Each year, students in Rhode Island College’s metalsmithing/jewelry department are asked to organize a gallery exhibition featuring the work of both current students and students who have graduated from the program in the last year. Attendees of Scintilla, this year’s exhibition, will be able to view everything from fine jewelry to larger works of metalsmithing. […]
What happens when four friends get together and hatch a plan to bring more local organic food to the Providence area? You get the Alternative Farmers Market, Rhode Island’s newest farmers market, which opens May 18 at 10am in the Miriam Hospital Lot at 1111 North Main Street. Jacob Brier, Richard Suls, Rachael McCaskill and […]
I am not an artist. I can’t paint or draw or analyze a landscape. My friends aren’t artists. We don’t discuss art. Our outings are uncultured to say the least. But I fell in love with Gallery Night Providence. And you will too. GNP is, in simplest terms, an art crawl. On the third Thursday […]
Named, “the most adventurous playwright of her generation,” by the New York Times, Obie Award winning director and playwright, Young Jean Lee, explored a new discourse in her work-in-progress Straight White Men at Brown University on Saturday night. Presented by Brown TAPS and Sock and Buskin, Lee’s project is set in the conventions of a […]
See the video that goes with this “It was really interesting…” That’s Bob Mariani’s favorite phrase to describe the work of the Creative Communications Club of Providence (CCCP), and it might be the most apt way to describe the club, of which Mariani is founder and president. The CCCP started “very unintentionally,” according to Mariani […]
On March 27 at 7 pm, at the Blackstone River Theater, the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame is hosting an event to draw awareness to its Tune In, Tune Up program. Tune In, Tune Up is an initiative designed to give members of Rhode Island’s music community access to affordable healthcare. Through the program, […]
By Tyler Curry Greetings Good vibes and catchy tunes traveled throughout Firehouse 13 on Friday night, as featured artists Melanie Lynx and Milk Bread along with openers Safari and Rich Ferri rocked the stage. Each band with it’s own unique sound, music appreciators could enjoy the powerful voice of Melanie Lynx or the soulful tunes […]
45% adrenaline, 25% schoolyard game, 20% circus acrobatics and 10% foam ball to the face: Dodge, dip, duck, dive…and fly. With dodge ball’s addition of a trampoline playing field the game is given a fun, challenging twist. On March 13 Sky Zone held a tournament of about a dozen teams, 5-8 players each, to duke […]
“Everybody is Irish on St. Patrick’s day.” Hell, most of Rhode Island is Irish every other day of the year too (how many Katie’s do you know, really?). That being said, there will be plenty to do around the area this coming weekend. Whether you’re thing is Irish food, traditional Celtic music, partying in a a room […]
By Tyler Curry A bright light shined on Theo Martins as he graced the stage, at the PVD Social Club, Friday night. The native Rhode Island lyricist delivered an energetic performance with songs from his debut album, “Wonderland.” He kept the crowd engaged with an introspective, musical chronicle of life experience, and an energy that matched […]