|
|
|
This Week from the Providence Dept. of Art, Culture + Tourism - December 31, 2008
|
|
|
|
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 |
|
Now in its fifth year, Bright Night Providence is RI's largest New Year's Eve celebration! Some of the highlights of this year's celebration include children's activities, sword swallowers, a Providence College basketball game (free to the first 3000 wrist band wearers), the Nerveless Nocks Daredevils, a lazer light show and a whole lot more. Tickets are only $15 each or 4 for $50! Please click here for more info and to purchase tickets.
|
Work-In-Progress |
|
|
|
Perishable Theatre resident artists Tom Hurdle and Rick Massimo are showing excerpts of their works-in-development. |
|
January 17 & 18
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Suggested Donation $5
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Client meetings, pastry, romantic advice and personal calls… it’s business-as-usual at the Northeast Office. Or is it? |
|
Through January 11
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $20 - $60
| |
|
|
|
|
|
There Are A Couple'a Ways This Could End is written by kids, for everyone. Call 331-7007 for reservations. |
January 23 - 25
Media & Arts Center
Met Public - 325 Public St.
Free - Reservations Suggested
| |
|
Waiting For Lefty |
|
|
|
A group of taxi drivers debate a labor strike while they wait for their most respected member, Lefty, to arrive. |
|
February 6 - 8
Angell Blackfriars Theatre
549 River Avenue
Tickets Are $11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up, like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?” |
|
January 30 - March 8
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $20 - $60
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
An unnamed African country. A civil war. A student, a thief, and a soldier. Who would you trust with your life? |
|
February 5 - March 8
Providence Black Rep.
276 Westminster Street
Tickets Are $20
| |
|
A Thousand & One Nights |
|
|
|
The fantastical tale of a woman who each night wins her life and the heart of the powerful Persian sultan with 1001 stories. |
|
February 6 - 8
VMA Arts & Cultural Center
1 Avenue Of The Arts
Tickets Are $20 - $65
|
|
|
|
Happy Days |
|
|
|
Reintroduces one of America's best loved families, the Cunninghams, and the days of 1959 Milwaukee. |
|
January 23 - 25
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $33 - $60
| |
|
|
Mamma Mia! |
|
|
|
The ultimate feel-good show that combines ABBA's greatest hits with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship. |
|
Through January 4
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $44 - $71
| |
|
Toddler Time |
|
|
|
Bring your toddler or preschooler to the Zoo to beat cabin fever and learn more about our wild world together! |
|
Select Fridays In January
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Free With Zoo Admission
|
|
|
|
Sunday Family Workshop |
|
|
|
These workshops, for families with kids ages 5 to 12 years, combine gallery and studio experience. |
|
January 11
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Tickets Are $15
| |
|
|
Museum Of Natural History |
|
|
|
The Museum is currently displaying several exhibits and this Saturday is FREE to Providence residents. |
|
Open 10am - 5pm Daily
Roger Williams Park
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Tickets Are $3
| |
|
Foundling Concert |
 |
|
Foundling Baroque Orchestra celebrates its fifth anniversary with world-renowned baritone Sanford Sylvan. |
|
January 11
Grace Church
175 Matthewson Street
Tickets Are $25
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
Singer Art Garfunkel has made an indelible mark on the music world and will perform hits with the RI Philharmonic. |
|
January 19, 8pm
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $40 - $75
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
In this RI Philharmonic rehearsal, the conductor's miked so that the audience can hear his remarks to the orchestra. |
|
January 23, 5:30pm
VMA Arts + Cultural Center
1 Avenue Of The Arts
Tickets Are $27
| |
|
RI Philharmonic |
 |
|
Virtuosic violinist Jennifer Koh graces the Philharmonic stage with Music Director Larry Rachleff and the Orchestra. |
|
January 24, 8pm
VMA Arts + Cultural Center
1 Avenue Of The Arts
Tickets Are $36 - $67
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Ensemble Lipzodes transports us to the magical world of Guatemala more than four centuries ago |
|
January 18, 3:30pm
St. Martin's Church
50 Orchard Avenue
Tickets Are $8 - $23
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carlos De Leon offers a sizzling performance of Latin Jazz that often incorporates the grooves of Latin dance music. |
|
January 9, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
RISD Museum - Chase Ctr.
21 North Main Street
Tickets Are $8/$5 Members
| |
|
Royal Gallery |
|
|
|
Classical Realism characterizes a love for the visible world and an outstanding level of artistic skill featuring selected work by Brian MacNeil, Jane Puerini. |
|
January 6 - February 13
Royal Gallery
298 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
|
|
|
|
Providence Art Club |
|
|
|
The Dodge House Gallery will feature New Year: New Members while Maxwell Mays will feature Two Photographers and Six Countries. |
|
January 4 - 24,
Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Free To The Public
| |
|
|
Bert Gallery |
|
|
|
The featured exhibit at Bert Gallery to kick off the new year will be Old World Charm: Watercolors by Hezekiah A. Dyer.
|
|
January 6 - March 6
Bert Gallery
540 South Water Street
Free To The Public
| |
|
Bannister Gallery |
|
|
|
This exhibition at Bannister Gallery examines the work of Duane Slick, an artist who creates with a sensitivity to his cultural references. |
|
Through January 8
RI College
600 Mt. Plesant Avenue
Free To The Public
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Renowned artist Dale Chihuly's special site-specific installation as the inaugural exhibition of RISD's Chace Center will be on view only one more week. |
|
Through January 4
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
$10 Adults/$3 Students
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
AS220's Main, Open Window and Youth Galleries will feature new work by Paul Rousten, Benito Rios and many more. Opens January 4 from 4pm - 7pm. |
|
Runs Through January
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
| |
|
|
|
Celebrate Providence! 2009 Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative Proposals Now Being Accepted
The Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative awards funds to non-profit organizations to create and perform high quality programs designed to respond to the unique characteristics of neighborhoods and foster a sense of community pride. Organizations interested in participating must be located in Providence to be eligible for the grants and the programming must take place in the neighborhoods and public spaces of Providence between July and September 2009. Funding will range from $500 to $4000 per project and only one proposal will be accepted from an organization. Applications must be sent to the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism at Providence City Hall, 25 Dorrance Street, Room 111, by January 30 at 4 p.m. To download an application please click here.
Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative Grant Workshop
January 8, 10am, Providence Public Safety Complex, 1st Floor, Free/Open To Applicants.
To register for the workshop, please contact Janine Schwartz at 421-2489 x772 or email her at jschwartz@providenceri.com. Pre-registration is required.
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 shoppers who buy art and to help promote Providence based art merchants + artists. If you are based in Providence, sell art and 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.
Perishable Theatre Classes Now Enrolling
Perishable Theatre Arts School announces classes for the 2008 Winter Quarter, Starting dates from January 26 - February 4. All classes meet at Perishable Theatre on 95 Empire Street in Downtown Providence. For more information call Perishable Theatre Arts School, 401.331.2695 ext. 102. For full class descriptions and course tuition please click here. Public Art Call To ArtistsThe 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.
PPAC ARTS Scholarships 2009
Twenty-Five scolarships valued at up to $500 each will be awarded to qualified RI students ages 11 - 14 to attend local, summer arts education programs. Applications will be available beginning January 2 here and must be submitted by March 6. For more information please call 401-421-2997.
Call For Poets
Chabot Fine Art Gallery calls poets to submit love poems by January 3rd. Love poems should be appropriate for all age groups and selected love poems chosen will be read at the gallery on Friday evenings on January 16,23,30 in conjunction with their "Red Heart" collection exhibit. Please submit poems via email to Brandy at brandy@chabotgallery.com.
|
To submit an Arts event for the Newsletter, please email Michael Christofaro at least two weeks prior to the event.
| |
|
City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism / 25 Dorrance Street / Room 111 / Providence / RI / 02903 / 401.421.2489 | |
|
