One hundred singers will gather at Easton’s Beach in Newport on August 21, during the upcoming solar eclipse, for a special choral performance: The Sea Pageant. This performance is the creation of Jed Hancock Brainerd and Rebecca Noon of theater group Strange Attractor. The couple is currently finishing a year-long residency at the Providence Athenaeum, where they researched […]
THU 17 – SUN 20 NecronomiCon: Check out all the Lovecraftian happenings here. FRI 18 – SUN 20 90th Annual Greek Pride and Culture Fest: Celebrate the culture of Greece with food, music, and dance. Fri 5pm, Sat & Sun 12pm. 97 Walcott St, Pawtucket. assumptionri.com MON 21 The Sea Pageant: Over 100 singers will […]
WARNING: Looking directly at the sun can PERMANENTLY DAMAGE your eyes up to and including total blindness, so special protection is needed. Ordinary sunglasses are not sufficient. Even severe eye damage may not be noticeable until a day or two later, like sunburn to the retina. The solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017, visible […]
THU 10 Big Nazo takes to the park as part of the KidoInfo series. 10:30am-12:30pm. Burnside park, Kennedy Plaza, PVD. provparksconservancy.org SAT 12 The Looff: At this East Providence art festival located at the Charles Looff Carousel, find artistic treasures and meet local artisans while listening to live entertainment and dining on delicious food truck […]
SAT 5 Providence Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival: While the kids participate in fun activities, sample craft beers and delicacies from popular New England food trucks in scenic India Point Park. Noon, India Point Park, 201 India St, PVD. eatdrinkri.com Leapfest: Jump for joy as this longest standing international static line parachute-training event and […]
Many of us who reside in Providence are familiar with the Providence G. The lovely historic building has decorated the skyline for years and has seen several transformations throughout its lifetime. Now home to luxury apartments, the building is also the site of a fantastic rooftop restaurant and lounge boasting one of the most spectacular […]
NecronomiCon attracts more than just Lovecraft geeks. It also attracts Lovecraft gamers. Every convention, a massive group of gamers ascends from the deep to partake in one of dozens of table-top gaming events taking place all weekend in several Lovecraft-themed rooms and tables. “My favorite thing about the gaming community is the diversity. You never know […]
Between August 17 and 20, literary lovers and aficionados of gaming, the occult and monsters will travel to Providence from across the world — not because of our status as Creative Capital, but because we’re the birthplace of HP Lovecraft. More than 2,000 people attended the last NecronomiCon in 2015, and in its third year, […]
The biggest draw for Foo Fest has to be the huge number of bands performing (see opposite page). But Foo-goers who head downtown on August 12 also can find plenty of food, art and more of the funky stuff that AS220 has been bringing to Rhode Islanders for 30 years. For those who would like to stretch their artistic […]
Imagine for a moment the wonder of going to the circus for the first time as a child. Now imagine that instead of a ringmaster and elephants, there were noise bands and Jewish drag queens. That sense of wonder, my friends, is what you can expect from the 22nd iteration of AS220’s Foo Fest. Many […]