A Pulitzer Prize winner, a “microcosm of the life cycle,” a community theater staple, popular for its minimalist staging requirements and its often (overly) sentimental portrayals of small-town life – Thornton Wilder’s 1938 classic, Our Town, is all of this and, potentially, more. Based as it is on the actual town of Peterborough, New Hampshire, […]
The Liar Games: Cohen, Trump and the Stench of DecayThe circus is in town, and this time the people want blood. The credibility of the witness is dubious and the defiance of the accused is positively Caesarian, while the integrity of the stage is very much up for question. But as compelling as the theater of […]
WED 27 Dance Barre: Kicking and Screening: An evening watching dance films while drinking wine. Zeiterion Theatre, 684 Purchase St, New Bedford, Mass. zeiterion.org THU 28 The Stories Behind the Sculptures: Screenings of videos and a reception to explore the new season of public art fostered by PVD’s The Avenue Concept. Metcalf Auditorium, RISD Museum, […]
THU FEB 24 – FRI MAR 1 Providence French Film Festival: 14 films in French with English subtitles, most screened twice. Public invited. Brown University Granoff Center for the Arts, 154 Angell St, PVD. brown.edu/campus-life/events/french-film-festival/ See motifri.com/pvdfrenchfilm2019 THU 21 Sofia Ribeiro Quartet: Portuguese music. 7:30pm. Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, 684 Purchase St, New Bedford, Mass. […]
Last month, members of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) Local 5110 picketed informally outside Fatima Hospital in North Providence. UNAP’s contract expired at the start of February, but their protest is about more than just bargaining for higher pay. The union has made safety and all related grievances a mainstay of their platform. […]
On February 7, Domenic Esposito delivered a handmade, larger-than-life spoon with a burned bowl to the sidewalk in front of Rhodes Pharmaceutical in Coventry. Rhodes is not the first pharmaceutical company to receive such a delivery, and it won’t be the last. The first was Purdue Pharma, which is owned by the Sackler family and manufactures the […]
Reverend Donnie Anderson is the executive minister of The Rhode Island State Council of Churches, and a Rhode Island spiritual, social and intellectual leader. In recent years, Reverend Anderson has outwardly transitioned from man to woman. During our compelling conversation, Reverend Anderson spoke of her experiences on her journey toward self-actualization. Donnie Anderson: For 69 years […]
Since 2015, Shey Rivera has been co-artistic director of AS220 with Shauna Duffy. At the beginning of this year, however, Rivera decided to depart AS220, leaving Duffy to take over a newly created executive director position, backed by a leadership team made up of Anjel Newmann, Ruth Harvey and Marina Balko. We wish Duffy continued […]
In the normal course of conversation, if you hear the words “booze” and “axes” together, you might conjure an image of Vikings and leave it at that. But not in Rhode Island. No, in Li’l Rhody we have gone the extra step and opened an ax-throwing club (equipped with a healthy supply of beer, wine […]
The nominations are in, and now it’s time for the picking. Help us honor some of the best tattoo art in our fair state by choosing your favorite in the categories of Overall: Color, Overall: B&W, Line Work, American Traditional, Calligraphy / Typography, Geometric, Best Character, Blackwork, Floral and Cover Up. Vote now! Winners will be awarded […]