Arts & Culture

A near sell-out crowd rocked out to the sounds of Kings of Leon Friday, August 27, 2021 at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts. The Nashville, TN based-band pulled out all the hits for the show, a stop of the “When You See Yourself” tour. Concert Photographer Rick Farrell was there to document the occasion. […]

Cooler temperatures and even cooler music is on tap for the upcoming weekend. We’ll focus on a few shows that are free and outdoors this weekend! Friday: The Dick Clarks return to Nick-a-Nees in downtown Providence. Music starts around 9PM. Rock out all night long! Details here. Saturday: Warren Folks Fest Five is a free […]

(Providence, RI, August 25, 2021) The Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School is searching for youth musicians to fill the rosters of its many youth ensembles for the 2021/2022 Season. Student musicians from Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut are welcome to apply. The ensemble’s programs offer elementary, middle, and high school students an opportunity […]

Nine Rhode Island performance venues and organizations joined a partnership today to provide for the safety of their audiences, artists, staff, and volunteers, based on current scientific evidence and best practices around the country. Organizations included in this effort include Festival Ballet Providence, Gamm Theatre, Island Moving Company, Providence Performing Arts Center, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra […]

The following was submitted by Alliance Française of Newport In September 2021, the Alliance Française of Newport will offer three opportunities for learning about French language and culture: Beginning French, Intermediate French and “The Salon,” a special Advanced Conversation Group. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline for Registration is September 24th. The […]

★★★★★ The title of David Lowrey’s The Green Knight, now available for online rental after spending some time exclusively in theaters, strikes me as particularly important. The film adapts Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century poem by an unknown author, and takes at least the bones of its story: Gawain (Dev Patel), young […]

Local heroes John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band hosted New Jersey pals Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes for an old-time rock show at the Providence Performing Arts Center on Friday, August 20th. The joint was jumping as the two bands rocked the house with classic favorites while testing out a few new songs. […]

The Rhode Island Slave History Medallions announced this week that they will host A Living History Cultural Celebration at Patriots Park in Portsmouth on Saturday, August 28, 2021 from 12:00-2:00 pm. This is a free, family-friendly event and will feature music by the Bristol Fife & Drum Corps, dance and storytelling by Indigenous performers, African […]

★★★★ After premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival to quick acclaim, culminating in multiple award wins, Siân Heder’s CODA broke the festival acquisition record when Apple paid over $25 million for its worldwide distribution rights. Having seen it, the reason is obvious: it’s a well-made version of that coming-of-age story you’ve seen a thousand […]

 The Boston Latino International Film Festival (BLIFF) today announced that it will once again be showcasing the diverse voices originating in U.S.-based-Latinx communities and in the Americas and beyond through film this year from September 24 – October 3, 2021. This year’s festival will be hosted virtually and film offerings will include Q&As with filmmakers. This […]

It’s a Westerly to Woonsocket weekend in local music. Fend off the Friday the 13th vibes and enjoy some live music this weekend! Friday: Head to the Knickerbocker in Westerly for award-winning guitar guru and RI native Duke Robillard and his band. Details here. Need more Duke? He’s also playing Chan’s Saturday night. Details here. […]

The richly colorful and abstract work of Allison Paschke and Jacqueline Ott will play with size and scale on the gallery walls at the Jamestown Arts Center beginning on August 21.  The vast wallspace at the JAC presented an opportunity for Paschke and Ott, both Rhode Island artists, to explore ambitious possibilities with their artwork. […]

Pawtucket, RI – In her debut collection of personal, curated poems, Apryl Scott has already proven herself to possess a unique voice. Filled with self-introspection and rich and varied verse, the book of jade is the artistically interpreted manifestation of her own spiritual awakening. And in this volume, she expresses her love of words through well-crafted verse that […]

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Enjoy an artful summer evening with August Newport Gallery Night on Thursday, August 12th, 2021 from 5:00 – 8:00 pm. For the continuation of the 2021 season, Newport Gallery Night will be hosting August Newport Gallery Night featuring DeBlois Gallery and Beach Studios. DeBlois Gallery will be featuring their latest show:  The 2021 Members’ Show […]

Open Studios and Drive-By Art returns to Conanicut Island on Saturday, August 7 from 10 am – 5 pm. Jointly hosted by the Jamestown Arts Center (JAC) and Conanicut Island Art Association (CIAA), Open Studios is a one-day, island-wide event where participating artists invite the public into their studios or to see their work outside […]

Providence, RI—Members of the community are invited to attend the FirstWorks Live—Music at Roger Williams Park free summer concert series in the gorgeous outdoor setting of “The People’s Park.” Presented in partnership with Roger Williams Park Conservancy and the Providence Parks Department, the six-concert series continues this Sunday, August 1, 2021 at 5PM with Rhode Island’s defacto ambassadors of Andean […]

via The Redwood Library & Athenaeum The Redwood Library & Athenaeum has been selected by  Patrick Conley, Historian Laureate of Rhode Island to house a substantial portion of the Dr. Patrick T. Conley  Library consisting of scholarly works on all phases and aspects of American History.  His generous donation includes his most prized scholarly books […]

Award-winning Canadian fiddling wizard Gordie “Crazylegs” MacKeeman has wowed audiences around the world with his high-octane performances, “crazy legs” style of dancing, and mischievous musical humor. Gordie will have everyone up on their feet and dancing with his first album for kids and families, Folk for Little Folk Volume 1, set for release on September 17, 2021.   Ferocious fiddle […]

★★★★ There is very little about Janicza Bravo’s Zola that isn’t interesting. Its twisty, shocking, (mostly) true story is adapted from a viral thread of 148 tweets by A’Ziah “Zola” King from October 2015, as well as the Rolling Stone profile that followed a month later. Its aesthetic, soundscape, and score (by Mica Levi of […]

Here’s this week’s Sour Grapes; Tim Jones is the creator, artist and writer of the widely popular, self-syndicated comic strip, “SOUR GRAPES”; a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world. Sour Grapes is currently published in multiple newspapers in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, California […]

Area organizations received more than $73,000 in grants as part of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) latest round of grants to arts and culture organizations, arts education programs, teaching artists in healthcare and education, individual artists, culture workers, and other related community projects. Some 156 grants were awarded statewide, totaling $878,942.   […]

UNCASVILLE, CT (July 16, 2021) – Mohegan Sun Arena welcomes back Daughtry for a much-anticipated concert that kicks off at 7:00pm on Sunday, November 14th. Tickets are $59.50, $39.50 and $29.50 and go on sale Friday, July 23rd at 10:00am through Ticketmaster. With three years since their last album, Daughtry announces new LP, Dearly Beloved due out September 17th and now available […]

RI State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (Humanities Council) announced today a collaborative partnership to distribute federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to arts, culture, and humanities nonprofits. This funding, from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), totals $968,000. […]

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★★★★ Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been waiting a long time for Black Widow, and not just because the pandemic delayed it a year. Since being introduced in 2010’s Iron Man 2, Scarlett Johansson had played the Russian-spy-turned-S.H.I.E.L.D.-agent Natasha Romanoff six more times, and never in a film that bore her character’s name. […]

A couple of leading summer music venues in nearby Massachusetts re-open this weekend, a sure sign of a gradual return to normalcy. The Xfinity Center in Mansfield and Indian Ranch in Webster have a full summer of music scheduled. We’re highlighting a couple of shows in each venue this week on “Six Picks.” Saturday: Country […]