Times and prices may vary according to date.
ART
Thursdays, May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, 5-9 p.m. — Gallery Night Art
Trolley. Trained guides provide informative talks along the historical loop of
17 art galleries and museums throughout the East Side and downtown Providence.
Citizen’s Bank, One Citizens Plaza, Providence. Admission is free. For information:
(401) 751-2628.
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Sundays, May 27, August 5, Friday June 8, Wednesday June 13, Saturdays June 23,
July 7, 21, Sunset — WaterFire. Downtown Providence. Admission is free. For information:
(401) 272-3111.
Mondays-Saturdays, May 29-June 28, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (weekdays), 12-4 p.m. (Saturdays)
— Robert Giard: Particular Voices: Portraits of Gay & Lesbian Writers. Curated
by Robert Giard, Morgan Monceaux, and Anne Rocheleau. Rhode Island Foundation
Gallery, One Union Station, Providence. Admission is free. For information: (401)
274-4564.
Monday-Friday, July 9-13 — Artists in Residence Week. Annual invitation for artists
to paint on the grounds of Gilbert Stuart Birthplace. Gilbert Stuart Birthplace,
815 Gilbert Stuart Rd., North Kingstown. Admission is free. For information: (401)
294-3001.
Mondays-Saturdays, July 13-August 18, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (weekdays), 12-4 p.m. (Saturdays)
— The Bay that Binds Us: The History and Environment of Narragansett Bay. A photographic
exhibit by Salvatore Mancini in partnership with Save the Bay and The Rhode Island
Historical Society. Rhode Island Foundation Gallery, One Union Station, Providence.
Admission is free. For information: (401) 274-4564.
Friday-Sunday, August 3-5 — 16th Annual Quilt Show. Over 125 antique
and contemporary hand-made quilts. South County Museum, Canonchet Farm, Rte. 1A,
Narragansett. $4/adults, $2/children. For information: (401) 783-5400.
ART FESTIVALS
Friday-Saturday, May 18-19, 9 a.m.- – Rhode Island Scottish Highland Festival.
Westerly High School Athletic Field, Route 1 & Ward St., Westerly. Admission
is free. For information: (401) 348-9109.
Saturday, May 19, 5-8 p.m. — Spring in Greene. Featuring the works of local artists
and a silent auction. Greene Public Library, 179 Hopkins Hollow Rd., Greene. Admission
is free. For information: (401) 397-3873.
Saturday-Sunday, May 26 to 27, 10-5 p.m. — 5th Annual “Virtu” Art Festival.
A festival showcasing the visual and performing arts. More than 150 artists from
New England and beyond will participate in this exhibition and sale of artwork
and fine crafts. Food and live entertainment. Wilcox Park, Grove Ave. & High
St., Westerly. Admission is free. For information: (401) 596-7761.
Saturday-Sunday, May 26-27, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. — Capital City Art Festival. Fine
arts and crafts festival featuring over 200 artists. Station Park, Francis St.,
Providence. Admission is free. For information: (401) 455-3880 ext. 250.
Saturday-Monday, May 26 to 28, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Gaspee Days Arts and Crafts Festival.
Pawtuxet Village, Narragansett Parkway, Warwick. Admission is free. For information:
(401) 781-1772.
Saturday-Sunday, June 23-24 — Narragansett Art Festival. Veteran’s Memorial Park,
Naragansett. Admission is free. For information: (401) 783-1770
Saturday-Sunday, July 7-8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. — 12th Annual Arts &
Crafts Festival. Quality fine artists and crafters from New England. Features
ceramics, collectibles, jewelry, dolls, crafts, paintings, etc. Carolyn Adams
Country Barn, 5000 South County Trail, Charlestown. Admission is free. For information:
(401) 364-6910.
Saturday-Sunday, July 7-8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. — 39th Annual Wickford Art Festival.
Fine arts juried show featuring over 250 artists. Featuring fine arts-paintings,
sculpture, and photography. Sidewalks of Wickford,Brown & Main Streets, Wickford
Village-Rte. 1A, North Kingstown. Admission is free. For information: (401) 294-6840.
DANCE
Sundays, May 27, July 29, 2-5 p.m. — Irish Ceili Dance. Blackstone River Theater,
549 Broad St., Cumberland. For information: (401) 725-9272.
Mondays, July 2, 9, 23, Wednesday-Monday, July 25-30 — Summer Dance Series. Featuring
visiting dance troupes presented by the Island Moving Company. Fort Adams, Harrison
Ave., Newport. $14-$28. For information: (401) 847-4470.
FILM FESTIVALS
Wednesday-Saturday, May 23-26, Friday, June 8, 7 p.m. — Rhode Island School of
Design Senior Film/Animation/Video Festival. RISD Auditorium, Providence. $4 general
admission; $2 RISD community, students and seniors. For information: (401) 454-6233.
Wednesday-Thursday, May 30-31, 7 p.m. — Rhode Island School of Design Junior
Film/Animation/Video Festival. RISD Auditorium, Providence. Free admission. For
information: (401) 454-6233.
Tuesday-Sunday, June 5-10 — Newport International Film Festival. Presenting premieres,
new international films, classics, panels, discussions and outdoor screening at
the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Newport. For information: (401) 848-9443.
Monday-Saturday, July 30-August 4 — Kidseye International Film Festival. A week-long
program of international children’s films, produced by youth and adult filmmakers.
Includes hands-on workshops, panel discussions and film-making camp for children.
Various locations in Newport. For information: (401) 861-4445.
Wednesday-Monday, August 8-13 — Brooks Pharmacy Rhode Island International Film
Festival. Various locations in Providence and Woonsocket. For information: (401)
861-4445.
MUSIC FESTIVALS
S unday-Thursday, June 24-28 — 4th Annual Sovereign Sunset Music Festival
Newport Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf, Newport. $20-$28. For information:
(401) 846-1600.
Friday, July 6- Monday, July 23 — 33rd Annual Newport Music Festival.
Chamber music programs, American debuts, artists and special events in the grand
“summer cottages” of Newport. Over fifty-five concerts will be presented. Various
mansions in Newport. $25-$38; $150/Gala Dinner & Concert. For information:
(401) 846-1133.
Sunday, July 8, 12-5 p.m. — 9th Annual Providence Jazz & Blues
Festival. Waterplace Park, Providence. For more information: (401) 621-1992.
Saturday-Sunday, July 28-29, 12 p.m.-12 a.m. — New England Reggae Festival. Stepping
Stone Ranch, Escoheag Hill Road, West Greenwich. $25-$50. For information: (401)
331-7910.
Friday-Sunday, August 3-5, 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. — Newport Folk Festival. Nationally
known and up-and-coming performers. Fort Adams State Park, Ocean Drive, Newport.
$28-$84. For information: (401) 847-3700.
Saturday-Sunday, August 11-12 — Newport JVC Jazz Festival. Fort Adams State Park,
Ocean Drive, Newport. For information: (401) 847-3700.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Saturday, May 19 – New Music for Mandolin Orchestra. — “Voices,” for Barnaby
Evans and WaterFire-Will Ayton, composer; Alexey Shabalin, violin. “Wrung from
the Silence”-Robert Martel, composer. The Pepsi Forum at Johnson & Wales University,
8 Abbott Park Place, Providence. For information: (401) 521-7766.
Sunday, May 20, 6 p.m., 8 p.m. — A New Look at Handel’s Messiah. The Chorus of
Westerly presents Handel’s Messiah. The 200-voice chorus and the Boston Festival
Orchestra will be conducted by Music Director George Kent. Chorus of Westerly
Performance Hall, 119 High St., Westerly. For information: (401) 596-8663.
Sunday, May 20, 7 p.m. — Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. Featuring
Francisco Noya, Resident Conductor Rhode Island Philharmonic. VMA Arts & Cultural
Center, Providence. $3-$7. For information: (401) 831-3123 ext. 24.
Saturday, June 2 — West Bay Choral Spring Concert. Swift Gym, Peirce St., East
Greenwich. For information: (401) 392-3458.
Saturday, June 23 — 22nd Annual Chorus of Westerly Summer Pops. Pre-show
features local talent. George Kent conducts the Chorus of Westerly, Boston Festival
Orchestra and guest soloist in a concert ending with Tchaikovsky’s 1812 overture
with fireworks by Grucci. Wilcox Park, Broad St., Westerly. For information: (401)
596-8663.
Wednesdays, June 27, July 4, 11, 25, August 1, 8, Thursday, July 19 — Lafayette
Band Summer Concert Series. Conducted by Maestro Joseph R. Pelosi. Bring your
lawn chair. North Kingstown Town Beach Band Shell, Beach St., North Kingstown.
For information: (401) 295-3331.
FOLK & COUNTRY MUSIC
Friday, May 18 — Matapat — Music of Quebec. Blackstone River Theater, 549
Broad St., Cumberland. For information: (401) 725-9272.
Saturday, May 26 — Pendragon. With stepdancers Kevin Doyle and Kieran Jordan.
Blackstone River Theater, 549 Broad St., Cumberland. For information: (401) 725-9272
Sunday, June 10, 7:30 p.m.– Jesse Colin Young & Sons, The Greenwich Odeum,
59 Main St., East Greenwich. Tickets: $18 in advance, $20 day of show. For information:
(401) 885-9119.
Friday, June 15, 8 p.m. — Tom Rush, The Greenwich Odeum, 59 Main St., East Greenwich.
Tickets: $20 in advance, $22 day of show. For information: (401) 885-9119.
Saturday, June 23 — Dave Van Ronk. Folk/ragtime/urban blues. Blackstone River
Theater, 549 Broad St., Cumberland. For information: (401) 725-9272.
Sunday, July 1, 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. — Rita Coolidge, The Greenwich Odeum, 59 Main
St., East Greenwich. For information: (401) 885-9119.
Saturday, July 14 — Brenga Astur. Nine-piece band from Asturia, Spain. Blackstone
River Theater, 549 Broad St., Cumberland. For information: (401) 725-9272.
Friday, July 20, 8 p.m. — Solas, The Greenwich Odeum, 59 Main St., East Greenwich.
For information: (401) 885-9119.
Friday, July 27 — The Providence International Mandolin Festival. Blackstone
River Theater, 549 Broad St., Cumberland. For information: (401) 725-9272.
JAZZ
Saturday, June 9, 8 p.m. — Los Hombres Calientes, The Greenwich Odeum, 59 Main
St., East Greenwich. Tickets: $16 in advance, $18 day of show. For information:
(401) 885-9119.
Fridays, June 15, 22, 29, July 6, 13, 20, 27, August 3, 10, 17 — Concerts at
Waterplace Park. Jazz, Blues, Country and World Music in the amphitheater outdoor
stage at the basin of Waterplace Park, Providence. For information: (401) 621-1992.
Saturday, August 18, 8 p.m. — George Winston, The Greenwich Odeum, 59 Main St.,
East Greenwich. For information: (401) 885-9119.
THEATER
Tuesdays-Sundays, May 14-June 17, 2 p.m., 7p.m., 8p.m. — “The Cider House Rules
Part II.” A theatrical adaptation of the John Irving novel. Trinity Repertory
Theater, 201 Washington St., Providence. $28-$42. For information: (401) 521-1100.
Tuesdays-Saturdays, May 17-June 17, 3 p.m., 8 p.m. — “Grapes of Wrath.” Sandra
Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, 31 Elbow St., Providence. $16-$20. For information: (401)
831-2919.
Tuesdays-Sundays, May 18-July 1, 2 p.m., 7 p.m., 8 p.m. — “ART” by Terrence McNally.
Trinity Repertory Theater, 201 Washington St., Providence. $28-42. For information:
(401) 351-4242.
Sunday, May 20, 8:30 p.m. — Jerry Seinfeld. Providence Performing Arts Center,
220 Weybosset St., Providence. $47-$77. For information: (401) 421-ARTS.
Saturday, June 2, 8 p.m. — “Mentalist” the Amazing Kreskin , The Greenwich Odeum,
59 Main St., East Greenwich. Tickets: $25. For information: (401) 885-9119.
Tuesday-Sunday, June 5-10, 2 p.m., 7 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m. — “Fosse.” Providence
Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St., Providence. $33-$53. For information:
(401) 421-ARTS.
Tuesdays-Sundays, June 5-24, 2 p.m., 5p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m. — “My One and Only.”
Theatre-by-the-Sea, 364 Card’s Pond Road, Matunuck. $27-$30. For information:
(401) 782-8587.
Saturday, June 23, 7 p.m. — John Lithgow: Perfectly Ridiculous. Providence Performing
Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St., Providence. $18-$27. For information: (401) 421-ARTS.
Tuesdays-Sundays, June 26-July 22, 2 p.m., 5p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m. — “Bye Bye Birdie.”
Theatre-by-the-Sea, 364 Card’s Pond Road, Matunuck. $27-$30. For information:
(401) 782-8587.
Thursday, June 28, 8 p.m. — An Evening with Donny Osmond. Providence Performing
Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St., Providence. $31.50-$51.50. For information: (401)
421-ARTS.
July 19-August 19, 3 p.m., 8 p.m. — “The Tempest.” Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre,
31 Elbow St., Providence. $16-$20. For information: (401) 831-2919.
Fridays, July 20, 27 — Shakespeare in the Park. Trinity Repertory theatre performs
“MacBeth”. Goddard Park Carousel, Ives Rd., Warwick. For information: (401) 738-2000
ext.6402.
Tuesdays-Sundays, July 24-August 19, 2 p.m., 5p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m. — “The King
and I” Theatre-by-the-Sea, 364 Card’s Pond Road, Matunuck. $27-$30. For information:
(401) 782-8587.
Tuesdays-Sundays, August 21-31, 2 p.m., 5p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m. — “Sweet Charity.”
Theatre-by-the-Sea, 364 Card’s Pond Road, Matunuck. $27-$30. For information:
(401) 782-8587.
