In a makeshift studio that used to be her children’s playroom, Clara Lieu tries to explain how to make a sculpture from chipboard. Lights, cameras, lots…
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Ravens Are Surprisingly Intelligent Birds, So Why The Spooky Reputation?
Ravens have historically been depicted in popular culture as creepy and supernatural, from the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe to – more recently – the…
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Theater Review: At The Contemporary Theater, An Unconventional Take On ‘The Illiad’
Homer’s epic poem “The Iliad” spins a tale of combat, warriors and a private vendetta, set during the mythical war between the Greeks and the Trojans….
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Proposal To Rename Providence Street From Slave-Trader To African-American Painter
Legislation to rename Magee Street in Providence’s College Hill neighborhood to Bannister Street has been introduced by City Councilman Sam Zurier, a…
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RI Artscape: Welcome to Camp America, Inside Guantanamo Bay
” Welcome to Camp America: Beyond Gitmo ” is a photographic exhibit now at the Carriage House Gallery at the Brown University Center for Public…
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Theater Review: The British Invasion! Comes To RI Theater Scene
The Gamm Theatre is dashing through Oscar Wilde’s ever-popular comedy with a point, “The Importance of Being Earnest” while the Wilbury Group is…
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The Complicated Legacy of Marcel Marceau
An author’s first book is a special event, at least for the author, and even more so when it gains national recognition. That’s the happy situation for…
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R.I.P. Edward Fogarty
Edward M. Fogarty, the erudite Statehouse legal counsel, patron of arts, especially Festival Ballet Providence, and devoted sports fan, particularly of…
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With An Avant-Rock Reimagining Of ‘Blue,’ Arc Iris Reveals A New Joni Mitchell
For the past few months, the Providence avant -rock trio Arc Iris has been touring New England with a concert it calls “Arc Iris Reimagines Joni…
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Late Brown University Professor And Veteran Awarded Bronze Star
The late Brown University Art Professor Walter Feldman was awarded the Bronze Star, posthumously, in a ceremony Monday in the Providence office of Sen….