Island Moving Company Returns to Live Performance
On May 6, 7 and 8, Island Moving Company (IMC) will hold a hybrid in-person and livestreamed performance called Return to Live at the WaterFire Arts Center. The performance will […]
Events:
The Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 13 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmThe Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 14 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmThe Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 15 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pmThe Addams Family
The show is based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things
October 20 - October 29Vampire Circus
Part circus, theater, comedy, and cabaret.
October 20 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmGoldilocks and the Three Bears
Ballet.
October 21 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pmVampire Circus
Part circus, theater, comedy, and cabaret.
October 21 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThe Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Thriller Tour.
October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmMacbeth
Explore the realms of witchy madness and death in Shakespeare’s classic Scottish Play about regicide, revolution and untethered ambition.
November 3 - November 6Frozen Jr.
A story of true love and acceptance between sisters, Frozen Jr. expands upon the emotional relationship and journey between Princesses Anna and Elsa. Multiple times.
November 9 - November 11A Christmas Carol
Everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge, is back. The timeless holiday tale of redemption and joy, Trinity Rep’s reimagined production always has a few new wrinkles, and has been a beloved
November 9 @ 10:00 am - December 31 @ 1:00 pmMotif Film Screening Series
Motif and Maravilla celebrate art created outside the mainstream by independent artists with something to say.
November 14 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pmHip-Hop Spin on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to Open FirstWorks’ 20th Anniversary Season
The Bessie Award-winning production is a story of fear, love, and triumph set in the streets of Philadelphia and rooted in the traditions of hip-hop and street dance.
November 18 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Events:
The Performative Self-Portrait
Explores the body as material and medium and photography as vehicle to consider ways artists use self-portraiture to enact the self, question history, and articulate identity.
May 13 - November 12Ana Flores
Shaman Ladders and Other Stories.
May 20 @ 12:00 am - October 28 @ 11:59 pmAl Copley Quintet
Blues, jazz, and swing.
October 4 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmShadows of the ‘60s
Featuring top industry musicians and singers performing Motown hits spanning several decades. It’ll get you dancing in the street!
October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmAn Evening with Tom Rush
Long-standing folk and blues phenomenon
October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmChris Botti
Everything from jazz to pop to rock.
October 7 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmKelly & the Poor Boys
A female-fronted Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty tribute band.
October 8 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmFolk U
Musician/band
October 8 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmThe Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 13 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmAmy Helm
Singer-songwriter.
October 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmTake it to the Bridge
Funk, soul, and rock & roll.
October 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThe Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 14 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmHey Nineteen
Tribute to Steely Dan.
October 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThe Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 15 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pmJustus
High energy dance.
October 15 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmThe Eagles Experience
Eagles tribute.
October 17 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmThe Addams Family
The show is based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things
October 20 - October 29Vampire Circus
Part circus, theater, comedy, and cabaret.
October 20 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmGoldilocks and the Three Bears
Ballet.
October 21 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pmLee Brice
Country music singer and songwriter.
October 21 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Transform the New Year: Metamorphosis Dance Company’s NYE Extravaganza
It’s possible you’re missing the New Year’s Eve party you would have had if this had been anything resembling a normal year, but it only stands to reason that some […]
Voting Nation
When Tammy Brown of The Womxn Project approached Alicia Wilder of Metamorphosis Dance Company suggesting they organize a flash mob to promote voting, Wilder was instantly on board. The song […]
Bringing the Arts Home: FirstWorks’ virtual summer camps keep kids creative
When Rhode Island schools closed in March, cutting students off from in-person arts education, FirstWorks, a nonprofit that works to ensure equitable access to the arts, stepped in to bring […]
Artistic Expression: This pandemic is hitting artists where it hurts
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Just Dance!: Inaugural Motion State Dance Festival to take place at the WaterFire Arts Center
Dancers both local and national will converge in the Creative Capital to showcase the latest in contemporary dance at the inaugural Motion State Dance Festival, held Thursday, March 5, through […]
These Hips Don’t Lie: But what are they saying?
I’ve wanted to take a belly dancing class for years, but always found a reason not to — lack of time, lack of confidence, lack of the ability to move […]
Time to Dance, Sugar Plum!: ‘Tis the season for holiday dance to hit the stage
Whether it’s a vicarious urge to keep ourselves warm, or because something about graceful movement conjures associations with the holiday season, or just because “Happy Holidays” makes you feel like […]
On the Powwow Trail: The Quanah LaRose story
Quanah LaRose has lived a life that, if he wasn’t a real person, would be straight out of a movie. A celebrated powwow dancer and singer from the Ute tribe […]
Move! Dance performances pirouette into Fringe
This summer has been a dancer-lover’s dream, and the fifth annual Providence Fringe Festival (FRINGEPVD) promises this city is not slowing down. Dance companies from around New England and beyond […]