The Roots Report: An Interview with Paula Poundstone
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5 Fun Things To Do: Nov 7 – 13
THU 8 AHA! New Bedford: The monthly arts and culture fest returns with an early holiday theme of things made in NB. 5:30pm. Downtown New Bedford. Check ahanewbedford.org for schedule information. FRI 9 Liberty and Libations: Whiskey tasting to support a troop. Proceeds go to Operation Stand Down RI. 5pm. Sons of Liberty, 1425 Kingstown […]
Lenny Clarke and Christine Hurley Return to the Greenwich Odeum
On November 10, Lenny Clarke and Christine Hurley will be returning to the Greenwich Odeum in East Greenwich. Lenny Clarke is a storied comedian from Boston who’s been performing comedy all over the country for over 30 years. He’s appeared in more than 50 television and film projects, including Ted 2, Here Comes the Boom and […]
Fantastic! Comic Con returns and resistance is futile
Let your Halloween costume pull a double this year – RI Comic Con is earlier in the season than usual. Held November 2 through 4, the weekend event is expected to bring in 80,000 to 90,000 sci-fi, fantasy, action, comic, wrestling, gaming, music and – let’s just say “pop culture” fans to downtown Providence. With […]
Wordsmiths & Storytellers
Askew is hosting a new monthly literary event called Wordsmiths & Storytellers. It will take place on the fourth Monday of the month at 6:30pm, and four featured published authors will read from their work at each event. “Rhode Island has a fantastic array of writers,” event coordinator and author R. Forand said. “This […]
The Dark Arts
Eager to get your spook on? Now’s your chance to check out HeARTspot’s Art of Darkness, back for its second year. “Most of the artists in this exhibit are locals,” said gallery owner Jennifer Gillooly Cahoon of the 42 pieces in the exhibition. “Some pieces are creepy and others are whimsical and funny.” The show […]
Diversity of Expression: An interview with Gary Glassman, producer of Native America
Native America occupies a shady area in the mainstream national consciousness, but the indigenous people of the Americas have neither vanished nor must be seen as an intangible unknown forced to linger on the fringes of society. Rhode Island-based documentary filmmaker and founder of Providence Pictures, Gary Glassman, has long been interested in the wealth […]
An Interview with Trinity Rep’s Conversationalist-in-Residence, Christina Bevilacqua
I had the recent opportunity to speak with Trinity Rep’s conversationalist-in-residence, Christina Bevilacqua. Our conversation follows: Alison O’Donnell: What does a conversationalist-in-residence do, and what brought you to play that role at Trinity Rep? Christina Bevilacqua: I kind of made up the title! In the 11 years I spent producing humanities-based conversations at the Providence Athenaeum […]
Thriller Night: Zombie Night XII makes America undead again
Thousands of zombies are about to celebrate Zombie Night XII by invading the Quarantine Zone on Snow Street in front of event hosts The Dark Lady and The Alley Cat. “It’s like bringing your kids to the pumpkin patch,” said ringmaster Reverend Al Mighty of this annual tradition. Rev Al proudly boasts that Zombie Night is […]
Top 5 Fun Things To Do: September 26 – October 2
WED 26 PechaKucha: The show-and-tell for grown ups tackles the intriguing theme, “curiosity.” See what RI speakers do in a handful of short presentations. RI Museum of Science and Art, 763 Westminster St, PVD. fb.com/pechakuchapvd FRI 28 Ocean State Follies: Charlie Hall’s RI-centric send up of local culture and politics, sure to be full of […]