Kevin’s Culture Picks: What did our expert watch in April?
Every week, I’ve been doing a deep dive into cultural issues, usually theater-related, that are bothering me or that deserve a second look. But who needs another thinkpiece, right? I […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Sam and Mattie Make a Zombie Movie: The documentary behind Spring Break Zombie Massacre to be released April 6
“On a mission to save spring break, two badass bionic bros must fight and (more importantly) party their way through the zombie apocalypse. And hopefully defeat Satan, who killed both […]
Motif Film Screening Series
Motif and Maravilla celebrate art created outside the mainstream by independent artists with something to say. This screening series was created to help bring locally made and ground breaking to […]
Black Joy: An interview with Providence Academy Middle School dean Andreana Thomas
I recently had the opportunity to interview two amazing educators at the Providence Academy Middle School, Andreana Thomas and Phoenyx Williams. This is the first part in a two-part series […]
Kevin’s Culture Picks: Stay entertained like Kevin does this month
Every week, I’ve been doing a deep dive into cultural issues, usually theater-related, that are bothering me or that deserve a second look. But who needs another thinkpiece, right? I […]
Lights, Camera …
In February 2020, the Providence Children’s Film Festival shorts program was held in the basement of The Athanaeum. Kids crawled over each other like puppies and draped over adults — […]
The Earth Is in Our Care: How two local advocates are using art to spread environmental awareness
Art has always been an important tool of the environmental movement. For decades, music and imagery have been used to highlight the beauty of nature, to inspire concern and motivate […]
From Stage to Screen: Play-turned-film taps into our distrust of government
When Nathan Suher calls the timing of The Assassination of Western Civilization a “curious thing,” he isn’t simply being glib about the state of the world. He’s referring to the […]
McManus Brothers Sound Off: The Block Island Sound draws the filmmaking duo home
“Everyone knows what Block Island feels like in the summer, but in the winter it’s like a Stephen King set, just a spooky place,” says Matthew McManus. “It’s cold, every […]
Quirky, Nerdy and Brilliant: The Alexandra Cipolla story
As far as expressions of self goes, you could do worse than Rhode Island. From supporting the creative arts in all their myriad splendors to providing global perspectives at world […]