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This Week From The Department of Art, Culture + Tourism - August 19, 2009
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 |
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Friday Night Concert Series At Waterplace Park |
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The Department of Art, Culture + Tourism closes out their Friday Night Concert Series with the 2007 Motif Magazine Breakthrough Band of the Year Route .44. |
August 28
Fridays At 7:30pm
Waterplace Park
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 and a beer garden from Trinity Brewhouse. Performing this week is Too Human. |
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 lunchtime and enjoy some
midday sounds in front of the fountain Performing this week is Sentimental Favorites. |
Wednesdays, 12pm - 1pm
Burnside Park
Kennedy Plaza
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 Tish Adams. |
August 24, 4pm
Blackstone Blvd. Trolley Station
Opposite 585 Blackstone Blvd.
Free To The Public
Call 272-6290 For More Info |
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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 is Ameranouche. |
August 20, 7pm
American Locomotive Works
555 Valley Street
Free To The Public
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Classical guitarists Mark and Betty Daviswill perform pieces from their debut CD Ayres and Dances For Two Guitars. |
September 13, 2:30pm
Henry Lippitt House
199 Hope Street
Admission Is $15
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SPECIAL EVENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS |
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The Fledgling Festival |
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Get out of the summer heat and check out The Fledgling Festival. Festival founder and curator Peter Deffet presents new works of dance, theater, puppetry, music and mania from artists. |
August 20 - 30
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Tickets Are $10
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An evening featuring fun games and activities with free food and prizes for the whole family! Recycling bins will be raffled
off and available for purchase for $5 each. |
August 20, 6pm - 8pm
Merino Park
Free To The Public
Call 351-8719 x 109
For More Information | |
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Renaissance Wine Festival |
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A day of fine wines from all over, live music and silent auction packages featuring wines, hotel packages, shopping,
and restaurant gift
certificates. |
August 23, 3pm - 6pm
Skating Center
Two Kennedy Plaza
Tickets Are $35
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Gateway To Recovery |
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Celebrate the 20th annual Recovery Month with live music, face painting, info tables, giveaways, a children's craft table and much more! |
August 22, 4pm - 7pm
RW Memorial National Park
Canal Street/Park Row
Free To The Public
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WaterFire Providence is the award-winning sculpture by Barnaby Evans installed on the three rivers of downtown Providence. |
August 22, 7:38pm
Providence River Walk
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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Nighttime Economy Forum |
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Do you want to manage safety and quality of life impacts from nightlife? Learn how at the Providence Regional
Forum. |
September 30
Providence Biltmore
11 Dorrance Street
Tickets Are $95
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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. |
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. |
August 22, 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, 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: The Spiderwick Chronicles. |
August 24, 1:30pm & 7pm
Providence Public Library
150 Empire St, 3rd FL
Free To The Public
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The Tent: Life in the Round is a documentary film that tells the story of the RI institution known as the Warwick Musical Theatre through archival footage and interviews. |
August 22, 7pm
Providence Performing Arts Ctr
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $10
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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 For Your Eyes Only. |
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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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OOP!, a Contemporary American Craft Gallery, will be featuring works from painter Julie Mancini through the month of August. |
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Through August
OOP!
220 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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A showcase for over 50 local and nationally known American artists featuring creations in glass, clay, wood, metal,
and more. |
Ongoing
Gallery Belleau
424 Wickenden Street
Free To The Public
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Royal Gallery |
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The Royal Gallery's Eastern European Art: Five Contemporary Perspectives exhibit features works from Yana Movchan, Tatyana Eliseeva and more. |
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Through August 22
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
Maxwell May Gallery's
featured exhibition is
Class Exhibition: Inspired
Art. |
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Through August 21
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 Turks Head
Gallery is featuring
Computer Graphic
Environments by Peter Ciccariello. |
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Through September 2
Bank RI Turks Head Gallery
Turk's Head Place
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
August. |
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Through August
Providence City Hall
25 Dorrance Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Z |
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Gallery Z features an exhibition of new artwork by Ewa Romaszewicz and Brian O’Malley titled Real & Imagined Landscapes. |
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Through August 29
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
will be featuring new works from painter David S. Barnes and sculptor Michael
Bizon. |
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August 21 - September 15
5 Traverse Gallery
5 Traverse Street
Free To The Public
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Firehouse 13 |
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The Everything Party is a series of audio-visual performances & multi-media installations every Sunday in August. |
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Sundays In August
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's featured exhibit is ARTREACH: Reaching For The Stars. |
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Through August 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 a group exhibition titled On the Line: 19 On
Paper. |
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Through August 29
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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The Andrea Valentini Gallery is hosting an exhibit featuring lanscape painter
Hilary Merzbacher.l |
Opening August 20, 5pm - 9pm
Conley's Wharf
200 Allens Avenue #1
Free To The Public
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Featured at the RISD Library is Representing the Wild: 19th and 20th Century Illustrations of Birds and Animals. |
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Through September 15
Fleet Library At RISD
15 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Waste Not Want Not |
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Promoting resourceful creativity through recycling, reuse
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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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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MetLife Family Friday |
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See All in a Day’s Work: The Occupational Plays, performed by kids and actors from the Manton Avenue Project. |
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August 21, 6pm - 7pm
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street
Free To The Public
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Urban Alchemy 3
August 20, 7pm, American Locomotive Works, 555 Valley Street, Donations Welcome
An evening of music from the award winning Ameranouche, a jazz trio that opened for Herbie Hancock and Sonny Rollins at the 2008 JVC Newport Jazz Festival, to raise funds for VSA arts of RI’s Robert Pryhoda Scholarship Fund for students with disabilities. For more information pleease 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.
Savor Providence
August 29, 11am - 3pm, Participating Restaurants, Downtown, 10 "Tastes" For $35
Last year's hit event is back! No tents, no lines - Savor Providence leads people right to the doorsteps of the many exceptional restaurants in and around Providence's vibrant downtown. Sample a "taste" of each restaurant's personality and flavor, with signature dishes, house specialties or classic cocktails offered at each establishment. Proceeds from the event benefit the educational programs of Trinity Repertory Company. For more information please click here. |
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ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES |
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.
Call For Providence Based Artists
The City of Providence, Department of Art, Culture + Tourism is seeking submissions from Providence artists working across all visual mediums for the BUY ART 2009 button campaign. Thumbnail visuals from five artists will be selected by a jury and incorporated into the city’s 2009 series of limited edition “I BUY ART” buttons. 15,000 of these buttons are produced and distributed to venues so that art buyers during the holiday season get thanked. Selected artists will receive a stipend of $500.
Submission specs:
Please send us one compressed jpeg or tiff file at 300 dpi of your art. Select an entire piece, a detail or take a picture of a 3D piece that could make a strong button. The BUY ART Providence jury is seeking a range of submissions across mediums, artist career and aesthetic styles.
Email your submission to Michael Christofaro with your Providence address (home or studio) and contact phone number by close of business September 4th. The jury will take place during the second week of September. Artists will be notified by September 30th.
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 RI Women Artists
The Hive Archive seeks art and art installation proposals from Rhode Island women artists for The Hive’s Work by Women Billboard. The Hive is a women-run feminist arts organization with a mission to promote gender equality by dismantling obstacles that limit women and girls in reaching their full creative potential. Our work is focused on empowerment through art, creative expression, and civic involvement. Interested artists can download the full project description and proposal guidelines by clicking here. The deadline to submit is September 18.
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.
Trinity Rep Adult AEA Auditions
Trinity Rep will be holding annual local adult AEA auditions on Monday, August 24 and Tuesday, August 25 beginning at 9:00 AM. Auditions are by appointment only. These are local auditions which will take place at Trinity Repertory Company, 201 Washington Street, Providence, RI. Persons interested in auditioning must be members of Actors Equity and must make a reservation by contacting Mira Greene at (401) 521-1100 ext 257.
Rhode Island Civic Chorale Auditions
The Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra (RICCO), Rhode Island’s oldest continuing community choral ensemble, is announcing auditions to sing with the ensemble during its 53rd concert season. Auditions will be held Saturday, August 29 starting at 10:30am and Wednesday, September 2 starting at 7:30pm. To learn more or schedule an audition please call
401-521-5670. |
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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