The Agenda

Your invited to the AS220 Darkroom’s January 12th Open House. Come see thephotographic work of Meredyth Tegler, Scott Ailario, Kia Davis, Kourtnie Aileru, Students from the Rhode Island Training School and others. We will also be having our first ever portrait booth, where anyone can have their portrait taken. To enlarge you photograph you can schedule time with [...]

The Rhode Island Film & TV Office in association with The Rhode Island Film Collaborative invites you to an important Town Hall Meeting RI FILM, TV and NEW MEDIA: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE WHEN: Wednesday, January 7, 2009  WHERE: Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway, Providence TIME: Doors open at 5:30PM for networking Speaking program begins at 6:30PM AGENDA: ENJOY FILM CLIPS FROM LOCAL PRODUCTIONS HEAR SPEAKERS REPRESENTING THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST IN THE [...]

The Society of Arts and Crafts E-Newsletter January 2009     Retail Gallery Pre-Inventory Sale!  Enjoy 10% - 30%* off everything in the retail gallery! *Current SAC members will receive an additional 5%-10% off (based on membership category)Discount cannot be combined with any other discount.  Sale ends 1/28/09.    Current Exhibition Our Cups Runneth Over Through January 25, 2009    A bi-annual exhibition of ceramic [...]

   Opening Saturday, January 10th January 5, 2009 by jonlaustsen Hi! Coming up…   RISD New England Alumni Biennial 2009 - will include a new version (call it 1.5ish) of The Reachers and The Dwellers (I’m surprisingly excited after being uncertain about the changes I was making up until… now) among 75 other outstanding works throughout the Arsenal Center for the Arts [...]

    LOCATION & HOURS   Dear Cristina,  Happy New Year! We have a whole bunch of stuff this month, The Danger Danger Birds Calendar release party, 2 dance parties (Afrosonic & Thirsty Theater), Loud Night #2, a great art show with tons of programing, and much more! Don’t let this super snowy winter get you down, come out and [...]

Peeptoad Coffeehouse Presents    A Bluegrass Double Bill with   Rocky Hollow Bluegrass & Three Tall Pines   DATE:  FRIDAY, January 16, 2009 TIME:              8:00 PM VENUE ADDRESS: North Foster Baptist Church,  81 East Killingly Road, Foster, RI INFO: (401) 647-3105 or Peeptoadconcerts@juno.com   TICKET PRICES: $15/person; $7/children under 12 Tickets are available on-line at www.fosteringArts.org   Veteran bluegrassers Rocky Hollow share the bill with one of the hottest new bands to hit the scene, Three Tall pines. [...]

AS220 has some great new artwork to start the New Year off! The AS220 Main Gallery features the street art stylings of Andrew Sloan and Paul Roustan, while the Open Window features “The Sleep Series” by the young and upcoming photographer Adrienne Adeyemi. The Youth gallery gets “Crazy, Sexy, Cool “with Broad St. Studio youth artists, Benito Rios [...]

Opening Reception & Lecture THIS THURSDAY!!! Thursday, January 8 :: reception 5:30-7:00 :: Lecture @ 7:00 Blackstone Valley Visitor’s Center, 175 Main St, Pawtucket, RI Music                                        Discussion of their art by Bill and Em                                       by Jason Brockert and Peter Roux (sketch by Morris Nathanson)             Please join us for the opening reception and exhibition of [...]

To celebrate the spirit of Valentine’s, Chabot Fine Art Gallery introduces its “Red Heart” collection on view January 14-February 16, 2009.  This exhibition will include works by Jacqui Faye, Carolyn Latanision, Lenny Rumpler, Monica Stanton and prominent artist and founder of the gallery, Lee Chabot.  This media includes a diverse collection of acrylics, glass, oils, photography [...]

 Gallery 297 starts the new year with “Seeing White” - an exhibit of our 37 gallery artists working in media from pottery to painting, printmaking, pencil and photography. “White” – the color will be the focus. This exhibit runs from Friday, January 9th through Wednesday, February 11, 2009. Gallery 297 is located on the Second [...]

Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 7-7:30pm  Mill Open Mic The Mill, 711 Putnam Pike (Rte. 44), Greenfield, RI Greg Andreozzi: Washboard and other percussionJim Chapin: Guitar, Kazoo, Harmonica, Vocals Colette Fournier: Lead Vocals, Fiddle, Percussion David Haller:  Guitar, Honky-Tonk Piano, Jug, Vocals Deck Nieforth: Gut Bucket Bass, Harmonica, Kazoo, Musical Saw, Vocals Kevin Collins, Blues Harp    

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Please do not RSVP to the RI Film Collaborative, use the individual email noted in each announcement. From the RI Office of TV & FILM: TOWN HALL MEETING  Wed. January 7, 2009 RI FILM, TV and NEW MEDIA: PAST, PRESENT & FUTUREColumbus Theatre - 270 Broadway - Providence, RI 02903 Doors open at 5:30PM for networking. [...]

  Roseberry-Winn E-News January 2009          January Sale  Take 25% off our line of pottery in the Tiverton store and on roseberrywinn.com Tiverton Store Open weekends Saturday 10-5, Sunday 12-5 Phone-in orders welcome too 401-816-0010 

    WAR IS OVER! if you want it Please forward widely! Celebrate MLK, Jr. MONDAY, JANUARY 19th 7:00 PM       PROVIDENCE BLACK REP 276 Westminister Street DOWNTOWN, Providence          THE WAR IS OVER is a multi-media community arts celebration          event that will take place at the Providence Black Rep on January 19,          2009 in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Produced by Just A Step          [...]

Music to Warm Your Heart Saturday, January 17, 2009 7:30 pm Church of the Ascension 390 Pontiac Avenue Cranston, Rhode Island Tickets $10.00 Available at the door or online In the bleak midwinter, we all need music to warm our hearts and gladden our souls. Join our wonderful performers as they treat you to sacred song and arias from operas and musicals. Featuring Allison [...]

Start the year off with a very special performance by The Debra Mann Quartet celebrating the music of Brazilian composer, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and the 50th year of the Bossa Nova. The Debra Mann Quartet Chan’s January 24, 2009 (Saturday) 8 PM $12 Advance reservations recommended featuring: Debra: Keys and Vocals Dino Govoni: Tenor Sax Dave Zinno: Bass Steve Langone: Drums Chan’s 267 Main St Woonsocket, RI 02895 401-965-1900 visit www.chanseggrollsandjazz.com visit www.debramann.com visit [...]

Providence Public Library (PPL) invites library patronsto help in the collection of food donations for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. The Library is currently conducting a food collection drive, which will continue during the winter and spring months, at all PPL locations.   “During difficult times, we know that people are often willing to give of themselves to help their [...]

    ” type=”image” alt=”go>” src=”http://www.imls.gov/images/btnGo.gif” name=”imageField” />   Home    Press Room    Related Links    FOIA    RSS    Contact Us Press Releases Project Profiles Primary Source Conferences & Events Speeches FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2008 Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov Time to Apply for The Big Read Application Deadline: February 3, 2009 Washington, DC—The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), in partnership [...]

Providence Public Library Announces New Book Club - the New England Book Club, to begin January 25     A new book club - the New England Book Club - will begin meeting at the Providence Public Library’s Central Library (150 Empire Street-Trustees Room, 3rd Floor) monthly on Sundays from 2:00 to 3:00 pm, beginning January 25 with [...]

  Opening Reception: Sunday, January 4,  2-4pm Exhibition continues through January 23 Dodge House Gallery 11 Thomas Street, Providence RI 02903 Mon-Fri 12-4pm, Sat & Sun 2-4pm Lorraine Bowden Christine McIntyre-Hannon Linnea Toney Leeming Angel Dean Anne Considine Mary Stair Andrews Paul Langmuir Amy Ryan