West Side Thursdays - Free Events for the Entire Family

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Celebrate Providence! West Side Thursdays
July 17 from 4-8pm at Dexter Park

Providence, RI (July 13, 2008) – The West Broadway Neighborhood Association, the City of Providence, Mayor David N. Cicilline and the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism are sponsoring a free concert of the traditional Celtic sounds of Pendragon on July 17, 2008 from 6-8pm at Dexter Park, Providence (next to Cranston St. Armory).

This free, fantasy-themed community festival held in conjunction with the Parade Street Farmers’ Market will feature henna designs and handmade crafts by local artist Joni Latham, massage therapy by Hillary Adams, and tarot card and palm readings. Local vendors will be on hand selling custom-made chain maille products, jewelry, and art. My Wicked Garden will be selling organic and herbal products, and Urban Greens, the West End-based Community Food Cooperative will be promoting their future Cooperative Supermarket.

Future Westside Thursdays

Thursday, July 24
B Sharp presents “two man dance inferno,” Mahi Mahi, and special guest John Carpenter from Brooklyn. World-famous Big Nazo puppets will perform. Festival will feature local artists and crafters and henna designs. Parade Street Farmers’ Market open during festival.

Thursday, July 31

“Dear Providence” by New Urban Arts will feature puppetry, poetry and stop motion film. Festival will feature activities and vendors with children, families, and dogs in mind. Ice cream floats from Yacht Club Soda. Parade Street Farmers’ Market open during festival.

About West Side Thursdays
West Side Thursdays is a part of “Celebrate Providence!” Neighborhood Performing Arts Series and is presented and sponsored by the City of Providence, David N. Cicilline, Mayor, the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, and the Parks Department, the West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA),  B Sharp, Farm Fresh RI, and West Side Arts.

A Brave New World: Rise on Broadway’s Young Director Series Presents The Tempest

Like all of Shakespeare’s comedies, The Tempest ends with the promise of joy and opportunity for its young protagonists: Miranda and Ferdinand thwart shipwrecks and murderous schemes, leaving the stage hand in hand and to embrace their future of wedded bliss and royal status. How fitting, then, that the Columbus Theater’s resident company, Rise on Broadway, will stage the Bard’s final play as the first installment of its Young Director Series.

Laura Westfall, Rise on Broadway board member and producer of this production, describes the Young Director Series as the company’s way of fostering new dramatic talent, giving back to the community, and offering a comprehensive educational experience for young people who want to learn the nuts-and-bolts of the art and business of theater. She plainly states that it is a lot of work, but that The Tempest’s director, sixteen-year-old Cameron Marcotte, has proved himself to be up to the task of directing: in only six weeks, he has helmed a professional, two-hour-long Shakespearean production.

Cameron is a junior at Providence’s Met School. Before taking on The Tempest, he worked as an assistant director on three plays and, most recently, directed a series of one-act plays at the Met with his own theater company, High Frequency Theater. Cameron has been involved with several Rise on Broadway productions, including playing the role of Bottom in its staging of A Midsummer Night’s Dream last summer. Following the success of that production, Rise on Broadway’s board expressed interest in doing another Shakespeare play this summer. Cameron wrote a proposal, the board accepted it, and the Young Director Series was born.

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Providence Sound Session: Now through July 12

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Providence Sound Session will be taking the Renaissance City by storm now through Saturday July 12^th. If you’ve never caught it, Sound Session is a “genre-defying” music, arts and culture festival boasting a lineup of international artists and featuring every kind of music you can possibly imagine, as well as spoken word and dance performances. The Providence Black Repertory Company has been producing this fantastic festival with the city’s Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism for the past several years. Performances will be happening all over the city throughout the week, culminating in Saturday, July 12^th’s enormous block party in downtown Providence with a fashion show at 8PM and a Carnival Parade starting at Waterplace Park at 10PM. This is one of the highlights of Providence’s summer season and I promise that you will be kicking yourself later if you miss it.

For a full schedule, including performer listings and participating venues, go to www.providencesoundsession.com

a good deed, a good time

The Hi-Hat
3 Davol Square
Providence, RI
www.TheHiHat.com

July 16
5:30-8:30pm

Take a mid-week break to enjoy lively jazz at the beautiful Hi-Hat lounge. Your price of admission will help the parents of our friend and colleague, Miriam Perry, whose apartment complex burned to the ground in April.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the door or online at www.TheSassyLadies.com. You can also read about the fire and learn more about the Hi-Hat and why it’s the perfect place to have a good time while you’re doing a good deed. Cash bar and menu.

Hosted by Michelle Girasole and Wendy Hanson of The Sassy Ladies.

Hors d’Oeuvres: A Chef’s Study.

Recently, some friends of mine hosted a cocktail party in order to fundraise for The Genesis Center where I teach Culinary Arts. Subsequently, I was asked to cater and supply hors d’oeuvres for the evening. This posting is dedicated to that event and to Barbara and Harvey Lee for hosting it. Bon Appetite!

Any kind of catering event, small to large, cocktail parties to weddings, requires careful and tedious planning. Everything must be accounted for and every contingency must be anticipated. After gathering basic information on the event, scouting out the site and its resources, a menu can be drawn up. This is where the fun begins. At the event, with the help of three of my graduates, we served five different hors d’oeuvres. Here is our menu: Read more

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