Premiere Broadcast: September 3, 2019 @ 8/7c America ReFramed on WORLD Channel Streaming: 9/3 - 10/3/2019 @ bit.ly/ARF_Councilwoman Film Summary Carmen Castillo is a first-term city councilwoman who maintains her full-time job as a hotel housekeeper. She advocates for the working families in her community and leads the charge of the Fight for $15 in […]
The Council-funded short film, Anna and Ahana, will have its world premiere on Saturday, September 7, 2019 at Rhode Island College as part of Caleidoscope, the largest Indian Film Festival in New England. Based on The Yellow Wallpaper written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Anna and Ahana is a contemporary thriller connecting two women across time. Date: September 7, […]
Please join Pushed Learning and Media for a night of performances, student showcases, and short film screenings to celebrate and showcase the incredible work of RI students. 7:00 - 9:30 PM on Saturday, September 7, 2019. Free, with a $10 suggested donation.
The Cranston Public Library will welcome filmmaker, professor and Cranston resident Evan Villari on Wednesday, Sept. 11, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM at the Central library, 140 Sockanosset Cross Road, Cranston, RI. Villari will share research for Blood and Watershed (bloodandwatershed.com), an upcoming documentary film on the true history of the Scituate Reservoir, while drawing […]
Keynote | September 12, 5:30 PM | Brown University Granoff Center for the Arts Martinos Auditorium | 154 Angell St. Providence | FREE | Registration required What’s gonna happen? There is a calamity in the air. Every person I pass on the street has that look on their face. The look of, “What’s gonna happen?” […]
September 14, 8:00 PM | The Vets, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence | $29-69 | Get Tickets “A necessary and great American epic for our time” (Los Angeles Times) Equal parts community organizer, Elizabethan fool and bedazzled bon vivant, Taylor Mac is recognized as one of the most exciting voices in contemporary theater, and […]
September 15, 10:30 AM | Brown University Granoff Center for the Arts Fishman Studio | 154 Angell St. Providence | FREE | Registration required . One of the most provocative voices in contemporary theater, Taylor Mac is hailed for defying convention while engaging diverse audiences. The multi-dimensional artist (who uses the pronoun “judy”) shares judy’s […]
Join us September 17 at 7pm at the Warwick Public Library for Rethinking the Gaspee Affair, a new history program reevaluating Rhode Island's much-lauded Gaspee Affair. The lecture is free and open to all. Rethinking the Gaspee Affair In June 1772, a group of Rhode Islanders attacked and burned the British customs ship Gaspee, contributing […]
Join New Urban Arts for Shared Stories, an exhibition of student artwork from their Summer 2019 programs (Art Inquiry: The Immigrant Story, Untitlement Project, College Explorations, and Open Studio). Art Inquiry: The Immigrant Story was funded in part by a grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.