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St. Andrew’s Set to Bring Down the House in Barrington

By   /  April 18, 2013  /  Arts & Entertainment  /  No Comments

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St. Andrew’s School proudly presents The BB6, in “Laugh until You BB6.” The BB6 is a student-based comedy group which performs original sketch comedy combined with short-form improv. It’s a fast-paced production that will leave you breathless. “If you rolled ‘Saturday Night Live’ and ‘Who’s Line Is It Anyway?’ into one, then you would have [...]

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Atwater-Donnelly at Warren’s Church Street Coffeehouse

By   /  April 13, 2013  /  Arts & Entertainment  /  No Comments

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The highly-acclaimed husband and wife duo Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly will be performing in concert at the Church Street Coffeehouse this Saturday. They present a delightful program of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, acapella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works. Elwood and Aubrey blend gorgeous and unusual harmonies while playing [...]

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‘Link for the Missing Link’ in Bristol

By   /  April 12, 2013  /  Arts & Entertainment  /  No Comments

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This original movement theatre piecepart of the RWU Dance Basement Performance Series, explores the dramatic and humorous effects of media on society. Recent graduates Michelle Birmingham, Ali Burke, and Leanne Smith perform with music composed and performed by Michael DeQuattro, and directed by Gary Shore. WHERE: RWU Performing Arts Center, 1 Old Ferry Road, Bristol [...]

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Art Show Opening in Portsmouth

By   /  April 12, 2013  /  Galleries  /  No Comments

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The Portsmouth Arts Guild Center for the Arts is holding an opening reception for their Members’ Non-Juried Show. This all-media show will run through May 19, from 1-5 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. WHERE: Portsmouth Arts Guild, 2679 E. Main Rd. WHEN: 6-8 p.m., April 12 COST: Free MORE INFO: info@portsmoutharts.org; 401/293-5ART

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LuckyBob comes to the Ocean State Theatre Company

By   /  April 12, 2013  /  Arts & Entertainment  /  No Comments

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Performing professionally since 1991, LuckyBob has amazed international audiences as far away as Canada, Japan, and Singapore. With his uncanny magic and juggling skills, LuckyBob takes the audience on a roller coaster ride filled with laughs, cheers and smiles, while he juggles random objects, reads minds, pulls cards out of the air, and vanishes objects. [...]

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‘The Real Thing’ and ‘Social Creatures’ examine the human condition

By   /  April 10, 2013  /  Theater Review  /  No Comments

Two very different plays in performance right now both have a lot to say about life, love and the human condition. The considerable delights of “Social Creatures” at Trinity Rep and “The Real Thing” at The Gamm seemingly could not be more disparate, but both are marked by pithy wit and exceptional insight. Both shows [...]

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‘It’s a Beautiful World’ Opening Reception

By   /  April 6, 2013  /  Galleries  /  No Comments

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Featuring local artists in a juried group exhibit, selling many mediums of fine art and fine craft. Represented artists exhibiting as well. Light refreshments and live music by Micah Kievitt. WHERE: Hope Gallery Fine Art & Fine Craft, 435/437 Hope St., Bristol WHEN: April 6, 5-9 p.m. COST: Free MORE INFO: 401/396-9117; www.hopegalleryfineartfinecraft.com

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Arts in the Village Presents the Manhattan String Quartet in Rehoboth

By   /  April 6, 2013  /  Arts & Entertainment  /  No Comments

Based in New York City, the Manhattan String Quartet will be presenting a program that includes works by Mozart, Bartók, and Beethoven. Critically acclaimed as one of America’s leading ensembles, the MSQ, comprised of Curtis Macomber and Calvin Wiersma, violinists, John Dexter, violist, and Chris Finckel, cellist, has been hailed as “a national treasure” (The Boston Globe). The MSQ has appeared throughout the United [...]

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Final Fond of Fonda film series showing in Barrington

By   /  April 3, 2013  /  Arts & Entertainment  /  No Comments

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Librarian and film enthusiast Doug Swiszcz wraps up his Fond of Fonda film lecture series saluting Henry Fonda with a showing of Clarence Darrow. Fonda won acclaim in 1974 playing the famed lawyer on stage. This slightly-shortened version was videotaped for television and earned the actor an Emmy nomination. Essentially a tour-de-force, one-man performance, Clarence [...]

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East Providence High School Theatre Troop presents “Young Frankenstein” spring show

By   /  April 2, 2013  /  Arts & Entertainment, Schools  /  No Comments

Photos by Rich Dionne
 Dean Hernandez as Igor (left),  Ben Church as Dr. Frankenstein and Lauren Pothier as Inga the swiss assistant rehearse for East Providence High School's production of Young Frankenstein on Monday.

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence High School Theatre Troop presents its annual spring show next week, this season returning with a production of “The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein,” the musical adaptation of Mr. Brook’s fame “Young Frankenstein” film. Movie lovers, of course, will immediately recognize the title of the show, which is [...]

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