Events: 9th August 2014

The Broad Street Farmers Market is entering its 11th Year in South Providence in 2013! This market offers a diverse selection of fruits and vegetables. This market also offers the Healthy Foods, Healthy Families program! About Healthy Foods, Healthy Families: The Healthy Foods, Healthy Families program empowers low-income Rhode Island families with the tools to shop for … Continue reading “Broad Street Farmers Market”

The Hope Street Farmers Market is a farmer-run cooperative created and managed by many of the best farmers and food artisans in Rhode Island. This market sells fruits, vegetables, flowers, cheese, breads and pastries, pasture-raised meats, seafood, poultry and eggs, and many other items that farmers grow, make or raise themselves. The Hope Street Market … Continue reading “Hope Street Farmers Market”

On August 9th at the Providence Public Library, “Island Nurse” and “Restoring Smith Hill”  will be showing at 12:15pm as part of the Rhode Island International Film Festival. “Island Nurse“:In this portrait of what it means to care, viewers follow Mary Donnelly who has been the state nurse of Block Island, RI for over 55 years. Filmed … Continue reading “RI International Film Festival at Providence Public Library”

On August 9th at the Metcalf  Auditorium, Rhode Island Film Festival will feature films from drama, sci-fi & fantasy, and short film categories. Screenings start at 12:15pm and runs 120 minutes. These films are sure to take you back to childhood memories. There are no bounds to imagination. Anything is possible as long as you believe. … Continue reading “RI International Film Festival OVER THE EDGE at Metcalf Auditorium”

As220 Foo Fest: AS220 is extremely pleased to announce that the legendary PSYCHIC TV will be headlining the 2014 edition of our annual Foo Fest, taking place on August 9th of this year. Formed in 1979, out of the termination of Throbbing Gristle, by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson, Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Geoff Rushton, … Continue reading “AS220 Foo Fest”

On August 9th at the Jane Pickens Theatre, “The Newport Effect” and “The War Photographers” will be showing as part of “WAR AND PEACE: Two Films… Two Moving Stories” at 2pm as part of the Rhode Island International Film Festival. “The Newport Effect“:The Newport Effect covers the history of the legendary Newport Folk Festival and its profound impact … Continue reading “RI International Film Festival at Jane Pickens Theatre”

On August 9th at the Paff Theatre at URI, “This Time Next Year” will be screening at 2:45pm for the Rhode Island International Film Festival. “This Time Next Year:” This Time Next Year tracks the resilience of the Long Beach Island, NJ community for one year as they rebuild after 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. Using a mixture … Continue reading “RI International Film Festival at Paff Theatre”

The WaterFire Arts Festival Plaza 2014 WaterFire Providence and Bryce Studio are pleased to announce that the Arts Festival Plaza will return for the 2014 WaterFire Providence season. Located on Washington Street in the heart of the WaterFire installation, the Arts Festival Plaza is a showcase for local artists and crafts-people. From photography and sculpture, paintings and hand-crafted … Continue reading “The WaterFire Arts Festival Plaza”

Downtown Sundown Concert Series: August 9th Hear In Rhode Island and Roger Williams National Memorial will present several evenings of music featuring local singer-songwriters as part of the Downtown Sundown Series. Experience an “outdoor coffeehouse”. Performers on August 9th include Michelle Cruz, Lily Faith Milne, Dylan Sevey, and Vudu Sister. Bring a lawn chair, a blanket, and maybe even a picnic dinner and … Continue reading “Downtown Sundown Concert Series: August 9th”

On August 9th at the Paff Theatre, “The General” will be showing at 7:15pm as part of the Rhode Island International Film Festival. “The General:” In 1990, the Colgate University men’s ice hockey team captured the attention of the Nation, when it’s men’s ice hockey team quietly rose from obscurity to challenge perennial powers for college … Continue reading “RI International Film Festival at Paff Theatre”

National Grid is sponsoring WaterFire on Saturday, August 9th 2014. The lighting begins at sunset around 7:55 PM. The event usually ends close to midnight. National Grid is an international electricity and gas company, and one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world. The company plays a vital role in providing energy to … Continue reading “WaterFire Full Lighting: National Grid”

The funniest show on earth is coming to spread laughter and merriment throughout the kingdom of Matunuck! Monty Python’s SPAMALOT, the outrageous musical comedy lovingly ripped off from the film classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, tells the story of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on their … Continue reading “Theatre by the Sea Presents: Monty Python’s Spamalot”