20 Years Ago
Donna the Buffalo host the Labor Day weekend Rhythm & Roots Festival in Charlestown.
Warwick’s Gamm Theatre opened their season with an engulfing, entertaining …
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By DON FOWLER
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9/4/24
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If you like your theatre farcical, physical, and flat-out funny, get on over to Pawtucket’s Burbage Theatre for 75 zany minutes, as the talented ensemble cast performs “The One-Act Play …
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Theatre Review by DON FOWLER
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9/4/24
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Celebrate Mother’s Day at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC)’s upcoming Wonders of the Wurlitzer concert, “Mamma! Mamma!” on Wednesday, May 8 at noon. …
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8/24/24
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The 26th Rhythm & Roots Festival impressive lineup features established roots artists and emerging acts who represent the diverse musical genres that fans have come to expect.
This year, the …
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8/21/24
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Rhode Island as a whole has a stellar array of musicians within its local Americana, folk and singer-songwriter scene. Go to an open mic night in Providence, a coffee shop in South County or one of …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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8/21/24
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The Washington County Fair in Richmond kicks off on Wednesday, Aug. 14 with five days of games and contests, carnival rides, live music and more.
The fair, located on 78 Richmond Townhouse Road, …
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By ASHLEY MARIANI
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8/14/24
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Trinity Repertory Company begins its 61st season with “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive” by Selina Fillinger.
This raunchy comedy runs …
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8/14/24
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20 Years Ago
Halle Berry played “Catwoman.” Matt Damon starred in “The Bourne Supremacy.” Will Smith starred in a good sci-fi movie, “I, Robot.”
The …
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By Don Fowler
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8/7/24
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The Rhode Island International Film Festival is set to showcase the much-anticipated film “The Tributaries” on Thursday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. (check in at 6 p.m.) …
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8/7/24
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The debate between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones has been going on ever since they first crossed paths on the charts 61 years ago. The argument at the time, and one that still persists, was that …
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8/7/24
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Theatre By The Sea producer Bill Hanney called Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s “The Sound of Music” the most popular musical in the world.
He is probably right.
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Theatre Review by DON FOWLER
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7/31/24
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I had a dream the other night that I was having lunch with PPAC’s President and CEO Lynn Singleton and he let me on a big secret: Trinity Rep’s 48 th production of “A Christmas …
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By DON FOWLER
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7/31/24
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At Fort Adams this past weekend, the Newport Folk Festival was nothing short of spectacular. There were amazing performances from a variety of bands and musicians with numerous special guests making …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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7/31/24
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Since summertime is the perfect time for thrilling suspense movies, the Warwick Public Library has transformed its August crime film, “Zodiac,” into its own electrifying, four-part …
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7/24/24
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Want to escape to another world for a few hours?
Take the Newport Ferry from Providence for a comfortable, smooth cruise to downtown Newport.
I left the Providence dock at 9:30 a.m., …
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By DON FOWLER
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7/24/24
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For the next two weekends, the seaside city of Newport is going to be a live music hub with the Newport Folk & Jazz Festivals taking place at Fort Adams. There’s an abundance of talented …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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7/24/24
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The 26 th Rhythm & Roots Music, Dance and Food Festival will feature headliners Emmylou Harris, Old Crow Medicine Show and Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, who will join …
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7/24/24
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Free concert series FirstWorks Summer Beats concludes this Sunday, July 21 at 6:00 p.m. at the Roger Williams Park Bandstand.
The popular summer concert series began with Dobet Gnahoré, a …
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By DON FOWLER
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7/17/24
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West Bay Community Theater will present an in-concert production of the classic ‘50s musical “Grease” on Saturday, Aug. 17 at 7:30 p.m. on the North Kingstown Town Beach.
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7/17/24
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Yachtley Crew, one of the hottest singing groups on this summer’s concert tours, sails into the Providence Performing Arts Center for one performance only on Saturday, July 27 at 8:00 p.m.
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By DON FOWLER
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7/17/24
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