New Community MusicWorks Center is more than a space for making music
After more than 25 years working from a small storefront on Westminster Street, Community MusicWorks has opened their new CMW Center. The two-story building in Providence’s West End features ensemble rehearsal rooms, individual practice rooms, and a performance hall. But it’s the casual gathering spaces that set the building apart.
How one Providence rabbi is supporting students as they ‘understand the meaning of October 7th’
Rabbi Josh Bolton, executive director of Brown RISD Hillel, said the students he works with process the events in different ways.
How CVS changes may affect RI, constitutional convention controversy, and more
Also on this week’s show: A look back on the week in politics, and a preview of some of the most exciting plays coming up this fall in Rhode Island.
‘Water Brother’ film tells the story of New England surfing and skateboarding legend Sid Abbruzzi
If you skateboard or surf in New England, you know the name Sid Abbruzzi. He runs the Water Brothers Surf & Skate Shop in Newport, and played a key role in expanding the skating and surfing culture in the Northeast. He’s the focus of the new documentary “Water Brother: The Sid Abbruzzi Story.”
Studio Session: The Leland Baker Trio’s ‘sacred language’ of jazz and blues
Saxophonist, composer and music educator Leland Baker studied jazz in New Orleans and New York before coming back home to Rhode Island. Since then he’s established a residency at the Courtland Club in Providence, performed at the Newport Jazz Festival – and he hopes to use his position as music education manager with the Newport Festivals Foundation to build musical mentorships like those he experienced in Louisiana.
‘Scandalous Conduct’: Telling the queer history behind the Newport Navy sex scandal of 1919
A new musical documentary features transcriptions of the Navy’s 1919 investigation into homosexual activity by sailors in Newport, along with music from a vaudeville drag show that was going on right down the street.
Live/work: How the housing shortage threatens Providence’s identity as the ‘creative capital’
Affordable live/work housing for artists has become a rarity in Providence, in part because there’s just not a lot of affordable housing in general. So where are artists living and working today – and when housing is so scarce for everyone, why is it important to have affordable spaces for artists to live and create?
Live/work: How old mill buildings shaped Providence’s 90s art renaissance
Back in the 1990s, Providence was home to a thriving community of artists. One of the things that made it possible was the ample affordable live/work spaces artists found in the old mill buildings of the city’s industrial past. With many of those buildings gone and little affordable housing to spare, can Providence hold onto its reputation as a cultural capital?
The invisible legacy of racially restrictive housing covenants, Providence schools outlook, and more
Also on this week’s show: a look back on the week in Rhode Island politics with political reporter Ian Donnis, an interview and in-studio performance by local acoustic trio The Whelks, and our picks for what to do this week.
Studio Session: The whimsical three-part harmonies of The Whelks’ ‘Reverse Mermaid’
The Warren- and Tiverton-based acoustic trio are bound by a shared love of early country, swing, and Rhode Island – all of which come through in the sound and songwriting of their debut album.
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