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This Week From The Department of Art, Culture + Tourism - June 3, 2009
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Travel & Leisure's America's Favorite Cities 2009 Survey
Providence has cracked the top thirty and is on the ballot for Travel
& Leisure's America's Favorite Cities 2009 Survey!
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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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Relax after work with some great tunes, delicious food, a beer garden hosted by Trinity Brewhouse and a sampler of upcoming weekly events! |
June 4, 5pm - 7pm
Burnside Park
Kennedy Plaza
Free To The Public
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Providence Arts Festival |
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Providence's premier art festival is back with over 100 artists, crafters, musicians, food vendors, performers and a whole lot more! |
June 13, 10:30am - 5:30pm
Westminster Street
Between Eddy & Mathewson
Free To The Public
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Creative Providence |
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Join Mayor David N. Cicilline and the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism for the commencement celebration of Creative Providence: A Cultural Plan for the Creative Sector. RSVP 421.2489x456 |
June 25, 5:30pm
Hotel Providence
311 Westminster Street
Free - Reservations Required
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Hispanic Heritage Month Event Organizers |
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Mayor David N. Cicilline, the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, and the Hispanic Heritage Project
are hosting an informational meeting open to organizers of local Hispanic Heritate Month events. This meeting will highlight this year's collaborative marketing effort to showcase the city's diverse Latino community celebrations. |
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June 9, 5pm - 6:30pm
International Institute of RI
645 Elmwood Avenue
Informational Meeting
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Mashapaug Pond Parade |
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Come out and celebrate spring featuring Big Nazo Puppets, local brass bands and art work by fifth-grade artists from Charles Fortes Elementary School. Ends at Mashapaug Pond Community Boating Ctr. |
June 6, 9am
Thormikarma Buddhist Temple
177-179 Hanover Street
Free To The Public
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African-American History Walking Tour |
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This walking tour presented by the RI Historical Society celebrates the history of African Americans who lived on College Hill from 1701 to the present. |
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June 27, 10am
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street
Tickets Are $10
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Lippitt House Museum Tours |
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The Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum is now open for the season. Tours begin on the hour with the first tour at 11am and the last tour at 2pm. |
May - October
Lippitt House Museum
199 Hope Street
Admission Is $10
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Pre-WaterFire
Riverwalk |
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This walk shares the history of Rhode Island’s capital city and the history of WaterFire. Offered during WaterFire full lightings by the RI Historical Society. |
June 13, 5:30pm
Tours Begin At John Brown House
52 Power Street
Tickets Are $10
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Benefit Street Tours |
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Benefit Street: A Mile of History, presented by the
RI Historical Society,
celebrates the history of Benefit Street. |
Through October
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street
Tickets Are $12
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Stroll through one of Providence's most beloved neighborhoods with exclusive discounts at restaurants, shops and galleries. |
June 9, 4:30pm - 7:30pm
Federal Hill
Downtown Providence
Tickets Are $30
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Historic Houses Festival |
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Now in its 30th year, the Providence Preservation Society will celebrate their anniversary in style with a tour on majestic Stimson Avenue. |
June 6, 11am - 5pm
Tours Begin At Baker House
217 Hope Street
Tickets Are $45
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RIIFF Wins N.E. Emmy |
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The Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) has received a New England Emmy Award for its promotional campaign that showcased the Oscar-qualifying event. |
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Library Film Festival |
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The Providence Public Library is excited to present a month-long Harry Potter Film Festival. Showing this week is Harry Potter & The Socerer's
Stone. |
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June 15, 1pm & 5:30pm
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Movies On The Block |
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Bring your friends and family
to watch some great flicks
under the stars including
a short film from the RI International
Film Festival. |
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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. |
Through June 27
Royal Gallery
298 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Providence Art Club |
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The Providence Art Club's
Dodge House Gallery
is featuring Suzanne Dickson Albert and Ann Daum: The Luminous Moment |
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Through June 19
Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Free To The Public
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Bert Gallery |
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This exhibit features 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 is featuring
Paintings by Robin Halpern-Ruder through the month
of June. |
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June 4 - July 1
Bank RI Turks Head Building
One Turks Head Place
Free To The Public
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The Gallery at Providence City Hall is featuring an
exhibit titled Prints by
Margot Rubin from now
until July 3. |
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Through July 3
Providence City Hall
25 Dorrance Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Z |
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Featuring Stephanie Marzella, Lara B & C.C. Wolf.
Each has her own unique style that contributes to the cohesiveness of this exhibition. |
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June 2 - 27
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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URI Providence Gallery |
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An exhibit showcasing fine arts training at all three state colleges and the success of the faculty and alumni in the professional marketplace |
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Through June 26
URI Providence Gallery
80 Washington Street
Free To The Public
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5 Traverse |
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The 5 Traverse Gallery is featuring Jessica Rosner, Will Schaff and Ada Books in an exhibit titled Book As A Post Modern Medium. |
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Through June 27
5 Traverse
5 Traverse Street
Free To The Public
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Firehouse 13 |
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Firehouse 13 is featuring a Rhode Island College Art
Show titled
Louder Than Words through
June. |
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June 5 - 27
Firehouse 13
41 Central Street
Free To The Public
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Bannister Gallery at RI College is featuring an exhibit
titled The Summer
Adjunct Faculty
Exhibition. |
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June 4 - 30
Bannister Gallery - RI College
600 Mount Plesant Avenue
Free To The Public
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A fun-filled introduction to Providence’s exciting art scene with 21 of the city’s hot “art spots” opening their doors to a visual arts party. |
June 18, 5pm - 9pm
Tours Begin At Regency Plaza
Greene/Fountain Street
Free To The Public
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AS220 |
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The AS220 Main Gallery will feature New Works
by Nate Ventura &
The Fossil Fools Project
throughout the month of June. |
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June 7 - 29
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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The featured exhibit at the Providence Public Library is A Fragile Memory: Turn of the Century Glass Negatives from PPL's Special Collections. |
Through June 22
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street - 3rd Floor
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 $8
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Gallery 17 Peck |
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Gallery 17 Peck is featuring works from their full collection featuring over twenty artists including Daniel Kelley through mid-May. |
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Through June 15
Gallery 17 Peck
303 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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An exhibit in honor of the 45th anniversary of The Beatles coming to the U.S. with artwork composed and hand signed by Ringo Starr. |
Through June 27
Chabot Gallery
379 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Hotel Providence |
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The RISD Gallery, located on the second floor, is home to a sample of the contemporary art collection of the hotel’s original owner, Stanley Weiss. |
Ongoing
Hotel Providence - 2nd Floor
311 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Belleau |
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A showcase for over 50 local and nationally known American artists featuring creations in glass, clay, wood, metal,
and more. |
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Ongoing
Gallery Belleau
424 Wickenden 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 is 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
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Trinity Rep 2009-2010 |
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Trinity Repertory Company is
now taking subscriptions for
its upcoming 2009/2010
season. |
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September 11 - May 30
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Ticket Prices Vary
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Friday Night Live |
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A must-see comedy show in which budding teen actors and professional performers stage short, improvised skits. |
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June 5, 7pm
Carriage House
7 Duncan Avenue
Pay What You Can
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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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Hip Hop Blowout '09 |
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Hip Hop Dance featuring local
Hip Hop theatre troupe
Case Closed + the Carriage House Krew . |
June 5, 8:30pm & June 6, 8pm
Carriage House Stage
7 Duncan Avenue
Tickets Are $5
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Menopause The Musical |
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A chance meeting of four women turns into a mockery of all things assoicated with "the change." |
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June 5 - August 2
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $45
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FirstWorks |
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Connecting art with audiences year-round, FirstWorks presents the nationally acclaimed Angkor Dance Troupe. |
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June 7, 3pm
Metcalf Auditorium - RISD
20 North Main Street
Tickets Are $5
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Summer Farmers' Markets |
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Rhode Island farms bring a bounty of fresh foods into 10 neighborhoods across the city. A market every day of the week! |
June 4 - October 31
Various Providence Locations
Check Web Site For Details
Free To The Public
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Providence Open Market |
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A unique casual meeting place where you can shop for art, healthy edibles, handbags, jewelry, accessories & more. |
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June 6, 10am - 4pm
Lippitt Park
Hope Street/Blackstone Blvd.
Free To The Public
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Market Bazaar Monday |
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Food, antiques, books, records, art, merchandise and a whole lotta' fun in a lively,
urban setting. |
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June 8, 11am - 5pm
2 Kennedy Plaza
Burnside Park Brickwalk
Free To The Public
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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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June 6 & 7
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. |
Through 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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Burnside Park Music
Series |
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| Every Thursday, wind down after work with DJs and bands from all over New England and a beer garden from Trinity Brewhouse. |
June 4, 5pm - 7pm
Burnside Park
Kennedy Plaza
Free To The Public
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Freeman Park Music Series |
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A weekly music series with a different flavor each week. This week, New Orleans Jazz with the Kirk Feather Trio . |
June 3, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Outside Aspire Restaurant
311 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Rooftop Jazz @ Aspire Resturant |
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Aspire Restaurant is showcasing some of the best Jazz in the City every week on their rooftop terrace. |
Fridays, 7pm - 10pm
Aspire Restaurant
311 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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A non-performance community singing session meeting monthly lead by a different guest musical director each time to explore music from diverse sources. |
June 15, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Rites & Reasons Theatre
155 Angell 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: Adam Payne & more. |
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June 4, 9pm
Providence Black Repertory
276 Westminster Street
Admission Is $5
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The Providence Singers team
up with the Aurea Ensemble
to present O'Regan's
vibrantly beautiful The
Ecstasies Above. |
June 6, 8pm
St. Joseph's Church
92 Hope Street
Tickets Are $26
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Elemental Theatre Collective Gala
June 13, 5pm - 8pm, Everyman Bistro, 555 Valley Street, $40
This event will help underwrite Elemental Theatre Collective's Fall production (in partnership with Big Table Productions) of Peter Shaffer's award-winning play, Amadeus. For more information please call 397-3385.
Not About The Buildings Spelling Bee
June 22, 5pm, AS220, 115 Empire Street, $5
Competition will be fierce as some of the city’s biggest spartypantses compete for the Spelling Bee crown. There will be fame, honor and glory for the winner, and sorrow, infamy and more sorrow for everyone else. Benefits Not About The Buildings, an organization committed to supporting readers and writers. For more information please 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 Parade Applicants - Providence Sound Session
The centerpiece of Providence Sound Session is the extraordinarily colorful nighttime parade that winds its way through Providence's downtown neighborhood on July 11 at 10pm. This ritual is inspired by the cultural traditions of Carnival celebrated in such places as Brazil, Trinidad and New Orleans. For more information and to obtain an application please click here to email.
Call For Vendors - Providence Sound Session
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 - Market Bazaar Mondays
Please join us each week from 11am - 5pm for Market Bazaar Mondays on the sidewalk along Burnside Park in downtown Providence. Delicious food, antiques, books, accessories, art, merchandise and fun! If you or your business would like to set up a booth for Market Bazaar Mondays, please download an application by clicking here.
Job Opportunity: Managing Director
Festival Ballet Providence is currently seeking an individual to serve as Managing Director. For a job description please click here. For more information please click here to email.
Job Opportunity: Managing Director
FirstWorks is currently seeking an individual to serve as Managing Director. For a job description please click here. For more information please click here to email.
RI Philharmonic Music School Youth Ensemble Auditions
The RI Philharmonic Music School will be holding auditions for their Youth Orchestra (May 30/31), Jazz Ensemble (May 30) and Wind Ensemble (May 27/28/30) by appointment. For more information please click here.
Pecha Kucha Night
June 10, 7:20pm, Grant's Block, Corner Of Westminster & Union, 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.
Providence Singers Auditions
The Providence Singers will be holding auditions June 16, August 11, and August 18 by appointment at the Carter Center in East Providence. Experienced choral singers in all voice parts are welcome; male and alto voices are especially in demand. Audition includes a prepared solo, vocalization, ear training, and sight reading. To learn more or schedule an audition, call 401-751-5700 or 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 Student Artists
SmallStock Food Strategies LLC is sponsoring a poster contest about entomophagy (the consumption of insects as food), which will be on display in Downtown Providence with the Arts & Business Council of RI from June 15 - July 10, 2009. Grade school through college age students are invited to submit originally designed posters in this contest. The ultimate purpose of this prize-competition is to educate the general public of a greater range of food products for our challenging and changing climate. For more information please click here.
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.
Kreatelier Textile Workshops Now Enrolling
Kreatelier, an innovative textile product design studio dedicated to the creation of colorful, functional and environmentally conscious products and home solutions, are now accepting applications for their textile classes which run through September. For more information please click here.
Providence College June Dance Classes Now Enrolling
Learn Tap, Contemporary Jazz, Ballet and Modern at Providence College this June. Prices start at $10 per class with discounts available for taking four or more and run 9:30am - 11am (Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri) June 1 - 26. For more information please call 865-2327.
All Children's Theatre Summer Academy Now Enrolling
All Children's Theatre is now accepting applications for its' Summer Academy located at the Vartan Gregorian School, Providence. ACTSA Jr. for ages 4-7 meets from 10:30am-2pm Monday through Friday with each session ending with a presentation for friends and family. 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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