmas Celtic Sojourn |
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December 18, 7:30pm, Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset Street, Tickets Are $45 - $65. Irish super group Solas, led by Seamus Egan who has taken on the role of Music Director for Christmas Celtic Sojourn, will take the stage. For more information please click here. |
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| Providence Singers Present Handel's Messiah With RIPO |
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December 20, 8pm, VMA Arts And Cultural Center, 1 Avenue Of The Arts, Tickets Are $22 - $62. Two of Rhode Islands prime music ensembles join forces in Handel's majestic holiday favorite! Andrew Clark leads the Providence Singers and the Rhode Island Philharmonic in an encore of last season's sold-out concert. For more information please click here. |
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| Fundraisers For The Arts |
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Everett Dance Theatre's Holiday Fundraiser Brunch
December 14, 11am - 1pm, 46 Forest Street, Donations Welcome. Take a break from holiday shopping and come by Everett Dance Theatre's Holiday Fundraiser Brunch. Meet the crew from Friday Night Live, have a cup of coffee and a breakfast goodie and write a check for a great cause. For more information please call 401-831-9479.
REBORN Gospel & Jazz Holiday Concert
December 19, 7pm, The Trinity United Methodist Church, 375 Broad Street, Tickets Are $35. This year's benefit concert will feature 7-time Grammy-nominated Kirk Whalum and the REBORN Concert Choir under the professional direction of Geoffrey D. Hicks of Boston and Kim Trusty of Providence. All proceeds go to benefit the community theater restoration project now underway at Trinity. For more information please click here. |
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| Artist Opportunities |
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Call For Volunteers. Bright Night Providence - RI's largest New Year's Eve Celebration, is seeking over 100 volunteers to help make this year's New Year's Eve Celebration safe and fun for everyone. Volunteers will work 3-4 hour shifts on New Year's Eve, giving information to patrons, checking wristbands, putting up posters and doing other work to make sure that the festival runs smoothly. Also, limited opportunities for volunteering in the weeks before New Year's Eve and in the weeks after the festival are available. For more information please click here or email volunteering@brightnight.org.
Call For Providence Based Artists. Providence's new BUY ART campaign is designed to thank all holiday shoppers who buy art from our City's galleries, stores, museums, artist sales and artists. If you wish to participate please email Michael Christofaro with your name, website address, brief description of the work you produce, address (internal use only), phone # (internal use only) and email address (internal use only).
Call For Film Entries. The Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) is now accepting entries for its 13th Annual Film Festival to be held August 4-9th, 2009 at venues throughout the state of Rhode Island. The deadline to apply is January 15. For more information and to download an application please click here.
Public Art Call To Artists. Program Workshop December 17, 1pm - 3pm, RI State Council On The Arts, One Capital Hill, Third Floor. The New England Foundation for the Arts is administering a request for qualifications for six different public art projects in Northern New England. Artists and artist teams from all six New England States are eligible to apply. Deadline for artist submissions is Thursday, January 15, 2009. 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 two musical pieces, one being from the production. Please be prepared to do a cold reading as well as a dance routine with their choreographer. Please dress accordingly and bring dance footwear and headshots. For more information please call Laura at 508-344-5128 or click here.
Call For Board Of Directors. The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities is seeking nominations of qualified individuals to serve on its Board of Directors, a working board that requires time and energy from its members. The deadline line for nominations is December 19. For more information please email Mary-Kim Arnold.
Young Professionals Night. December 18, 5:30pm - 8pm, Local 121, 121 Washington Street, Free And Open To The Public. Are you a recent graduate, or you just moved to Rhode Island? Are you looking to get to know more people locally? Join them for an informal social gathering for young professionals based in and around Rhode Island. Connect with others in design, architecture, engineering, technology and business. For more information please click here.
Call For Singers. Every Wednesday, 7pm - 9pm, 88 Meeting Street. The Alliance Française choral group is seeking new singers. Conducted by Jacqueline Devillers, the new season will include beautiful French popular songs. If you know how to say "Bonjour" et "Bon appétit" you know everything to join them!! For more information please call 401-272-6243. |
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To submit an event for the Newsletter, please email Michael Christofaro at least 2 weeks prior to the event.
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