Friday, April 19, 2024

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WaterFire, Innovation Studio partnership to benefit accelerator program

PROVIDENCE – WaterFire Providence has joined forces with Innovation Studio to expand resources available to its Accelerate cohort. The Accelerate cohort, open to emerging artists under age 30, gives members access...

Stadium Theatre earns 12 Broadway World Regional Awards

WOONSOCKET – The Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre has earned 12 Broadway World Regional Awards from the online performing arts news outlet’s worldwide awards...

Manton Avenue Project nets $10K tech grant from Cox

PROVIDENCE – The Manton Avenue Project, a nonprofit that seeks to empower youths through theater, will receive a $10,000 technology upgrade courtesy of Cox...

Where R.I.’s past comes alive

PROVIDENCE – A year after being expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636, Rhode Island founder Roger Williams was still communicating with the more...
TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY'S annual "A Christmas Carol" production was impacted last November with a COVID-19 outbreak among cast and crew. It resulted in 16 performances having to be canceled. / COURTESY TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY

After pandemic shutdown, curtains rising slowly at local theaters

PROVIDENCE – In theater, the old saying is “the show must go on.” But it’s easier said than done, depending on who you ask. Even though...

Adrian Hall, founding artistic director of Trinity Rep, dies at age...

PROVIDENCE – Adrian Hall, the founding artistic director of the Trinity Repertory Company, died at his home in Van, Texas, on Feb. 4 at...
TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY has canceled five performances of "A Christmas Carol" due a COVID-19 outbreak. / COURTESY TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY

Trinity Rep pauses ‘A Christmas Carol’ due to COVID-19 outbreak

PROVIDENCE – Trinity Repertory Company has paused its performances of "A Christmas Carol" through at least next Tuesday due to a COVID-19 outbreak affecting...
LOVE OF LITERATURE: Uriah Donnelly, right, realized his dream of owning a bookstore when he and his wife, Janet Moscarello, left, opened arc{hive} book + snackery in Warren in June.
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Used bookstore and bar business building its own community in Warren

For Uriah Donnelly, owning a bookstore had long been a dream. A background in the restaurant industry, which he shares with co-owner and wife...
PAYING IT FORWARD: After overcoming anxiety with the help of improv comedy, Taylor Bruneaux, left, and her husband, Luke, are trying to share that transformative experience with others through their Kismet Improv comedy theater in Pawtucket, which offers both live shows and classes.
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Improv theater finds its footing after shaky start

Taylor Bruneaux found stability and comfort in the most unscripted and seemingly unstable of places: improv comedy. The social circle and affirming “yes and” principle...

Renovations to URI’s Fine Arts Center underway

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Earlier this fall, the University of Rhode Island began its $57.3 million project to renovate and make major upgrades to the...
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