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This Week From The Department Of Art, Culture + Tourism
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 |
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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 distributed to venues and serve as a thank you to their art buyers. Selected artists will receive a stipend of $500. The deadline to submit is September 4. For more information please click here.
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Friday Night Concert Series At Waterplace Park |
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The Department of Art, Culture + Tourism closes out the Friday Night Concert Series with the 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 AfroSonic. |
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 Blues singer Paul Williams. |
Wednesdays, 12pm - 1pm
Burnside Park
Kennedy Plaza
Free To The Public
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Dominic & Orchestra Romanza |
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An evening of Neapolitan favorites spiced with popular standards performed by Dominic DiPasquale. |
August 30, 7pm
Pearl Restaurant
393 Charles Street
$10 Adv/$15 At The Door
Call 524-1638 For 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 Magnolia. |
August 27, 7pm
American Locomotive Works
555 Valley Street
Free To The Public
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Classical guitarists Mark and Betty Davis will perform pieces from their 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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Festival founder and curator Peter Deffet presents new works of dance, theater, puppetry, music and mania from local and national artists. |
Through August 30
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Tickets Are $10
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WaterFire Providence is the award-winning sculpture by Barnaby Evans installed on the three rivers of downtown Providence. |
September 5, 7:15pm
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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National Arts Marketing Project Conference |
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Learn how you can save the day when it comes to marketing, sponsorship and fundraising at the 2009 National Arts Marketing Project Conference. |
October 30 - November 2
RI Convention Center
One Sabin Street
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2nd Annual Savor Providence |
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Savor Providence leads people right to the doorsteps of the many exceptional restaurants in and around Providence's vibrant downtown. |
August 29, 11am - 3pm
Participating Restaurants
Downtown Providence
10 "Tastes" For $35
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Providence Roller
Derby |
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Bring the whole family for the third bout of the 2009
home season featuring live
music and halftime entertainment. |
August 28, 7pm
Skating Center
2 Kennedy Plaza
$10 Adv/$12 Door
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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 before WaterFire full lightings by the RI Historical Society. |
September 5, 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: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. |
August 31, 1:30pm
Providence Public Library
150 Empire St, 3rd FL
Free To The Public
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Death Force is the first feature film from Providence based 12 Gauge Pictures, a group of 5 crew members and numerous actors who maintain the independent spirit of filmmaking. |
August 29, 7pm
Columbus Theatre
270 Broadway
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 Rain Man. |
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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. |
Septemcer 17, 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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A Royal Taste of Art features true tastes from local restaurants and wineries around the world
and a New England artist showcase. |
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August 27, 5:30pm - 8pm
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
featured exhibition will be
Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Artists. |
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September 13 - October 2
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 will feature an exhibition of new artwork
by glass blower Ian Silvia
and painter Marty
McCorkle. |
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September 2 - October 3
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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URI Providence Gallery |
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Explore the world of children's books and the enchanting art that inspires children to love reading with the Children’s Book Illustrator exhibit. |
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September 1 - 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 new works from painter David S. Barnes and sculptor Michael
Bizon. |
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Through 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 |
Ongoing
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
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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 of 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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The Museum is open free of charge during these special hours. Stay out late and celebrate the end of summer! |
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August 28, 5pm - 8pm
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street
Free To The Public
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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 |
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.
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 event.
Call For Child Actors
Trinity Repertory Company will be holding an open call for child actors on Saturday, September 26, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Cardi’s Furniture Superstore (Route 1A, South Attleboro , MA ) for its 33rd annual production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, directed by Birgitta Victorson. Children ages 8-12 are welcome to audition, although children who turn 13 before December 31, 2009, are not eligible. No appointment is necessary for the auditions. For more information please click here.
Marketing For The Independent Artist Preconference
October 30, 9am - 5:30pm, RI Convention Center
Take control of your own marketing by learning what it can and can't do for your careers. Discover how to define targets and objectives based on overall career goals, how to construct a solid marketing strategy based on those objectives and how to make it real as a team of one (or maybe 2 or 3 if you're a collaborative). For best pricing, advance registration deadline is August 26. For more information please click here.
RI Foundation Fellowship For Writers
The Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship Fund provides up to three $25,000 artist fellowships each year, rotating among composers, writers, and visual artists on a three-year cycle. The deadline to apply is Sepember 1. For more information and to download an application please click here.
Call For Artist Mentors
Each September, New Urban Arts selects 20 artist mentors to participate in their after-school programs. Arts mentoring at New Urban Arts is a wonderful opportunity for artists and educators to learn how to effectively work with high school students in a community setting. The deadline to apply is September 11. For more information 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 Bike Art
Procycle 2009 Art is seeking film, music, photos, sculptures, illustrations and mixed media directly related to and positively represent contemporary bicycling culture. Entrants must be legally adult (18+) amateur, professional or student artists from the tri-state area of CT, MA and RI.
Before September 17th, email contact information, resume in brief, and a suitable image of an available piece that fits criteria above. A link to a url that features own music, photo or video can be included, if applicable. No fee for entries. For more information 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.
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.
Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra Auditions
The Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra will hold auditions for new members on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at 7:30pm in the Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts rehearsal hall (Room 198). Please bring a classical piece, preferably from the standard repertoire. It may be an orchestral excerpt or a set piece. The Symphony Orchestra meets each Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. from September through April. For further information, call (401) 456-9515. |
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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