On Artscape, we usually talk about arts and cultural events coming up in the next few days. But now, pretty much every event has been cancelled for the foreseeable future. So this week, we talked with a few people involved in the arts about how they are making adjustments.
James Baumgartner
James produces and engineers Political Roundtable, The Weekly Catch and other special programming on The Public’s Radio. He also produces Artscape, the weekly arts & culture segment heard every Thursday. His favorite part of the job is talking with artists, musicians and other creators about their process and what inspires them.
James learned the basics of audio editing while studying music at Missouri State University. He went on to get a Master of Fine Arts in Electronic Art at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he created electronic music, video art and internet-based media art. While at RPI, James went on the air for the first time, hosting an electronic music show on Rensselaer's station, WRPI, but his love of radio came from staying up late so he could hear punk rock on KKFI, the community radio station in Kansas City, Missouri.
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COVID-19 Community Resources
We are putting a variety of resources together on this page as a reference for the community. We’ll update it as we learn more.
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History Of Gun Violence Resonates With Today In Gamm’s ‘Assassins’
The Gamm Theatre’s in-the-round production of Sondheim’s “Assassins” brings you close to the action and makes the audience feel complicit in the gun violence of history and today.
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Revolutionary Fervor Resonates With Today In Trinity Rep’s ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’
Brian McEleney’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Tale Of Two Cities” is on now at Trinity Rep. Artscape Producer James Baumgartner talks with Chuck Hinman about where the production succeeds and where the play falls short. We also have a preview of two contemporary dance productions you can see this weekend.
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The Public’s Radio Wins Prestigious Scripps Howard Award for “A 911 Emergency”
The Public’s Radio has been selected as a winner of a prestigious Scripps Howard Award in the Radio/Podcast category for “A 911 Emergency”, a series produced with ProPublica on problems in the state’s 911 system that may be costing lives.
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Dan Wood Finds A Creative New Use For Linotype, The Machine That Revolutionized Printing
The Linotype machine revolutionized printing in the 1880s and 90s making it much faster and cheaper. For almost a century, Linotype ruled the newspaper industry until it was replaced by more high tech methods in the 1970s and 80s. But there are still a few of these machines around including two at DWRI Letterpress on Rice Street in Providence. Dan Wood has used his Linotype machine every day for the last year to comment on the news and document his life.
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Angélique Kidjo Puts Afropop Back Into Talking Heads’ Classic And Chris Difford of Squeeze Talks About Songwriting
We’re highlighting two concerts at The Vets this weekend: Angélique Kidjo plays her world beat reinterpretation of Talking Heads’ album “Remain in Light” on Saturday and Squeeze shows off their brilliant Brit songwriting skills on Sunday.
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National Poetry Month Competition
Submit your poem for the state-wide poetry contest, hosted by Tina Caine, Rhode Island’s Poet Laureate, 2019’s Youth Poetry Ambassador, Catherine Sawoski, and The Public’s Radio. (Please submit only one poem).
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Film Fest Brings Movies That Will Make Kids Laugh And Think
Providence Children’s Film Festival starts Friday night and has short films, features, documentaries and a couple of classics. Many of the films are outside of what you might think of as “Kid’s Movies” but artistic director Eric Bilodeau says that children want to be challenged by what they experience.
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PVD Cello Festival Highlights Sounds Beyond The Classical
Zan Berry is the organizer of the festival and one of the performers. We talked with Zan and cellist Laura Cetilia about what makes the cello special and how they were inspired to move beyond the traditional sound of classical cello.