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This Week From The Department of Art, Culture + Tourism - July 22
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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. Performing this week is Pendragon. |
July 24
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
Magnolia. |
July 23, 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. Performing this week is Mark
Taber. |
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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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. Performing Next: Below The Roots. |
July 23, 6pm
Dexter Park
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 26, 5pm
Hopkins Square Park
Charles St/Branch Ave
Free To The Public
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Performances every Tuesday sponsored by the Friends
of Elmhurst. Performing next week is Infusion Experience. |
July 28, 6pm
Fargnoli Park
Smith/Jastram Street
Free To The Public
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Live music that reflects the cultural & ethnic diversity of the neighborhood. Next week enjoy a performance by Dominic Dipasquale. |
July 29, 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: Movies in the Park. |
July 30, 6pm
Dexter Park
Parade Street
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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Wooly Fair |
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A fully participatory art party featuring live music and a whole lot more. Anyone who brings a wheeled thing gets in for free. |
July 25, 6pm
Monahasset Mill
532 Kinsley Avenue
Tickets $15
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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 the end of the 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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Fox Point Cultural Day & Walking Tour |
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Fox Point's vibrant cultural story including a varied cuisine, art, architecture, and music, comes alive with a focus on three historic churchs. |
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August 8, 10am - 4pm
Tours Begin - St Joseph's Church
92 Hope Street
Tickets Are $32.95
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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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Movie Mondays |
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Beat the heat and watch a movie at the library. Many of the movies are based on popular books that may be read and enjoyed by the whole family. Next: Charlotte's Web. |
July 27, 1:30pm
Providence Public Library
150 Empire St, 3rd FL
Free To The Public
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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 North By Northwest. |
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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. |
August 20, 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 Gallery |
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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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Through August 6
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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Mermaids presents fresh takes on an ancient archetype in a multi-media, multi-sensory group exhibition. |
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Through July 31
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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Moon Landing Celebration |
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| Celebrate the Apollo 11 Mission with the short feature Salute To Apollo in the Planetarium. Show lasts approximately 10 minutes. |
Through July 24
Museum Of Natural History
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Adults $3 - Children $2
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Free For All Saturday |
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These programs offer fun for the entire family: a variety of hands-on workshops, performances, videos, and special gallery quests throughout the day. |
July 25, 11am - 4pm
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Free To The Public
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2009 Hunter Music Series |
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Children’s songwriter Maria Sangiolo joins the 2009 Hunter Music Series to perform her latest album Under the Mystic
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August 2, 4pm
Henry Lippitt House
199 Hope Street
Free To The Public
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City Arts 2009 Summer Soiree
August 14, 6pm - 9:30pm, RISD, Woods Gerry Mansion, 62 Prospect St, Tickets $65
The Summer Soiree is a new Providence art event to raise funds to support free quality arts education programs for urban at-risk youth and will feature live music, creative food selections, a silent auction, an art sale and much more. For more information please click here.
A Salute To Hollywood
August 23, 5pm, Cafe Nuovo, 1 Citizens Plaza, Tickets $75
An evening of fabulous dining, dancing and fun that raises awareness and funding for the Gail Badessa Memorial Fund for Cultural Experiences. For more information please call 401-781-4380 x130. |
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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.
RI Foundation Organizational Development Workshop
August 12, 9am - 12pm, One Union Station, Registration Is $35
This workshop is designed to provide a step by step process in assessing the current status of your organization, how to plan for the unknown, and what actions may be taken to strengthen your organization. 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.
Rhode Island International Film Festival’s ScriptBiz Screenwriting Forum
August 3, 8:30am - 5:30pm, Local 121, 121 Washington Street, $110.
ScriptBiz was created for aspiring authors desiring to learn what it takes to be a successful screenwriter. ScriptBiz was originally created to not only guide the creative process of writing a successful screenplay, but also the delicate art of promoting to filmmakers through effective networking and making a compelling and incisive pitch. 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. |
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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