Join us to celebrate the life and legacy of Billy Taylor! This fun event will have food, games, performances by Chachi Carvahlo and John Hope and a special appearance by Dee Gomes.
This event was made possible by PVDFest, Olney Street Baptist Church, and Vincent Brown Recreation Center!
To best protect others, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends that you continue to wear a mask outdoors in crowded settings and indoors near unvaccinated people you don’t live with. RIDOH also recommends that you continue to stay at least three feet apart from unvaccinated people you don’t live with.
Join us for an open mic, spoken-word night of healing, reflection, and community dialogue! All are encouraged to come and share. The theme of the night is “I Am.”
Performer: Orange Live
Orange Live will be the emcee of the evening. Damont Combs is a poet from Southside Jamaica Queens and a graduate with a degree in Computer Technology Service from Johnson and Wales University. Mr. Combs, otherwise known as Mr. Orange Live, has released two books of poetry: My Poem… My Riddle, (Prysmatic Dreams Publishing, 2015) and Damont Combs presents A Touch of Orange (Kingdom Enterprise LLC, 2016).
Picture credits: james lastowski
To best protect others, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends that you continue to wear a mask outdoors in crowded settings and indoors near unvaccinated people you don’t live with. RIDOH also recommends that you continue to stay at least three feet apart from unvaccinated people you don’t live with.
Join us for another PVDFest Happening: the Harry Kizirian Back to School Bash! There will be refreshments, backpacks for children, arts & crafts, and fun & games. The Bash will also feature face painting and performances by Circus Dynamics!
To best protect others, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends that you continue to wear a mask outdoors in crowded settings and indoors near unvaccinated people you don’t live with. RIDOH also recommends that you continue to stay at least three feet apart from unvaccinated people you don’t live with.
The Elmwood and West End neighborhoods of Providence used to have a big beautiful pond that was completely filled in by the early 20th century. Walker Mettling will share some of the stories and primary documents that he found while researching the “Where Long Pond Used To Be” mural project at the West End Rec Center as an an ACT Public Art Ideas Competition commissioned artist. The Murals are visible and visitable from the Bucklin Park entrance at the corner of Daboll and Dexter Streets (inside the historical footprint of Long Pond).
Alejandro Rowinsky’s compositions incorporate multiple genres including classical guitar, flamenco, world music and Latin rhythms. He has performed as guitarist for Walt Disney World and extensively toured the US.
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Performer: Indira
Come out and enjoy the soothing, harmonious sounds of Indira’s ukulele and experience her breathtaking voice as she creates a mood that is both enchanting and inviting. Indira’s selection of songs are well curated with throwbacks, current hits and originals in the mix. Indira has appeared on WPRI 12 Fox Providence, 94.9 La Mega and 101.51 WBRU and is now a bonafide PVDFest performer!
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Performer: Empress and band
An original singer/songwriter performance by Empress and accompaniment.
To best protect others, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends that you continue to wear a mask outdoors in crowded settings and indoors near unvaccinated people you don’t live with. RIDOH also recommends that you continue to stay at least three feet apart from unvaccinated people you don’t live with.
Featuring live performances of R&B, Hip Hop, and Soul music. This is a family-friendly, outdoor event with award-winning writers and performers.
To best protect others, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends that you continue to wear a mask outdoors in crowded settings and indoors near unvaccinated people you don’t live with. RIDOH also recommends that you continue to stay at least three feet apart from unvaccinated people you don’t live with.
Please join Councilwoman Kat Kerwin for a Smith Hill Community Meeting and Summer Celebration this Thursday at Father Lennon Park! They will have family friendly entertainment and reps from City departments to help you with your neighborhood concerns.
Activities will be provided by, the Empowerment Factory, a non-profit dedicated to giving youth the skills needed to lead happier, healthier more empowered lives.
For more information, check out the Facebook page here.
To best protect others, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends that you continue to wear a mask outdoors in crowded settings and indoors near unvaccinated people you don’t live with. RIDOH also recommends that you continue to stay at least three feet apart from unvaccinated people you don’t live with.
Dear Rhode Island is a project produced by What Cheer Writers Club and community member Jessica David to build connection across Rhode Island using the power of letters. Throughout the pandemic, the penpal exchange kept thousands of Rhode Islanders connected while providing an opportunity for personal reflection. Dear Rhode Island: Letter Writing as Commemoration, Connection and Contemplation draws together letters from community leaders addressed to “Dear Rhode Island,” reflecting on the pandemic and the power of letters to forge community during crisis. The letters will be collected and displayed at the window of What Cheer Writers Club at 160 Westminster St in downtown Providence as well as at libraries, bookstores and cafes across the state, and archived on the Dear Rhode Island website.
Eric Sung’s photography exhibition, Documenting Place as Witness, is part of a larger project which focuses on stories of isolation, healing, and solidarity in Providence during the pandemic. The project offers a reminder about the promise of libraries as spaces of social solidarity and civic connection, and what is lost when they are not open to the public. We invite you to share your stories commemorating the pandemic.
Supported by the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, Providence Public Library and Providence College.
My State House is a participatory design project that invites Rhode Islanders to reimagine the Rhode Island State House and its abundant green space in ways that make it more welcoming and accessible to the community. Participants draw or write their Big Ideas on maps of the building and the grounds. These maps will be collected and used in the next phase of the project this fall, an open call for design proposals. We provide the maps, the markers, and the lawn games — you provide the ideas! This is a project for all ages and all abilities and is accessible to non-English speakers. Follow us on Instagram to learn more about the project and its sponsors!
Find us on the south side of the State House, facing the Providence Place Mall.
