(3.14) A strong show this year from the RISD illustration students whose remarkable creativity and high level of technical mastery are everywhere on display. The RISD Illustration Senior Exhibition features work in acrylic paints, gouache on rice paper, oils on canvas, graphite and charcoal, and woodblock prints, as well as more modern techniques like digital …
We never have to think about this stupid tower and those odious people ever again! From WPRI: The chairman of the I-195 Commission, Marc Crisafulli, announced Friday that the Fane Organization has opted not to continue with the project. The developers were in the middle of attempting to negotiate a new design approval with the …
This really is special: “How to do Good Tattooing” by Miss Cindy Ray, is just one of the gems to be found in the Providence Public Library’s Special Collections. (She numbered the tattoos on her body to keep track of their progress for her first book.) Head curator Jordan Goffin was kind enough to pull …
This living statue of The Independent Woman arrived at Kennedy Plaza this afternoon in honor of International Women’s Day, courtesy of the Womxn Project Education Fund. Here is the history behind the project. In their original 1895 renderings, State House architects McKim, Mead and White sketched a female figure atop the building’s dome. The figure …
And how do most women “celebrate” International Women’s Day? By working their butts off. Having said that, Lee Lord, head brewer at Narragansett Brewery, does seem to enjoy a high level of job satisfaction. Lord was very busy earlier today wrangling hoses, working on a new brew in honor of the day: Struggle Bun, a …
(3.11) The Motion State Dance Festival kicks off this Thursday with a screening of short dance films and an opening night party. All festival events take place at Wilbury Theatre Group in the WaterFire Arts Center. Go to the site for ticket prices. Live performances take place on Friday and Saturday nights, interspersed with dance …
The second annual RI Craft Beer Week runs now through March 12th with new releases, tastings, food trucks, special dinners, bingo, and craft events. Gail Ciampa has all the details of this statewide event at the ProJo. All during Craft Beer Week, you can do one or two beer crawls, or even the Rhode Map …
Movie fans should head over to the Avon and check out this year’s Oscar nominated short subjects. They will be screened in the three categories: Animated, Live Action, and Documentary. The New York Times reviewer was not thrilled with the live action entries, “Fans of sticky sentiment will be delighted with this bundle of live-action …
(3.9) People are going absolutely bonkers for this movie, with the common plea that everyone should only see it in a real movie theater on a big screen. Set during the British Raj of the 1920s, this is a fictitious story about two legendary heroes who fight bad guys and save children in peril. From …
I love that they call this a seed “catalog.” The Louise and Larry Moulton seed catalog at the Providence Public Library is stocked with unopened packets of seeds — vegetables, herbs, and flowers — courtesy of the URI Master Garden seed program and a Vermont concern, High Mowing Organic Seeds. This is just one of …
(2.28) Explore the Museum of Natural History’s archives and collection storage vaults with docent Mike McGinity and learn about the museum and its collections. In addition to the taxidermy specimens, you might see cultural artifacts, coral, fossils, figurines, bones, and unique collections like the snowflake photomicrographs below. The ‘Museum From Top to Bottom’ program is …
Just a reminder that Stages of Freedom, the state’s only African American Museum and Bookshop, is right downtown on lower Westminster Street by the river. And, as the sign in the window says, “All for a good cause.” That would be the Swim Empowerment program which provides free swim lessons for low-income BIPOC youth. But …
(2.28) Fliers, posters, signage, banners, images, words, numbers, symbols surround us everywhere, vying for our attention. Graphic design is the art of communicating ideas visually — and the results should be eye-catching — but when you pack this many assignments into one floor, it sure has impact. The visual barrage of the RISD Graphic Design …
This seems to have taken everyone by surprise. At the end of May, Congressman — and customer favorite — David Cicilline will be leaving behind the soul-crushing stupidity and venality that currently define the McCarthy House. (Complete disclosure: I have supported Mr. Cicilline’s political career since he first ran mayor over two decades ago. I …
(2.21) Beignets, Po Boys, Hurricanes, Sazeracs! Kin Southern Table + Bar will be celebrating Fat Tuesday with traditional New Orleans food and drink. At 7pm the Providence Drum Troupe will be cranking things up, after which they will be heading over to Alchemy to assist the Superchief Trio with their percussion! (Kin is on Washington …
Hooray for science. Head over to the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium all this week for ‘Mission Space.’ Activities include: building a rover, learning about our solar system, discovering what it takes to go into space, fun crafts, special Mission Space museum quest, and more. Check out the ‘Our Place in Space’ planetarium show. …
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