Need to report a pothole, graffiti, or some other urban problem?
The recently created SeeClickFix.com seems to be helping people raw attention to the small problems that get passed by. And Providence officials seem to be listening.
For more call for entries announcements and events, visit the RISCA blog.
How do I find out what is going on around Providence?
Providence has a surprising amount to do, if you want to look. I am amazed when I meet people who say that there isn’t. So here are some good places to start:
VisitRhodeIsland.com :: For more events than you can shake a stick at, try this out. This link is only the Arts Calendar, besides.
Providence Daily Dose :: Great event blog that covers in surprising detail; what goes on where and what to expect. Also covers local news. A good place to start.
AS220 :: Live music and art venue with a great bar and taco diner the Tacqueria. Also, a place for artists to live and show their work. Live music every night, art openings every other week. Silkscreen and letterpress print shop for rent, as well as a community photo darkroom.
LotsOfNoise :: Music blog for the underground scene. Listings by night for venues and bands that don’t make the local papers.
Providence’s Events Page :: When all else fails, this is another great place to check for an extensive list of cultural events from the PPAC to the VMA to local galleries and stores.
Pawtucket’s Events Page :: Try this relatively new events calendar for all things Pawtucket. Gallery openings, shows at MWM and Arts Festival listings.
event listings
02/05 – Curiosites Opening at Mudstone Studios
Please join us for an Opening of new and original works at Mudstone Studios on Friday, February 5th from 5-9:pm
We’ll have work from guest artists: Desiree Brunton, Ellen Blomgren, Angela Carbone, Jennifer Charleson, Jay Egge, Betty Harrington, Jeanne Loewenstein, Kryzstof Matthews, Natalie Pfanstiehl, Nina Hope Pfanstiehl, Michael Ricioppo and Ian Wells
Work will remain on exhibit until March 12th
02/07 – Live Whirled, the Interactive Music Series
Sunday, February 7, 5:00 PM
$10/$8 all tickets ArtTix @ www.arttixri.com, or call 401-621-6123
Perishable Theatre, 95 Empire Street, Providence, RI 02903
Perishable TheatreŐs acoustic series “Live / Whirled” announces the mid-winter concert installment of the season: *REAL WHIRLED ** With The Essential Quintet*
Come drive the February cold away! Essential Quintet performs arrangements of American and European folk music and original compositions inspired by traditional styles. Bringing perspectives from a variety of musical backgrounds, the performers seamlessly weave innovative ideas and improvisational spontaneity throughout their concerts. The group is Cathy Clasper-Torch (violin), Seth Gruenwald (cello), Catherine Hawkes (recorder, mandolin), Steven Jobe (viola, hurdy-gurdy), and Ellen Santaniello (voice, percussion).
For “Act 2”, the band will teach any audience members willing, the steps and lyrics of a traditional medieval round dance. A mid-winter thaw, medieval style. Live/Whirled, developed by Perishable Artistic Director Vanessa Gilbert and American/Brazilian mandolinist Marilynn Mair, is designed to create a different sort of concert experience, combining performance with collaborative and improvisational elements to create unique music events. Audience members are invited to bring along an acoustic instrument to join in for the 2nd set, where the concertŐs featured artists fuse their styles to create unplanned musical magic.
02/10 – Shaun Slifer (JustSeeds.org) presents at AS220
Shaun Slifer will present at
AS220 on February 10th from 6-8:30pm: “I Brake For Historical Markers”
Pittsburgh-based artist Shaun Slifer will present a slideshow and discussion of problematic and progressive historical monuments and plaques with an eye towards remembering the often-buried stories of struggles for social justice. Slifer will discuss the Howling Mob Society’s 2007 guerilla historical marker series commemorating the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
New Book: 10 Things You Don’t Know about RI
from Tom Sgouros: I’m delighted to announce the arrival of my book, “Ten Things You Don’t Know About Rhode Island,’ from Light Publications. It’s a compilation of Rhode Island Policy Reporter articles and columns I’ve written over the past couple of years, attempting to provide what amounts to a sort of second opinion about the condition of politics and policy in my peculiar little home state.
For those of you who live here, you should consider checking this book out just because it provides an alternate story about the mess Rhode Island is in, and some possible ways we can get out. It also attempts some explanations of why our political system seems intent on making things worse. You guys should buy the book, subscribe to the newsletter, or even consider contributing an article. But what you should really do is drop by your local bookstore and politely inquire if they have a copy to sell.
For those of you living in those far-flung places like Germany, California, and Seekonk, Massachusetts, perhaps you seldom think about what’s going on in Rhode Island. You might enjoy learning that a lot of what goes on here is not so far from what goes on in other places. On the other hand, you might find the prospect of a book about Rhode Island as interesting as a book about linoleum tile. In that case, please consider dropping by one of the online book retailers and leave me a nice comment so someone else will buy the book instead of you.
You can find the book for sale at whatcheer.net, where there’s also some more information about it. Bulk rates are also available, and if you have an email list I can send to, I have a more formal press release and announcement to use. Other publicity ideas are equally welcome, and I will be putting together a tiny book tour for August and September, so recommend away if you know a crowd that would like to hear a potentially amusing talk on the topics.
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