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This Week From The Department Of Art, Culture + Tourism - October 28, 2009
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009 |
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Don't miss these amazing First Works Festival events:
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CREATIVE CAPITAL ONLINE MAGAZINE |
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Food & Dining |
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Craft & Creativity on Tap at Trinity Brewhouse: An interview with brewmaster Sean Larkin. |
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Local Culture |
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Backyard Creamery: A look at Providence's own Narragansett Creamery. |
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Entrepreneurs |
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Queen of Hearts: An interview with local clothing & design boutique owner Karen Beebe. |
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Jeffrey Siegel's Keyboard Conversations returns with another unique concert with commentary. |
October 28, 7:30pm
Sapinsley Hall - RIC
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $35
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FirstWorks presents the Devil Music Ensemble performing their original score to the classic film Nosferatu. |
October 30, 8pm
RISD Auditorium
17 Canal Street
Tickets Are $10
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Performers appear in costume and the audience is also encouraged to dress in the spirit of Halloween. |
October 30, 8pm
Roberts Hall - RIC
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $10
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The RI Chamber Music Concert Series continues with the Amelia Piano Trio and Michelle Areyzaga. |
November 4, 8pm
Alumnae Hall - Brown
194 Meeting Street
Tickets Are $22 - $32
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Pianists Stephen Martorella and Judith Stillman will collaborate in Duo-Pianists with a Q&A to follow. |
November 4, 1pm
Sapinsley Hall - RIC
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Free To The Public
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A non-performance community singing session lead this month by Rachel Warren to explore music from diverse sources. |
November 4, 7pm
RI Philharmonic Music School
667 Waterman Avenue
Admission Is $5
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Don´t miss this unique
massive multi-media event featuring music from all six of John Williams´ epic Star Wars scores. |
November 11, 7:30pm
Dunkin' Donuts Center
One LaSalle Square
Tickets $35 - $75
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The 100-voice Providence Singers season opener
features masterworks expressly written for chorus and percussion. |
November 15, 3pm
Beneficent Church
300 Weybosset Street
Tickets $22 Adv/$26 Door
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The hottest ticket of the winter which combines the arena-rock spectacles of Pink Floyd
and the musicality of
Queen. |
November 18, 4pm & 8pm
Dunkin' Donuts Center
300 Weybosset Street
Tickets $27 - $62.50
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The author of God’s Country and Lonely Planet gives us that rare thing, a truly smart romantic comedy. |
Through November 22
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $20 - $65
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Elemental Theatre presents Peter Shaffer's classic play of of trust and betrayal between two rival composers. |
October 29 - November 22
Beneficent Church
300 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $12 - $20
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Providence College brings the Shakespeare classic to life with special engagements over two weekends. |
Oct 30 - Nov 1, Nov 6 - Nov 8
Angell Blackfriars Theatre
549 River Avenue
Tickets Are $11
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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. |
Through November 7
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Tickets Are $10 - $20
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Adapted from Providence author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg’s book, this is Festival Ballet Providence’s signature Halloween production. |
October 30 - November 1
VMA Arts & Cultural Center
1 Avenue Of The Arts
Tickets Are $20 - $65
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The intellectual circus that mixes traditional circus arts such as juggling and aerial work with innovative theatre, movement and charming humor. |
November 5, 7:30pm
Roberts Hall - RIC
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $35
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Come see Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company and experience the exquisite charm of Ukrainian folk dancing and the wealth of its traditions. |
November 10, 7:30pm
Roberts Hall - RIC
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $35
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The incomparable Cirque Mechanics fly, climb and contort their way through rotating gears, trampoline walls and aerial hoops.
Presented by FirstWorks. |
November 14, 8pm
Providence Performing Arts Ctr.
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $22 - $43
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Don't miss the show that transformed how a generation feels about musicals, changed Broadway forever, and inspired a major motion picture. |
November 17 - 22
Providence Performing Arts Ctr.
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $38 - $63
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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! |
Through November 15
Downtown Providence
Various Locations
Prices Vary By Event
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A monthly format for sharing ideas where presenters are allotted 20 slides/20 seconds per slide. Put simply: 6 minutes and 40 secs of adult-style show & tell. |
October 28, 7:20pm
Bravo (Upstairs)
123 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Watch the Iron Guild fire up their furnaces for the 4th annual molten metal spectacular featuring live music and Steel Yard items for sale. |
October 30, 6pm
The Steel Yard
27 Sims Avenue
Tickets Are $7
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Featuring demos from pro skateboarders, free food, live entertainment, plays from the Manton Aveue Project and
more. |
October 31, 12pm - 4pm
Riverside Park
Aleppo Street
Free To The Public
Call 861-9046 For Info | |
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Featuring storytelling, games, music and refreshments highlighted by a
costume parade that starts at 5pm. |
October 31, 4pm - 5:30pm
Brown Street Park
Behind Hope High School
Free To The Public
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WaterFire Providence, the award-winning sculpture by Barnaby Evans, gets into the Holiday "spirits" with Halloween festivities all evening. |
October 31, 7pm
Providence River Walk
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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Featuring a trebuchet pumpkin launcher, a pet costume contest, a magic show, beer garden, bake sale and more. |
October 31, 1pm - 4pm
Dexter Training Grounds
Parade Street
Free To The Public
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Everyone has a story to tell. Come to Live Bait and tell yours or watch others tell theirs based on the monthly theme. |
November 6, 10pm
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Admission Is $5
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Rhode Island’s oldest late night puppet salon!
Enjoy the salon that has lasted longer than some marriages. |
November 20, 10pm
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Admission Is $5
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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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Federal Hill
Market Tours |
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Visit old world bakeries and Italian specialty stores. Sample fresh bread, sweets, wine and cheeses; watch ravioli makers and get a behind-the-scenes tour. |
Ongoing
Federal Hill
Fountain - DePasquale Plaza
Tickets Are $50
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Be led by lantern light through the darkened streets of the historic East Side, listining to stories that will send a chill down your spine. |
Through November 14
Tours Begin @
60 Congdon Street
Tickets Are $10
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Looks at contemporary issues through the lens of history by using under-appreciated dates of the twentieth century that have changed America. This week: The Rise of Levittown. |
October 28, 5pm
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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This special lecture by renowned scholar Michael Bury addresses the praise and censure of prints in Renaissance Europe and coincides with the current exhibit The Brilliant Line. |
October 28, 7pm - 9pm
RISD Chace Center
20 North Main Street
Free With Museum Admission
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Poets James Allen Hall (Now You’re the Enemy), Ana Božičević (Stars of the Night Commute) and Amy King (Slaves To Do These Things) read & answer questions about their award-winning work. |
October 29, 7pm
Myopic Books
5 South Angell Street
Free To The Public
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Local artist Nicole Tammelleo will discuss her artistic and social work with immigrants in Providence to coincide with her new exhibit. |
October 29, 6pm - 9pm
Providence City Arts
891 Broad Street
Free To The Public
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Join a discussion about how to build community, engage families and inspire child-directed play through placemaking. |
November 5, 7pm - 8:30pm
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street
Free To The Public
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Explores Renaissance artists, the cities in which they worked and the exchange of images and techniques that culminated in acclaimed works of art. |
November 10, 1pm - 2pm
RISD Chace Center
20 North Main Street
Admission Is $15
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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. |
November 19, 5pm - 9pm
Tours Begin At Regency Plaza
Greene/Fountain Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Belleau II |
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Gallery Belleau offers the work
of over 50 American Artists working in glass, clay,
wood, metal, jewelry, paint
and much more. |
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Ongoing
Gallery Belleau II
258 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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The World of Queercraft exhibit features eight artists who present the world using both traditional craft methods and concepts traditionally thought of as gay. |
Throuh November 21
Craftland
235 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Chazan Gallery |
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Where are We? features artists Clara Lieu, Eric Sung,
Julie Gearan and Brian O’Malley. |
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Through November 4
Chazan Galler @ Wheeler
228 Angell Street
Free To The Public
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Providence Art Club |
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The Maxwell Mays Gallery is featuring Shawn Kenney, Paul Langmuir, Amy Ryan: Impressions of Light. |
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October 25 - November 13
Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Free To The Public
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Bert Gallery |
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Bert Gallery's upcoming exhibit is Holiday Selections 2009: Including A Special Exhibit Of Vintage Greeting Cards. |
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November 3 - December 23
Bert Gallery
540 South Water Street
Free To The Public
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Children's Museum |
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A new exhibit featuring eye-popping animal sculptures fashioned from recycled electronics by Ann P. Smith. |
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Through January 31
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street
Admission Is $7.50
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The Bank Rhode Island Pitman
Street Gallery is
featuring Paintings and Prints by Delia Kovac. |
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Through November 4
Bank RI Pitman Street Gallery
137 Pitman Street
Free To The Public
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The Gallery at Providence City Hall is featuring an
exhibit with photos from Ray Min and Miguel Rosario. |
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Through October
Providence City Hall
25 Dorrance Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Z |
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RI native Anthony Tomaselli's goal is to connect the viewer
to the soul of the
work—the heart of the city. |
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Through October 31
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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URI Providence Gallery |
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Artwork in all media by more than 30 professional artists from the area who have had cancer in their families. |
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Through October 31
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 works from
Lisa Perez and Peter
Owen. |
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Through November 22
5 Traverse Gallery
5 Traverse Street
Free To The Public
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Firehouse 13 |
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The Straight Mixed Culture exhibit will feature works from Moon, Melanie Donato, Sidney Tillet and many more. |
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November 3 - 7
Firehouse 13
41 Central Street
Free To The Public
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The David Winton Bell Gallery is featuring work from paper sculpturist 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 Challenges of Underwater Photography: Gregg Carter |
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November 1 - December 31
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 New Paintings by Emily Lisker and Gender Redux: Paintings by Michele L’Heureux. |
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November 1 - 28
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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An exhibition of juried art and art installations filling 10 empty retail spaces in Downtown
Providence. |
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Through December 1
Various Locations
Downtown Providence
Free To The Public
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RISD Museum |
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An installation of more than 120 figurative and architectural ceramic elements by ceramic artist Arnie Zimmerman. |
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Through January
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Admission Is $10
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Chabot Gallery is displaying works from Jamie Camacho, Julie Houck, gallery founder Lee Chabot and more. |
Through November 7
Chabot Gallery
379 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Bannister Gallery |
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Bannister Gallery will feature works from Eve Aschheim, a senior lecturer at Princeton University. |
November 5 - December 2
Bannister Gallery - RI College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Free To The Public
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Brown University |
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Black Lavender 2 is a groundbreaking exhibit on gay black men living and working in Rhode Island. |
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November 4 - January 8
John Hay Library - Brown
20 Prospect Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery 17 Peck's current exhibition showcases the
work from the gallery's full collection. |
Ongoing
Gallery 17 Peck
303 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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The Library |
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The Providence Public Library is featuring Rhode Island 101: Selections from our Rhode Island Collection. |
Through November 30
Providence Public Library, 3rd FL
150 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Royal Gallery |
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Royal Gallery is pleased
to present the work of artists Brian MacNeil and Jonathan Aller. |
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Through November 14
Royal Gallery
298 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Featuring photos & multi-media by local artist Nicole Tammelleo and the youth of Providence’s Burundian community. |
Through November 6
Providence CityArts
891 Broad Street
Free To The Public
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Art @ Sine Cera |
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Art @ Sine Cera will hosting the first public art event celebrating the work of Providence artist Bob Paola. |
Through October
Sine Cera
379 Broadway
Free To The Public
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Creepy Crawly Weekend |
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Discover the creepy and crawly things that make Halloween special with spooky activities and Museum creature features! |
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October 31 - November 1
Museum Of Natural History
1000 Elmwood Avenue
$3 - Free With Costume
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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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Through November 1
Roger Williams Park Zoo
1000 Elmwood Avenue
$12 Adults/$9 Children
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Boo Bash |
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Play bewitching games galore, have hands-on fun with imaginative arts and much more. For ages 3 - 11. |
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October 31, 1pm - 4pm
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street
Museum Admission $7.50
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Seance
October 29, 7pm, Peerless Lofts Atrium, 150 Union Street, Tickets $10
An evening with the spirits to celebrate the tenth annual Spotlight Awards. All proceeds to benefit RI Pride. Please click here for more info. |
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ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES |
Calling All Providence Artists & Art Retailers
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.
The RI Center for the Book at the Providence Public Library invites all RI students in grades 4 - 12 to enter the national Letters About Literature contest with a national prize of a $10,000 grant for their local school or community library. The deadline to submit is December 12. Teachers and librarians can download instructions for entering by clicking here.
Call For Female Artists
The Hive is collect hundreds of self-portraits by women and girls. These portraits will be hung in a floor-to-ceiling installation, with a goal of representing and celebrating a diverse community of women working together as a whole. In Your Face will be on display at the Eco-Office at 28 Wolcott Street in Providence for a special one-night-only celebration on Gallery Night in January (Thursday, January 21, 2010 from 5-8pm). In Your Face is an unjuried exhibition and is open to ALL women and girls, artists and non-artists. All submissions (that adhere to guidelines) will be accepted. The deadline to submit is December 4. For more information please click here.
Call For Artists
The Denver Office of Cultural Affairs (DOCA) seeks to commission one or more artists or teams of artists to create site-specific artwork for the Municipal Animal Shelter and the adjacent Central Platte Campus. The funding currently designated for public art at the site is approximately $310,000 including design, fabrication, potential lighting and installation. However, additional funds may be available, depending where and how the artwork is integrated into the structure and design of the building or site. The project is open to all artists in the U.S. working in all media and materials, but experience working on integrated projects of this scope is recommended. The deadline to apply is November 2. 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.
Managing Your Organization's Workforce During Challenging Economic Times
November 3, 9am - 12pm, RI Foundation, One Union Station, $35 Fee
Handling human resource issues is critical in a high pressure economic climate. Senior leaders may face difficult decisions, such as determining which positions/key employees are essential in a competitive environment. If managers must make staff reductions, what are the best practices for making tough choices while keeping services and programs going? How can high morale be maintained for staff who often are doing more with less? For more information please click here.
Botanical Center Classes Now Enrolling
There's still plenty of things you can do with foliage and flowers even as the Autumn days grow shorter and the air becomes cool and crisp. During the month of October at the URI Outreach Center at Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, take some fun, educational classes to satisfy all of your botanical interests. For more information please click here.
Kreatelier Workshops Now Enrolling
Learn a vast and fun array of skills from some of Providence's artiest and craftiest people with workshops available for ages 5 & up, 8 & up and adults only. 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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