There are two performances happening at this PVDFest in the Park event! You are cordially invited to experience songs and poetry from Satta's new EP "Broken Dialect." Experience the dynamic sounds of this remarkable Liberian Reggae artist, as she delivers cutting edge lyrics performed in her Liberian English dialect, Koloqua. Her music is a unique […]
The Moral Documents or MoralDocs is a virtual reality film that reenvisions public safety as an issue of public health. Residents of the city have brought their lived experience into this collaborative Afrofuturist story that envisions an abolitionist future for Providence. We travel to the Temple of Music in 2040 via a space/time chariot to […]
Join Councilman John Goncalves for a Ward 1 Movie Night featuring the movie, The Secret Life of Pets 2 (rated PG)! The story of Max and his pet friends continues, as we follow the animals after their owners leave for work and school each day. Be sure to bring a chair or picnic blanket! For […]
Enjoy a Barrio Tour and conversation between Marta V. Martínez and Doña Fefa Rosario, who together will talk about the transformation of La Broa' since the 1960s. Doña Fefa and her husband Tony, opened the first Dominican-owned bodega on Broad Street in Providence in the early-1960s. The Rosarios helped the growing number of families from the Dominican […]
“We Love Puccini” and we bet you do too! "Come here" Puccini's "Love Duet", from Madama Butterfly and “Un bel di vedremo” sung by soprano Yuriko Nonaka Tauro. Other Puccini favorites include selections from Tosca & La Bohême. Operetta and Broadway favorites from The Student Prince, Showboat, West Side Story and more. Featuring soprano Christina Nero, […]
As Rhode Island’s defacto ambassadors of Andean music, this multi-generational family band can be found performing at cultural festivals throughout New England. Let your spirit fly high with the evocative sounds of pan flute, charango, Spanish guitar, and los bombos —the backbone of Voces’ signature, contemporary-tinged instrumental and folk music. https://www.facebook.com/VocesDeLosAndes/
This festival, in its 9th year, showcases the incredible music and dance of Africa and the diaspora. This is a FREE, family-friendly event. There will also be refreshing drinks served at the Trinity Beer Garden all day! Sidy Maiga is an award-winning Malian musician, performer, teacher and recipient of the MacColl Johnson Fellowship in Music […]
***POSTPONED to August 5 due to expected rain*** Rhode Island Philharmonic will perform their annual concert again this year! This concert is free and open to the public. The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School is committed to engaging people of Southern New England as lifelong music listeners, teachers, learners, creators and performers. They […]
As local arts organizations and business reopen, celebrate a cultural moment of transition at “Emergence,” an open-air showcase. Local writers will read stories, essays and poetry on the theme of "emergence" against the backdrop of the iconic Adventure Time mural at 94 Washington Street in Downtown Providence. Commissioned by The Avenue Concept, the mural’s image […]
This pop-up farmers market provides access to fresh locally grown vegetables and artists vendors in the community. This event is presented by the African Alliance of Rhode Island with funding support from the Kresge Foundation, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, the Rhode Island Foundation, Haymarket, and the Rhode Island Department of Health. For more […]
