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This Week Form The Department Of Art, Culture + Tourism - May 6, 2009
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Hispanic Heritage Month Informational Meeting
May 12, 5pm - 6:30pm, RI Indian Council, 807 Broad Street
Mayor David N. Cicilline, the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, and the Hispanic Heritage Committee are pleased to announce their partnership to present a unified celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
This will be an informational meeting to discuss how to participate in the collaborative marketing effort.
For more information about the City’s partnership with the Hispanic Heritage Committee and a schedule of Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations please click here.
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SPECIAL EVENTS |
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Rock N Roll Yard Sale |
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Jam-packed with vinyl records, CD's, silk-screened T-shirts & posters, vintage clothing, hand-made items and a whole lot
more! |
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May 9, 11am - 5pm
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Tape Art: Drawn Together |
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| Providence artists Michael Townsend, Colin Bliss and Paige Bradley will be broadcasting Tape Art live from Greensboro, North Carolina. |
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Through May 8
Live Feed
Runs 14 Hours Per Day
Free To The Public
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Motif Magazine Awards |
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Motif Magazine's Theatre & Music Awards is now taking votes for the best local musician, actor, actress, play and much more. |
Deadlines Are:
May 7 - Music Awards
May 14 - Theatre Awards
Vote Today
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An old-fashioned community exchange that looks at contemporary issues through the lens of history. |
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May 6, 10 & 11, 5:30pm - 7pm
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Surviving As A Freelancer: three project directors under the age of 30 share some tips for making ends meet. |
May 13, 12pm - 1:30pm
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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The Biggest Little: Easy and Free Ways to Promote Your Project in Lil’ Rhody and
Beyond! |
May 18, 12pm - 1:30pm
RI EDC
315 Iron Horse Way
Free To The Public
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Rebecca More uses works from the Museum to discuss how portraits may serve as windows for understanding the past. |
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May 12, 1pm - 2pm
RISD Metcalf Auditorium
20 North Main Street
Admission Is $15
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Artist Liz Collins will discuss her artist pop-up store and lab featured in the AS220 Project Space through May. |
May 21, 6pm - 8pm
AS220 Project Space
95 Mathewson Street
Free To The Public
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On Cooking, Eating & Writing will feature discussions from Champe Speidel (chef) and Lisa Harrison (RI Monthly). |
May 27, 6pm - 8pm
New Urban Arts
743 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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This presentation and workshop will offer hands-on training and strategies to successfully market your services & products. |
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May 20, 8:30am
Blackstone Valley Visitor Center
175 Main Street
Admission Is $35
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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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Learn how you can save the day when it comes to marketing, sponsorship and fundraising at the 2009 National Arts Marketing Project Conference. |
October 30 - November 2
RI Convention Center
One Sabin Street
See Web Site For Pricing
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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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Old House Soul |
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| A film about the late preservationist Steve Tyson Sr. and the tradition of architectural preservation in Rhode Island. This screening will also feature live music. |
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May 7, 6pm - 7:30pm
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Movies On The Block |
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Now in its third season!
Bring your friends and family
to watch some great flicks
under the stars and
don't forget the blankets and snacks. |
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June 4 - September 24, Dusk
Grant's Block
Downtown Providence
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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Through 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 Encore, the Maxwell
Mays Gallery will feature Releated and the Moitié Gallery will feature Ruth J. Emers. |
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May 10 - May 29
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
Watercolors by Lorraine Bromley through the month
of May. |
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May 7 - June 3
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 curated by Ruth Dealy & Ida Schmulowitz titled The Artists of Hamilton House. |
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Reception May 14, 5pm - 7pm
Providence City Hall
25 Dorrance Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Z |
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The featured exhibit for
the month will be Ancient Timeless Shores: Photo-Constructives by
Lawrence Sykes. |
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Through May 30
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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URI Providence Gallery |
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The 3rd Annual Richard & Ronald Buteau 2009 Public School Art Exhibit which features over 350 works from students across the state. |
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Through May 29
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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Photo Show: Eponymous is
an exhibit featuring
photography from
Rhode Island College
students. |
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Through May 14
Firehouse 13
41 Central Street
Free To The Public
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The Krause Gallery at Moses Brown will be featuring
works from Moses
Brown Alumni for
one week only. |
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Through May 10
Krause Gallery @ Moses Brown
250 Lloyd Avenue
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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Through May 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. |
Through May 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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An opening reception featuring food, wine and music for the new exhibit Ringo Starr: Artist which will run through
June 27. |
May 15, 6pm - 9pm
Chabot Gallery
379 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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The Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery
at Providence College's featured
exhibition will be Senior
Thesis Best of
Show. |
Through May 17
Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery
549 River Avenue
Free To The Public
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UMC Chapel Gallery |
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Through May 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. |
Through June 26
Fleet Library @ RISD
15 Westminster Street
Second Floor, Room 223
Free To The Public | |
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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. |
Through 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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Legends tell tales of mysterious women who come from the sea. This stunning new play weaves a spellbinding yarn about the ways we change for others. |
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Through May 31
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $20 - $60
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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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May 8 & 9, 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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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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PPAC 2009/2010 Season |
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The Providence Performing Arts Center is now taking subscriptions for its upcoming 2009/2010 season. |
September 2009 - June 2010
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Prices Vary
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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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May 9 - 10
Museum Of Natural History
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Adults $3 - Children $2
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Flutterby |
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At Flutterby, you'll wander through a picturesque greenhouse filled with hundreds beautiful butterflys. |
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May 9 - September 7
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Avenue
$3 In Addition To Zoo Admission
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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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Ocean State Circus |
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| Community Circus events are a chance for families to socialize, learn about circus skills and have fun. |
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May 17, 3pm - 5pm
Lippitt Park
1015 Hope Street
Free To The Public
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Family Learning Sunday |
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Join "Animal Man" Dave Marchetti and the Library staff for some unforgettable Animal Experiences |
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May 17, 2:30pm - 4pm
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Free-For-All-Saturday |
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A variety of hands-on workshops, performances, videos, refreshments and special gallery quests throughout the day |
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May 30, 11am - 4pm
RISD Museun
20 North Main Street
Free To The Public
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| Local artists compete for a spot to showcase their talent on a Sound Session stage. Performing this week is Fungus Amungus. |
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May 7, 9pm
Providence Black Repertory
276 Westminster Street
Admission Is $5
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In collaboration with the Cogut Center for the Humanities at Brown, Community Music Works presents Eric Rosenblith. |
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May 7, 8pm - 9:30pm
Music Mansion
88 Meeting Street
Tickets Are $15
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Community Music Works |
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Presented by the Providence Athenaeum, the Providence String Quartet will perform Britten’s String Quartet No. 2. |
May 14, 7pm - 9pm
Providence Athenaeum
251 Benefit Street
Tickets Are $35 Click Here For More Info | |
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The Providence String Quartet & the Community Music Works Fellows Quartet will perform. Spaghetti dinner included! |
May 15, 5pm - 7pm
John Hope Settlement House
7 Thomas P. Whitten Way
Free To The Public
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RIC Opera Workshop |
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Students from the RIC Opera Workshop will perform scenes from Candide, The Old Maid and the Thief and other productions. |
May 10, 7:30pm
Nazarian Center - RI College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $5 Click Here For More Info | |
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DJ Nick De Paris is accompanied by drums and sax for a traditional-meets-contemporary sound. |
May 8, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Admission Is $8
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Dan Deacon will add Providence's What Cheer? Brigade brass band to his ensemble for this perofrmance. |
May 14, 11:30am
Market Square - Canal Way
Next To RISD Auditorium
Free To The Public
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Capital City Cabaret |
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Enjoy an old fashioned dinner cabaret featuring the swinging sounds of the 1930's. Dinner, show, tip and valet included. |
May 23, 7pm
Via Roma
308 Atwells Avenue
Tickets Are $34.95 Click Here For More Info | |
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Rhode Island’s oldest continuing community choral ensemble will perform an evening of Magnificent Mozart. |
May 30, 8pm
Cathedral of St. Peter & Paul
30 Fenner Street
Tickets Are $25
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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.
Speak Easy...Dance Hard
May 8, 7pm - 10pm, Providence Piers, 200 Allens Avenue, Tickets $50
Return to the glory days of speakeasy with an evening of live Jazz, hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction and much more. All proceeds to benefit Fusionworks Dance company. For more information please click here.
The Goddess Show: A Celebration Of Women In Music
May 16, 2:30pm, Tickets $20 In Advance, $25 At The Door
This celebration of women in music is not only a part of one of the many events slated for the RI Pride Celebration, but is also an event to raise awareness as a portion of the proceeds is being donated to the Rhode Island Breast Cancer Coalition. Proceeds of this event will benefit the year round programs and services of Rhode Island Pride and further programs and services for women in the GLBT community and its supporters. For more information please cal 467-2130.
Music One Annual Dinner & Showcase
May 28, 5pm - 9pm, Tickets $50
The Sixth Annual Music One Dinner & Showcase will feature an awards presentation, a fabolous meal and performances by Music One Artists and Grammy Nominee Jeffrey Osborne. For more information please call 556-8662.
Providence Preservation Society Tiffany Garden Party
May 29, 6pm - 9pm, Historic Angell Street House & Garden, Tickets Are $100
To honor the Providence Preservation Society's 30th Anniversary of The Festival of Historic Houses, Tiffany & Co. are sponsoring this special garden party event. For more information please click here.
Traveling Theatre Presents: Encore
May 30, 6:30pm, Providence Picture Frames Dryden Galleries, Donations $65
A special evening featuring the tremendous visual and performing talents of Traveling Theatre youth partnered alongside their mentoring teaching artist. Ticket includes entertainment, complimentary beer/wine/hors d'oeuvres and desserts! All proceeds to benefit Traveling Theatre. For more information please contact Karen Boucher, outreach coordinator for reservations at 461-1813.
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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ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES |
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.
Job Opportunity: Managing Director
Festival Ballet Providence is currently seeking an individual to serve as Managing Director. For more information please click here to email.
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 Artists
Pixilerations [V.6] invites artists, musicians and film/video makers to submit work that investigates the current economic collapse which has reset thinking across all sectors of the social and cultural landscape. The deadline to apply is May 21. For more information and to view submission guidelines 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 Memories Of Students & Teachers
The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, is looking for contributions to its “Memory Catcher” project, which will capture the reflections of school children, teachers, volunteers, Native interpreters and others who participated in the museum’s groundbreaking educational program over the last 35 years. For more information please click here to email.
National Endowment For The Humanities Summer Stipends Grant
Summer Stipends support individuals pursuing advanced research that is of value to scholars and general audiences in the humanities. Recipients usually produce articles, monographs, books, digital materials, archaeological site reports, translations, editions, or other scholarly tools. Summer Stipends support full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two months. The deadline to apply is October 1. For more information please click here.
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.
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. For more information please click here. |
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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