Welcome to the exhibit Growing the NetWorks at WaterFire Arts Center, 475 Valley Street. This is the offspring of the vision of Dr. Joseph Chazan, whose mission included NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection. “It is so important to preserve the history of the Providence art community that people like Dr. Chazan helped shape,” states […]
Don’t miss this FREE FirstWorks Summer Beats concert at the Roger Williams Park Boathouse Lawn, 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, 02907 July 25, 6:00 pm 2025 (Rain date: Same date inside the Roger Williams Park Casino) Khumariyaan, upon receiving prestigious accolades in Montana for being the best folk, hails from Peshawar, Pakistan. This is a group whose […]
Why Have a Bio Blitz at Peace and Plenty Community Garden? That may have been a question the 17 people had on their minds as they huddled together in the bustling 30-some degree cold on April 12. If it were any other group. But this eclectic, excited group (including Melissa Guillet of 15 Minute Field […]
To meet cover artist Jack Xuandong Zhou is to rub elbows with an up-and-coming, celebrity-status, multifaceted professional. Zhou’s demeanor is as bright and shiny as his product; his humor and artwork juxtapose the balance between evil and good, dark and light. Zhou expresses, “The most memorable part is to capture the landscape of Providence in […]
Founded by Susan Cat Collyer and Judith Clinton, the RI Theatre Makers Roundtable is what it sounds like: A literal table around which rousing discussion takes place, but also a figurative table, because there is no shortage of seating, everyone is welcome to pull up a “chair.” Regular meetings occur on the third Thursday of […]
Tucked inland and surrounded by the city of Providence, the Peace and Plenty Community Garden lives up to its name. While it is a sanctuary for the peace-seekers, it is also a pollinator corridor that supports native bees, butterflies, lady bugs, and other creatures that complete a more wholistic garden system. There is also an […]
When the Mixed Magic Exult Choir comes together to sing, there is a palpable magic in the air. “Some of it is technical and practical,” says artistic director Jonathon Pitts-Wiley. “Kim [the choir director] makes sure the instruments are tuned at a certain frequency, 432 Hertz, the healing frequency. There is intention in what Kim […]
When Jennifer Kandarian awoke on Cinco de Mayo, she did not anticipate meeting Vice President Kamala Harris. As manager of Books on the Square on Angell Street in Providence, Kandarian hadn’t planned to even go in to work. It was her day off, but the rainy weather wasn’t going to lend to her plans for yard […]
Last December, Motif wrote an article about the community fridges popping up around the state, including the Refri, the community refrigerator outside New Urban Arts (motifri.com/communityfridge). Since the article, the Refri has remained open and available. I recently talked to a young woman carrying a giant box of food who said, “I read about the […]
Refri PVD is a community refrigerator located at 705 Westminster, outside of New Urban Arts, a haven for high school students and trained artist mentors. One can go there right now and retrieve perishable and non-perishable food items. Free. Now. Like, right now. New Urban Arts artist mentor Dana Heng is the visionary who ensured the […]