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This Week From The Department of Art, Culture + Tourism - April 22, 2009
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 |
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Deer Tick
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| Congratulations to Providence's Deer Tick for being one of Rolling Stone Magazine's "Top Finds" of the South By Southwest Music Festival. |
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RIIFF |
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The Rhode Island International Film Festival has received a nomination for a New England Emmy Award for its 2008 PSAs/Festival Promotion. |
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Vote For Providence |
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Travelandleisure.com is seeking nominations through May 15 on which cities to include in their America's Favorite Cities
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SPECIAL EVENTS |
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Earth Day Celebration |
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Bring the whole family and celebrate Earth Day! Listen
to the sounds of Joe's Backyard and enjoy snacks provided by Whole Foods. |
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April 25, 1pm - 4pm
Brown Street Park
Brown & Creighton Streets
Free To The Public
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Hope For The Earth |
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Fun for all ages including storytelling, music, workshops and more! Located between Seven Stars and the Rochambeau Library.
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April 26, 12pm - 3pm
Hope Street
Free To The Public
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RISD Alumni Art Sale
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Features original artwork created by more than 160 RISD alumni from around the world, including 35 new participants this
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May 2, 10am - 4pm
Benefit Street
Between Waterman/Hopkins
Free To The Public
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Encore Awards |
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| The event pays tribute to Rhode Island's best and brightest in the worlds of arts and business featuring fabulous entertainment, and delectable cuisine. |
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May 14, 5:30pm
American Locomotive Works
555 Valley Street
Tickets $50 - $150
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National Arts Marketing Project Conference
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Learn how you can save the day when it comes to marketing, sponsorship and fundraising at the 2009 National Arts Marketing Project Conference. |
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October 30 - November 2
RI Convention Center
One Sabin Street
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Providence Sound Session
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New England's most exciting music festival is almost upon us! Stay tuned for web site updates, new additions and a full line-up all coming very soon! |
July 5 - 11
Over 30 Venues
Downtown Providence
Prices Vary By Event
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Author Andrew Losowsky will discuss his new book The Doorbells of Florence: Fictional Stories & Photographs. |
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April 23, 6pm - 7:30pm
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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The RI Foundation is producing a series of workshops for nonprofit organizations to learn and share best practices. |
April 22 & 24
Rhode Island Foundation
One Union Station
Fee Varies Per Session
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A public conversation in which individuals share how they integrate creativity into their personal and professional lives. |
April 29, 6pm - 8pm
New Urban Arts
743 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Where Do Children Play?
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A thought-provoking documentary that examines the issue of children growing up today with little or no opportunity for unstructured play, especially outdoors.
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May 6, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Highland Charter School
42 Lexington Street
Free To The Public
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PC Film Festival |
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Providence College's Department of Theatre, Dance and Film presents a two-day film event which includes a festival competition of films made by current students. |
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April 28 & 29
Angell Blackfriars Theatre
549 River Avenue
Free To The Public
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First Works
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| Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams is a zany collection of independently produced film shorts showcasing the rising stars of cutting-edge puppetry. |
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April 27, 7pm
Metcalf Auditorium - RISD
20 North Main Street
Free To The Public
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Royal Gallery |
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Instilled with a deep and profound sense of quiet, these masterful finger paintings by Mary Jane Q. Cross speak to a simpler time and place. |
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April 28 - June 27
Royal Gallery
298 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Providence Art Club |
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The Dodge House Gallery
will feature
The Color of Light while the Maxwell Mays Gallery will feature Native Sons. |
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Through May 8
Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Free To The Public
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Bert Gallery |
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This exhibit will feature over twenty oils, watercolors and drawings by Florence Leif from the last two decades of her painting career. |
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Through June 19
Bert Gallery
540 South Water Street
Free To The Public
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Art + History |
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An exhibition and community series about the processes of interpreting history featuring works from Carla Herrera-Prats and Jill Slosburg-Ackerman. |
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Through October 2
John Nicholas Brown Center
375 Benefit Street
Free To The Public
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The Bank RI Turks Head Gallery will be featuring
Photographs by William
Braden through the month
of April. |
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Through May 5
Bank RI Turks Head Building
One Turks Head Place
Free To The Public
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The Gallery at Providence City Hall will be featuring an exhibit by Dr. Nada Farhat, a Boston based artist from
Saudi Arabia. |
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Through April
Providence City Hall
25 Dorrance Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Z |
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This exhibition will feature the photography, painting, printmaking, sculpture, textile art and illustration from URI Students. |
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April 29 - May 2
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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URI Providence Gallery |
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The Holocaust: Women And Resistance - The Will To Survive And Thrive will be the featured exhibition through the month of April. |
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Through April 30
URI Providence Gallery
80 Washington Street
Free To The Public
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5 Traverse |
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The 5 Traverse Gallery will be featuring Jonathan Bonner's exhibit titled Pooms and Scott Lapham's exhibit titled
Sea-Song. |
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Through May 16
5 Traverse
5 Traverse Street
Free To The Public
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Firehouse 13 |
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The Third Annual Amnesty International Arts & Activism exhibition will feature photography, sculpture, graphic design and more. |
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Through April 30
Firehouse 13
41 Central Street
Free To The Public
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| A large-scale interactive installation which recreates the short stories and dream recollections of Providence-area refugee children. |
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Through April
Peerless Building Atrium
150 Union Street
Free To The Public
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The featured exhibit at Bell Gallery, Inappropriate Covers, includes multi-media works by eleven established and emerging artists. |
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Thorough May 29
Bell Gallery - Brown University
64 College Street
Free To The Public
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AS220 |
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The AS220 Main Gallery will
be featuring New Works
by Jim Shelton &
Joanna Roux through the month of May. |
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May 3 - 23
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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In this juried exhibition faculty recognize the studio accomplishments of graduating seniors of the Rhode Island College Department of Art. |
May 4 - 16
Bannister Gallery - RI College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Free To The Public
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Hih Chieh Huang's low-tech installations incorporate everyday objects combined with air, water, light, cables, computers and video footage. |
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Through October 18
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Museum Admission
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Gallery 17 Peck
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Gallery 17 Peck will be exhibiting works from their full collection featuring over twenty artists including Daniel Kelley through mid-May.
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Through May 16
Gallery 17 Peck
303 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Currently on view at the gallery is a continuous exhibition
from the gallery's founder Lee Chabot titled New Works by Lee Chabot. |
Through May 9
Chabot Gallery
379 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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The Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery
at Providence College will
be featuring works from
Laura Duclos for
one week only.
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Through April 25
Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery
549 River Avenue
Free To The Public
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UMC Chapel Gallery |
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May 1 - 30
Mathewson Street Church
134 Mathewson Street
Free To The Public
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The art and art installations presented in nine downtown art windows are by Jillian Clark, Eric Rice, Marisa DiPaola, Deb Hickey and many more. |
Through June 12
Various Venues
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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The Fleet Library at Rhode
Island School of Design will
be featuring an exhibit titled Friends of Nancy through the end of June. |
April 16 - June 26
Fleet Library @ RISD
15 Westminster Street
Second Floor, Room 223
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The Thing That Ate My Brain...Almost |
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Affirms that creativity and curiosity are the best medicine when living with a chronic genetic condition. |
April 24 - May 10
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Tickets Are $20
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Importance Of Being Earnest |
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In Oscar Wilde’s best-loved comedy of manners,
mistaken identities
backfire and Lady Bracknell is not amused. |
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Through May 10
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $20 - $60
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The Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium presents Shakespeare’s tale of the powerful and reclusive magician, capable of manipulating man and nature. |
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April 30 - May 3
Pell Chafee Performance Ctr.
87 Empire Street
Tickets Are $5
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Bring Your Own Improv |
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Applaud at a scene you like, yell out fantastic suggestions, or jump up and get involved with them on stage! |
Wednesdays 9pm, Fridays 11pm
The Spot On Thayer
286 Thayer Street
Tickets Are $5
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Dynamic Theatre
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Dynamic Theatre presents Topdog/Underdog written by 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winner Suzan-Lori Parks.
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May 1 & 2, 7pm
Met Media & Arts Center
325 Public Street
Tickets Are $8
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Blood From A Turnip |
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Rhode Island's oldest late night puppet salon. Come see the series that has lasted longer than some marriages. |
May 15
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Tickets Are $5
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Festival Ballet |
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The Power of Three includes works from three choreographers in one powerful
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April 24 - 26
VMA Arts & Cultural Center
1 Avenue Of The Arts
Tickets Are $20 - $65
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Spring Awakening
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The groundbreaking fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll that has awakened Broadway like no other musical. |
Through April 26
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $46 - $73
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Annie
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The timeless tale is back, giving a whole new generation the chance to experience this musical about never giving up.
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May 1 - 3
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $33 - $60
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Lord Of The Dance
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A mesmerizing blend of traditional and modern Celtic music and dance described as "a showpiece extravaganza." |
May 5 & 6
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $33 - $55
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The Color Purple
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The unforgettable and inspiring story of a woman named Celie, who triumphs over tremendous odds to find joy in life. |
May 26 - 31
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $46 - $73
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Everett Dance Theatre |
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Aaron Jungels will premiere his new multimedia piece Silas the Teenager, inspired by his nephew Silas, who has autism. |
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Through April 23
Carriage House Stage
9 Duncan Avenue
Tickets Are $20
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Family Fun Activities
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| Get excited about astronomy and space science during the International Year of Astronomy celebration. |
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April 25 - 26
Museum Of Natural History
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Adults $3 - Children $2
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KidzArt At The Zoo
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Reveal your artistic side (ages 6 - 12) through a drawing lesson that will help you develop new skills, while having fun! |
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May 2, 10am - 11:30am
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Avenue
$30 Per Child
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Play Power |
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Engaging kids and adults in imaginative activities investigating air, light, magnets, motion and sound. |
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Ongoing
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street
Museum Admission $7.50
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Local artists compete for a spot to showcase their talent on a Sound Session stage. Performing this week is King-I.
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April 23, 9pm
Providence Black Repertory
276 Westminster Street
Admission Is $5
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Museum Concerts
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Museum Concerts of RI 's final concert this season features the Providence début of the Baroque ensemble Windhover. |
April 26, 3:30pm
Metcalf Aud. - RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Tickets Are $23
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Opera Providence and Island Moving Company present an evening of dancing, cocktails and Big Band sound.
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April 23, 6:30pm - 10:30pm
Renaissance Hotel Ballroom
5 Avenue Of The Arts
Tickets Are $100
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17 year-old pianist Jonathan Yang will present his senior recital featuring works from Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and more. |
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April 25, 3:30pm
Carter Center
667 Waterman Avenue
Free To The Public
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Rush Hour Series |
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The RI Philharmonic's final Rush Hour concert of the season features Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and more. |
April 30, 3:30pm
VMA Arts & Cultural Center
1 Avenue Of The Arts
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Music Director Larry Rachleff returns for the Classical Series season finale with renowned pianist Horatio Gutierrez. |
May 2, 8pm
VMA Arts & Cultural Center
1 Avenue Of The Arts
Tickets Are $33 - $67
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Festival Ballet
Ongoing, Festival Ballet Providence, 825 Hope Street, Providence, RI, 02906
Donate one dollar to keep Festival Ballet dancers on their toes. Donations can be dropped off in person or mailed to the address above.
DUET!
April 23, 5:30pm, The Met, Media And Arts Center, 325 Public Street, Tickets Are $150
College Unbound, a new college based in Providence, RI and founded by Big Picture Learning Co-Founder Dennis Littky and Jamie Scurry, is an innovative post-secondary program that ensures college students gain the skills and knowledge needed to achieve career and life success. There will be a festive atmosphere of hors d’oeuvres, beverages and a performance of DUET! starring LA Law's Jill Eikenberry & Michael Tucker. Net proceeds from the event will provide College Unbound students with scholarships toward a degree. For more information please call Loriana De Crescenzo at 752-2663.
Spring Carnival Ball
April 25, 8pm - 12am, Tickets Are $40
The International Institute of RI will be celebrating its 23rd Annual Spring Carnival Ball with entertainment from the Salsa Night Band, Big Nazo, the What Cheer? Brigade and many more. All proceeds from the evening will benefit RI's Immigrant and refugee communities. For more information please click here.
Strike The Match!
April 25, 7pm - 11pm, Waterplace Restaurant, One Finance Way, Tickets $50
Join the folks at Waterfire for an evening of food, fun, music and your very own basin fire as they celebrate the upcoming 2009 Waterfire Season. For more information please click here.
Mother & Daughter Tea
April 26, Time Varies By Performance, Temple Restaurant, 106 Francis Street, $60 - $100 For 2
In celebration of spring and Festival Ballet Providence's season finale, Veterans Memorial Auditorium (VMA) and Festival Ballet Providence are excited to host a pre or post performance Mother-Daughter-Tea. The Tea will offer assorted sandwiches, apple and cinnamon bagels, mini pastries, apple slices and tea. Ticket packages will include admission to either the pre or post-performance tea and a pair of tickets to The Power of 3. For more information please cal 421-2787.
May Day Soiree
May 1, 6:30pm - 12am, Westin Hotel, One West Exchange Street, Tickets $150
The evening will celebrate the Providence Childrens Museum’s role in providing joy-filled learning experiences for all children and families. This festive event will feature cocktails, dinner, a silent auction, dancing to the music of Night Rhythm and a live auction led by WPRI-12’s Karen Adams. Dress is cocktail formal. For more information please call 273-5437 x121.
All You Need Is A Dream And A Song
June 1, 6pm, Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset Street, Tickets $50
An evening filled with hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and plays written by Manton Avenue Project children, Karen Adams, Michael Corrente, Lt. Govenor Elizabeth Roberts and Providence School Superintendent Tom Brady and performed by artists from some of Providence's finest theaters. All proceeds to benefit the Manton Avenue Project. For more information please call 331-7007 or click here. |
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Call For Providence Based Artists & Art Sellers
Providence's 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 number (internal use only) and email address (internal use only). For more information on BUY ART please click here.
Call For Vendors
Providence Sound Session, New England's most exciting music festival, is gearing up for some more hot summer nights in the city. This year's vendor area will be in Burnside Park, located in Greater Kennedy Plaza, and will serve as the central hub for the festival. To request an application please email Michael Christofaro.
Call For Vendors
The Providence Open Market is now accepting applications for its 2009 season. For more information please click here.
Call For Student Filmmakers
The Rhode Island International Film Festival is pleased to announce its fifth annual New England Student Film Festival. This competition-based event will again take place in August of 2009 as part of the annual RIIFF, August 4th – 9th, with screenings, classes and forums. There is a reduced fee of $25 for this competition and the deadline to submit is June 15. For more information and to download an application please click here.
Call For Latin American Filmmakers
The 17th annual Providence Latin American Film Festival is looking for recently produced feature films, documentaries, shorts and animations for its general program and for the Fernando Birri Award's Best First Work Competition. A mention will also be given to the best cinematography, best actor, best actress, best score, best original screenplay and best editing. All films must be subtitled in English. To download an application please click here. For more information please call 383-3668.
Call For Artist Mentors
New Urban Arts, an interdisciplinary community art studio and gallery in Providence, is currently seeking artists to participate in a community-based residency program. Each fellow receives a stipend of $10,000/year. The period is October 1, 2009 - June 1, 2010 with an opportunity for one-year renewal. Application deadline is May, 1 2009. Interested candidates should have experience in community-grounded work and/or youth and education work. Female artists and artists of color are encouraged to apply. For more information please click here.
Call For Local Artists
Aspire Restaurant is seeking fresh artwork incorporated with their current logo for their menu covers. The winner will receive $500, a congratulatory reception in the artist's honor at Aspire Restaurant and a brief artist bio to be printed on the menus. All submissions must accompany a completed entry form (click here to email a request), artwork must be 8.5x11 and either in JPEG (300dpi) or PDF format. All submissions can be emailed by clicking here or brought in person to the front desk of Hotel Providence located on 139 Mathewson Street. The deadline for submissions has been extended to May 11.
Call For Artists
The Providence Art Festival is currently accepting all forms of painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, glass, jewelry, fabrics, crafts and photography for consideration. Deadline for submission is May 1. For more information and to download an entry form please click here.
Call For Artists
The University of Rhode Island Providence is looking for art in all media for their upcoming exhibit Art From The Streets. For more information please call Steven at 277-5206.
Call For Providence Elementary Teachers
April 23, 3:30pm - 5pm, Nightingale Brown House, 357 Benefit Street, Free
Providence-area elementary teachers are cordially invited to a free tour of the exhibit Art + History and a preview of the field trip program Place Explorations. During the preview event, teachers will model an activity from Place Explorations as well as get a behind-the-scenes tour of the exhibit with one of the curators. To register for this event please click here to email. For more information on the exhibit please click here.
Call For Photographs & Drawings
Photographs and drawings are sought from kids and professional artists alike across the Ocean State to support the Year of Science theme for the month of June: Oceans & Water. They are seeking artistic works that show us what a day without the ocean would be like. Selected photos will appear on a rotating basis on June’s Year of Science Ocean and Water website. Please send a digital image (photograph or scanned drawing) and caption explaining your thoughts, and include a caption no longer than 80 words, your name, and your grade or occupation with your submission. Submissions can be emailed to Michael Lombardi by clicking here. Deadline for submission is May 1.
Rhode Island International Film Festival Internships
Internship applications for Summer and Fall 2009 are available now for the Rhode Island International Film Festival. RIIFF is seeking motivated, industrious, self-starting students who care about the community and want to be a part of New England’s largest film festival. For more information please click here.
Camp Broadway’s National Tour at Providence Performing Arts Center Now Enrolling
Camp Broadway, a week-long day camp for theatre-loving kids, celebrates its 10th anniversary at PPAC this August 10-14, and registrations are now being accepted. Activities take place Monday-Friday from 9:00a to 5:00p, and include five days of singing, dancing, acting, master classes, a “Salute to Singin’ and Dancin’ Kids” luncheon with guest speakers, and a backstage tour of the Providence Performing Arts Center. The week culminates with a Campers’ performance on the PPAC stage for family and friends on Friday afternoon. Paid registrations are limited to 90 children ages 10-17 by August 1, 2009, and are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Ten full scholarships for each week will be awarded in late spring to children on a non-competitive basis. Applications are available by clicking here.
Trinity Repertory Company's Young Actors Summer Institute Now Enrolling
For the fifth summer, Trinity Rep will open its doors for boys and girls in grades 5-12 to explore a world of creativity and theater under the instruction of RI's most knowledgeable theater professionals with the Young Actors Summer Institute. The Summer Institute offers students a challenging five weeks of study in the fields of acting, playwriting, dance and much more. The Summer Institute runs from June 29 to August 1 in the Pell Chafee Performance Center. For more information please call 521-1100 X230 or click here.
Pecha Kucha Night
April 22, 7pm, 28 Wolcott Street, Free To The Public
What began in Tokyo in 2003 has caught fire in over 160 cities worldwide. A monthly format for sharing ideas where designers are given the opportunity to present twenty slides lasting twenty seconds each. Put simply, it's an evening of PowerPoint performance art. For more information please click here.
The Steel Yard Spring/Summer Community Courses Now Enrolling
Highlights for the upcoming months of warmth include sculptural ceramics, glass casting, building bike trailers and much more. Courses fill up quickly so please click here for more information and to sign up.
Perishable Theatre Spring Courses Now Enrolling
It's spring at last, so time to kick out and grow! Perishable is ready to help you develop your talents and break into new fields. Acting, writing, and dance classes are in their spring offerings, at levels from absolute beginner through serious professional development. Classes begin April 13. For more information please click here. Space For Rent
Located on 91 Hartford Avenue in Olneyville, this is one of the few existing mill buildings presently being redeveloped for smaller industrial uses. Spaces in this mill start at 668 sq ft and are typically in the 2500 sq ft to 4000 sq ft range. All the units are upgraded with a new 60 amp service and additional electric is available as well as gas and water for processing. Rental rates include heat, electric is separately metered and common trash pickup has a monthly fee. For more information please click here.
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To submit an Arts event for the Newsletter, please email Michael Christofaro at least two weeks prior to the event.
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism / 25 Dorrance Street / Room 111 / Providence / RI / 02903 / 401.421.2489 | |
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