The Franco-Americans will be playing on Wed., August 1 at Atria Bay Spring Senior Living, 147 Bay Spring Avenue, Barrington, RI, 6:30-8:30. Stop on by to hear Deck Nieforth on Harmonica, Fiddle, Percussion Feet, Spoons, and Vocals; Jim Chapin on Guitar and Vocals; Linette Charpentier on Fiddle; Colette Fournier on Fiddle, Percussion Feet, Spoons and Vocals.
Call for Entries
The Hispanic Cultural Arts Committee of RI & the Hispanic
Heritage Committee/RI are seeking artists of Latino heritage who live and
work in any of the six New England states and New York to exhibit their work
in the 7th Annual State Latin American Visual Arts Expo to be held October
1-31, 2007. This is an open juried exhibition. Artists may submit high
resolution JPEGs of up to five (5) original works created in the past three (3)
years in the visual arts by E-Mail to:
martamartinez@nuestrasraicesri.comor mail CD with JPEG images to P.O. Box 25118, Providence, RI
02905. Deadline is September 1, 2007. Selected artists will have their
work exhibited at the Atrium Gallery of the State of Rhode Island
Administration Building. Fee to submit artwork is $20. For more
information and exhibition requirements visit
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“Underdog,” the live-action film, based on the long-running Saturday morning cartoon series which first went on the air in 1964, opens nationwide on Friday, August 3rd. City streets, Providence City Hall and the State House are among the many locations used for the film, which stars James Belushi. Interiors were filmed on sets built at the Cranston Street Armory, including a mockup of the State House dome. The State House rotunda was also used for a key scene in the movie.
Discussion and Film ScreeningThe Price of Sugar (www.thepriceofsugar.com)
DATE: Wednesday August 8th, 2007
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION:The Meeting House (www.themeetinghouse.info)
3850 Main Road, Tiverton Four Corners
MORE: For reservations call (401)624-2600 or
E-mail: info@fourcornersarts.org [mailto:info@fourcornersarts.org] Four Corners Arts Center www.tivertonfourcorners.com3852 Main Road, Tiverton Four Corners, Rhode Island 02878
Tonight’s (Friday, July 27) City’s concert at Waterplace Park presents the Triple Decker, the story of one of RI’s famous architectural features. The piece, created by Mark Levitt, features world music with RI musicians, all immigrants from various parts of the world, including Armenia, Cape Verde, Cambodia, Ireland, the Dominican Republic and Mali. It is an extremely interesting piece, starts at 7PM and lasts a bit over an hour. It is a FREE event!
And, speaking of world music, The Lowell Folk Festival, largest fre folk festival in our region, starts tonight, July 27th; the festival has several stages with well established musicians from all over the world. It continues all day tomorrow Saturday, July 28th (with a dance in the evening) and Sunday, July 29th. It is a FREE festival!!!!!! And only a bit over an hour from Providence. The city of Lowell is a national park and has lots of parking lots.
For more information:
ALSO PLEASE NOTE, the Providence Wholebellies are playing tomorrow evening, July 28th, starting at 7PM at the Mediator! After a long absence, the wild folk music group is inviting everyone to attend tomorrow’s dance. There is a kitchen at the Mediator, so, if you’d like to, bring some nibbles and something to drink (you’ll need it after dancing to a couple of tunes!)
This is an all ages event, the Providence Wholebellies love to see kids dancing to the music.
Where: Mediator, 50 Rounds Avenue, Providence 02907 (Google for directions, 10 minutes from downtown Providence)
Fee: $5 donation (more if you can afford it!); kids free
