| Event Name | Organization | Dates | City | | Friday Night LivePresented by Everett at The Carriage House January 13, 2012 - Ongoing Hilarious Improv Comedy featuring live music from Bertrand Laurence! Get beside yourself with FNL’s interactive scenes and on-the-spot musicals, featuring improvised song, dance, and skits! Performances are intended for audiences of all ages, personality types, and food groups. Friday Night Live unites a diverse cast of veteran Everett artists, young up-and-coming performers, and live guitarist/composer Bertrand Laurence, in the production of fun, funny, creative, and meaningful... | Everett | 01/13/12- Ongoing | Providence |
| Creation | The Spot on Thayer St. | 01/03/12- Ongoing | Providence |
Poetry/Hip Hop Elements 101Presented by Providence Community Library at Knight Memorial Library February 6, 2012 - Ongoing Learn to write and perform poetry or rap songs with Poetry Teacher Yunus. This is an introductory interactive class where teens are allowed to write and share their material and feelings to the world. For teens in grades 6 through 12. Registration required. | Providence Community Library | 02/06/12- Ongoing | Providence |
| Tiny Tales for Toddlers | Cranston Public Library | 01/25/12- Ongoing | Cranston |
Book BabiesPresented by Cranston Public Library at Cranston William Hall Library February 2, 2012 - Ongoing Babies from birth to 24 months (with a favorite adult) enjoy songs, action rhymes, books and playtime in each lively Book Babies session. Book Babies gives your baby the opportunity to hear lots of language while you get to know other young families. No registration required. | Cranston Public Library | 02/02/12- Ongoing | Cranston |
| Storytime For 4s & 5s | Cranston Public Library | 01/23/12- Ongoing | Cranston |
Bedtime Stories Presented by Cranston Public Library at Cranston William Hall Library February 7, 2012 - Ongoing A nighttime story time for children ages 3 ½ to 5 and not yet in Kindergarten with a parent or caregiver. This story time features books, music and flannel boards. Wear your pajamas and let us tell you some great bedtime stories! | Cranston Public Library | 02/07/12- Ongoing | Cranston |
PJ Time Story TimePresented by Newport Public Library at Newport Public Library February 14, 2012 - Ongoing Teens reading to Tots (ages 5-8 years). All Aquidneck Island children ages 5-8 years old are invited to join us for a pajama time story time from 7 - 7:30 in the children's program room. Trained teen readers will be here every Tuesday to read you some of their favorite books from childhood. Come early or stay late to select some books for reading at home this week. Join us in your jammies. Stuffed snuggle buddies welcome. | Newport Public Library | 02/14/12- Ongoing | Newport |
Wednesday Open MicPresented by Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe at Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe February 8, 2012 - Ongoing It starts at 7:00 - goes till 10:00/10:30. Sign up at starts at 6:30. Performers who get there early will get to perform 2 songs (roughly 10 min of stage time). Performers who sign up after 8:00 may only get to do 1 song, depending on how many artists are there. I am going to do my best to get everyone on, but may have to cut late arrivals. Hosted byBrian Minisce | Providence Inner City Arts' Roots Cafe | 02/08/12- Ongoing | Providence |
Polar ExpressPresented by Blackstone Valley Tourism Council at Depot Square November 18-December 22, 2012 "Make-believe comes to life during this enchanted 90-minute holiday excursion and reading of the Chris Van Allsburg’s classic, The Polar Express with appearances by The Chef serving hot chocolate and cookies, The Conductor, punching tickets, and The Engineer calling “All Aboard! Santa and Mrs. Claus appear, spreading joy and merriment. Every youngster receives a coloring book and crayons, and a very special gift, presented personally by Santa to each and every child. A... | Blackstone Valley Tourism Council | 11/18/12- 12/22/12 | Woonsocket |
Ron WhitePresented by Providence Performing Arts Center at Providence Performing Arts Center November 16, 2012 Ron “Tater Salad” White is most recognized as the cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the “Blue Collar Comedy” phenomenon.
White has always been a storyteller; from the time he was a boy growing up in a small town in the middle of Texas oil country to selling windows for a living in Arlington to performing in sold-out theatres and arenas as a headlining comedian all across the country. For two decades, White lived the life of a struggling comedian.... | Providence Performing Arts Center | 11/16/12 | Providence |
Read/Eat/ChatPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum November 15, 2012 "Read/Eat/Chat,” the Museum’s art themed book club, will meet at noon on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Read the book, bring a lunch and discuss! The Art Detective: Fakes, Frauds, and Finds and the Search for Lost Treasures by Philip Mould | Newport Art Museum | 11/15/12 | Newport |
Read/Eat/ChatPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum October 18, 2012 "Read/Eat/Chat,” the Museum’s art themed book club, will meet at noon on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Read the book, bring a lunch and discuss! Jackson Pollock: An American Saga by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White | Newport Art Museum | 10/18/12 | Newport |
Read/Eat/ChatPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum September 20, 2012 "Read/Eat/Chat,” the Museum’s art themed book club, will meet at noon on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Read the book, bring a lunch and discuss! Leaving Van Gogh by Carol Wallace | Newport Art Museum | 09/20/12 | Newport |
Read/Eat/ChatPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum August 16, 2012 "Read/Eat/Chat,” the Museum’s art themed book club, will meet at noon on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Read the book, bring a lunch and discuss! Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Resort by Debra Davis | Newport Art Museum | 08/16/12 | Newport |
Read/Eat/ChatPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum July 19, 2012 "Read/Eat/Chat,” the Museum’s art themed book club, will meet at noon on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Read the book, bring a lunch and discuss! The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean | Newport Art Museum | 07/19/12 | Newport |
Brown Bag Book Club: The Night CircusPresented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library - Central June 26, 2012 Members of the PPL Brown Bag Book Club will discuss The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. Copies of the book available at the Library's Circulation desk.
The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is... | Providence Public Library | 06/26/12 | Providence |
Read/Eat/ChatPresented by Newport Art Museum at Newport Art Museum June 21, 2012 "Read/Eat/Chat,” the Museum’s art themed book club, will meet at noon on the 3rd Thursday of each month. Read the book, bring a lunch and discuss! Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland | Newport Art Museum | 06/21/12 | Newport |
| Not About The Buildings Spelling Bee | AS220 | 06/14/12 | Providence |
| Providence Storytelling Festival | City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism | 06/06/12 | Providence |
| Providence Storytelling Festival | City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism | 06/04/12 | Providence |
PechaKucha Night Providence Volume #38Presented by PechaKucha at Betaspring May 30, 2012 Announcing the 38th Pecha Kucha Night in Providence! Again this month we will descend on a new PKN location... The new office/work-space of Providence's own BETASPRING! Located in the ever changing Jewelry District section of PVD, the space has been transformed into an awesome collaborative area, and this will be your chance to experience it firsthand! | PechaKucha | 05/30/12 | Providence |
Brown Bag Book Club: Einstein's WifePresented by Providence Public Library at Providence Public Library - Central May 29, 2012 Members of the PPL Brown Bag Book Club will discuss Einstein's Wife: Work and Marriage in the lives of Five Great Twentieth-Century Women. Copies of the book available at the Library's Circulation desk.
Inspired by her own experiences, Gabor sets out to define the unique stuff of which great women are made and chart the often tangled territory in which love and ambition intersect. The portraits of the five brilliant, married women that emerge serve as both a model and a caution to... | Providence Public Library | 05/29/12 | Providence |
| Providence Storytelling Festival | City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism | 05/29/12 | Providence |