The new exhibition at the RISD Museum is called Evolution/Revolution:The Arts and Crafts in Contemporary Fashion and Textiles — just rolls off the tongue don’t it. Pictured here is… I don’t really know what the hell this is. opens Thursday/5:30 - 9:00PM/224 Benefit Street

I am normally pretty suspicious of music collectives (it’s usually code for ‘overly-earnest hippies with weird instruments’). But tonight is Music Friday at the RISD Museum and the music is being provided by the Cozy Collective and these guys are great! Comprising Tim O’Keefe, Tony Teixeira, Umberto Crenca and Cliff Wood, Cozy Collective will be doing their DJ-remixed/jazz and electronica thang, with shows at 6PM and 8PM.

$5 for members, all others $8/21 and over/cash bar/tasting menu/party runs 5:30 - 9:00/224 Benefit Street/don’t touch the stuff on the walls

Some familiar faces will provide the entertainment at Music Friday this week:

The Cosy Collective combines the talents of well-known Rhode Islanders Tim O’Keefe on electronics, Umberto Crenca on flute, Cliff Wood on saxophone, and Tony Teixeira on bass as they perform a mixture of live and DJ-remixed improvisational jazz and electronic music.

Also, I somehow won the raffle at the December MF, and therefore take back everything I might ever have said about it being a mediocre time. The Cosy Collective rocks (or grooves or something) so none of that would’ve applied this week anyway.

I finally made it by for last month’s MF. It was okay — I think I’ll give it another go this week, but it was a bit — how to say this tactfully… stuffier than I’d hoped for.

Music Friday

6:15pm
The second Friday of every month the Museum’s Main Gallery transforms into a funky lounge for an after-work alternative that features cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, art and music. Socialize with old friends and meet new ones. Enjoy special signature cocktails and door prizes. Museum members: $5; non-members: $8. Age 21 and over. PWCVB members and RISD|CE students receive the Museum member rate.

Warm up to the sounds of Superchief Trio, featuring the two-fisted piano of Keith Munslow, the red-hot trombone of Pam Murray, and the frenzied percussion of Johnny Cote as they sing and play a mixture of original music and classic Swing/New Orleans R&B/Boogie Woogie. This band was the winner of Providence Phoenix’s Best Local Jazz Act in 2005.

Dale Chihuly, he of the crazy glass sculptures, will be opening up the new RISD Museum in September.

Renowned artist Dale Chihuly [RISD MFA ’68, Ceramics] will create a special site-specific installation as the inaugural exhibition for the new special exhibition gallery in the Chace Center. Chihuly at RISD will be complemented by an exhibition of work from other glass artists who were students during or after Chihuly’s time at RISD.

I’m pretty sure that his nearest-by large-scale piece is at Mohegan Sun.

Which I feel like an ass for not visiting more often. There’s a lot going on:

Tuesday, December 11
Tuesday Talk: Daniel Harkett
1pm
Harkett, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Visual Culture at RISD, explores 19th-century French paintings in the galleries. This is the final talk in a three-part series of art-history lectures. Fee: $10 per lecture; free to members. For more information, please contact Deb Clemons at 401-454-6530 or dclemons@risd.edu.

Wednesday, December 12
Lecture: Focus on Fabulous Fakes
6pm
Join this adult hands-on workshop to design your own festive necklace creation to keep or give as a gift. Fee: $10; space is limited. For more information, please contact Deb Clemons at 401-454-6530 or dclemons@risd.edu.

Friday, December 14
Music Friday
5:30pm
The second Friday of every month the Museum’s Main Gallery transforms into a funky lounge for an after-work alternative that features cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, art and music. Socialize with old friends and meet new ones. Enjoy special signature cocktails and door prizes. Museum members: $5; non-members: $8. Age 21 and over. PWCVB members and RISD|CE students receive the Museum member rate.