If you missed it last year, don’t miss it again!

Gnomes concert on Saturday November 4th,  7-10pm! The Gnomes play their energetic blend of Celtic &

MISSION STATEMENTPawtucket Arts Collaborative is dedicated to supporting, promoting anddeveloping the arts for the community and its artists. We do this by creating awareness, education and involvement through its members.

Downtown National Register Historic District Information Meeting Nov. 1 ..The Pawtucket Department of Planning and redevelopment is holding a public information meeting on the proposed Downtown Pawtucket National RegisterHistoric District at the Blackstone Valley Visitors Center Theater, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, Wednesday, November 1st at 7:00 p.m. The proposed National Register Historic District is a GOOD thing and will qualify property owners for tax credit financial incentives to restore their buildings. The proposed district is NOT a Local Historic District–National Register listing DOES NOT place restrictions on what an owner can do with their property! If you are a downtown property owner or simply interested in the National Register program or fixing up downtown, please come to the meeting. Representatives from the Pawtucket Department of Planning and Redevelopment and the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission will be there to answer your questions. For more information, please visit: www.pads02860.org - Pawtucket Alliance for Downtown Success. Call for Artists – POS Holiday Show and Sale December 1, 2, 3 560 Mineral Spring Ave., Pawtucket

The excitement continues! September’s Pawtucket Open Studio event proved to be a major success and for this upcoming holiday season, 560 Mineral Spring Avenue in Pawtucket has offered to host a Pawtucket Artists Holiday Sale on Friday, December 1 from 5-9pm; Saturday/Sunday December 2, 3 10-5pm. Studios in this building will be open. In addition, 7,000 square ft. on the first floor of this building is being offered to any artist wishing to participate. Postcards will be printed and will be made available to any paid participating artist for sending to their own mailing lists. For those with email lists, PDF of the postcard can be provided. You will be responsible for setting up your own display, providing your own tables/booth and making your own sales. Space is limited! – $50/per space, includes a listing on the POS website and maps http://www.pawtucketopenstudios.org/   Currently there are 27 participating artists. Deadline: Friday, November 3. Please contact Michelle Phaneuf at: michelle@michellephaneufdesign.com or call #401-247-2516 for more info.

Call for Artists PAC “Small Works Show” – Members Holiday Show and SaleNovember 5, 2006 to January 2, 2007 ..Delivery of Art: Friday November 3 – 11am-2pm; Saturday November 4 – 11am-2pm; PAC Headquarters, 260 Main Street, Pawtucket; Opening Reception: 11/9 Thursday 5:30 - 7:30pm; Meet the Artists Reception PAC Gallery, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket. Quantity and Size: Up to 6 pieces of artwork may be submitted – No larger than 16″ in any direction. Visit http://www.pawtucketartscollaborative.org/ for complete guidelines. Questions? Contact: Mimo Gordon Riley @ 401-487-8811 or mimogr@cox.net or Robin Dunn Blossom @ 401-527-3689 or rdblossom@cox.net 

Artists Moving Sale!! November 2, 3, 4 Rumford, RI. We are moving out of the 9 Newman building. We are moving out….. Come to our Moving sale! Three Days of great Bargains at 9 Newman Avenue East Providence.  Thursday Nov. 2nd 4 – 8pm, Friday Nov. 3rd 12 – 4pm, Saturday Nov. Info 401-434-2962. Directions from Providence: Take RT 195 east to Exit 6 (Broadway); go right at end of the ramp. Turn right at light onto Broadway. Go straight about 2 miles. Broadway becomes Newman Ave. Sale is in the big brick building across the street from the Post Office & Fire Station. Elevator at front entrance. Open Studio Moving extravaganza.. Up Country – pet accessories; Ahlers Designs – gift items; Dan Clayman- Glass; Coral Beorgois- tiles. _www.AHLERSgifts.com – Gail Ahlers Ahlers Designs, Inc. 9 Newman Ave.Rumford, RI 02916. PH: 401-434-2962  800-553-3419 FX 401-434-8970 30″x40″ drawing table looking for new home - I would like to donate to a good cause. I also have a chair w/ wheels that comes with it. Ideally I would like someone to pick it up from me, but I could also deliver it locally. Please let me know. I really don’t want to put it out for trash pickup. Call Sharon at: Cell: 401-573-5039

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Thursday-November 2nd Friday- November 3rd 

Saturday-November 4th Sunday-November 5th 

All shows start at 7:30 p.m.  Admission is $12.00 The shows will be held at The Meeting House, 3850 Main Road,Tiverton Four Corners

For all information, please visit our website…http://www.fourcornersarts.org  OR 

http://www.playwrightsplace.com  email: info@fourcornersarts.org 

Artists Reception – Friday, October 27 from 6PM to 9PM at Hope Gallery, 435 Hope Street Bristol, RI. We will be featuring the works of Keith Fox as well as our resident artists:Sarah Fielding-Gunn, Jay Egge, Toni Petersen, Wanda Perkowska Coderre and Anita Trezvant. This months guests are: Kelly Milukas, Franziska Seidenberg and Christine Mathieu. We also have selections from Kathy Armor, Lyle Rudloff, Tim Reilly, Randy Walters, Kristin Wall, Pam Rutkowski and Suegray Fitzpatrick.

This Saturday, Oct. 28th 8-11pm

7-8pm artists’ discussion– come learn how to turn iron to liquid

RAIN OR SHINE

Music with the What Cheer? Brigade
Admission $5

“The Iron Guild is coming to the Steel Yard for their annual Halloween Iron Pour!!! This event will celebrate the industrial history of Rhode Island and provide the public with a unique glimpse at the art of iron casting. Combining traditional foundry techniques with innovative spectacle performances, the Iron Guild explores what is possible with molten iron. Come for a night of unique sensory experiences.”

Fire … Molten Metal …and Art.  (hell yeah!)

Check out the Iron Guild’s website (www.ironguild.net ) for more information.

http://www.thesteelyard.org/

FIRSTWORKSPROV ENDS WITH A BIG BANG:Kronos Quartet Makes Rare Providence Appearance Nov. 3

“Sun Rings” will be performed Nov. 3 at 8pm at Veterans Memorial Auditorium Arts & Cultural Center (One Avenue of the Arts, Providence, R.I.). Tickets are $20-42, available at www.tickets.com, 800-919-6272, or the VMA Box Office (401-272-4862) Tues. through Fri. between 10am and 5pm. A FirstWorks Artists-Up-Close discussion follows the performance, with members of Kronos Quartet and moderator Randall Rosenbaum of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. And after the discussion is the FirstWorksProv Finale Party, with live music, champagne, desserts, and an appearance by Kronos Quartet. For party tickets, contact FirstWorks at 401-421-4278 or email tickets@firstworksprov.org.Information on FirstWorks can be found at  www.firstworksprov.org or by calling 401-421-4278.

The Narragansett Bay Chorus will be hosting the 60th Annual Barbershop Quartet and Chorus Competition at East Providence High School on October 27th and 28th.Over 750 singers will be coming to Rhode Island from all over New England and Eastern Canada to compete in this 60th Anniversary celebration of A Cappella music.

Friday October 27th @ 7PM – Quartet Semi-finals.30Quartets will compete for a spot in the top ten finals contest on Saturday night.

Saturday October 28th@ 11AM – Chorus Contest. 23 choruses will compete to see who will represent the Northeast in Denver at the 2007International Competition.

Saturday October 28th @ 8PM – Quartet Finals and the “Show of Champions”.

This event is open to the public. Tickets are $20 for a single session or $35 for a weekend pass. Call Steve Isherwood, Convention Chairman, at 401-941-1978 or email: SingNBC@aol.com for more info. Tickets may be purchased at the door at East Providence High School, 2000 Pawtucket Ave, E. Providence.

RISCA, in partnership with the Housing Network of Rhode Island, RI Citizens for the Arts, Randolph Savings Bank, and AS220, concludes the Live/Work Workshop Series tommorrow, Thursday October 26 from 5 – 7:00PM at AS220 with “What I Really Need is a Commercial Loan: Buying Commercial Space for Artists.”

This series of 2-hour information seminars is geared at addressing the specific needs of artists in regards to planning for their housing and workspace.   FREE and open to the public!