Wildlike: “Don’t Run, Got It.”
People embark into the wilderness to find out who they are and what they are, seeking to distance themselves from what they know and find familiar, often learning more than […]
Events:
Bill Frisell
Featuring Eyvind Kang, Hank Roberts, Jenny Scheinman, Thomas Morgan & Rudy Royston.
February 5 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRochambeau Library Big Media Sale (CDs, DVDs, vinyl)
Priced $1 to $2, sets higher: 30 boxes of vinyl, 60 flats of CDs and DVDs
February 7 @ 1:00 pm - 4:30 pmDraw the Line
Aerosmith tribute.
February 7 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmHeartland Radio
Country music.
February 7 @ 9:00 pm - February 8 @ 12:00 amRochambeau Library Big Media Sale (CDs, DVDs, vinyl)
Priced $1 to $2, sets higher: 30 boxes of vinyl, 60 flats of CDs and DVDs
February 8 @ 9:30 am - 4:30 pmColby James & The Ramblers
Singer/songwriter who rambles on.
February 8 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmDustbowl Revival
A Venice, CA-based roots and brass collective.
February 8 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThe Love Dogs
Rockin’ swingin’ septet from Boston playing original jump blues and r&b with big horns.
February 8 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pmPapercut
Linkin Park tribute. I remember buying Hybrid Theory and never taking it out of my car’s CD player… I think it died with the car.
February 8 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmBig Head Todd and The Monsters
40th Anniversary tour for the rock band with blues tendencies.
February 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmOscar Shorts – Live Action
Since 2006, ShortsTV has proudly brought the Oscar® Nominated Short Films to audiences across the globe.
February 15 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmFat City Band
Lead Singer Paul Redmond Got All The Moves To Get The Audience Engaged.
February 15 @ 8:00 pm - 10:30 pmDr. Westchesterson
Musician, producer, songwriter, yacht rocker.
February 15 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmTom White Trio
Jazz music.
February 17 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Fifty Shades of Criticism
Criticism is not about the conscious refusal to distance oneself from the audience, but about trying to explain why or why not a prospective audience member would want to invest […]
Opinion: Questions Surround the PawSox Sale
Ben Mondor, after buying the franchise out of bankruptcy in 1977, turned the Pawtucket Red Sox into a national model of how to run a successful, fan-friendly, family-friendly, and profitable […]
Workshop: The Business Experience of Filmmaking
“A lot of people don’t emphasize the business aspect in the academy. How do you make a living?” asked Jim Jermanok rhetorically, explaining the focus of his workshop, Successful Film […]
Providence French Film Festival 2015
The 2015 annual Providence French Film Festival is dedicated in memory of its long-time director, Shoggy Waryn, who passed away only days before the opening of the festival last year […]
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: By Their Own Insinuation
I should concede at the outset that Tom Stoppard’s now-classic meta-theatrical Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is one of my favorite plays. It is a clever and rapid-fire comedy that […]
Braving the Terrorists at the Cable Car Cinema
The Cable Car Cinema in Providence was among a phalanx of independent theaters that screened The Interview after all of the major chains abandoned it, fearful of controversy and terrorist threats […]
The Interview: More Than Just Poop and Fart Jokes
No motion picture could live up to its hype after the unprecedented rollercoaster ride The Interview has had. Still, The Interview is a much better film than many of the […]
Opinion: Sony Appeases North Korea
North Korea is one of history’s most brutal, irrational, vicious, and cruel regimes. The so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is not democratic, views its people as dehumanized slaves to […]
Ty Davis: NewPaper Founder on the Closing of the Providence Phoenix
The closing of The Providence Phoenix last week after 36 years is “a sign of the times,” said Ty Davis, the founding publisher of The NewPaper in 1978. He continued […]