Risk + vulnerability = comic revelation. Actress and playwright Elizabeth Keiser’s work seems to thrive on this combustible combo in order to push her performances past safe zones and into more dynamic territory. Her newest project, intriguingly titled Horror, is out to explore America’s current state of chaos. Now playing monthly at Aurora Providence, […]
I don’t attend marches or really believe in rallying. I understand the concept of solidarity and support, but I have this thing about fragmented demonstrations preaching to the choir under time constraints, and size limitations set to a government issued permit to exercise a First Amendment right. But in the cold of a January Saturday […]
Vinyl fiends, come one and all to the area’s longest running record convention, happening Sunday, March 12 at the Ramada Hotel Seekonk on Route 44 (right near Tasca). Billed as the “The Original Southern New England Rock ‘n’ Roll Collectors Convention,” the show gives rock fans a chance to treat themselves to 50 tables worth of […]
THU 9 RI Compost Conference & Trade Show: Trade the latest dirt on composting with experts and folks working in the trade (and related fields, pun intended). Full day event. Student Union – Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave, PVD. environmentcouncilri.org FRI 10 Artist Salon: Sheldon Whitehouse: RI Senator and environmentalist gives a lecture […]
Okee dokee folks … I had the chance to speak with Martin Short last week about random things and his upcoming performance at Twin River in Lincoln on Friday, March 10. Martin called me from his Los Angeles home where he has lived for the past 30 years. John Fuzek: I read that you are originally from Canada. […]
Providence ¡CityArts! is serving as community partner with Brown University’s Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies for their production of In the Heights. The show will be presented March 2 – 12 at Stuart Theatre on the main campus. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights tells the story of a vibrant Cuban, Dominican and Puerto […]
FRI 3 Live Bait: Tattoo: Got a story about your ink? This interactive event fishes participants’ names out of a bowl and asks them to improvise their true story in six minutes or less. 10pm, AS220, 95 Empire St, PVD. as220.org SAT 4 Women’s Wrestling Revolution: This women’s wrestling extravaganza includes 14 wrestlers over seven […]
In late 2007, about six months into Local 121’s existence, Bryan Minto had a seemingly outlandish idea to boost the new restaurant’s late-night sales: Take the fine-dining establishment located in a historic building, throw in some DJs and subwoofers, and turn the space out. Nearly 10 years later, as Minto revisited his successful experiment on […]
Here’s What’s Happening in Rhode Island on St. Patrick’s Day
On February 25 & 26, the Rhode Island Convention Center will be taken to a whole new dimension. Celebrities from horror and paranormal films, psychic mediums, talented artists and absolute weirdos will be present. There’s also bound to be a bunch of cosplay taking place with countless captivating costumes. It’s Terror Con, a two-day event […]