Spring/Summer Steel Yard Enrollment Open!

Registration is now open for the Steel Yard’s Spring / Summer Course Season!

Check out their courses page for the full lineup of offerings in Welding, Ceramics,Blacksmithing, Jewelry, and Glass. In addition to their regular introductory courses you’ll find some great new opportunities like:

• Building Bike Trailers
• Stained Glass
• Hollowware
• Glass Casting
• Making Jewelry: Becoming a Small Business

Providence Love Fest Returns to City Hall

Connect Providence and Providence Monthly invite you to gather at Providence City Hall (25 Dorrance St) from 6-8pm on Thursday, February 11, 2010 for the second annual I HEART PROVIDENCE.

I HEART PROVIDENCE is an outwardly expressed who’s-who celebration of people’s love for Rhode Island’s capital. The event is open to the public and features complimentary hors d’oeuvres, drinks and live musical performances inside Providence City Hall, followed by an after party at nearby Aspire Restaurant, 311 Westminster Street.

“I HEART PROVIDENCE provides a way for people to show their love for our great city,” says event creator Mike Ritz, “Thousands of people inside and outside Rhode Island viewed the online video created from our private confessionals at last year’s event. This year, New Urban Arts and PhotoBooth Planet are assisting us with an on-site project that will be created by each attendee. We call it, ‘Give Your Heart to Providence.’”

In partnership with One Financial Plaza (Providence’s second largest

building, aka the Hospital Trust Building), local artist Carla Ricci will brighten the Providence skyline by arranging light from the building’s windows to create an oversized heart from the 17th-22nd floor which will be viewed by the whole city.

“About a block from City Hall, the One Financial Plaza heart will be seen from I-95 and serve as a beacon to everyone taking part in the festivities on February 11th. Plus, it will serve as a symbol of everyone’s monumental love for the city on Valentine’s Day. Providence, will you be our Valentine?” asks Ritz.

Food for I HEART PROVIDENCE is provided by Ebisu, El Rancho Grande and Hudson Street Deli. Desserts are provided by Cutie Pies, Sin Custom Cakes, and Tip C Cupcakes. Miss Wensday & The New Medicinals will dazzle attendees with great live musical performances throughout the night. Cash bars provided by the RI Convention Center. Arts and crafts provided by Queen of Hearts Providence. Providence trivia will be provided by Quahog.org. Video documentary of the event to be produced by The 989 Project.

See last year’s video, The People’s Confessions.

Sign up for I HEART PROVIDENCE on facebook HERE!

RSVP to EVENT

About I HEART PROVIDENCE
I HEART PROVIDENCE is Connect Providence’s signature event to further connect the people inside the city to the people outside of the city and state. This event is celebrated on the Thursday before Valentine’s Day at City Hall annually.

Free Concert in the Park: Tomorrow

Tomorrow’s Westside Thursdays in the Dexter Training Ground (next to Cranston St Armory in Providence) will  feature two live bands from 6-8pm on Thursday, July 16th:

Bored with Four
(Esoteric pop music)
AND
SymmeTry
(Hip-Hop w/live band)

Two live bands for the same low price:  FREE!

Westside Thursdays is co-sponsored by:
WBNA and the City of Providence

Free Concert this Thursday!

Presented as part of Mayor Cicilline’s Celebrate Providence! series and hosted by the West Broadway Neighborhood Association the 14-piece ensemble, NIGHTLIFE ORCHESTRA, will perform in Dexter Training Ground (Next to the Armory on the corner of Parade & Cranston, Providence) Thursday, July 2nd from 6-8pm. This week is the first of seven free Thursday park events called West Side Thursdays.

Night Life Orchestra is a 14-piece ensemble that performs big band/swing hits. Attendees are encouraged to sit and listen, or bring a partner and dance to Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and many other classics. Sandwiches, pastries, produce and more will be available for purchase from Palmieri’s Bakery and the Parade Street Farm Fresh Farmer’s Market in the park every Thursday from 3-7 p.m.

Future Westside Thursdays
7/9        RPM Voices (gospel).

7/16      Symmetry (Hip Hop) w/live band

7/23      Below The Roots, New England’s Bob Marley & The Wailers tribute.

7/30 – 8/3
Free family-friendly movies every Thursday at dusk, sponsored by the Rhode Island International Film Festival and the West Broadway Neighborhood Association

About West Side Thursdays
West Side Thursdays is a part of “Celebrate Providence!” Neighborhood Performing Arts Series 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), and Farm Fresh RI.

I HEART PROVIDENCE: The People’s Confessions

I HEART PROVIDENCE: The People’s Confessions from Mike Ritz on Vimeo.

Those of us who live in Providence already know how great our capitol is. Now is the time to share that love with the rest of the world…to attract others who understand our creative will, friendly community, and appreciation for personal liberty and independent thought. Showing others our great city will bring opportunity. We welcome newcomers who share our vision and bring ingenuity and innovative ideas that meld into our community consciousness. We are the smallest state in the country, but we have the BIGGEST heart.

“The People’s Confessions” is a free online video that we encourage everyone to link to and upload to as many websites and online forums as possible. Saturate the internet with our Providence love. Have visitors coming from out-of-state? Send them our video. Have co-workers, family, and friends around the world? Send them our video. “The People’s Confessions” is Providence’s business card – distribute it.

WE HEART PROVIDENCE!
Owen Johnson & Mike Ritz

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