Delatándose a sí misma: Paradoxx de Kate Colby
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“Un cierto episodio desagradable ha tomado dominio de mi vida”, declara la escritora de Providence, Kate Colby, en su nueva colección de ensayos, “pero lo dejo en unas pocas referencias ligeras en mi vida sobre papel”. A lo largo de un año acosado por dificultades, [...]

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Feb
Kortney Adams as Sharon and Jackie Davis as Robyn. Photo by Mark Turek.
The Roommate — Un estudio agudo, divertido e inesperadamente tierno sobre la reinvención
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En la última producción de Trinity Rep, The Roommate ofrece un retrato agudo de dos mujeres cuya conexión improbable se convierte en un catalizador para la reinvención. El humor y el corazón de la obra aterrizan con precisión, gracias a dos interpretaciones excepcionales y a [...]

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Feb
Artwork by one of the children living in the West Bank.
“Innocent Knowledge,” An Exhibition of Artwork by Israeli and Palestinian Children
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Providence lies more than 5,500 miles away from the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Despite this geographic distance, images from civilians suffering from the conflict are now on display at Brown University’s Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice, documenting the experiences of [...]

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Feb
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Celebrating “The Great Connector” at VegFest
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Founded by longtime vegan and communications professional Robin Dionne, VegFest grew out of years of attending plant-based food festivals around the country and wondering why Rhode Island didn’t have one of its own. After years of  planning, research, and development, Rhode Island VegFest was ready [...]

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Feb
Olivia Hodson, Stuart Wilson and Harry Aspinwall in Small Mouth Sounds at Wilbury Theatre Group. Photo by Erin X. Smithers.
When Silence Speaks Volumes: Small Mouth Sounds Finds Profound Meaning Without Words
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It has been said that there are three kinds of silence in the theatre: the silence of emptiness, the silence of anticipation, and the silence that settles over an audience when something deeply recognizable is unfolding onstage. Small Mouth Sounds, while employing all three, belongs [...]

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Feb
Hectic, Antic, Frantic: The Stories of Mary Paula Hunter
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The fourteen stories collected in Can I Have a Hug First?, the second full-length work of fiction by Providence writer Mary Paula Hunter, have an enjoyably frantic energy. Charming and often very funny, Hunter’s stories feature characters, mainly women, whose response to the competing attentional [...]

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La portada
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Escrita por la fabulista brasileña galardonada Ana Paula Pacheco y traducida con energía del portugués por Julia Sanches, Pandora es una novela extraña e inquietante. Por esa misma razón, está perfectamente en sintonía con su tema igualmente extraño e inquietante: la naturaleza surrealista de la [...]

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Photo: Margaret Rizzuto.
Breaking Bread for a Stronger Providence: Inside Oberlin’s First Providence Community Bake Sale
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On a cold December morning, as holiday lights flicker along Westminster Street, Oberlin is preparing for something outside of their delicious culinary dishes. The acclaimed downtown restaurant is getting ready to host its first-ever Providence Community Bake Sale, a collaborative fundraising event benefiting the Rhode [...]

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Dic
Photo: Trinity Rep.
Una Canción de Navidad y la Alquimia de la Magia
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Este año marca la 49.ª producción de *A Christmas Carol* en Trinity Rep, y el equipo creativo está conjurando algo extraordinario. Codirigida por Richard y Sharon Jenkins, con música original de Richard Cumming y coreografía de Sharon Jenkins, la puesta en escena de 2025 se [...]

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Nov
Casa de Diggs: El auge y la caída del congresista negro más influyente de América por Marion Orr
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Para alguien que, según todos los informes, era callado y reservado, Charles Coles Diggs, Jr. — el primer miembro negro del Congreso de Michigan, fundador del Caucus Negro del Congreso y un ícono de la era de los Derechos Civiles — vivió una vida notablemente [...]

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Nov