Poetry Out Loud

by Phil Whistle

Still time to sign up your school! Calling on High School teachers to register for the state Poetry Out Loud recitation competition Deadline to apply is Nov. 17 The national Poetry Out Loud recitation competition engages thousands of Rhode Island high school students each year, [...]

CHOP – Great Food, Community, and Training All in One Innovative Space

by Amber Ma

CHOP (Culinary Hub of Providence) is now open for dinner. Located at the corner of Washington and Empire Streets inside the Providence Public Library, CHOP offers visitors a delicious, mission-driven dining experience in a stylish, welcoming space. High, open ceilings and dark gray concrete flooring [...]

Leave Your Old Ideas About Aging at the Door

by Ellen Welty

Mildred Nichols, founding member of the Rhode Island Women’s Political Caucus: “I’m an elderly woman, I guess, though I don’t feel elderly.” Linda Miller, the woman behind what is now the Providence non-profit Inspiring Minds: “When people call me ‘hon’ and ‘sweetie’, I just explain, [...]

Community MusicWorks’ New Building in the West End Opens Its Doors Very VERY Wide

by Carole Saltz

“We never really had a place where all the things happened together…. Now we do. Now, you literally see what’s going on in the performance space. There are windows on all four sides on two levels so there’s always permeability between this very special space [...]

The Historic Newport Navy Sex Scandal of 1919 Resurfaces in an Immersive Musical Documentary Experience

by Ruthie Wood

Newport, February 1919, Chief Machinist’s Mate Ervin Arnold is transferred to Naval Station Newport. Arnold has severe arthritis, and he almost immediately checks into the hospital for medical attention. There, he overhears snippets of a thriving underground subculture within the Navy: drinking, partying, drugs, cross-dressing, [...]

History Under Our Feet: Unearthing Providence’s Past

by Ruth Marris-Macaulay

Did you know there was a prison under the Providence Place Mall, an early customs house below Hemenway’s Restaurant on South Water Street, or a red-light district beneath the Providence train station?  In the winter of 1981-1982, architectural historian Myron Stachiw worked on a site [...]

A Stellar Tribute to Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: Sylvia Ann Soares’ Captivating Performance

by Judith Clinton

In an evening that will be remembered for years to come, Sylvia Ann Soares delivered an awe-inspiring performance of her one-woman show, “Defiance! Art and Life,” at the RISD Museum Auditorium. The portrayal of Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, an artist whose life was marked by immense [...]

One Last Summer Outing with Leadership RI’s Statewide Scavenger Hunt

by Dana Schneider

For those Providentians who like to stick close to their homes, where rent is already paid and you’re on the fourth season of that show you can’t stop watching, a scavenger hunt may sound like a four letter word. But if you like stories, and [...]

Love, Rhythm, and Grace: Revolve Dance Project’s Unique Approach to Performance

by Kirsten Evans

What happens when a professional drummer and a professional ballerina get together? For newly married couple Cameron MacIntosh and Kirsten Evans, the future promises a lifetime of collaboration. Revolve Dance Project (RDP) is the embodiment of the duo’s inspiration, seamlessly weaving together Cameron’s music and [...]

Providence Fringe Festival and RI Theatre Makers Roundtable- Performers Collaborating

by Judith Clinton

Exciting and experimental performance is the hallmark of Providence’s Annual Fringe Festival, now in its 11th year, and presented by The Wilbury Theatre Group July 14-27.  The largest Fringe Festival in New England, FringePVD fosters a strong sense of community among artists and audiences, and [...]