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This Week From The Department Of Art, Culture + Tourism - September 23, 2009
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 |
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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 TRUA. |
Wednesdays, 12pm - 1pm
Burnside Park
Kennedy Plaza
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. Performing this week is Extra Golden. |
Thursdays, 5pm - 7pm
Burnside Park
Kennedy Plaza
Free To The Public
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RI Chamber Music Concerts |
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RI Chamber Music Concerts kicks off their season with
a performance by the
Jupiter String Quartet
with Roger Tapping. |
September 23,
Alumnae Hall - Brown
104 Meeting Street
Tickets Are $22 - $32
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Join hundreds of other music lovers who enjoy these short, classical, informal and informative concerts. |
September 25, 6:30pm
VMA Arts & Cultural Center
1 Avenue Of The Arts
Tickets Are $38 - $46
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Pixilerations (v.6) Concert |
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Pixilerated: Concert Performance is a groundbreaking electronic and interactive performance as part of the FirstWorks Festival. |
September 25 & 26, 8pm
URI Shepard Auditorium
80 Washington Street
Free To The Public
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Music Director Larry Rachleff opens the classical season with pianist Lilya Zilberstein. |
September 26, 8pm
VMA Arts & Cultural Center
1 Avenue Of The Arts
Tickets Are $39 - $70
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The program includes a basic waltz lesson, waltz mixers along with occasional other couple dances to live music. |
September 27, 2:15pm - 5pm
Jewish Community Center
401 Elmgrove Avenue
Tickets Are $12
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A multi-media tribute to New Orleans featuring trumpeter Matt Leder and Michelle Bach-Coulibaly's dance troupe. |
September 25, 8pm
Salomon Ctr - Brown
75 Waterman
Tickets Are $10
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The RIC Chamber Orchestra and RIC String Chamber Ensembles, conducted by John Sumerlin, perform together. |
October 4, 7:30pm
Sapinsley Hall - RI College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Free To The Public
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Berlin, 1931: music, money, and love are there for the taking. Cabaret celebrates the indomitable human spirit -- what good is sitting alone in your room? |
Through October 11
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $10 - $65
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Seven plays written by children ages 10 - 13 based on true family history stories gathered by young playwrights from their parents, grandparents and other older family members. |
September 25 - 27
Media/Arts Center @ Met Public
325 Public Street
Free - RSVP Suggested
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The Brown/Trinity Rep season kicks off with Ketti Fring's
Look Homeward Angel, an adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's autobiographical novel with student actors. |
September 25 - 27
Pell Chafee Performance Center
87 Empire Street
Free - RSVP Suggested
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An epic story of two troubled couples in America in the 1980s, when a terrifying new disease – AIDS – has just been
discovered. |
September 30 - October 4
Forman Theatre - RI College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $15
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The classic Mel Brooks movie is Alive...and it's headed here!
You'll have a monstrously good time at this spectacular new production. |
September 29 - October 4
Providence Performing Arts Ctr
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $48 - $78
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Tartuffe explores the delicate line between authority and fundamentalism, and the dangerous ease in which this line can be crossed. |
September 24 - October 4
Leeds Theatre - Brown
77 Waterman Street
Tickets Are $7 - $17
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Inspired by our own favorite childhood stories, Festival Ballet will bring some of literature's most beloved characters to life. Playing next is Peter & The Wolf. |
October 3 & 4, 10 & 11
Festival Ballet Black Box Theater
825 Hope Street
$25 Adults - $15 Children
Call 401-353-1129 For Info |
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Five by Design performs its legendary musical Club Swing, which celebrates the songs and music that defined American popular culture during the swing era. |
October 1, 7:30pm
Roberts Hall - RI College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $35
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Yellow Bird Indian Dancers |
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Award-winning Native American dancers perform a repertoire rich in authentic Apache, Southwest and Northern Plains traditions as part of the FirstWorks
Festival. |
October 17, 2pm
RISD Auditorium
17 Canal Street
Tickets Are $10
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Get beside yourself with FNL's interactive scenes and on-the-spot musicals, featuring improvised
song, dance, and
skits! |
September 25, 7pm
Carriage House
9 Duncan Avenue
Tickets Are $5
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A spoken-and-sung three-character gothic, Anna Bella Eema asks us to listen, and listen carefully. A regional premiere by Lisa
D'Amour. |
October 16 - November 7
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Tickets Are $10 - $20
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Keith Terry W/ Crosspulse |
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Keith Terry, a Guggenheim Award winner, combines music,
dance, theatre and performance art to create an artistry that cannot be easily
labeled. |
October 9, 8pm
Roberts Hall - RI College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $15
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FirstWorks |
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Celebrating icons of music and the moving image, the cultural legacy of American masters, revolutionary Cirque theatre, cutting edge digital arts + more! |
September 24 - November 15
Downtown Providence
Various Locations
Prices Vary By Event
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A monthly format for sharing ideas, in which presenters are allotted 20 slides/20 seconds per slide. Put simply: 6 minutes and 40 secs of adult-style show & tell. |
September 23, 7:20pm
Bravo (Upstairs)
123 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Spirit Of America |
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Performed in the tradition of both a military review and a large-scale theatrical production, Spirit of America presents U.S. history and American musical heritage. |
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September 25 & 26
Dunkin Donuts Center
One LaSalle Square
Free - Tickets Required
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Street Painting Festival |
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A celebration of art and artists in Providence with 300 professional and amateur street painting artists, an Artisan Marketplace and much more. |
September 26, 9am - 6pm
Downtown Providence
Westminster Street @ Union
Free To The Public
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Sustainability Festival |
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Featuring an amazing musical line-up and terrific resources, sustainability workshops,
vendors and a kids
area. |
September 26, 10am - 6pm
Greater Kennedy Plaza
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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West African Celebration |
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Sidy Maiga, in association with Oasis International, invite you to join them for a gathering of musicians and dancers from all over West Africa. |
September 26, 9pm - 2am
Le Foyer
$10 Adv/$15 Door
Call 216-502-7940 or
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Providence Roller Derby |
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Bring the whole family out to see Providence Roller Derby’s last home bout of the season and end your summer with a bang! |
September 28, 7pm
Skating Center
Kennedy Plaza
$10 Adv/$12 Door
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An experience that deepens our understanding of the power of design, technology, and enterprise to reshape our communities and sustain our environment. |
October 2 - 4
Brown Campus
RISD Campus
Pricing Varies By Day
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WaterFire Providence is
the award-winning sculpture by Barnaby Evans installed on the three rivers of
downtown Providence. |
October 10, 6:18pm
Providence River Walk
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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RISD Alumni Sale |
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The RISD Alumni Art Sale features thousands of items designed and created by alumni from all over the country and the world. |
October 10, 10am - 4pm
RISD
Benefit Street
Free To The Public
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Rhode Island College will be hosting their 5th Annual
Diversity Week with various events and cultural
activities. |
October 4 - 10
RIC - Donovan Dining Center
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Free To The Public
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A community event featuring a petting zoo, pony rides, pumpkin decorating, free hot dogs and refreshments, live music and much more! |
September 26, 1pm - 4pm
Webster Avenue School
191 Webster Avenue
Free To The Public
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Creative Capital Magazine |
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Check out this quarterly on-line magazine featuring neighborhood and entrepreneur profiles, arts stories, news feeds and more! |
Ongoing
Online Only
Free To The Public
Magazine | |
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A weekend-long celebration on Federal Hill featuring a parade going down Atwells Avenue beginning at noon on Sunday, October 11. |
October 10 - 12, 12pm - 10pm
Federal Hill
Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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N.A.M.P. 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
Registration Required
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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 RIIFF. This week's film is Sixteen Candles. |
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Thursdays Through September
Dusk - Grant's Block
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Library will be screening movies throughout the celebration. Playing next is In The Time Of The Butterflies. |
September 27, 2pm
Providence Library - 3rd FL
150 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Latin American Film Festival |
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Enjoy acclaimed films from Latin America, Portugal and Spain. Selections will make
you think, laugh and become inspired. |
September 30 - October 4
Various Theaters
Downtown Providence
Tickets Are $8 Per Screening
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Rhode Bytes |
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Rhode Bytes is a fast-paced, reality-based entertainment show hosted by Doreen Collins and starring the quirky and creative residents of RI. |
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2nd Saturday Of The Month
NBC 10
Following Saturday Night Live
Free To The Public
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The Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) and RISD will collaborate on a series of films that explore
topics in art. |
October 15, 6:30pm
RISD Chace Center
20 North Main Street
Free To The Public
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RI International Horror Film Festival |
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An eerie-sistable salute to an often overlooked genre that will include numerous world premieres of shorts and
features. |
October 22 - 25
Various Theaters
Downtown Providence
$10 Per Screening
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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. |
October 10, 5:30pm
Tours Begin - John Brown House
52 Power Street
Tickets Are $10
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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. |
October 15, 5pm - 9pm
Tours Begin At Regency Plaza
Greene/Fountain Street
Free To The Public
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Peerless Atrium |
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The Providence Preservation Society’s Most Endangered Properties Photography Exhibit features the work of local photographers. |
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Through October 10
Peerless Atrium
150 Union Street
Free To The Public
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Is it the Holidays already? Nope, the popular Holiday sale is now open year round for all your spanky handmade item
needs! |
Ongoing
Craftland
235 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Royal Gallery |
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The New England Artists: Showcasing Local Talent exhibit features fresh, diverse and vibrant works from artists all over New England. |
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Through October 3
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 is
Great Expectations - A Tale of Two Artists. |
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Through October 2
Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Free To The Public
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Bert Gallery |
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Bert Gallery is showcasing Robert Thornton 2009: New Works, a collection of
recent paintings by Robert Thornton. |
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Through October 16
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
new work from Providence photographer
Jill Broady. |
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Through October 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 Rebecca E. Jenness through the month of
September. |
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Through September
Providence City Hall
25 Dorrance Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Z |
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Enjoy fine wine and cusine while viewing the latest Gallery Z exhibit featuring new artwork from Ian Silvia
Marty McCorkle. |
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September 24, 5pm - 7pm
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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Through September 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 feature works as part
of the FirstWorks
Pixilerations (v.6)
exhibition. |
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September 24 - October 10
5 Traverse Gallery
5 Traverse Street
Free To The Public
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Firehouse 13 |
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Firehouse 13 will feature a painting show with poetic and pop flavored works by people who rock Providence inside out. |
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Through September 29
Firehouse 13
41 Central Street
Free To The Public
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The David Winton Bell Gallery is featuring work from paper sclupture Kirsten
Hassenfreld. |
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Through November 1
Bell Gallery - List Art Ctr
64 College Street
Free To The Public
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Chapel Gallery |
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The Mathewson Street Church Gallery's newest exhibit is UnGlassed which features work from Saberah Malik. |
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Through September 30
Mathewson Street Church
134 Mathewson Street
Free To The Public
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AS220 |
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The AS220 Main Gallery will feature Double Vision: Nathan Fitch & the Artists of Top Drawer Art Center. |
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Through September 26
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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LAUNCH @ the G.C. Gallery |
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LAUNCH at the Gail Cahalan Gallery is hosting an exhibit featuring landscape painter
Hilary Merzbacher.l |
Ongoing
Conley's Wharf
200 Allens Avenue #1
Free To The Public
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This series contains artists that reflect intensive labor, obsession for materials or passion for subject matter. |
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Through December 1
Various Locations
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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Art @ Sine Cera |
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Art @ Sine Cera, a newly formed gallery, opens its doors with the exhibit Metro Providence Urban Artists with work from Andrew Sloan, Bob Paola and more. |
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Through September
Sine Cera
379 Broadway
Free To The Public
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This exhibit is unique, colorful, elegant, enchanting and is a powerful sampling from their permanent collection with new additions. |
Through October 3
Chabot Gallery
379 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Bannister Gallery |
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Bannister Gallery will be featuring works from John Willis and Tom Young in an exhibit titled Recycled
Realities. |
October 1 - 29
Bannister Gallery - RI College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Free To The Public
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Chazan Gallery |
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The Chazan Gallery @ Wheeler is featuring works from Gretchen Dow Simpson and Joshua
Enck. |
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Through October 7
Chazan Gallery @ Wheeler
228 Angell Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery DEMI opens its
doors with a solo exhibition featuring Vincent Castaldi titled Exposed. |
Through October 25
Gallery DEMI
123 N. Main Street, Suite 4
Free To The Public
Call 401-954-4916 | |
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Atrium Gallery |
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Celebrating Diversity 2009 is
the 1st annual state
multi-cultural art
exhibit. |
Through September 26
Atrium Gallery
One Capital Hill
Free To The Public
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Davis Park Market |
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Vendors will be selling produce, such as lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, squash, cabbage, broccoli and much more. |
Sundays Through October 25
10am - 1pm, Davis Park
Corner of Oakland/Chalkstone
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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Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular |
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The acclaimed Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular returns featuring an artful display of thousands
of pumpkins. |
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October 8 - November 1
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Avenue
$12 Adults/$9 Children
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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 to splash, play and explore. |
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October 16, 5pm - 8pm
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street
Free To The Public
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Free-For-All-Saturday |
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| Explore city life as it is portrayed in the exhibition Inner City then share how you work and live in and around cities in a collaborative project. |
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September 26, 11am - 4pm
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Free To The Public
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Inspiring Children Through Poetry |
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Children will learn about the
art of poetry, expressing
their feelings through
letters
and color. |
September 24, 6pm
City Arts Youth Gallery
891 Broad Street
Free To The Public
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World Animal Day |
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Celebrate World Animal Day and enjoy some fun activities and crafts with a geography theme, as well as traditional music and dance from local cultural groups. |
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October 3, 11am - 3pm
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Free With Zoo Admission
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Rotunda Club Dance Party
September 24, 6pm - 11pm, RI Convention Center, Rotunda,
The Elegant RI Convention Center Rotunda will be transformed into a spicy-licious dance club with Salsa lessons beforehand. Admission includes two tickets to the opening night film of the Latin American Film Festival and access to the VIP Lounge. All proceeds to benefit the Providence Latin American Film Festival. 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 local arts and cultural organizations are pleased to showcase the art, culture, and history of the city's diverse Latino community. To add your local Hispanic Heritage Month event to the online listing please click here.
Artist's Professional Toolbox Now Accepting Applications
The Arts & Business Council is now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 "Artist's Professional Toolbox" program. The Toolbox is a program designed to empower emerging and practicing artists to succeed in the business aspects of being a professional artist. The deadline to apply is October 19. 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 career. 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 more information please click here.
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.
RI Philharmonic Carter Center Open House
September 26, 11am - 3pm, Carter Center, 667 Waterman Avenue, Free To The Public
RI Philharmonic staff members will be on hand to register students for classes and lessons while also offering tours, live music and other festivities throughout the day. For more information please click here.
Steelyard's 2009 Fall Classes Now Enrolling
The Yard is gearing up for another great season of building, cutting, bending, and throwing. In addition to their regular lineup of courses they have some really exciting new offerings. 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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