The Blackout
11.07.09 8pm-12am
West Side Arts Gallery
645 Westminster Street
The Blackout is a showcase of up-and-coming talents and brands poised to make a difference in their local communities and the world. A handful of graphic artists, fashion labels, musicians, DJs, aficionados and media outlets will [...]
What Cheer? is playing their last local show before they leave for thier Dirty South tour. Come taste a sweet, sweet, preview of what they’ll be carrying below the Mason-Dixon. Plus a tribute to Michael…? Plus punk bandz from Ohio and the sleezy stylings of LLOVE and [...]
The Wham Five Diagnoses music series continues tonight at Firehouse 13. Last night was awesome and tonight should be awesome-er.
Wham Five Diagnoses: The Music Series #2
Community Works Rhode Island (formerly Elmwood Foundation and Greater Elmwood Neighborhood Services) will host a public celebration to announce the completion of its recent merger. The event will introduce Carrie Marsh as the first Executive Director of new organization.
Community Works Rhode Island is a community development [...]
Join YES Gallery + Studio in celebrating Happiness/Harmony, spotlighting the work of award-winning Tokyo-based artist Kana Ito, only in the U.S. at YES Gallery + Studio.
OPENING RECEPTION
FRIDAY JANUARY 16th
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
nibbles & drinks
And mystics. Where we get this from comes from lemuria and the connection to oceana and the sons of the serpent. That initiating power because it was…
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That is where we get the Priestess classes and the matriarchal powers coming from. The fact now that were keepers of the secrets. Innitators. Right?
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The Serpent and later when they got to Lemuria, Eves were given positions of superiority they were what was called the Beloved. And
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And isn’t it interesting, scientists will not like this one, isn’t it interesting that women were the ones who took to that knowledge first?
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This Thursday, December 11, from 6:00-7:30pm, at Providence Public Library’s Central Library, 150 Empire Street, Downcity Providence, RI, we will host a group of poets & writers to read, sign, and otherwise socialize with all who can come to this free literary soiree.
The event features poets Rosemarie [...]
A Day of Action highlighting work by activists and municipal leaders
Saturday December 6th
11Am - 2PM
Brown Center for Environmental Studies
Urban Environmental Lab
135 Angell St. Providence, RI
More than 100,000 Rhode Islanders suffer from asthma. Providence County ranks among the worst 6% of all [...]
Milk and Cookies Gallery is pleased to present “The Rejects” Paintings and Drawings by Jesse LeDoux, on Saturday, December 6th. Opening reception from 7 to 10 p.m.
Milk and Cookies
250 Main Street
Pawtucket, R.I.
401-499-3673
Born in Portland, Oregon, Jesse LeDoux worked for many years as an [...]
Professor: You don’t understand there will be another planet. A planet coming on the way for 2012. All the planets here… they align themselves ok but.
Student: But…
P: See this was they align themselves…
S: But Wait…
P: What we are needs [...]
Now let’s start… Let’s Discuss… What we are going to be talking about. Do you understand? What are we talking about? We are talking about The Great Planet X. The Tenth Planet of the Universe… Planet X? There’s only nine! …Right here. There’s [...]
Please have a seat anywhere… so we can talk about this very interesting topics. Are you ready? Yes. I said are you ready? I’m ready! Are you paying attention now!? I’m ready!
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12th Annual Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange
Friday, Novembet 28th, 2008 10:00am - 2:00pm
If you have a coat to give, please drop it off. If you need a coat, please pick one up. State House lawn (directly across from Providence Place mall) [...]
Music by Cheryl Wheeler
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From the Conservation Law Foundation:
GM and Chrysler Lose Third Straight Lawsuit Against State EMISSIONS Regulations
Providence, RI (November 25, 2008) The US Federal District Court for Rhode Island today dismissed a legal challenge from General Motors, Chrysler and two automobile manufacturer trade associations seeking to block state [...]
Join YES Gallery in celebrating the ITTY/BITTY works of over 35 artists from around the country. All artwork is 9″x9″ or less and no more than $495.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Sara Argue, Rachel Austin, Marsha Balian, Mark Baker, Katie Burnett, Alyn Carlson, Cole Caswell, Macy Chadwick, Megyn Craine, [...]
Yves Montand - Les Feuilles Mortes
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You may have noticed this little guy popping up next to your comments, that’s because we’ve starting using Gravatars. Gravatar is a pretty cool service from Automattic, the makers of the software that runs this blog, that lets you associate a picture [...]
Paul Geremia has built a reputation as a first rate bluesman, songwriter, a “scholar” of early jazz and blues, and one of the best country blues fingerpickers ever with his tools - six and twelve-string guitars, harmonica , piano and a husky soulful [...]
Douglas Miles, connects the universality of mainstream’s skateboard culture to today’s Indian youth. His Graphic imagery of Apache warriors and contemporary “Rez” portraits brings a Native aesthetic and sensibility to the skateboard culture. The Apache skateboards break through a seemingly closed mainstream boundary, reasserting and affirming [...]
Seeking art and art installation proposals for 10 windows in Downtown Providence for the 2009 season. Site-specific is preferred, pre-existing accepted; 2D or 3D. Some spaces are raw, and others are located within established businesses. Site visits encouraged before proposal is written. Jury includes Diana Gaston, [...]
California Smile comes back to firehouse 13 for another round of epic instrumental rock and they have brought friends. Liquid Limbs, Babies in Limbo, & People of Color join in on the fun.
California Smile, Liquid Limbs, Babies in Limbo & People of Color
FHXIII
November 10th 8PM
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The Iron Guild returns to the Steelyard for their third year in a row for a unique dramatic performance of molten metal, fire and zombie movie mayhem. Members of the Iron Guild will perform with a cupola, an iron melting furnace that reaches 3000 [...]
How will the financial crisis affect the green movement? These and other questions will be explored at Bioneers by the Bay - the Northeast’s premiere conference on the environment and social justice - and it’s right around the corner.
With rising gas prices and an [...]
Hi guys and gals, Providence Daily Dose Phase Two is now accepting all your contributions. We know you’re sitting there thinking “I’ve got all these cools ideas and opinions, I wish there was a way I could disseminate them to a ready-made audience with little [...]
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I hope you like our new look. It has been in the works for a long while and will hopefully make your experience even more captivating. We’ll soon be introducing a new way for all of our readers to contribute their own [...]
PROVIDENCE, RI (September 23, 2008) For the first time ever a price will be put on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in the United States under a historic “cap and trade” emissions auction set to begin on September 25. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative [...]
Saturday August 30th, WaterFire will feature two local music groups:
Providence based band The Low Anthen will have two songs from their new album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin (which will be released on September 5th at Firehouse 13) featured in [...]
Drawn & Quarterly artist and New Yorker contributor Adrian Tomine will offer a presentation of his cartooning career, in the RISD Auditorium on Friday, February 29 at 7pm. A book signing of his latest graphic novel Shortcomings will immediately follow. Shortcomings [...]
WaterFire Providence seeks volunteers for their upcoming 2008 Season
Want to be part of the most exciting arts installation in Providence?! You can help to inspire and transform our city as part of the WaterFire family. WaterFire Providence, the local non-profit organization which produces the [...]
Perishable Theatre and Everett Dance Theatre present Scratch & Burn on Friday February 22 at 8pm
For one night only…. Perishable Theatre and Everett Dance Theatre will be burning up the stage with SCRATCH & BURN By Teo Castellanos/D-Projects ( Miami, FL)
Friday February 22, [...]
David Gracer of Providence-based, Sunrise Land Shrimp (SLS), will be a featured guest on Comedy Centrals The Colbert Report at 11:30 P.M. EST on February 13, 2008. This appearance follows a whole-page write-up on the company in New York Times Magazine on Sunday, [...]
Providence Preservation Society’s 5th Winter Bash
Saturday February 9, 2008
8 pm to midnight
American Locomotive Works (ALCO)
555 Valley Street
Come join the Providence Preservation Society for its 5th Annual Winter Bash! Highlighting preservation and rehabilitation of the city’s historic resources. Featuring live music by [...]
from Chris Barnett @ the Secretary of State’s Office
Today at 5 p.m. in the State Room at the State House, Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis will use a borrowed lottery machine to determine the order in which the Democrat and Republican presidential candidates will [...]
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