Arts and Culture in Rhode Island
The Play's The Thing
Trinity Rep Captures the Conscience of the King with Shakespeare's Masterpiece, Hamlet
Theater Review By Paul Pence
Anyone who attended high school in Rhode Island is familiar with Hamlet. It's required reading. Legions of schoolkids have toiled with translating "To be, or not to be..." into their own verson of modern English and tried to make sense of a moody ghost-seeing prince set on revenge. But Hamlet, first and foremost, is a play, intended for an audience to experience rather than something to ponder on the page. Through the remainder of February, Trinity Rep is provides Providence with that experience with their presenation of Hamlet
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Two Weird Girls
Weird Girl Creations in Barrington Provides Sparkle And Imagination
Arts Article By Kyla
Weirdgirl Creations has been around for over ten years now, evolving into what it is today through a lot of trial and error and the will to make it work! Meg and I now run a paint your own pottery studio/gallery which offers everything from clay classes, birthday parties, wedding gifts and signature platters, baby hand print impressions in wet clay, ceramic bead painting, jewelry, and more. Running a successful business has required us to find a balance between what clients love, and what we love doing, We have found wedding signature platters and clay classes to be a steady source of business.
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Judy & Liza Together Again
Acclaimed Tribute To Judy Garland And Liza Minnelli at the Greenwich Odeum
Arts and Entertainment Article
For an evening of color and energy in a Broadway-styled review, set aside time to watch "Judy & Liza Together Again". This tribute to two of the most beloved female entertainers to ever hit the stage and screen stars Julie Sheppard as Judy Garland and Suzanne Goulet as Liza Minnelli. Terrific theater, stellar singing, dynamic dancing, and outstanding outfits make for an incredibly entertaining evening filled with glamour, glitz, excitement, and nostalgia.
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Dark and Comic Rural Ireland on Stage
"The Lonesome West" at the Gamm
Arts and Culture
In a remote Irish village as comical as it is dangerous, brothers Valene and Coleman Connor share an undying hostility for their mundane lives, and especially for each other. From potato chips to plastic saints, nothing is sacred and everything is an excuse for violence. Only Father Welsh, a young and depressive priest, tries to reconcile the pair before their petty squabbles spiral out of control. But could God himself stop this latter-day Cain and Abel from their vicious carnage? Hilariously volatile and morbidly engrossing, McDonagh's depiction of the rural "murder capital of Europe" will have you laughing until it hurts.
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Beacon Rock
Painting by Richard Gosvenor chosen as the best RI landscape
Arts and Culture
Governor and Mrs. Carcieri have selected “Beacon Rock” a watercolor by Richard Grosvenor of Newport, as the Best In Show for the third annual Scenes of Rhode Island competition. The Best In Show honor carries a $1,000 prize and the artwork will hang in the State House during the Carcieri Administration.
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Providence Art Club
By Erica Berenstein
The Providence Art Club holds open juried shows and provide an opportunity for people to volunteer and be members of an artistic community. In fact, according to the club president, the Club “thrives on a foundation of member volunteers.”
Beacon Rock
Painting by Richard Gosvenor chosen as the best RI landscape
Governor and Mrs. Carcieri have selected “Beacon Rock” a watercolor by Richard Grosvenor of Newport, as the Best In Show for the third annual Scenes of Rhode Island competition. The Best In Show honor carries a $1,000 prize and the artwork will hang in the State House during the Carcieri Administration. It will also be reproduced as a high quality limited edition poster for the Carcieri’s use as a gift for non-profit organizations and visiting dignitaries. The competition is designed to highlight the beauties of Rhode Island and the abilities of the artists who live here.
Once Upon A Time...
Storytime With Mark Binder, Providence Storyteller
By Paul Pence
The children sit on the floor, barely able to sit still in their excitement over hearing the voice of baby bear squeek "Someone's been eating my porriage and they ate it all up!"
Red Noses, Not Black Death!
Plague Comedy has Audiences Dying of Laughter at The Gamm
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is presenting Red Noses, Peter Barnes' wickedly funny, award-winning black comedy about the Black Death through the end of February. This zany, irreverent, stunt-filled play features a cast of 22 actors portraying the best and worst of human behavior in the face of tragedy.
It's a Blast!
An explosion of sights and sounds comes to PPAC
Following triumphant successes in London, on Broadway, and across North America, BLAST!, winner of the 2001 Tony Award for “Best Special Theatrical Event,” and the 2001 Emmy Award for “Best Choreography,” is coming to the Providence Performing Arts Center, January 13 – 15, 2006.
Arts In The Back Yard
"Celebrate Providence" brings another year of live performing arts to the city's neighborhoods this summer
Donigian Park in the Olneyville section Providence was filled with the sounds of drumming and the excitement of summer as Mayor David N. Cicilline kicked off the Celebrate Providence: 2005 Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative. The program, which is in its second year, was recently recognized with the prestigious Livability Award by the United States Conference of Mayors at its 73rd annual conference in Chicago.
A Christmas Carol at Trinity Rep
Providence's Favorite Christmas Tradition
By Paul Pence
The Christmas Carol is a Rhode Island holiday tradition that I have finally had a chance to experience in person. I'd heard about it for years -- "You can't start Christmas without going to the Trinity Rep first"... "Scrooge will get you in the spirit!" So when I had the opportunity this year to attend the opening night of Trinity's Christmas Carol, I jumped at the chance.
Crescent Park's Looff Carousel
Crescent Park was the largest and most spectacular of all of Rhode Island's Victorian-era amusement parks. Amusement parks in those days included boating, games, picnics, music, tunnels of love, and, noteably, carousels. Crescent Park featured a grand carousel with 62 hand-carved figures and four chariots -- a masterpiece of carousels designed as a showcase of the talents of Charles I.D. Looff.
Crime and Punishment at the Gamm
A New, Modern Adaptation of the Classic Russian Novel
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) opens its 21st season with Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus’ award-winning new adaptation of the classic Russian novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Peter Sampieri, who directed Gamm productions Red Noses and The Grapes of Wrath directs in a highly charged psychological drama that promises to leave audiences breathless.
A Play Within A Play At Trinity
Musical Comedy "The Mystery Of Edwin Drood"
By Paul Pence
What do you do with a novel left unfinished when a master storyteller passes on? Well, if you're playright Rupert Holmes, you create a Tony Award winning musical comedy that embraces the fact that the work was unfinished. If you're Trinity Rep, you see a play that reaches out into the audience and draws its membersin as participants of the play. And if you're me, you go see it and laugh yourself silly.
Surveying The Farmland
American Landscape Photographs by Andrew Buck at the URI Photography Gallery
Connecticut based Andrew Buck is a thoughtful and highlyaccomplished interpreter of American farmland, landscape that he defines as fullyresponsive to the human presence. In this exhibition of powerful panoramiclandscapes of Northwest Ohio horizons and tobacco fields and barns of theConnecticut River Valley, Buck’s black and white photographs involve us in anunimpeded freedom of genuine photographic vision, reaching abstractly beyond ourlived experience. His is a photographic gaze upon the farmland, and through hisscanning that broad landscape he causes us to recognize land being inhabited,structured and organized for human use.
Spring, early, in Providence's Convention Center
Rhode Island Flower & Garden Show
By Waffles Pi Natusch
The Rhode Island Flower & Garden Show (www.flowershow.com) provides a variety of entertainment while performing its basic mission, preparing the home gardener/residential landscaper for the coming season. With over 30 display gardens, nearly 300 retail exhibitors and 200 amateur garden exhibits on three indoor acres, everything from Audubon Society to Zen Gardens is displayed in neatly organized, spacious settings.
Fredric Chiu Plays at the Westerly Armory Centennial
By Roberta Humble
The evening concert by American world-renowned pianist Frederic Chiu on Sunday, December 15 2002 marked the celebration of the official centennial of the Westerly Armory. The armory was dedicated in December 1902 and the concert benefits the restoration of the National Register building.
A Portrait From Life
Documentary Investigating RI artist Gilbert Stuart
If you want to see a work of art by Gilbert Stuart, open your wallet. In the center of the one-dollar bill, sits George Washington -- looking somewhat glum. While millions of bucks get passed every day with Stuart’s famous painting of the father of our country, few can tell you about the artist whom contemporaries dubbed “the father of American portraiture.”
The Play's The Thing
Trinity Rep Captures the Conscience of the King with Shakespeare's Masterpiece, Hamlet
By Paul Pence
Anyone who attended high school in Rhode Island is familiar with Hamlet. It's required reading. Legions of schoolkids have toiled with translating "To be, or not to be..." into their own verson of modern English and tried to make sense of a moody ghost-seeing prince set on revenge. But Hamlet, first and foremost, is a play, intended for an audience to experience rather than something to ponder on the page. Through the remainder of February, Trinity Rep provides Providence with that experience with their presenation of Hamlet.
A Place For Art
Hera Gallery Bringing Art to South County Since 1974
By Paul Pence
Look for the bright yellow and red building. You won't find it on the first try... it's tucked behind the Wakefield Main Street shops, just past Phil's diner. But when you do spot the building, it's like finding a brighly-dyed Easter egg. Or maybe a brightly wrapped Christmas present.
I Eat Pandas
Musical Improv Troupe Performs Improvised Musicals!
Rhode Islanders might remember "I Eat Pandas" from their remarkable performance at the second annual Providence Improv Fest. There they set a countdown clock for 20 minutes after getting audience suggestions, and then completed a 20-minute musical on the spot, followed by a 10-minute musical and then a 5-minute, all based on the same suggestion. After witnessing this on-stage magic, Everett Dance Theatre Artistic Director Dorothy Jungels decided that I Eat Pandas must be brought back to Providence to perform at the Carriage House Stage.
Ice and Snow on Bowen's Wharf, Newport, RI
By Catherine Bowen Brophy
There may be snow on the ground during Rhode Island winters... but the folks at Bowen’s Wharf want even more. Every year, associated with Newport's Winter Festival, Bowen's Wharf sponsors ice sculpting and snowman building contests.
Judy & Liza Together Again
Acclaimed Tribute To Judy Garland And Liza Minnelli at the Greenwich Odeum
For an evening of color and energy in a Broadway-styled review, set aside time to watch "Judy & Liza Together Again". This tribute to two of the most beloved female entertainers to ever hit the stage and screen stars Julie Sheppard as Judy Garland and Suzanne Goulet as Liza Minnelli. Terrific theater, stellar singing, dynamic dancing, and outstanding outfits make for an incredibly entertaining evening filled with glamour, glitz, excitement, and nostalgia.
Dark and Comic Rural Ireland on Stage
"The Lonesome West" at the Gamm
In a remote Irish village as comical as it is dangerous, brothers Valene and Coleman Connor share an undying hostility for their mundane lives, and especially for each other. From potato chips to plastic saints, nothing is sacred and everything is an excuse for violence. Only Father Welsh, a young and depressive priest, tries to reconcile the pair before their petty squabbles spiral out of control. But could God himself stop this latter-day Cain and Abel from their vicious carnage? Hilariously volatile and morbidly engrossing, McDonagh's depiction of the rural "murder capital of Europe" will have you laughing until it hurts.
Manifestations of the Metaphysical
Art Exhibit at the Warwick Museum of Art, August 6 to September 3, 2005
The Warwick Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition, "Manifestations of the Metaphysical," is a multimedia exhibit featuring the work of eight artists from the New England area: Jacqueline Sylvia, Tovah Stevenson, Mark Silva, Diwa Rudio, Ardell Santa Theresa, David Planka, Graham Heffernan and Jill Cook. The show will present work that explores the relationship between metaphysical concepts and artistic practice.
Memory, Identity, and Place
Photo-based Art at Hera Gallery
A new exhibition of photo-based works and painting at Hera Gallery presents the works by the seven artists who explore the complex relationship between memory, identity and place. The show curator 's statement says that "Place holds memory and defines who we are. We each have memories that relate to or are invoked by a certain place. We share memories of a common social history that connects us to community. The connection to place and its change or loss affects us in profound ways."
Christmas Chorus
The Swanhurst Chorus Sings Messiah
By Lisa Babbitt
Newport's Swanhurst Chorus has for the last decade, offered local concert-goersthe season tradition of a "Messiah and Carol Sing", providing the opportunity toboth hear and participate in this perennial favorite. Held at EmmanuelEpiscopal Church on Dearborn and Spring Streets in The City by the Sea, theevening features the more popular choruses from the Christmas portion of Messiah- "For Unto Us a Child is Born", "And He Shall Purify", "And the Glory of theLord", "O Thou that Tellest", "Glory to God in the Highest", and of course, the"Hallelujah" chorus sung by Swanhurst's choristers with participation by anyaudience members who are so inclined - as well as selected arias from theoratorio.
Murder at the Towers
Narragansett Towers Hosts a "Killer Cabaret"
By Linda Eagleson
Along the long, windy road, were homes decorated in the traditional white lights, Santa figurines, and even patches of snow that hadn't been washed away with the rain. The smell of the salty sea air and a soft spray of seawater washed our faces as we made our way from the car to the Towers of Narragansett. Recently renovated in the past few years, to accommodate weddings, dinners theaters, fashion shows, and a host of other events, we were going to be entertained in the surrounding that once was devastated by fire.
California Wine Country Cusine in Providence
Napa Valley Grille, Providence, RI
By Paul Pence
I'm frequently tempted by Napa Valley Grille's creative, light, and wonderfully flavorful California Wine Country cuisine -- its delicate seasonings and complex preparations where every ingredient plays its own role, but none dominates to the detriment of the dish make their foods a delight. And when I remember that they have one of the largest wine selections in Rhode Island, an attentive and knowledgeable staff, and a casual atmosphere, the temptation becomes overpowering.
Strolling through Time
An Architectural Tour of Newport Doorways
By Linda Manning
The Newport Landmark Historic District has more restored homes than any other city in Colonial America. With well over two hundred period homes of the 18th century, half along the waterfront in the Point area, and the balance throughout Historic Hill. Newport showcases one of the most diverse displays of architectural doorways. Early Colonial designs line the cobblestone streets.
Soul-searching at the Newport Jazz Festival
By Linda Eagleson
Imagine listening to your favorite artist on a sultry afternoon, sipping iced tea, under the translucent blue sky, while glistening sailing vessels sashay their way across the harbor.
The Sounds of Summer
Live music for Newport summers!
By Anne Marie McLaughlin
Whether you have an ear for contemporary or classical, jazz or good ole’ folk, the sounds coming from Newport in the summer will surely be music to your ears. In addition of numerous live performance in Newport venues, four major music festivals come through the city each summer.
Newport Designer Showhouse
The Newport Showhouse Guild has, since 1994, produced a series of rennovated and wonderfully redecorated houses, raising money for charity and showing off the talents of interior and landscape designers.
Sexual Harassment and Political Correctness
Language, sex and power clash on stage in Gamm'scontroversial Oleanna
The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is pleased topresent Oleanna : a chilling, emotionally charged lookat sexual harassment and political correctness byaward-winning playwright David Mamet.
Making Music Intimate
A conversation with Ocean State Chamber Orchestra's music director, Ann Danis
By Erica Berenstein
Ann Danis radiates positive energy. Her enthusiasm for classical music is centered around her desire to make it accessible and popular for people, children, and anyone who will listen. Trying to break with the associations that accompany the pairing of the words “classical” and “music,” Danis founded the Ocean State Chamber Orchestra in 1991. “If you want to listen to great music and see people actually enjoying themselves, you need to come join us,” she told me over coffee. According to the audiences, OSCO is Rhode Island’s best kept secret. In such a small state with such a strong arts scene, this seems nearly impossible.
Pendragon
Keepers of the Celtic Musical Tradition
By Paul Pence
Every year for St. Patrick's Day, Rhode Islanders become Irish. Those of us whose lineage may or may not have included ancestors from Ireland become a wee bit Irish for just a day. And on that day, those of us whose blood runs green year around and in whose heart beats the tunes of the Irish hills become even more Irish.
One Percent For Art
Rhode Island's "Percent For Art" Program
Rhode Island state law requires that 1% of funds allocated for the new construction or renovation of state facilities be used for the acquisition of works of art. This "Pecent for Art" program has commissioned significant works of art for public facilities throughout Rhode Island. Similar programs exist in New York, Minnesota, New Jersry, Louisianna, and many other states.
Breaking Up Laughing
Pete 'n' Keely was a great way for us to meet the Mill River Players
By Paul Pence
They started arguing right after dinner, and they didn't stop arguing for two hours. And we laughed. No, we aren't some kind of sick nutcases who enjoy other people's misery. (At least, not more than most people.) My wife and I were guests of Mill River Dinner Theater on Valentine's Day and we were watching the 1960's "live-TV" reunion show of Pete 'n' Keely -- the show business couple who rehashed their musical meeting, marriage, and bitter breakup at Mill River Dinner Theater.
Exposing South County's Center for the Arts
By Linda Eagleson
I came to the South County Center for the Arts to attend a press party for South County's Travel and Tourism Council's annual photo contest. But I was totally engrossed in the old courthouse makeover.
Poetry of the Wild
Blending the Wilderness, art, and poetry into a single experience in Smithfield, RI
Take a hike in the Smithfield’s Fort Refuge, along the Pond Overlook hiking trail, about a half-mile in, you’ll find a decorative box on a post by the pond. It looks a little like a mailbox in the middle of nowhere. On the box is a poem. Inside the box is a journal with notes made by the hikers that have discovered this blend of art, poetry, and nature.
PPAC
More than the Phantom at the Providence Performing Arts Center
By Linda Eagleson
If ambiance is something that appeals to your senses, then a musical at the exquisite Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) could be for you. Walking into the theater is like walking into a gilded castle, with all the tinsel and glamour. Hand painted ceilings and embossed walls with gilded scenery offer a wide variety of artistic presentation. Velvet draped balconies and beautiful lighting adds even more to this exquisite building. Concession stands are kept minimal, maintaining the glamour at an all time high.
The Providence Music Scene
A step away from New York City
By Erica Berenstein
“One of my friends was like, come to Providence,” Georgie tells me, explaining how it is he found himself writing and playing music in Providence. “I was like, Providence, are you crazy? You know, New York, Providence… I was like, Providence Rhode Island?”
Hunting for the Queen of Aquidneck
By Patti Cassidy
So I've started, hound after hare, to find another mysterious public statue.
Your Seat Here Is Only Temporary
Artists explore modern society's struggle with nature and itself
The Sentinel
Black Prince, Hero
By Laura Souliere
If you have lived in Rhode Islandsince you were a kid, chances are you have a photo of yourself perched on top of the Sentinel Dog Statue.
Skipper and Jack
Wickford's Ventriloquist Duo
By Paul Pence
At two years old, Jack does a lot of talking. That's not an uncommon feat for two-year-olds, but considering that Jack is made of wood and that he does his talking in front of groups of delighted children, he reaches the point of wonder. Jack is classically-styled ventriloquist dummy, part of the team, "Skipper and Jack". George Silva is "Skipper". Together they entertain children and adults alike at parties and gatherings around Rhode Island.
Speaking Volumes
A focused group exhibition curated by J. Tolnick Champa
By Patricia Correia
The works of four remarkable artists are united in the focused group exhibition opening this June in the premier Main Gallery, Fine Arts Center Galleries. Tricia Cline (Woodstock, Vermont), Deborah Muirhead (Storrs, Connecticut), Jane Rosen (San Gregorio, California) and Suzanne Volmer (Lincoln, Rhode Island) are clearly geographically diverse and they were not acquainted prior to this exhibition. But there is never the less a pronounced kinship of creative process, a like-minded endeavor about their projects. Judith Tolnick Champa, Exhibition Curator, identifies that special kinship in this exhibition she calls "Speaking Volumes."
Art Saved Boy's Life -- Man Releases Butterflies in Bank
Artist Spotlight - Ken Speiser
Kenn Speiser hated gym class. So much so, he would do anything to avoid it.Instead of wearing the requisite white socks and sneakers, Speiser discovered that the ticket out of gym was wearing black socks and black shoes. Each time he arrived to class incorrectly shod, he was sent off to detention. After one too many detentions, the school labeled him a "troubled kid," and placed him in art class with all the other nonconformists.
Sundays at Sarah’s
A review of an anthology of works by RI women writers
By Audrey Friedman
Sunday’s at Sarah’s is a richly textured collection of the work of an eclectic group of women writers who meet every other Sunday night at the Sarah Doyle House at Brown University. They come together to form a workshop where they hone their works in progress, learn from each other about craft, and establish their own unique voices. This anthology offers its readers an opportunity to sample their short stories, memoirs and poems.
The Wreck Comes Ashore
A new comedy set in Rhode Island? Maybe...
Former Hollywood motion picture art director Wayne Holmes of Vernon, CT had been developing the idea for a new Rhode Island-based TV series for many years, quietly polishing the concept and characters, and assembling locations, connections, and a crack team of professionals. Over the last twelve months Holmes and his partners, Caswell Cooke, Jr., Kam Ghaffari, and Jim Blanchard, have carried his concept "The Wreck" closer to reality. The pilot script is finished, investors are coming on board, talent has been approached, and a top-notch Hollywood producer is set to direct the test episode that industry pros call a pilot.
Three-card monte, two brothers, one American dream
Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog opens Jan. 7th
Trinity Rep heats it up this winter with Topdog/Underdog, an explosive drama by Suzan-Lori Parks, one of America's most acclaimed writers and the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Director Kent Gash (Ain't Misbehavin') returns to Providence along with versatile performers Joe Wilson, Jr. (Ain't Misbehavin') and Kes Khemnu (A Preface to the Alien Garden, The Piano Lesson, Cider House Rules).
New Leadership For Trinity
Curt Columbus is Trinity Rep’s new artistic director
Trinity Repertory Company’s next artistic director will be Curt Columbus. Columbus, 40, is the associate artistic director of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, and artistic director of Chicago’s summer Theater on the Lake. A Yale graduate, he teaches at the University of Chicago and DePaul University. He is a respected director, writer, dramaturg, and translator/adaptor of major Russian works such as Crime and Punishment. He will choose the plays for Trinity’s 2006-2007 season, which will be announced this winter. Columbus’ appointment is a dual one: Trinity Rep’s artistic director is chair of the Brown/Trinity Consortium’s graduate programs in acting and directing. He will begin work in January.
URI's Fine Arts Galleries
Corridor, Main, and Photography Galleries Offer Simultaneous Exhibits
The Fine Arts Center Galleries at the University of Rhode Island, are the gallery complex for our state's own research University. They are comprised of three public exhibition areas -- the Main Gallery, Corridor Gallery and Photography Gallery spaces. These spaces have evolved considerably since the Main Gallery first opened as the sole exhibition space in 1969. Now the three discrete Galleries serve 75,000 visitors annually, with abundant complementary lectures, attendant programs and illustrated publications offered without charge.
Blowing It At 2100 Degrees
Van Noppen Glass -- Studio and gallery
By Paul Pence
Don't just shop at a gallery -- experience the creation of art. In this case, experience the creation of blown glass a the Van Noppen Gallery and Studio. The front of the business exhibts a broad spectrum of work ranging from functional paperweights and vases, to expressive display pieces of blown glass. David Van Noppen is renowned for his glass floral arrangemetns, fluted bowls, and even glass fruits and vegetables.
Two Weird Girls
Weird Girl Creations in Barrington Provides Sparkle And Imagination
By Kyla
Weirdgirl Creations has been around for over ten years now, evolving into what it is today through a lot of trial and error and the will to make it work! Meg and I now run a paint your own pottery studio/gallery which offers everything from clay classes, birthday parties, wedding gifts and signature platters, baby hand print impressions in wet clay, ceramic bead painting, jewelry, and more. Running a successful business has required us to find a balance between what clients love, and what we love doing, We have found wedding signature platters and clay classes to be a steady source of business.
Found Art
"Four Projects" Exhibit by Barbara Westermann runs through October 7
Surveillance cameras, navigational tools, as well as devices for measuring, transmitting, and broadcasting -- antennas, towers, satellite dishes and loudspeakers -- these icons of technology are the suggestive visual, and conceptual languages spoken by Barbara Westermann in her 4 PROJECTS exhibition at the University of Rhode Island's Fine Arts Center. The German-born, Berlin and New York trained artist uses the appropriately “controlled” spaces of the insistently linear Corridor Gallery to showcase four evocative projects she has devised for public consumption around the world, from her native Germany to her adopted Rhode Island.
Longfellow's Windmill Cottage
By Paul Pence
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" and "The Song of Hiawatha". One of his most enduring poems is "The Windmill", which begins "Behold! a giant am I! Aloft here in my tower, With my granite jaws I devour The maize, and the wheat, and the rye, And grind them into flour..."
You Never Know
A New Musical with an Award-Winning Pedigree Born In Providence
Trinity Rep offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to witness the world premiere of a new musical: Charles Strouse's You Never Know at Trinity Rep. This new musical has an award-winning pedigree with music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Charles Strouse, and will be brought to the stage under the guiding hand of director Amanda Dehnert with choreography by Christopher d'Amboise.
Gallery Z hosts a show in recognition of National Breast Cancer Month
Adam Perry had barely begun to explore his talents as a photographer, graphic designer, artist, and poet when was diagnosed with germ cell cancer that had spread to his liver and bones. Seven months later, after an agonizing struggle, Adam died on May 29, 2003 at the age of 28. In the months preceding his death, Adam had a dream that there was an exhibition of his photographs. He said quite simply, "It was a nice dream."
