On the Big Screen: SENE Film Fest premieres LGBT shorts
SENE Film Fest, or Southeast New England Film Fest, one of the longest-running film, music and arts festivals in the country, premiered a series of LGBT short films at Theatre […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Hitting New Heights: One of the most innovative and exhilarating movie musicals since Chicago
This week in Variety, the headline spoke of the “disappointing” box office take of the film In the Heights. The movie adaptation of the smash Broadway musical brought in $11 […]
Kevin’s Culture Picks: What kept our culture expert busy in May?
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]