Go back in time in our 1950s-era auditorium and gather center stage around the baby grand. Listen to jazz played by a master, become acquainted with classic jazz and learn how to listen to jazz. This Master class meets 3 times, February 1, 8 and 29. It features international jazz recording artist, Greg Abate. A […]
Go back in time in our 1950s-era auditorium and gather center stage around the baby grand. Listen to jazz played by a master, become acquainted with classic jazz and learn how to listen to jazz. This Master class This Master class meets 3 times, February 1, 8 and 29. It features international jazz recording artist, […]
RI Museum Of Science and Art Workshops: A series of Cut-Paper Animation Workshops, a blended learning opportunity for the children of Providence, will take place at five libraries in the city from February through April. Youth at PPL as well as the Wanskuck, Olneyville, Washington Park and Rochambeau branches of the Providence Community Libraries will […]
Join FirstWorks for this engaging workshop in anticipation of "Walking with 'Trane," a new live music/dance event created by the electrifying, Brooklyn-based Urban Bush Women dance troupe in tribute to the life of legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and his seminal jazz suite, “A Love Supreme.”
How We Got to the Funk - A Soundscape Through Time with Jawole Willa Jo Zollar: Join FirstWorks for this structured dance party emceed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder of Brooklyn-based dance troupe Urban Bush Women.
FirstWorks and the Providence Athenaeum present Sylvia Ann Soares (niece of the late, great jazz pianist Eddie Soares) and psychology professor and jazz aficionado Ferdinand Jones (co-editor of the anthology of essays "The Triumph of the Soul: Cultural and Psychological Aspects of African American Music") for a fascinating discussion about the role of jazz in Rhode Island history and culture.
Part of our Junk Drawer Robotics Series! Use ramps to experiment with friction on a variety of surfaces and objects. Join us for a variety of hands on robotic workshops for children and their families. Ages 6 and up - Limited to 10 participants - Registration is required. Instructor James McHenry is a student at […]
Part of our Junk Drawer Robotics Series! Construct a race car using rubber bands, wheels and straws. On your mark, get set, RACE! Instructor James McHenry is a student at Cranston West High School in the Robotics program. He hopes to become an engineer. He has always been interested in science and has participated in […]
Part of the Jazz Master Class series. On the third night and final of class, Don Gregory, PPL’s Tech Instructor, will help us put what we've learned into action: we will learn how to create a playlist of our personal jazz favorites using your mobile phone, tablet or laptop or ours!
Join FirstWorks for a bold, transformative evening led by Urban Bush Women featuring food, conversation, and a showcase of local African-American performers – capped by Urban Bush Women's performance of Nora Chipaumire’s "dark swan," a sensual work exploring the presentation and representation of the African female body. This event is a K-12 Professional Development opportunity for educators.
*"dark swan" contains mature language and movement, and may not be suitable for younger children.
Talking about the tyranny of language, Walter Benjamin argued that if things could speak they would complain of our ignorance of the sensuous ways that things “speak” through their material properties. Drawing on 16 years of engagement with collections from the Papuan Gulf, Joshua A. Bell (Smithsonian Institute) explores what cross-cultural histories can be told […]
FirstWorks invites Rhode Island students to a daytime rehearsal of a new live music/dance event created by the electrifying, Brooklyn-based Urban Bush Women dance troupe in tribute to the life of legendary jazz saxophonist John Coltrane and his seminal jazz suite, “A Love Supreme.”
Ages 13 – 17 – Seats are limited – Registration Required How do current and past trends influence the patterns, fabrics and silhouettes of tomorrow's "it" bag and "must have" items? In this course, students will learn how to read the future by looking at past and current fashion trends. They learn the importance of […]
Urban Bush Women founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Thomas F. DeFrantz, Professor and Chair and Professor of Women’s Studies African & African American Studies at Duke University, discuss “Walking with ‘Trane,” Black Dance in its varied contemporary manifestations, Black Lives Matter, and the long histories of dance in African American social justice advocacy.
As part of FirstWork's Artistic Icons Series, Urban Bush Women will perform "Walking with 'Trane" - a towering jazz masterpiece that comes alive onstage with unbridled energy, innovative choreography, and live music. In their performance, this electrifying, all-female “unstoppable force in American dance” salutes John Coltrane’s "A Love Supreme" against the backdrop of a composition […]
Join FirstWorks for a musical brunch following Urban Bush Women's performance of "Walking with 'Trane" - the culmination of a five-month residency in Providence designed to engage the community in conversations about race, activism, and the role of the arts in social change. Entertainment provided by the Travis Colby Band with special guest, Leland Baker. Space […]
Go back in time in our 1950s-era auditorium and gather center stage around the baby grand. Listen to jazz played by a master, become acquainted with classic jazz and learn how to listen to jazz. This Master class meets 3 times, February 1, 8 and 29. It features international jazz recording artist, Greg Abate. A […]
Please join us for Winter Mini-Fest 2016! Wednesday, March 2 - Saturday, March 5, 2016 ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Visit: www.adli.us for more details about all of the events. __________________________________________________ INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS AND INSTALLATIONS Wednesday March 2 - Saturday, March 5 10am-4pm Living Room Galleries curated by Rhode Island artists […]
What if time travel were possible? What if you could hire a company to dispose of any and all pests, including human ones? What if very intelligent children were raised in a closed, controlled environment designed to enhance their native abilities? Using both contemporary and classic short stories, Dr. Joan Glazer, Professor Emerita from Rhode […]
Our upcoming exhibition, Portals: The History of the Future, will highlight the material trails left by the people of the past as they looked to the future. It will include imaginative visions of futures that never came to pass, illustrations of fantastical contraptions, reflections on the nature of time, and other artifacts testifying to a […]