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This Week From The Department Of Art, Culture + Tourism - July 16, 2009
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Friday Night Concert Series At Waterplace Park |
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The Department of Art, Culture + Tourism will showcase five dynamic local artists this summer. Kicking off the series is Santa Mamba |
July 17
Fridays At 7:30pm
Waterplace Park
Free To The Public
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RIHS Concerts Under The Elms |
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A concert series held every Thursday evening on the lawn of the John Brown House. Performing next is
Pendragon. |
July 16, 6:30pm
John Brown House
63 Power Street
Admission Is $8
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FirstWorks / Washington Trust Concert Series |
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This series spotlights the diverse talents of our region’s most inspiring young performers, including vocalists, dancers and musicians. |
Fridays Through August 7, 12pm
Washington Trust
Westminster/Orange Street
Free To The Public
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Burnside Park After Work 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. |
Thursdays, 5pm - 7pm
Burnside Park
Kennedy Plaza
Free To The Public
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Burnside Park Noon Tune Music Series |
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Every Wednesday, head on over at lunch and enjoy some midday sounds right in front of the Fountain! |
Wednesdays, 12pm - 1pm
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 and brought to you by Aspire
Restaurant. |
Wednesdays, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Outside Aspire Restaurant
311 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Blackstone Park Summer Concert Series |
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Brought to you by Whole Foods, this concert series showcases local acts. Performing next is Gypsy Connections. |
July 27, 4pm
Blackstone Blvd. Trolley Station
Opposite 585 Blackstone Blvd.
Free To The Public
Call 272-6290 For More Info |
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Rooftop Jazz @ Aspire Restaurant |
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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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Thursday Nights Live @ Alco |
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Everyman Bistro presents this concert series featuring a locally sourced theme. Performing next are the Cobra Matics. |
July 23, 7pm
American Locomotive Works
555 Valley Street
Free To The Public
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MAYOR DAVID N. CICILLINE'S NEIGHBORHOOD PERFORMING ARTS INITIATIVE |
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Performances every Thursday sponsored by the West Broadway Neighborhood Assciation. Performing this week is Symmetry. |
July 16, 6pm
Dexter Training Grounds
Parade Street
Free To The Public
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Opera in the Park pairs Opera Providence with exceptional talent from around the region under the direction of Timothy Steele. |
July 19, 5pm
Hopkins Square Park
Intersection Charles/Branch
Free To The Public
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Live music throughout the Summer sponsored by the Friends of Brown Street. Performing next is
Magnolia. |
July 20, 5pm
Brown Street Park
Behind Hope High School
Free To The Public
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Performances every Tuesday sponsored by the Friends
of Elmhurst. Performing next week are the Cobra
Matics. |
July 21, 6pm
Fargnoli Park
Smith Street
Free To The Public
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Live music that reflects the cultural & ethnic diversity of the neighborhood. Featuring
Stephanie Piraino & Timothy Steele. |
July 22, 6:30pm
St. John's Park
Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Performances every Thursday sponsored by the West Broadway Neighborhood Assciation. Next Week: Below The Roots. |
July 23, 6pm
St. John's Park
Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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SPECIAL EVENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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Share your thoughts on park and recreation facilities/programs in Providence. The information collected will be the basis for community meetings in the Fall. |
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Vote For Providence |
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Providence has cracked the top thirty and is on the ballot for Travel & Leisure's America's Favorite Cities 2009 Survey! Vote today before the survey closes. |
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NEA Grants |
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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will distribute $29,775,000 in direct grants supporting 631 projects nationwide. Congratulations to the local recipients. |
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Over 25 performers on 3 stages as well as artists, crafters, music, collectables, art objects, food, and beverages. |
July 18, 12:30pm - 11:30pm
Greater Kennedy Plaza
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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Wooly Fair |
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A fully participatory art party featuring live music. Anyone who brings a wheeled thing gets in for free. |
July 25, 6pm
Monahasset Mill
532 Kinsley Avenue
Tickets $15
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Providence Roller Derby |
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See the Sakonnet River Roller Rats take on the Mob Squad in the second bout of the 2009 home season. |
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July 17, 7pm
Skating Center
Two Kennedy Plaza
Tickets $10 Adv/$12 Door
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Enjoy the finest cuisine from over 75 of the Providence's top restaurants. Lunch and dinner specials are available for this event. Bon Appetit through next week . |
Through July 25
Greater Providence
75 Participating Restaurants
$12.95 - $29.95 For 3 Courses
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RI Monthly Best Of RI |
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A celebration of this year's Best of Rhode Island winners. Enjoy delicious food stations, the signature martini bar, unique auction and raffle items, local celebrities and more! |
July 23, 6pm - 9pm
PPAC
220 Weybosset Street
Admission Is $50
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Creative Capital WebSite |
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A quarterly on-line magazine about Providence featuring
n eighborhood & entrepreneur
profiles, arts stories, news feeds, calendar of events and more! |
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Click Here For More Info | |
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John Brown House Museum Tours |
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This magnificent and elegant building allows the public to learn about the people who helped create Rhode Island's capital city. |
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Through December 19
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street
Tickets Are $8
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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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This walk shares the history of RI's capital city and the history of WaterFire. Offered during WaterFire full lightings by the RI Historical Society. |
July 25, 5:30pm
Tours Begin - John Brown House
52 Power Street
Tickets Are $10
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48 Hour Film Festival |
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Filmmakers from all over the Providence area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from around the world. . |
July 17 - 24
Greater Providence
Various Locations
Prices Vary By Screening
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The Rhode Island International Film Festival returns for its 13th year for six spectacular days of film screenings, seminars and much more at venues throughout the City. |
August 4 - 9
Downtown Providence
Various Locations
Prices Vary By Screening
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Movies On The Block |
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Watch some great flicks with family and friends under the stars including a short film from the RI International
Film Festival. This week's film is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. |
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Thursdays Through September
Dusk - Grant's Block
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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Gallery Night |
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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. |
July 17, 5pm - 9pm
Tours Begin At Regency Plaza
Greene/Fountain Street
Free To The Public
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OOP! |
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Come listen to some cool tunes, enjoy a glass of wine
and some fun times every Thursday
after work! |
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Every Thursday, 5pm - 7pm
OOP!
220 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Providence Optical |
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Providence Optical is featuring works from painter Taleen Batalian, illustrator Carolina Arentsen and wood
carver Lee Neary. |
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Opening July 16, 5pm - 9pm
Providence Optical
75 Weybosset Street
Free To The Public
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Royal Gallery |
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The Royal Gallery's Eastern Europen Art: Five Contemporary Perspectives exhibit features works from Yana Movchan, Tatyana Eliseeva and more. |
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Through August 15
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
featured exhibition is
Members' Exhibition:
Cash & Carry. |
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Through July 31
Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Free To The Public
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Bert Gallery |
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Bert Gallery will is showcasing Documenting: A Moment, A Place, An Era featuring the photography of O. Wilson Link and Carmel Vitullo. |
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Through August 28
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 Pitman Street
Gallery is featuring
The Virtual Landscape: Pigment Prints by Peter Ciccariello through August 5 |
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Through August 5
Bank RI Pitman St Gallery
137 Pitman Street
Free To The Public
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The Gallery at Providence City Hall is featuring an
exhibit with works from Balam Soto through the month of
July. |
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Through July
Providence City Hall
25 Dorrance Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Z |
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The Armenian Artists exhibition features long-celebrated and emerging talents from the Armenian art world throughout the month of July. |
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Through August 1
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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URI Providence Gallery |
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The mixed media exhibit includes art from recycled/found objects to highlight the need to recycle and Live Green and more. |
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Through August 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
is featuring Collective Access: New Work From
The AS220 Print Shop Key Members. |
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Through August 16
5 Traverse
5 Traverse Street
Free To The Public
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Firehouse 13 |
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Firehouse 13, as part of their Artist in Residency Series, is featuring the works of RISD graduate Brian Callanan. |
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Through July 19
Firehouse 13
41 Central Street
Free To The Public
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The Hamilton House Gallery is featuring pastels and oil paintings from local artist John Riedel. |
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Through August 31
Hamilton House
276 Angell Street
Free To The Public
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Chapel Gallery |
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The Mathewson Street Church Gallery featured exhibit is Munir D. Mohammed: Revisioned - New Works. |
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Through July 31
Mathewson Street Church
134 Mathewson Street
Free To The Public
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AS220 |
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The AS220 Main Gallery is featuring New Works
by Deanna Hope, John McCaughey & Roberta Sulls. |
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Through July 27
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Fusing architecture with fashion by blending and diversifying materials from one industry into another. |
Ongoing
Conley's Wharf
200 Allens Avenue #1
Free To The Public
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This exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Yousuf Karsh, one of the most admired portrait photographers. |
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Through July 31
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Museum Admission $8
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Waste Not Want Not |
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Promoting resourceful creativity through recycling, reuse
and and repurpose of
reclaimed materials and found objects. |
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Ongoing
Waste Not Want Not
232 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Chabot Gallery presents Freedom of Expression, an exhibit filled with creativity from artists who exhibit around the world. |
Through September 5
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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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! |
Through October 31
Various Providence Locations
Free To The Public
And More Info | |
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Farmers' Market |
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Shop for tasty harvests from RI farms on the sidewalk along Burnside Park. Brought to you by Farm Fresh RI. |
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Fridays, 10am - 4pm
2 Kennedy Plaza
Burnside Park Brickwalk
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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Mondays, 11am - 5pm
2 Kennedy Plaza
Burnside Park Brickwalk
Free To The Public
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Pole To Pole |
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| Discover the frozen stretches of our planet that act as the Earth’s thermostat featuring a polar bear display! |
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Through December
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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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 all at no cost to the consumer and seller/artist. 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 - 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.
RI Council On The Humanities Grant Workshop
August 6, 12pm, AS220, 115 Empire Street, Free To The Public
This lunchtime workshop, presented by RICH grants director, SueEllen Kroll, will provide a general overview of the Council's grant opportunities and spotlight recent changes to the grant guidelines. Also included in the agenda is a review of the online grant application process and helpful tools and tips for successful applications. For more information please click here.
Providence Latino CommUNITY Celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month
Mayor David N. Cicilline, the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, and the Hispanic Heritage Project will collaborate to promote activities taking place locally during the national observation of Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15-October 15. Event organizers should click here to register their Hispanic Heritage month celebration.
Pecha Kucha Night
July 22, 7:20pm, Bravo, 123 Empire 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.
Providence Singers Auditions
The Providence Singers will be holding auditions 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 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.
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.
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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