Events
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Free Speech at AS220 featuring: The Encyclopedia Show
Presented by AS220 at AS220 Performance Space May 17, 2012 The Encyclopedia Show is a live variety extravaganza that commissions local and touring artists and experts from many disciplines to use their individual talents to present a different verbal encyclopedia entry each month. The Encyclopedia Show endeavors to build an age-integrated community cultivating accidental knowledge and irreverent lovingkindness.Though the show is accredited by the Institute of Human Knowledge and Hygiene, it is our mission to chafe against logic and proof, find...
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AS220 |
05/17/12 |
AS220 Performance Space, Providence |
Spring Night Riot
Presented by at The E & O Tap May 17, 2012 A night of local art, music & celebration at one of our favorite bars in Providence, The E&O Tap. We'll have a number of pieces on display, some installation work & a number of prints for sale at affordable prices.
We'll also have some chances for everyone to win some raffle prizes - prints & work created by some of our artists...
(Buy a Revival Brewing Beer & receive a raffle ticket).
Particating Artists:
Joseph...
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05/17/12 |
The E & O Tap, Providence |
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The Used
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Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel |
05/18/12 |
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence |
SupremeRoyal presents: Talib Kweli
Presented by Fete Music at Fete Ballroom May 18, 2012 On Reflection Eternal’s 2000 album “Train of Thought,” Talib Kweli challenged fans, and himself, to “do what comes naturally.” After years of recording on mainstream labels, he now has the chance to produce exactly what he wants—and feels he needs—to produce: an album straight from his mouth to the ears of his fans. Invoking the true meaning of MC, Master of Ceremonies, Kweli brings incredible power to his live shows and feeds off the spontaneous...
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Fete Music |
05/18/12 |
Fete Ballroom, Providence |
Channing & Quinn with Gill Moss
Presented by Fete Music at Fete Lounge May 18, 2012 Channing & Quinn are a quirky two piece band based in Nashville, TN. The two originally met and began writing music in The Blue Ridge Mountains of Boone, NC. In a live setting the two do the work of several musicians by playing guitar, ukulele, accordion, drums, glockenspiel, banjo and more. Be on the look out for them in your city as they tour all year round often adding support for artists such as Langhorne Slim, Brian Vander Ark, Enter The Haggis, The Greencards and many more... You...
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Fete Music |
05/18/12 |
Fete Lounge, Providence |
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Community MusicWorks Performance Party
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Community MusicWorks |
05/19/12 |
Calvary Baptist Church, Providence |
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A Child of Our Time
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RI Civic Chorale & Orchestra |
05/19/12 |
Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul, Providence |
Fishbone
Presented by Fete Music at Fete Ballroom May 19, 2012 Celebrating 25 groundbreaking years, FISHBONE has been trailblazing their way through the history of American Ska, Rock Fusion and (so-called) Black Rock since starting their professional career in Los Angeles burgeoning, Alternative Rock music scene of the mid-1980s. Their sound has often been imitated, but never duplicated. They have toured worldwide with such bands as the Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Roots, Les Claypool/Primus, Fela Kuti, The Dead Kennedys and many ...
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Fete Music |
05/19/12 |
Fete Ballroom, Providence |
FISHBONE with The Brunt of It & The Agents
Presented by Fete Music at Fete Ballroom May 19, 2012 Celebrating 25 groundbreaking years, FISHBONE has been trailblazing their way through the history of American Ska, Rock Fusion and (so-called) Black Rock since starting their professional career in Los Angeles burgeoning, Alternative Rock music scene of the mid-1980s. Their sound has often been imitated, but never duplicated.
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Fete Music |
05/19/12 |
Fete Ballroom, Providence |
Community MusicWorks Presents: CMW presents Jonathan Biss, piano
Presented by Community MusicWorks at RISD Museum May 20, 2012 Beethoven Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 7
Beethoven Sonata in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 "Moonlight"
Beethoven Sonata in F-sharp Major, Op. 78
Beethoven Fantasy, Op. 77
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Community MusicWorks |
05/20/12 |
RISD Museum, Providence |
Kiley Evans
Presented by Fete Music at Fete Lounge May 22, 2012 General Assembly presents Kiley Evans, Evan St. Martin, and Michelle Lewis in the Fête Lounge brought to you by The Onion, Narragansett Beer, Anarchy Eyewear, and Fête Music!
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Fete Music |
05/22/12 |
Fete Lounge, Providence |
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Late Night Groove with DJK-Luv
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Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe |
04/12/12 -
05/31/12 |
Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe, Providence |
Greg Abate with Paul Nagel, Dave Zinno and Artie Cabral
Presented by Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe at Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe July 2, 2011-June 2, 2012 Greg Abate is a jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer and International Jazz/Recording Artist with 150 days a year touring the globe. As Jim Merod of New Jazz Recordings explains, “Greg Abate is one of the most appealing saxophonists on the scene today. He is mature with an abundance of gentle self-confidence. The result is that he plays music with sweetness and daring.” Abate is also an adjunct professor of Jazz Studies at Rhode Island College, and is a very active jazz clinician...
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Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe |
07/02/11 -
06/02/12 |
Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe, Providence |
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RIPCO Concert 5
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Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School |
06/03/12 |
Lincoln School Providence, Providence |
Strictly Jazz Jam
Presented by Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe at Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe May 1-June 5, 2012 The Winner of Best Jazz Jam of 2012 by the Providence Phoenix!! Strictly Jazz Jam with The Mango Trio. Come on out and have a Jazzfull time with The Mango Trio. Band members: Richard Hundley, Mibbett Threats and Zeffro Gianetti
Bring instruments of your choice, vocalists always welcome!
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Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe |
05/01/12 -
06/05/12 |
Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe, Providence |
Through Our Eyes: Woodland and Water
Presented by at Narragansett Boat Club June 10, 2012 This exhibit is inspired by the natural beauty of the Blackstone Park, Blackstone Boulevard, the Seekonk River and the greenway of which they are a part. There will be refreshments, a raffle for an original photograph.and live guitar music by local musician, David Solt
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06/10/12 |
Narragansett Boat Club, Providence |
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Presented by Providence Performing Arts Center at Providence Performing Arts Center June 15, 2012 More than four decades since CSN first harmonized in Laurel Canyon, and played their first-ever concert as a trio at the legendary Woodstock festival, its members continue a creative partnership that is one of the most influential and enduring in music. David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash have each been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame two times—once with Crosby, Stills & Nash, and a second time with The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Hollies,...
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Providence Performing Arts Center |
06/15/12 |
Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence |
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Delta Spirit
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism |
06/15/12 |
Waterplace Park, Providence |
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Michael Franti & Spearhead
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Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel |
06/17/12 |
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence |
Bowerbirds
Presented by The Met at The Mediator June 21, 2012 The Clearing is the third album by the Bowerbirds, and as is often the case for bands that have found steady success, they had more time and better resources to make it. This is a bigger record, then, with bolder sounds and a broader scope. “Tuck The Darkness In” surges in its final two minutes with a wall of electric guitars and drums. “Hush” plays hide and seek with restless vibraphones, pianos and drums, Beth’s voice again providing a core of...
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The Met |
06/21/12 |
The Mediator, Providence |
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Reel Big Fish & Goldfinger
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Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel |
06/22/12 |
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence |
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- Silks/Tower & The Fool
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism |
06/22/12 |
Waterplace Park, Providence |
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Halestorm
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Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel |
06/27/12 |
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence |
Concerts Under the Elms: The American Band
Presented by Rhode Island Historical Society at John Brown House June 28, 2012 Join us for the Concerts Under the Elms, an annual outdoor summer concert series held Thursdays under the canopy of elms at the John Brown House Museum. 6/28/2012– The American Band – Patriotic music and “pops” repertoire The American Band is a symphonic concert band comprised of over 50 adult musicians from Rhode Island and nearby Connecticut and Massachusetts. The band has a long and colorful history extending back to 1837, making the American Band one of the...
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Rhode Island Historical Society |
06/28/12 |
John Brown House, Providence |
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The White Rabbits
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism |
06/29/12 |
Waterplace Park, Providence |
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Grouplove
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism |
07/06/12 |
Waterplace Park, Providence |
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Bush
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Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel |
07/11/12 |
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence |
Concerts Under the Elms: Carlos de Leon Latin Jazz Band
Presented by Rhode Island Historical Society at John Brown House July 12, 2012 Join us for the Concerts Under the Elms, an annual outdoor summer concert series held Thursdays under the canopy of elms at the John Brown House Museum. Latin jazz master, trumpet player, vocalist and bandleader, Carlos de Leon has been playing music professionally for over 30 years. He arrived in New York City from the Dominican Republic in 1964 at the time when this music world, Latin jazz/Afro-Cuban, was giving birth to the global dance phenomenon called Salsa. In the late...
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Rhode Island Historical Society |
07/12/12 |
John Brown House, Providence |
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Walk The Moon
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism |
07/13/12 |
Waterplace Park, Providence |
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Matisyahu
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Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel |
07/18/12 |
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence |