IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Adapted by Joe Landry, Directed by Damien Kiely Back by popular demand! George, Mary, Zuzu and the entire town of Bedford Falls come to life in this staged 1940s radio broadcast of Frank Capra’s holiday movie classic. With live sound effects and a handful of actors, the story of beleaguered building and loan […]
DOROTHEA TANNING Dorothea Tanning, 1945 (Image by Robert Motherwell ) “Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity.” Dorothea Tanning was an American artist who is often conveniently pigeon-holed as a “woman Surrealist.” However, her rich and varied body of work created over six decades refutes that oversimplification and […]
A New Heart Man at Brown and the Skinny on Acadia By John O. Harney Comings and Goings … Dr. Mukesh K. Jain Dr. Mukesh K. Jain, chief academic officer at University Hospitals health system in Cleveland and vice dean for medical sciences at Case Western Reserve University, was named dean of medicine and […]
FALL CLEAN-UP AT SEVERAL PROPERTIES – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 Time: 9:00 am to 12:00 noon Meet at Deborah and Roger Richardson Nature Preserve at 9:00 am 577B Wilmarth Street Crews will be sent out to pick up trash along the streets in front of the following properties: Colman Reservation and Vaughan Memorial Forest on […]
“How has jazz changed the world? How is it changing the world? How has jazz itself changed?” FirstWorks is proud to present the stunning, live performance film 《Jazz Changed, Jazz Changes, Jazz Changin’》 created by Taiwanese jazz artist Vincent Hsu (徐崇育) and his ensemble, Soy La Ley Afro-Cuban Jazz Band (古巴爵士樂團). Born in Changhua, Taiwan, Hsu is an award-winning […]
CALL FOR CHANGE Representative Felix calls on reapportionment commission to end the way prisoners are apportioned STATE HOUSE — Rep. Leonela “Leo” Felix (D-Dist. 61, Pawtucket) has written a letter to the state’s legislative Reapportionment Commission asking the board to change the way prisoners are counted for the apportionment of Senate and House districts. “The practice […]
Sacrificing efficiency, science, and multilateralism for virtue-signaling: The perils of the Biden WTO Waiver By Mark Cohen The Biden administration wants to improve America’s international reputation. That’s why it endorsed a proposal before the World Trade Organization to waive all intellectual property rights related to Covid-19. The president intends for this offer to be seen […]
NOVEMBER 2021 ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN @ EAST PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARIES Follow this link to add your email to our newsletter list! TAKE & MAKE “I am thankful” Pumpkin Book Craft Pick up at Weaver Library & Riverside Library beginning on Nov 1 (while supplies last). STORYTIMES Mondays, 10:00 – Toddler/Preschool on the lawn […]
