This exhibition demonstrates Silver, Metalwork, and Jewelry in the 19th–21st Centuries.
February 4, 2022 - September 30, 2023Explores the body as material and medium and photography as vehicle to consider ways artists use self-portraiture to enact the self, question history, and articulate identity.
May 13 - November 12Shaman Ladders and Other Stories.
May 20 @ 12:00 am - October 28 @ 11:59 pmJoin us for our annual RI Art Educator’s Showcase, an exhibition featuring artwork from those individuals who teach art to others. Art teachers have the unique gift of
September 1 - September 302 DJ’s – 1 Pair of Headphones.
September 30Comedy show with comic legend Andrew “Dice” Clay.
September 30 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRock guitarist, keyboardist and singer.
September 30 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmForeigner & Journey tribute
September 30 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmGrateful Dead tribute and OG rock.
October 1 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmBlues, jazz, and swing.
October 4 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmFeaturing top industry musicians and singers performing Motown hits spanning several decades. It’ll get you dancing in the street!
October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmLong-standing folk and blues phenomenon
October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmEverything from jazz to pop to rock.
October 7 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmA female-fronted Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty tribute band.
October 8 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmMusician/band
October 8 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmRodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 13 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmSinger-songwriter.
October 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmFunk, soul, and rock & roll.
October 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 14 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmTribute to Steely Dan.
October 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmNo stranger to local rock 'n roll, Sean Carlson ran Just Another Scene as a resource on independent music across New England from 1998 until 2005. He now runs his own consultancy, and his writing has been published in The Irish Times, Boston Globe Magazine, New York Daily News and elsewhere.
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