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STYROFOAM
03/14 - 07/20/2008
Organization: Rhode Island School of Design
Description: STYROFOAM
on view Friday, March 14 to Sunday, July 20In recent years, artists have used styrofoam in new and ingenious ways, and in the process have expanded our definitions of what painting and sculpture can be. Taking advantage of the material's lightness, cheapness, and facility for shaping, they carve into it, mold it, and assemble it into entirely new forms and images.
Opening Artist Panel
Wednesday, March 19
5:30pm, View the exhibition
6:45pm, Panel Discussion with artistsGallery Night
Thursday, April 17 5-9pm
6pm, Gallery Talk with Judith Tannenbaum
7pm, Artists Speak presentation224 Benefit Street
Providence, RI 02903
401-454-6500
www.risdmuseum.org
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Painter Gordon Peers: Transformation During the War Years
04/01 - 06/30/2008
Organization: Bert Gallery
Description: Painter Gordon Peers: Transformation During the War YearsApril-June
WWII touched all facets of American life and challenged the careers of many Rhode Island artists. The structured and precise painting style of Gordon Peers pre-war evolved to meet the ne realities of a postewar art world. Geometric Abstraction, Surrealism and an emerging American vangaurd were on the forefront. This exhibit looks at the evolution of painter Gordon Peers, nurtured in a war free art world transformed by the altered American culture of the 1950s.
Bert Gallery
540 South Water St., Providence RI
Gallery Hours:
TU-F 11-5, Sat 12-4
401.751.2628
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Arts in Corrections
04/10 - 05/31/2008
Organization: Atrium Gallery
Description: The artistic expressions of current inmates at the ACI are on display during April and May at the Atrium Gallery at One Capitol Hill, a gallery space located across from the State House in the State's Main Administration Building managed by the State Arts Council.This is the tenth annual exhibit of "Arts in Corrections", a show featuring works of art, poetry and prose by adults incarcerated at the ACI.
Marietta Cleasby, an art instructor at the RI Department of Corrections for almost 20 years, is the curator of the exhibition and is responsible for choosing the 135 pieces to be displayed. All works are reviewed by the Department's Special Investigations Unit prior to being displayed. The theme of this year's show, selected by the inmate artists, is justice. The works deal with this topic on a personal, state or national, or global basis.
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“Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World” Exhibition and programs
04/13 - 05/23/2008
Organization: Providence Public Library
Description: “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World,” a traveling exhibition that will officially open at the Providence Public Library (PPL), Central Library, 150 Empire Street, (Lippitt Hall) on April 13, 2008, tells the remarkable story of the man who began his life as a poor printer’s apprentice and ended it as a revered elder statesmen known throughout the world for his wisdom, wit, and resourcefulness. Benjamin Franklin’s achievements in diplomacy, science, philanthropy and other fields profoundly influenced the path of a new nation and continue to inspire us more than three hundred years after his birth.Ben Franklin Exhibit PROGRAMS & EVENTS
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
Martha Elena Rojas – “American Imprints: Franklin’s Emblems for the New United States” Monday, May 12, 6:30 pm
Book Discussion/Signing – The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, by Gordon Wood Monday, May 19, 6:00 pm
Family Kite Making Day Sunday, May 18, 1:30 and 3:00 pm – Central Library, 150 Empire Street, Barnard Room
Local kite-maker Tom Casselman will lead two kite-making programs for families. Workshops are free; registration required. Call 455-8025 to register. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
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"WONDERS OF THE WURLITZER" Organ Concerts at PPAC
04/21 - 06/04/2008
Organization: Providence Performing Arts Center
Description: THE PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER ANNOUNCES THE SPRING 2008 BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF RHODE ISLAND "WONDERS OF THE WURLITZER" ORGAN CONCERTS
A PPAC Annual Fund ProgramThe Providence Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce the Spring 2008 schedule for the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Wonders of the Wurlitzer organ concerts this April, May, and June. The concerts run from Noon - 1P and are free and open to the public. Patrons are welcome to bring a bag lunch; complimentary beverages will be provided. Wonders of the Wurlitzer is a time-honored tradition in the City of Providence; people of all ages are welcome to attend and enjoy local organists demonstrating the impressive and rich sounds of this rare and mighty instrument. The concerts are scheduled throughout the spring and fall and are supported by Providence Performing Arts Center's Annual Fund donors and our sponsors.The Spring 2008 Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Wonders of the Wurlitzer Organ Concerts schedule, with organists, is as follows:
·Monday, April 21, with Patrick Aiken
·Monday, April 28, with Jack Cook
·Monday, May 12, with Len Beyersdorfer
·Monday, May 19, with Jim and Linda Duncan
·Wednesday, May 28, with Alden Mitchell
·Wednesday, June 4, with Robert Legon and Silent FilmFor additional information, call (401) 421-ARTS or visit ppacri.org for details and updates.
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Recent Paintings by Paula Martiesian
04/26 - 05/23/2008
Organization: Gail Cahalan Gallery
Description: Please Join Us for the Opening Reception of an Exhibit of Recent Paintings by Paula Martiesian
Saturday April 26, 4 to 7PMMusic by Mark Armstrong and Ken Carpenter
Gail Cahalan Gallery
200 Allens Avenue
Providence, RI
www.gcgallery.net
401 527-9199The exhibit runs April 26 through May 23
Hours: Wednesday through Friday, 1- 5PM
Saturday 12-5PM
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New Exhibitions at PAC
04/27 - 05/16/2008
Organization: Providence Art Club
Description: Exhibitions
April 27-May 16, 2008
Reception Sunday, April 27, 2-4pmMaxwell Mays Gallery
Merlin Szasz and Dean Richardson
Artist Merlin Szasz brings his intricate, classic works in bronze and gold together with Dean Richardson’s realistic images of America’s past in an engaging, multi-media exhibition. Szasz draws inspiration for his original works from his studies of history, mythology and symbology, to create pieces that are truly unique. Every part of each work is original, including molding, frames and finishes. Richardson’s artistic inspiration also draws from history, particularly the American past. In capturing this timeframe, Richardson strives to identify and recreate images that express what we are as a society, what we have become and what we may become.Dodge House Gallery
Melissa Brown
Emerging Edges: Paintings, Drawings, PrintsShowing concurrently in the Dodge House Gallery, 'Emerging Edges: Paintings, Drawings, Prints' a solo exhibition featuring the work of artist Melissa Brown, recipient of this year's Eleanor Parker Anderson Scholarship Award. This award, granted by the Providence Art Club, provides one young artist with the opportunity to have their first solo exhibition with all expenses paid at the Club. The scholarship was open to all artists under thirty, living, working and/or studying in Rhode Island. In this exhibition, Brown, a student at Rhode Island College, showcases a series of fresh, mixed media works. In describing the exhibition she says, “In the effort to resolve an image, I see paralleled the ways in which we wrestle with the chaos of life, looking for a reason.”
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Providence Trolley Tours
05/01 - 09/30/2008
Organization: Providence Trolley Tours
Description: Come spend a jolly hour aboard the Providence Trolley. Relax in climate controlled comfort and enjoy a historic and entertaining narrated tour of Rhode Island’s capitol city.$18 Adult
Lap children under 3 are freeSchedule
*April 15-Memorial Day
Every day except Tuesday
Tours leave promptly at 11 am and 1 pm*Memorial Day-4th of July
Every day except Tuesday
Tours leave promptly at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm*4th of July-Labor Day
Open every day
Tours leave promptly at 11 am, 1 pm and 3 pm*Labor Day-Fall
Call our Trolley Line for tour times at 401.421.3825
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Photographs by Michael Guertin
05/01 - 06/04/2008
Organization: BankRI Galleries
Description: The BankRI Galleries present:
BankRI Pitman Street Gallery: "Photographs by Michael Guertin," May 1 through June 4, 2008.Armed with theory, philosophy and a good camera, Michael Guertin set out to make the pictures he saw in his head. He is always on the lookout for interesting patterns in water and ice. He juggles time pictorially, figuratively cutting an image apart into many versions of itself and weaving them back together. He stretches and manipulates images as he sees fit to create very stylized and personal viewpoints of the world. Guertin exhibits and sells his work in four different locations around the country and has received a Best in Show award at a juried exhibit on Cape Cod. His photographs can be viewed at www.i3images.com.
The branch is located at 137 Pitman Street in Providence. Hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday noon to 4 p.m. For more information, contact www.bankri.com or call 456-5015, ext 1330.
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Israel: One Land, Three Religions
05/02 - 05/30/2008
Organization: Mathewson Street United Methodist Church
Description: During the month of May, 2008, Fred DeGregorio's informative and thought-provoking photographs, titled "Israel: One Land, Three Religions," will be exhibited in the Chapel Gallery of Mathewson Street United Methodist Church, at 134 Mathewson Street in downtown Providence. The exhibit will open on May 2 and will close on May 30, 2008. Having photographed extensively in New England, in the American Southwest, and in the Canadian Rockies, Mr. DeGregorio in April of 2007 was commissioned for a photography assignment, resulting in a tour of Israel. Numerous photos of the faces and places of Israel are on permanent display at The Miriam Hospital in Providence.
On Gallery Night -May 15th, from 5 to 9 p.m.- in addition to meeting Mr. DeGregorio and viewing his exhibit, visitors to Mathewson Street Church can also walk the meditative labyrinth on the fourth floor, and can hear an organ concert by David Clyle Morse (at 7 and 7:45 p.m.) on the second floor.For additional information, please contact the Church office at 401-331-8900.
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Public School Art and the Gift of Art to the State of RI
05/05 - 05/30/2008
Organization: URI Feinstein Providence Campus
Description: URI Feinstein Providence Campus presents:The 2nd Annual Richard W. & Ronald S. Buteau Memorial Exhibit
Rhode Island Alliance For Art Education “PS 2008”:
Public School Art and the Gift of Art to the State of RI May 5 – 30Gift Of Art Reception Awards Ceremony and Performance:
May 8 at 7:00 pm
Gallery Night Reception and Musical Performance:
May 15 from 5:00 - 9:00pmThe Exhibit will feature more than 300 works of art created by K-12 students from the Public Schools throughout the State in a non-juried exhibit. The works will include oil, acrylic and water color paintings, drawings, printmaking, photography, mixed media, pottery and ceramics, sculpture, collage and construction. Many of the works are by multitalented students who are also accomplished scholars and athletes. The exhibit also clearly illustrates the integration of the arts into the curriculum and the dynamic educational impact of the arts on learning other subject areas.
There will be a Rhode Island Alliance for Arts Education Awards Ceremony & Reception featuring the West Warwick School System 2008 Gift of Art to the State of Rhode Island which will be permanently displayed at URI Providence Campus. The event will also include live music by the West Warwick choral ensemble, a dance performance by SleeQue FeeT, and a multimedia presentation on May 8 at 7:00 pm.
The Gallery Night Reception and Performances will take place on May 15 from 5:00 – 9:00 pm with performances by two musical ensembles from West Warwick High School.URI Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery 1st and 2nd floor lobby
Hours M-TH 9-9, F&S 9-4,closed Sunday and holidays
For information call Steven Pennell 277-5206 or visit www.uri.edu/prov
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YOU BE THE JUDGE
05/08 - 08/14/2008
Organization: Rhode Island International Film Festival
Description: 2nd Thursday of the month, 7:00 p.m.
The Brooklyn Coffee & Teahouse
209 Douglas Ave, ProvidenceLast year, over 2,400 films were submitted to the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF). The reputation of our festival continues to grow as filmmakers and audiences from around the world spread the word about RIIFF. It is the largest film festival in New England and one of only a handful worldwide that is a qualifying event for the Academy Awards (“Oscars”). You Be The Judge is a unique opportunity for you to help us select the best films for RIIFF 2008. Throughout the year, RIIFF will be organizing special screenings and inviting you to be a festival judge for the night. Your comments will be recorded and used in helping us to determine which films make the cut. No experience necessary, just be prepared to watch an eclectic mix of shorts, documentaries, animations, local, and foreign films. For more information, please visit our web site, www.rifilmfest.org, or call our office at (401) 861-4445. Your top pick may be the next Oscar winner!
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Annual Student Exhibition
05/08 - 05/17/2008
Organization: Bannister Gallery
Description: Annual Student Exhibition
May 8 - 17
This annual juried exhibition features the work of graduating seniors of the Rhode Island College Department of Art.Representative works from all disciplines within this vibrant and innovative department will be on display, including ceramics, drawing, graphic design, jewelry design, painting, photography, printmaking, and sculpture.
Opening: Thursday, May 8
Reception: Thursday, May 8, 5:00 to 8:00 pm
Closing: Saturday, May 17, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
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IT IS UP TO US IF WE GO ON AS IS: Ruth Laxson's Persistent Muse
05/09 - 07/03/2008
Organization: Fleet Library at RISD
Description: 9 May through 3 July, 2008
Fleet Library at RISD
IT IS UP TO US IF WE GO ON AS IS: Ruth Laxson's Persistent Muse"IT IS UP TO US IF WE GO ON AS IS: Ruth Laxson's Persistent Muse" is an exhibition of Ruth Laxson's artist's books and bookmaking process archives at the Fleet Library at RISD, with an opening reception Friday, May 9th from 5 * 7 pm. Research notes, preliminary sketches, mock-ups and camera-ready work will be featured along with many of her books. Ruth Laxson, an Atlanta, Georgia based artist, started making artist's books in the early 1980's, at the age of 63 and is known for her quirky visual poetry, playful use of text and image, and her highly relevant social and political commentaries.
Fleet Library at RISD
15 Westminster Street
Providence, RI
401-709-5923
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If These Walls Could Talk… The John Brown House in Their Absence
05/15 - 05/15/2008
Organization: Rhode Island Historical Society Library
Description: Thursday, May 15, 6:30 p.m.
Gallery Night
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street, Providence
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.orgIf These Walls Could Talk… The John Brown House in Their Absence
Tonight, experience a truly artistic Gallery Night at the John Brown House Museum. Katherine Mangiardi, a Masters of Fine Arts student at RISD, has been working on an art installation and other pieces which reference and play with both the space and history of the house. Her work is homage to the women, specifically Abigail Brown, affiliated with the Brown family in the late 18th century. Mangiardi explains that her “work brings a feeling of an intense female life to the upstairs bedroom of the John Brown House, where Abigail’s wedding reception was held in 1788. Various excerpts from women’s letters about Abigail and Abigail’s own diary are juxtaposed with different pieces to create a feeling of feminine introspection and quiet grace. My own history attempts to fill in the blanks where voids in information about these women exist. I invite the viewer to do the same.”
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Kick-off Dance Party
05/15 - 05/15/2008
Organization: Providence Roller Derby
Description: Providence Roller Derby is having our season kick-off dance party at Jerky's on Thursday, May 15th. Admission is free! Hosted by brand new resident DJs B.I.Z. and The Count. Come support your favorite rollergirls and get amped up for our upcoming season! Jerky's is located at 71 Richmond St., in Providence.www.providencerollerderby.com
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ART PARTY: Urban Arts End of Year Student Exhibition
05/16 - 05/16/2008
Organization: New Urban Arts
Description: Behold The Art Party: New Urban Arts End of Year Student Exhibition, THIS Friday May 16th IT'S ART PARTY TIME!! New Urban Arts annual year-end exhibition celebrating the creative voices, ideas and original artwork of over 150 Providence public high school students!! Join us Friday, May 16th for a night of interactive art installations, our highly- anticipated fashion show, and a visit from the What Cheer Marching Brigade. celebration and 2. We've made the night longer!! So come on by when you can and help us send off our seniors, check out new fashions and get a copy of FLiP. All between the hours of 4-8pm.Schedule of Events:* 4.00-6.00 pm: End of Year Celebration
Our gallery doors will open at 4pm for the release of our annual zine, FLiP. Enjoy a free copy, stick around to have it signed by its distinguished authors and enjoy spoken word performances and film screenings. And don't miss a moving tribute to our graduating seniors and volunteer artist mentors at 5pm.* 6.00-8.00 pm: Art Party! Featuring interactive arts installations, the highly-anticipated fashion show and live music from the What Cheer Marching Brigade! The Art Party is free and open to the public. Drop by anytime between 4-8pm, Friday May 18th to experience the magic at New Urban Arts' studio, 743 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903. For more information visit www.newurbanarts.org
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Die Fledermaus
05/16 - 05/18/2008
Organization: Opera Providence
Description: Opera Providence presents Johann Strauss, Jr.’s Die FledermausFriday, May 16 at 8pm
Sunday, May 18 at 3pmColumbus Theatre
270 Broadway, Providence, RITickets available through www.ArtTixRI.com or by calling 401-331-6060 or 401-621-6123. Tickets priced at $20, 35, 60; group/student/senior discounts available.
Die Fledermaus is a suspenseful, tension-laden situational comedy and extraordinary area singers make up the leads of the Opera Providence cast. Strauss’s music is still gorgeous and fun, more than 125 years after it was written. The entire score is infused with the Viennese waltzes that make Viennese orchestra holiday concert tours popular year after year. Three very famous arias for women hail from this operetta: Rosalinda’s Hungarian dance - the “Czardas,” Adele’s Laughing Song - “Mein Herr Marquis,” and Orlofsky’s paean to nihilism - “Chacun a son gout.”
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NEAPOLITAN NIGHT ON BROADWAY
05/17 - 05/17/2008
Organization: Opera Providence
Description: Opera Providence in association with Federal Hill Gazette present
NEAPOLITAN NIGHT ON BROADWAY
Starring from The Metropolitan Opera GIUSEPPE TAORMINAAlso Appearing... CORY PESATURO & RON MURRAY - VIRTUOSO ACCORDION AND GUITAR
Music Director ~ TIMOTHY STEELETickets are $25, available through Opera Providence (331-6060) and The Federal Hill Gazette (521-2701). Also available the night of the show.
Visit www.operaprovidence.org for more information.Saturday, May 17 at 8pm
The Historic Columbus Theatre
270 Broadway
Providence, Rhode Island
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RI Historical Society Library Open House
05/17 - 05/17/2008
Organization: Rhode Island Historical Society Library
Description: Saturday, May 17
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Rhode Island Historical Society Library
121 Hope Street, Providence
For more information: Lee Teverow
(401) 273-8107 x10 or lteverow@rihs.org
Open House at the RIHS Library!
The doors of the RIHS Library will be open to one and all for a look at our newly painted Reading Room and lobby. Take the opportunity to browse the Library’s broad range of materials reflecting the people and history of Rhode Island. The Library is open for research Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the second Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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THRILL KILLERS at Providence Public Library
05/17 - 05/17/2008
Organization: Providence Public Library
Description: Local authors Johnston Detective Ray Pingitore and Paul Lonardo will discuss their new True Crime novel THRILL KILLERS: A TRUE STORY OF INNOCENCE AND MURDER WITHOUT CONSCIENCE (New Horizon Press Books, November 2007) on Saturday, May 17 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm at Providence Public Library, Central Library, 150 Empires Street (Barnard Room, 3rd Floor). Books will be available for sale and signing.THRILL KILLERS details the unspeakable and horrifying car jacking and murder of two innocent young people in Providence, Rhode Island, on June 9, 2000. The authors will discuss the complexities of crime scene investigation and offer strategies to enhance personal safety.
For more information, contact lmiller@provlib.org or visit: http://www.provlib.org/calendar.asp?id=72097
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Rhode Island Historical Society Library Open House
05/17 - 05/17/2008
Organization: Rhode Island Historical Society Library
Description: Rhode Island Historical Society Library Open House
Free and open to the public: refreshments served
Saturday, May 17, 2008, 1 pm to 4 pm
121 Hope St. Providence, RI 02906What’s unique about the Rhode Island Historical Society Library? On display will be a small sampling of unusual items- 1950s photos of Eisenhower, RFK and JFK at Quonset Point; Land divisions in City of Providence, 1790 (pencil and ink); Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge, a RI Woman of Color, 1842; a Letter from Martha Washington to four RI Women, 1800; photographs of child labor at mills in Providence, Lonsdale and Pawtucket, 1912 and more.
RIHS Library houses a broad range of materials, including books, early newspapers, maps, letters, town records, architectural drawings, diaries, scrapbooks, city directories, photographs, films and more, all reflecting the history and the people of Rhode Island.
The Library is open to the public for research Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the second Saturday of the month from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. See www.rihs.org/libraryhome.htm for more information.
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Free Improvisational Writing Workshop
05/17 - 06/07/2008
Organization: Providence Public Library
Description: Free Improvisational Writing Workshop with Pat Hegnauer to Begin May 17Local writer and acting teacher Pat Hegnauer believes we all have stories to tell and she’ll be giving four free workshops at Providence Public Library’s Rochambeau Branch (708 Hope Street, Providence) on Saturdays from May 17 through June 7 (1:00 – 3:00 pm) to help budding improvisational writers hone their craft. Registration is required; call Tom at 455-8198.
Bring pen and paper or laptop, whatever you use best with ease, and join Pat in learning to silence the inner critic that prevents you from expressing yourself. By the end of her first two-hour session you will have written a monologue spoken in your character’s voice, and launched into constructing an event for a short story or a short play. Pat’s writing exercises create the atmosphere and support needed to inspire you to enter into your imagination, find the characters that inhabit your subconscious, and free up a narrative that flows naturally.
Pat Hegnauer is best known for her work as Artistic Director of 2nd Story Theatre, where she has produced or directed over 300 plays from Newport to Providence. She has taught acting in high schools, theatres, privately and at URI. She currently teaches classes in Acting and Improvisational Writing at 2nd Story Theatre in Warren.
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Gallery Events at the Providence Art Club
05/18 - 06/06/2008
Organization: Providence Art Club
Description: Gallery Events
May 18-June 6, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2-5 pm
Monday through Friday 12-5pm; Saturday and Sunday 2-4pmMAXWELL MAYS GALLERY
William Heydt, Johanna W. McKenzie and Lanny Parker: Three Perspectives
In ‘Three Perspectives,’ artists William Heydt, Johanna McKenzie and Lanny Parker bring together a series of figures, landscapes and still lifes in media ranging from watercolor to encaustic to oil to graphite, ink and charcoal.DODGE HOUSE GALLERY
Robert Venditto: Ramblings
“The more I learn about painting, the harder it gets … I guess they call that growth.” In this solo exhibition, award-winning artist Robert Venditto showcases a collection of representational oils of both figurative subjects and rich landscapes. Venditto is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and a former art instructor and administrator for the Pawtucket School Department. His work has received recognition from the Providence Art Club, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, the Wickford Art Association, Spring Bull Gallery and the Cranston Cultural Arts Council.ALL EXHIBITIONS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Providence String Quartet & CMW Players
05/18 - 05/18/2008
Organization: Community MusicWorks
Description: Sunday, May 18, 3:00 pmProvidence String Quartet & CMW Players
Featuring Arnold Schoenberg's Romantic masterpiece Verklarte Nacht (Transfigured Night) for string sextet.
Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet Opus 42 in D Minor
Forrest Larson: Solitary Motion No. 1 for solo cello
Arnold Schoenberg: Verklarte Nacht for string sextet
Bell Street Chapel
5 Bell Street
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Family Kite-Making Workshops and Exhibition
05/18 - 05/18/2008
Organization: Providence Public Library
Description: FREE Family Kite-Making Workshops at Providence Public Library May 18Casselman Kites on Exhibit
Renowned local kite-maker Tom Casselman will lead two free kite-making workshops for families on Sunday, May 18, at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. at Providence Public Library Central Library, 150 Empire Street. (The 1:30 p.m. workshop is for children ages 5 - 9. The 3:30 p.m. workshop is for children 10+.) These FREE family programs are in conjunction with the visiting Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World Exhibit at Central Library through May 23. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Children must be 5 or older. CALL 455-8025.
International Kites on ExhibitIn conjunction with the ongoing exhibit, Casselman has installed a number of kites, including a large kite depicting the history of kites, in the Central Library Lippitt Exhibit Hall and adjacent atrium on the first floor. Casselman is one of a number of program presenters coming to Providence Public Library as part of free programs and events offered in conjunction with the national traveling exhibit, which will be at PPL through May 23. Complete information is available at www.provlib.org or by calling 455-8005.
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Philharmonic Community Orchestra Concert
05/18 - 05/18/2008
Organization: Rhode Island Philharmonic Community Orchestra
Description: PHILHARMONIC COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA, SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 18Rhode Island Philharmonic COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA (RIPCO) will present their fourth concert of the season on Sunday, May 18 at 7:30pm at Sapinsley Hall on the Rhode Island College campus. Bassoon soloist JIM MORGAN joins conductor JOHN EELLS and the orchestra in a performance of Wolf-Ferrari’s Suite Concertino, Op. 16 for Bassoon and Orchestra. The program also includes Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 and Wagner’s Overture to Rienzi.
Tickets for this concert are $15 for adults and $5 for students and senior citizens and are available in advance at the Philharmonic Box Office 401.248.7000 and at the door on the night of the performance. For membership information, please contact Christine Eldridge at 401.248.7012.
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Birds, Blooms & Butterflies
05/18 - 05/18/2008
Organization: TSETSE Gallery
Description: Join The TSETSE Gallery along with over thirty professional artists as they celebrate the beauty of nature in a show titled:Birds, Blooms & Butterflies
Grand Opening Gala at The TSETSE Gallery 101 Orange St., Providence RI 401.453.3337
on Sunday, May 18th from 1-4pmDuring this Gala, expect to be enamored by live butterflies sweeping the room as we all absorb the fine artistic abilities of over 30 artists expressing how they see life through art. Sip tea, enjoy pleasant conversation and above all ENJOY THE ART OF LIFE! All butterflies will be released to the Fino Gardens at the end of the Gala.
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Gordon Wood: Ben Franklin Book Discussion and Signing
05/19 - 05/19/2008
Organization: Providence Public Library
Description: Providence Public Library will offer a book discussion and signing of Brown University historian Gordon Wood’s The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin on Monday, May 19 at 6:00 pm at the Central Library, 150 Empire Street, (Barnard Room, 3rd floor). The book discussion will be led by a Providence Public Library librarian; Professor Gordon Wood will attend the discussion to answer questions and will be available for book signing afterwards.This is the final scheduled program in conjunction with the “Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World” exhibition at PPL through May 23.
Gordon Wood is the Alva O. Way University Professor and Professor of History at Brown and a noted historian of Colonial America and one of this country’s foremost scholars on the American Revolution.
“The Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World” Exhibit will be at PPL until May 23. For complete Exhibit and program information, go to www.provlib.org or call 455-8005.
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UNISONG Led by Kim Trusty
05/19 - 05/19/2008
Organization: UNISONG
Description: UNISONG
Led by Kim TrustyMay 19, 2008 at 7pm
The Media & Performing Arts Center at The Met School 325 Public St., ProvidenceThe dynamic and multifaceted Kim Trusty is a powerful and diverse vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and actress. Kim draws on jazz, rhythm & blues, vocal improvisation, roots, rock and undemanding lyrics, bringing her life, heart and work experiences into unforgettable and unique performances. Kim Trusty means lyrics you can roll the windows down and sing your heart out with. Kim Trusty means a diverse festival or concert audience is on their feet, swaying to the rock beats and soul harmonies. Rhythm and Blues provides heart and soul. Jazz requires on the spot creativity, an on the spot, in the moment creativity combined with the challenge of these styles is what Kim savors. Join us for an evening with Kim on Monday, May 19- a not to be missed opportunity!
UNISONG is a non-performance community singing session meeting monthly. UNISONG is led by a different guest musical director each time to explore music from diverse sources. Participants don’t have to do the following in order to sing along: read music, attend every time, prep for any performance, prep at all, or have previous experience singing with a group.
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Carl Carlsson Reading Nowtopia at Symposium
05/19 - 05/19/2008
Organization: Symposium Books
Description: Carl Carlsson Reading Nowtopia at SymposiumReading and Signing In-store Monday May 19th at 6 pm
“This book explains clearly and colorfully just how ordinary revolution is, how millions of people live, not only within capitalism, but are creating through their activity the bases of what could be a different world. Amidst destruction and war, it is important to see our own strength and creativity. This is an exciting and lovely book.” –John Holloway
Symposium Books
240 Westminster St. Providence, RI 273-7900
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“Prepared to Do My Whole Duty”: Elisha Hunt Rhodes in War and Peace
05/22 - 05/22/2008
Organization: Rhode Island Historical Society
Description: Thursday, May 22, 6:00 p.m.
Exhibit Opening
Aldrich House
110 Benevolent Street, Providence
Free Admission, To R.S.V.P.: Dalila Goulart
(401) 331-8575 x45 or programs@rihs.org“Prepared to Do My Whole Duty”: Elisha Hunt Rhodes in War and Peace.
As part of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, please join us at the Rhode Island Historical Society’s Aldrich House for the Providence opening of the exhibit “Prepared to Do My Whole Duty”: Elisha Hunt Rhodes in War and Peace.” Rhodes enlisted at the age of 19 in the RI 2nd volunteers during the Civil War, and rose through the ranks to achieve colonel status. The exhibit features excerpts from his diaries and letters detailing his personal experiences, as well as objects illustrating his life of service during and after the war. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. with remarks beginning at 6:30 p.m. We are delighted to welcome Civil War expert and author of War’s Relentless Hand: Twelve Tales of Civil War Soldiers, Mark Dunkelman, as our lecturer this evening. Please stay afterwards to view the exhibit and enjoy refreshments.
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