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Would you like a reprieve from your mall wandering, your internet shopping, your holiday decorating and your cookie baking? Let me invite you to take a two-hour journey into the amazing, old-world …
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Theatre Review by IDA ZECCO
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12/6/23
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Harmony Heritage, a local chapter of Harmony, Incorporated, an international organization of female a cappella singers specializing in the barbershop harmony style, will welcome its sister chorus, …
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12/6/23
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Over three and a half million Christmas lights!
Can you imagine?
I can’t wait for the Holiday Lights Spectacular every Christmas season at the Roger Williams Park Zoo.
I follow …
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By Don Fowler
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12/6/23
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Dec. 8, North Scituate Baptist Church Winter Farmer’s Market will be held on Fri., Dec. 8, from 4 to 9 p.m. at The North Scituate Baptist Church, 619 West Greenville Road. Shared sponsorship …
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12/6/23
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20 Years Ago
Gamm opened its doors at its new venue in the Pawtucket Armory with “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” starring Chris Byrnes, Rae Mancini and Casey Seymour Kim and …
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By Don Fowler
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12/6/23
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Few pieces of music have achieved the renown of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" written by seventeenth century organist and composer Johann Sebastian Bach. From the silver screen to wedding …
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11/29/23
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Kathleen Pletcher had a great vision when she introduced Firstworks nearly 20 years ago.
She believed that the arts were for everyone and should be performed everyplace, from inner-city schools …
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By Don Fowler
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11/23/23
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I have reviewed over 25 productions of Trinity’s “A Christmas Carol.”
Each director has carefully followed the script to the point where I could recite the lines along with the …
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Theatre Review by Don Fowler
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11/22/23
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If you attended last year’s presentation of Handel’s “Messiah,” you know what a moving afternoon it was at The Vets.
This year’s performance by the Rhode Island …
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By Don Fowler
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11/15/23
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Gamm’s Artistic Director, Tony Estrella, is the perfect person to direct Martic McDonagh’s black comedy, “Hangmen."
He has seen the play on Broadway and in London, and …
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Theatre Review by Don Fowler
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11/8/23
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20 Years Ago
“Hairspray” was at the Providence Performing Arts Center.
The Pawtuxet Village Café had a breakfast special of two eggs with toast and home fries for $1.99. …
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By Don Fowler
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11/8/23
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The Warwick Symphony Orchestra (WSO) will stage “The Colors of the Orchestra” Sunday, December 3rd at 3 p.m. in St. Bernard Church in North Kingstown.
The concert includes both …
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11/1/23
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He’s coming to steal Christmas.
How do I know?
I had a face-to-face conversation with him last Friday in the PPAC lobby.
He sat on his throne and pontificated to me about why he …
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By Don Fowler
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11/1/23
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It’s less than a week away and before you know it, people are going to be dressed up in their favorite costumes. Kids will be walking the streets accompanied by their parents looking for the …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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10/25/23
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In 1997, a Providence public high school teacher Nancy Patiño convened a group of Latino artists in Providence to offer youth afterschool programming where they could explore their own …
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By IDA ZECCO
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10/25/23
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Guest conductor Morihiko Nakahara, Music Director of the South Carolina Philharmonic, will be the guest conductor at the November 11th concert of the Rhode Island Philharmonic at the Vets.
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By Don Fowler
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10/18/23
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Lamont Jay Whittaker just finished his 330th performance as Mafala Hatimbi Jr., village chief, in the award-winning musical, “The Book of Mormon”.
“We opened a year ago and …
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By Don Fowler
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10/11/23
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Theatre Review by Don Fowler
It is the same bare stage, the same theme and the same town of Salem as “The Good John Proctor.”
Only the time has changed.
We meet Becky …
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Theatre Review by Don Fowler
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10/11/23
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Dr. Judith Lynn Stillman came to Rhode Island “many years ago” to assume Rhode Island College’s Artisan Residence position.
Judy has put Rhode Island on the map through …
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10/11/23
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For the past 22 years Jack Reckmer has been directing the Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular at the Roger Williams Park Zoo, and every year he brings something different to the special exhibit.
Jack was …
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By Don Fowler
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10/4/23
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