Everyone Is Not a Critic
My colleague Kevin Broccoli recently pronounced theater criticism dead: “You’re better off hiring 50 20-year-olds to talk about your show on social media than you are cozying up to a […]
Events:
A Changing Reflection
This exhibition demonstrates Silver, Metalwork, and Jewelry in the 19th–21st Centuries.
February 4, 2022 - September 30, 2023Social Fabric: Textiles and Contemporary Issues
Featured artists include: Jim Arendt, Elizabeth Duffy, Brooke Erin Goldstein, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Letitia Huckaby, Tamara Kostianovsky, Dinh Q. Lê, Aubrey Longley-Cook, Veronica Mays, Alison Saar, Emma Welty, Nafis M. White,
December 3, 2022 @ 8:00 am - June 11, 2023 @ 5:00 pmPaintings by Gregory Ricci
December 9, 2022 - April 13, 2023Superimposed
January 25 - June 4Outsider Art: Harnessing Color
This exhibition joins six art spaces from the East Coast that support artists with disabilities: Artists’ Exchange, Center for Creative Works, Downtown Designs Gallery, Spindleworks, Out of the Box Studio
January 27 - April 1Grateful Dead
The Vintage Posters, 1966-1995.
January 27 - March 31Whodunit? An Improvised Murder Mystery
This time, it’s the French Revolution and the nobility are stabbing each other in the back…literally. Every week is different, so you – and the cast – never know what
February 4 - April 1Elisabeth Subrin’s The Listening Takes
February 9 - June 4Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I will not bend an inch
February 17 - August 4Red Series
by Jade Sisti
March 1 - March 31Greg Piccolo & Heavy Juice
Blues music
March 24 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmDar Williams
Singer-Songwriter
March 24 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThe Eliminator Band
ZZ Top Tribute
March 24 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmKim Trusty
A soulful and multifaceted vocalist, songwriter and guitarist
March 24 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmTenors Of Rock
Featuring music from Queen, The Eagles, Bon Jovi, AC/DC & More
March 24 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pmNick Bosse
Country, southern rock, and bluegrass-inspired singer-songwriter
March 24 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pmJohnny Hoy and the Bluefish
Martha’s Vineyard best blues band celebrates Spring Fever with our annual Island Dance Party.
March 25 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRyan Montbleau Band
An American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
March 25 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmMax Creek 50
An American rock band
March 25 @ 9:00 pm - March 26 @ 12:00 amPaul Virzi
New York-born comedian is a Comedy Central regular with not one but two podcasts of his own.
March 30 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
The NEA: Art Finds a Way
This is a time of instability. A time for us to reflect on our sustainability as individuals, artists and organizations and reflect on how we’ve been depending on systems built […]
Keep Art a Communication of Love by Keeping Government Out of It
Human beings are driven to express themselves, and we are naturally uplifted by a sense of having done something, having accomplished something. Ultimately, communication is an act of love, and […]
In Their Own Words: Cannabis
We received verbatim responses from two leading proponents and two leading opponents of cannabis taxation and regulation. We have not censored their responses or fact-checked their claims — we just […]
A Labor Discussion
Are unions necessary? Who loves ’em? Who hates ’em? Are we all going to be replaced by robots anyway? We gathered the opinions of several political commenters so you, dear […]
The Right to Not Be Shot At
One of the fundamental nuggets of wisdom that the Founding Fathers captured in crafting the Constitution was that things would change. While one can argue that the basics of human […]
Both Sides — RI’s Holiday Tree
How do you feel about our fair state’s holiday tree? Rabidly angry? Don’t care much? Think the state should stay out of religion? Or maybe it should celebrate them all? […]
The Letter of the Law
The season to be jolly is upon us! The mall is fashioned with Christmas decorations, stores are tripling their advertising budgets, families are hanging festive lights throughout their homes, and […]
Call A Christmas Tree A Christmas Tree, A Menorah A Menorah And Move On Already!
In honor of the season of giving, I have been asked to write the progressive point of view of the second annual showdown between the Holiday Tree and the Christmas […]
Right-To-Work: Right to Choose or Left Behind?
Read both sides of the story: Before we dive into the facts, what exactly does right to work mean? It simply means if you work for a unionized employer, then you have […]
