Artscape

The New Bedford Whaling Museum has repurposed its website to provide a 'museum from home' experience. But there's far more than what you would see if you could visit the museum right now. The post Whaling Museum offers ‘museum from home’ with resources for parents, youth and more appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

While movie theaters and other large gatherings are restricted right now due to coronavirus, newportFILM has come up with a way to bring their documentary film series directly to the audience in their homes every week. The post newportFILM finds a way to bring film series to your home appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

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. The post Artists & Performers Struggle In A World Where Everything Is Canceled appeared first on TPR: The Public's R...

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. The post History Of Gun Violence Resonates With Today In Gamm’s ‘Assassins’ appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

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. The post Revolutionary Fervor Resonates With Today In Trinity Rep’s ‘A Tale...

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 t...

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. The post Angélique Kidjo Puts Afropop Back Into Talking Heads’ Classic And Chris Difford of Squeeze Talks About Songwriting appeared first on TPR: The Publ...

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. The post Film Fest Brings Movies That Will Make Kids Laugh And Think appeared first on TPR: The...

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. The post PVD Cello Festival Highlights Sounds Beyond The Classical appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Providence Performing Arts Center is holding an open house event on Saturday, February 1st. Visitors will be able to walk on stage, visit the projection booth, and see how PPAC works. The post Peek Behind The Curtains, Climb Into The Booth, And Learn The Ropes At PPAC This Saturday appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

"Revolution of the Heart - The Dorothy Day Story" is a new documentary about the woman who helped create the Catholic Worker Movement. Her activism spanned the women's suffrage movement, the great depression, the cold war and the Vietnam war. We talked with filmmaker Martin Doblmeier. The post Dorothy Day Combined Traditional Catholicism And Radical Politics appeared first on TPR: The Public'...

There are two official artists-in-residence living in Providence city parks right now. Specifically, the artists are living in historic homes that are in the parks. Matt Garza is one of the “Parkists in residence” he’s living in the Esek Hopkins House on Admiral Street in Providence. Artscape producer James Baumgartner talked with him earlier this week. The post Parkists-In-Residence Bring Art To...

The play is based on the life of Bena Shklyanoy who left Kiev, Ukraine in 1976, eventually settling in Chicago. The post ‘How Many Bushels Am I Worth?’ Opens At AS220 appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Local Ecologies is an art-based concept aiming to generate understanding of our place in the local landscape, by contemplating our coastal and river ecosystems, as they've been over-layered by all this indigenous, colonial, and industrial history. The post Local Ecologies At UMass Dartmouth appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Festival Ballet Providence will perform The Nutcracker this weekend. We talked with Kirsten Evans who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy and Alban Costello who plays The Nutcracker. The post Kirsten Evans And Alban Costello From Festival Ballet's 'Nutcracker' appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Public Shop & Gallery is a new art space in a wedge building at the corner of Aleppo St. and Manton Ave. in Providence. The post Public Shop & Gallery Is A New Home For Art, Culture And Community appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Fraser Smith was a journalist for the Baltimore Sun and Providence Journal for many years. His new book “The Daily Miracle”is a memoir of nearly 50 years in the newspaper business. He recently talked with The Public’s Radio political analyst Scott MacKay for this week’s Artscape feature. The post Fraser Smith’s Memoir “The Daily Miracle” appeared first on TPR: The Public's R...

Last week, the city of Providence held a forum called “I Love The Nightlife” with a group of people who work in the “night time economy” – that is: musicians, dance clubs, bars, concert venues. The post Music Infrastructure And The Night Time Economy appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Shelley Katsh and Cathy Clasper-Torch are two multi-instrumentalists who have collaborated on a new album of 10 songs called “From The Inside Out.” The post “From The Inside Out” – A Collaboration Of Musical ‘Soul Partners’ appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

The film by director Joseph Lovett is a look at what happened to the Jewish families forced to convert to Catholicism or flee during the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions. The post 500 Years Of Hidden History In “Children Of The Inquisition” appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Merino park is in the Hartford neighborhood of Providence. A new part of the park just opened up with some equipment that’s a little different from what you may have seen in other parks before. The post From Rubble-filled Brownfield To Woonasquatucket Adventure Park appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Visit the Rhode Island Statehouse to see art works inspired by the intersection of nature and the city. The post ReSeeding The City: Ethnobotony In The Urban appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra's Artistic Advisor Bramwell Tovey is an accomplished composer as well as a conductor. The orchestra will play his "Urban Runway" this weekend - a short piece inspired by the fashionable (and not-so-fashionable) people of New York and Los Angeles. The post Tovey’s “Urban Runway” Leads RI Philharmonic Concerts This Weekend appeared first on TPR:...

Rhode Island Stage Ensemble updates a horror classic at the Masonic Temple in Woonsocket: The Haunting of Hill House The post Hill House Haunting Comes To Woonsocket appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Since May, the RISD Museum has had an exhibition featuring many works of Gorham Silver. A group of artists put together a response to that show with "Unpolished Legacies." The post “Unpolished Legacies” – Artists Interpret What Gorham Left Behind appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .