Events
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The New Providence Big Band
Presented by Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe at Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe June 18, 2013 The Jazz Like you Hear About Series continues with the highly-anticipated return of The New Providence Big Band.
"Step back in time and enjoy the blaring horns, romantic melodies, and foot-stomping rhythms of the New Providence Big Band, an incredible 20 piece swing band featuring the dulcet tones of Ms. Katie Kleyla." |
Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe |
06/18/13 |
Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe, Providence |
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The Airborne Toxic Event
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Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel |
06/19/13 |
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence |
Harry Connick Jr.
Presented by Providence Performing Arts Center at Providence Performing Arts Center June 20, 2013 Harry Connick, Jr.’s meteoric rise in the world of music was only a prelude to a multi-faceted career. This pianist, vocalist, composer, band leader, actor, and philanthropist has received awards and recognition for his live and recorded musical performances, and for his achievements on screens large and small as well as the Broadway stage. Throughout his stellar career, Harry Connick, Jr. has earned three Grammy awards, two Emmy Awards, and two Tony nominations, and spearheaded... |
Providence Performing Arts Center |
06/20/13 |
Providence Performing Arts Center, Providence |
Opening Reception: Paintings by Manette Jungels
Presented by BankRI Turks Head Gallery at BankRI Turks Head Gallery June 20, 2013 June 6 through July 3, 2013 at the downtown Providence BankRI branch in the Turks Head building. Exhibit hours are Monday through Wednesday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Thursday and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. |
BankRI Turks Head Gallery |
06/20/13 |
BankRI Turks Head Gallery, Providence |
Gallery Walk
Presented by Providence Art Windows at URI Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery June 20, 2013 The Director, Rebecca Siemering, will be leading a gallery walk on Thursday, June 20th, at 6PM starting from the University of Rhode Island Library at 80 Washington Street. Come and learn about the program, as well as view the most recent installation by Project Open Door students. The students in this program from across Rhode Island, took 15 windows and transformed them with creatures, animals and monsters referenced in mythology from around the world. Join us from 5-9 on this evening, and... |
Providence Art Windows |
06/20/13 |
URI Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery, Providence |
MetLife Family Friday & Summer Reading Kick-Off
Presented by Providence Children's Museum at Providence Children's Museum June 21, 2013 Kids start off a summer of reading with activities and recommended booklists from Rhode Island children’s librarians, presented by The Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services. Recommended for ages 4 to 10. The Museum is open free from 5:00 - 8:00 PM for “MetLife Family Friday – Free at Five!,” sponsored by MetLife Foundation. |
Providence Children's Museum |
06/21/13 |
Providence Children's Museum, Providence |
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Friday Night Concert Series Presents: The 1975
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism |
06/21/13 |
Waterplace Park, Providence |
Rhode Island Charter Day Celebration
Presented by Roger Williams National Memorial at Roger Williams National Memorial June 22, 2013 Community celebration of the 350th anniversary of the Rhode Island charter. Morning events include a State House open house with a ribbon cutting of the new Charter Museum, a talk by John Barry, author of Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul, and a glimpse into State House treasures. In the afternoon, it's a party at Roger Williams National Memorial featuring the Eastern Medicine Singers, Big Nazo characters, the Extraordinary Rendition Band, hands-on history and trivia, food... |
Roger Williams National Memorial |
06/22/13 |
Roger Williams National Memorial, Providence |
Womanimation! 2013 Film Festival
Presented by MergingArts Productions at Cable Car Cinema & Cafe June 22, 2013 The 5th edition of Womanimation! returns to Providence, RI at The Cable Car Cinema for one day only! The festival is a celebration of international acclaimed animated short film stories created by women. Womanimation! presents whimsical tales by women of coming of age, kinship, love and loss, fantasy, and nostalgia, emphasizing narrative and emotion. These films are a spirited blend in a vivid mix of styles and techniques of animation, from oil on painting, ink on paper, and stop motion. |
MergingArts Productions |
06/22/13 |
Cable Car Cinema & Cafe, Providence |
America's Music: FIlms & concerts offered through May & June
Presented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library May 13-June 24, 2013 One of 50 selected sites nationwide, Providence Public Library will host “America’s Music,” a six-week program series featuring documentary film screenings and scholar-led discussions of 20th-century American popular music. There will also be four concerts in varied music genres.
“America’s Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway,” a series to enlighten audiences about uniquely American musical genres... |
Providence Public Library |
05/13/13 -
06/24/13 |
Providence Public Library, Providence |
Brown Bag Book Club: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Presented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library June 25, 2013 This intense new novel follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he has never much thought about--until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance, one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present.
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Providence Public Library |
06/25/13 |
Providence Public Library, Providence |
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The White Panda
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Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel |
06/28/13 |
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence |
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Friday Night Concert Series Presents: The Neighbourhood
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism |
06/28/13 |
Waterplace Park, Providence |
House & Garden
Presented by Trinity Repertory Company at Trinity Repertory Company May 16-June 30, 2013 From the author of Absurd Person Singular comes the theatrical event of the season: a pair of interlocking comedies that take place simultaneously, with one cast performing both shows in two different theaters at the same time. Teddy and Trish are hosting a big garden party for the town. Friends, family, a London writer, and a French movie star… what could go wrong? Fans of Ayckbourn will know the answer: Anything and everything. House or Garden alone would be an uproarious romp... |
Trinity Repertory Company |
05/16/13 -
06/30/13 |
Trinity Repertory Company, Providence |
‘Double-and-Add: Angela Bulloch | Haroon Mirza | Peter Campus | Anthony McCall’
Presented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum November 23, 2012-June 30, 2013 Double-and-Add plays on a mathematical term used in binary coding, referencing a computational function found in electronic and digital processing. The four featured artists — Angela Bulloch, Haroon Mirza, Peter Campus, and Anthony McCall — use time-based media (video, sound, programmed light) to investigate the sensory transmission of information through seemingly immaterial systems such as algorithms, electricity, and RGB-light. Recent acquisitions of works by Bulloch (Copper... |
RISD Museum |
11/23/12 -
06/30/13 |
RISD Museum, Providence |
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Mud Play at Providence Children’s Museum
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Providence Children's Museum |
06/29/13 -
06/30/13 |
Providence Children's Museum, Providence |
Assemblages by Marge Dalenius
Presented by BankRI Pitman Street Gallery at BankRI Pitman Street Gallery June 6-July 3, 2013 Several years ago, a reviewer made a comment artist Marge Dalenius will never forget. “Old ladies,” the clearly misinformed reviewer stated, “Should crochet.”
Dalenius, with typical aplomb, decided to try her hand at crocheting, not with yarn, but with wire and fishing line. The result, two series of assemblages ¬– one pairing delicate crocheted wire flowers with earthy tree limbs and another meshing monofilament with detritus collected along... |
BankRI Pitman Street Gallery |
06/06/13 -
07/03/13 |
BankRI Pitman Street Gallery, Providence |
Journey: Paintings by Manette Jungels
Presented by BankRI Turks Head Gallery at BankRI Turks Head Gallery June 6-July 3, 2013 Manette Jungels comes from a family of artists. Her mother, Dorothy Jungels, is a well-respected and beloved dancer, teacher, choreographer and founding member of Everett, a dance company, stage and school, located in the Mount Hope section of Providence. Her father, Bob Jungels, is a videographer, and filmmaker. Her brothers and sisters – Mark, Therese, Aaron and Rachael –are all creative people. For years they lived in a huge Victorian home on the corner of Hope and Olney... |
BankRI Turks Head Gallery |
06/06/13 -
07/03/13 |
BankRI Turks Head Gallery, Providence |
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Friday Night Concert Series Presents: The Mowgli's
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism |
07/05/13 |
Waterplace Park, Providence |
BMM 2013
Presented by Dunkin\' Donuts Center at Rhode Island Convention Center July 5-July 7, 2013 BMM 2013 is an endeavor to connect the best in the western and the eastern world, and to bring forth the inter-connections between art, education, and business. It is the tradition of the BMM Conventions to host business conference, continuing medical education conference, and the expo. For the first time, we are planning to offer the business conference free of cost to the interested attendees to provide the entrepreneurial spirits a forum to build the important networks and to renew the... |
Dunkin' Donuts Center |
07/05/13 -
07/07/13 |
Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence |
Professional Development Workshop: Summer Institute: Invention + Innovation
Presented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum July 9, 2013 This institute looks closely at works of design from the ancient past to the present and explores how key objects have solved specific problems by applying innovative ideas, processes, and technologies. Participants examine furniture, vessels, and garments to enhance the integration of material culture in their subject areas; the workshop is relevant for educators who teach art, math, science, history, and English. Sessions include gallery discussions, presentations by experts and... |
RISD Museum |
07/09/13 |
RISD Museum, Providence |
Professional Development Workshop: Summer Institute: Invention + Innovation
Presented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum July 10, 2013 This institute looks closely at works of design from the ancient past to the present and explores how key objects have solved specific problems by applying innovative ideas, processes, and technologies. Participants examine furniture, vessels, and garments to enhance the integration of material culture in their subject areas; the workshop is relevant for educators who teach art, math, science, history, and English. Sessions include gallery discussions, presentations by experts and... |
RISD Museum |
07/10/13 |
RISD Museum, Providence |
Professional Development Workshop: Summer Institute: Invention + Innovation
Presented by RISD Museum at RISD Museum July 11, 2013 This institute looks closely at works of design from the ancient past to the present and explores how key objects have solved specific problems by applying innovative ideas, processes, and technologies. Participants examine furniture, vessels, and garments to enhance the integration of material culture in their subject areas; the workshop is relevant for educators who teach art, math, science, history, and English. Sessions include gallery discussions, presentations by experts and... |
RISD Museum |
07/11/13 |
RISD Museum, Providence |
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Friday Night Concert Series Presents: Cold War Kids
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism |
07/12/13 |
Waterplace Park, Providence |
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Streetlight Manifesto
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Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel |
07/13/13 |
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence |
WaterFire Providence
Presented by WaterFire Providence at Waterplace Park July 13, 2013 WaterFire Schedule for July 13th, 2013
5:00pm – 11:30pm – The WaterFire Store
•The WaterFire Store on Canal Street, buy a t-shirt, hoodie, poster, magnet, pendants and much more to help support WaterFire and keep the fires burning.
Sunset (8:21pm) – Midnight
•80 bonfires on the rivers accompanied by WaterFire Music
Sunset (8:21pm) – 11:00pm – Add Your Light to the Night
•Visit our... |
WaterFire Providence |
07/13/13 |
Waterplace Park, Providence |
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Mac Miller
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Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel |
07/19/13 |
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel, Providence |
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Xander Marrow: New Works
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Craftland |
06/20/13 -
07/20/13 |
Craftland, Providence |
Ring Of Honor
Presented by at Rhode Island Convention Center July 27, 2013 In August of 2012, ROH hit the road and headed to Rhode Island for the very first time! That night we presented “Boiling Point 2012” live on iPPV featuring Kevin Steen defending the World Title against Eddie Kingston, Sara Del Rey & Eddie Edwards taking on Mike Bennett & Maria Kanellis, and a gut-wrenching 2/3 Falls match between Tommaso Ciampa & Jay Lethal in which “The Sicilian Psychopath” suffered an injury that has kept him on the shelf to this... |
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07/27/13 |
Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence |
The State Employee Art Show
Presented by Atrium Gallery at Atrium Gallery June 1-July 31, 2013 Presented by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. This show features artworks by employees of the state. |
Atrium Gallery |
06/01/13 -
07/31/13 |
Atrium Gallery, Providence |
