Arts & Entertainment

Keep the kids busy over the break

Plenty of fun activities to keep your children occupied during school vacation week

Let there be more drummers like Tom Ardolino

Few could swing like late NRBQ drummer

Portsmouth Abbey School to stage ‘Oklahoma!’

PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth Abbey School is presenting Rogers and Hammerstein’s musical “Oklahoma!” this weekend with shows both Saturday and Sunday.

‘Festen’ part psychological thriller, part absurdist comedy

Gamm ends play's run on Sunday.

First Buzzards Bay film fest seeks entries

One condition — films must have some tie to the bay

The Buzzards Bay Coalition will present the first Buzzards Bay Film Festival on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012, at the Zeiterion Theater in New Bedford.

Boston String Quartet in concert on Sunday, Feb. 12

Concert series presents afternoon of world music

Loughlin joins Hinckley Senate campaign

TIVERTON — John Loughlin of Tiverton will serve as executive director of Republican Barry Hinckley’s Senate campaign to unseat incumbent Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.

PHS grad up for Oscar in ‘Moneyball’

Deb Adair has built a career helping movies, television shows sound right

PORTSMOUTH — When you watch the movie “Moneyball,” listen closely. That background blend of vintage baseball radio announcer chatter and crowd noise doesn’t balance with the actors’ voices by accident.

Writer and teacher pens new book

Meet Peter Johnson: Professor of English, 'boy author,' former construction worker

Barrington resident Peter Johnson has edited magazines and collections of prose poetry, written stories for young people, and is a professor of literature and creative writing at Providence College. He is currently on sabbatical to work on his own books. His latest, “The Amazing Adventures of John Smith, Jr., AKA Houdini” is set in Rhode Island.

Photos: Innovate fashion designers inspire at Style Week

Fashion designers local and world wide bring their innovative fashions for 2012 to Style Week at the Providence Biltmore.

Barrington native directs film ‘Solo’

Final cut of Lex Sadasivan’s movie will be ready by the end of March

Barrington native Lex Sadasivan recently wrapped production on the film “SOLO” which is the heartfelt story of a close-knit aviation community mourning the loss of an experimental aircraft pilot. Mr. Sadasivian directed the film.

Westport Art Group to offer workshops for kids and drawing and painting classes for adults

Art classes for all ages

First glimpse — Moonrise Kingdom

Local scenes abound in trailer for star-studded new movie

SAKONNET AREA — The all-star cast filmed out on Prudence, set out by fishing boat from Standish Boatyard in Tiverton, and spent time at Glen Manor House dock, off Gould Island (the Sakonnet River one) and a host of other places.

Fiddlers, fishermen raise the roof in Portsmouth

Annual event at Common Fence Point draws another sellout crowd

PORTSMOUTH — The night was a great one for Tom Perrotti, who helped found the annual tradition about 20 years ago and has seen it sell out pretty much every year since. A true community event, there’s few others like it around these parts.

Using art to figure out what it’s all about

Seekonk High School art students meet artist/academic

On Monday, Mr. Rondeau shared a couple of his pieces with Seekonk High School art students. He also shared a few thoughts on the artistic process in general.

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