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The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) and WPRI 12, in partnership with the Rhode Island Blood Center, are hosting a community blood drive on Thursday, October 8, 2020 from 10A to 3P in PPAC's Grand Lobby at 220 Weybosset Street, Providence, RI 02903.

Grammy Award-winning artist Suzanne Vega releases her latest album An Evening of New York Songs and Stories (Amanuensis/Cooking Vinyl) today and is celebrating the release of her album with a livestreaming concert, held at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City, on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 9P

Through dramatic readings, actors will portray the harrowing encounters of six different people who escaped the World Trade Center Towers on 9-11-2001 and their experiences in the weeks that followed.

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Though the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of over 100 Trinity Rep performances, classes, and events this spring and summer, it will not end Trinity Repa??s 43-year history of presenting A Christmas Carol.

ClampArt presents an exhibition of the work created by the 2020 graduates of the RISD MFA Photography Program.

The Wilbury Theatre Group and WaterFire Providence have released production photos from Decameron, Providence: New Stories for a New Era.

The Wilbury Theatre Group and WaterFire Providence announce Decameron, Providence: New Stories for a New Era.

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Brown University's Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies is has announced that Sophia Skiles has been named the Head of Acting in the Brown/Trinity Program.

The Tony, Grammy, and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS will make its much-anticipated return to the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) Tuesday, April 13, 2021 and Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

The Providence Performing Arts Center and the Veterans Memorial Auditorium (The VETS) have announced their commitment to achieve Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC) STARa?? accreditation, the gold standard for prepared facilities.

The Wilbury Theatre Group and WaterFire Providence have announced Decameron, Providence: New Stories for a New Era.

George Wein, the 94 year old creator and founder of Newport Jazz Festival - one of the oldest and longest running music festivals in the world has announced a full slate of programming for what would have been 2020's Newport Jazz Festival weekend.

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Like all performance companies, RISE has been hit hard by the COVID pandemic.

The Contemporary Theatre Company presents Patio Musical: An Improvised Musical, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30 pm on the Riverfront Performance Patio.

THE BACHELOR: LIVE ON STAGE, originally scheduled for the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) on March 28, 2020, has been cancelled.

The Scenic Artist, whether in the theatre, motion pictures, television, or any visual media, is the one who materializes the set designer's ideas into the reality the viewer sees on stage or the screens of any size.

Presented by The Wilbury Theatre Group in collaboration with WaterFire Providence, FRINGEPVD The Providence Fringe Festival® has traditionally brought hundreds of theatre, music, dance, and multimedia performing artists to the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence.

The Washington Trust Company, a longtime supporter of Trinity Rep recently committed to sponsoring the theater's Facebook Live show, a?oeYour Half Hour Call with Curt Columbus.

Movie theaters, museums, and more entertainment venues are opening in Rhode Island in July.

At its Annual Meeting on June 15, 2020, Trinity Repertory Company's Board of Trustees elected new officers and three new trustees for terms beginning July 1.

Rhode Island's independent theatre community has joined together to form The Rhode Island Theatre Coalition (RITC).