PORTALES is an art exhibit presenting the variety of ways that artists and organizers in Rhode Island have strengthened our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic and the movement against racial injustice. In moments of difficulty, we can see how art can turn into ‘community portals’ that help us envision better futures. The exhibit is a […]
Once invisible to the general public, election administrators are at the center of an ongoing public debate about the integrity of our democracy. NO TIME TO FAIL is a verite film that tells the story of election officials across the state of Rhode Island. Amidst an onslaught of attacks from a sitting President, and the […]
A HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY SERIES Now a decade in the making, Slatersville: America's First Mill Village will be a 12-episode historical documentary series that has been filmed in seven states and the U.K. Its focus is on the two-hundred-year history of the first industrialized mill village in the U.S., in the heart of the Blackstone Valley, […]
The Black Press in Rhode Island is a remarkable yet virtually unknown history. In 1857 we find Alexander P. Niger, an accomplished typesetter, in the Providence print shop of A. C. Greene. In 1860, the first African American newspaper, Rev. George W. Hamblin’s L’Overture, begins publication. In 1906, John Carter Minkins became the nation’s first […]
Join director and choreographer Bill T. Jones and Janet Wong, Associate Artistic Director of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, as they discuss the company’s latest work, “What Problem?” and their collaboration with 26 local community participants for the Providence performance of the work.
A QSL card is a written confirmation of a two-way radio communication between two amateur radio or citizen band (CB) stations*. “QSL?” and “QSL” are Q-codes, three-letter bits of shorthand from the Morse Code era. They translate to “Can you acknowledge receipt?” and “I am acknowledging receipt?” respectively. Back when broadcast radio was new, hobbyists […]
African Alliance of RI & Urban Ventures jointly present: The Seed Keepers: Sustaining Ethnic Food Traditions in a New Land, a documentary film capturing perspectives of the 2020 AARI pop-up farmers markets in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic as experienced by the three women. Catering provided by Gee Gees Restaurant.
Combining the gravity-defying moves of hip-hop with elements of vaudeville, robot, tap, and mime, the Wondertwins have honed their distinctive style over four decades as pioneers of street dance. Identical twins Billy and Bobby McClain came up in gritty 1970s Boston, just two kid dancers in a dance crew that opened for some of the […]
Two festivals in one! The Manton Avenue Project is proud to present an evening of new works by young people - The New Normal Musicals: Original musicals by 5th graders that explore our new normal after three years of tumult, change, and resilience. And The Celebration Plays by 4th graders: plays that celebrate all the different ways we […]
Co-produced with Providence Public Library America Too: Reckoning and Resilience marks the sixth year of the America Too initiative. This 5-part online series combines theater, music, and art with stories from our community and seeks to catalyze community dialogue around the many challenges and potential opportunities of this particular moment, as we confront the aftermath of a polarizing election season, […]
