Ferns & Fiddleheads: The unfolding of Isa and Tess
It’s often said (well, I definitely say this), that some of the deepest conversations and connected moments can happen while one is sitting in a car. This is certainly true […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Serve the song, enrich the community: The Proving Ground is a studio with a vision
You know how when you talk to people about something or someone they love they suddenly sit up straighter, remember things they thought they’d forgotten, and share their experiences with […]
The Rhode Island Artist Community Helps Two Local Youth Organizations Raise Their Voices!
On a sunny Saturday afternoon in August, Nick-a-Nees hosted the parking lot show dubbed, “Raise A Voice!” This community fundraiser for Youth Pride, Inc. (YPI), and New Urban Arts (NUA), […]
The Magical Nature and Public Service of The Gilded Age: Christine Baranski’s take at a Newport press conference
A few days before HBO’s “The Gilded Age” Season 3 finale drew 5 million US viewers, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Christine Baranski, who plays Agnes van Rhijn in the […]
From Quarterback to Singer-songwriter: Nick Politelli comes home
Whether it was portraying a young Ebeneezer Scrooge in a 6th grade play, being a high school quarterback with quite a playoff story to tell, playing college baseball when what […]
GHOSTLY SOUNDS: Alex and his ever-evolving Spirit Ghost
Many months ago I was standing in the middle of a pumped crowd at Providence’s beloved AS220, waiting for the next band on the bill to start playing, when up […]
Empathetic Art in Negative Space: The Secret Mall Apartment and it’s 750 square feet of living protest art
A really magical thing happens when you see a place (or places) you know and love on screen; you’re suddenly involved in a very different way. You might be sitting […]
Deadhead Paradise: A night with the Dark Star Orchestra
Imagine that you’re walking around the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on a Wednesday night… everyone you see is wearing tie-dye shirts of some kind, sporting huge smiles on their […]
Cabin Fever: Music-filled film review
It’s not every day you go to a documentary film and the director, star, producer, and writer (along with Kerry Gilfillan) is A. in the room and B. plays a […]
Film Review: An embodied movie experience with Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door
The first time I saw a film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, I was probably in my early twenties; it was Todo Sobre mi Madre (All About my Mother), and […]