CITY GUIDE
Providence
Take a minute to envision an art museum: You
see room after room of paintings, sculptures,
artifacts. You see people quietly shuffling
from exhibit to exhibit and guards asking
you to keep it down and stay away from the
priceless works of art. What you probably
don’t think of is a gallery filled with dancing,
laughter and libations. But, after the sun goes
down on the second Friday of every month,
the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of
Design loosens up for Music Fridays, a not-to-
be-missed evening of live music and fine food.
On Jan. 14, the RISD museum hosts Sauce
for an evening of rock and rhythm and blues,
and the featured exhibition that evening
is the European galleries. On Feb. 11, spice
things up with Slippery Sneakers, a Cajun and
zydeco band—that evening’s featured exhibit
is “Changing Poses: An Intimate Look at the
Artist’s Model.”
Providence than
the skating rink at
the Bank of Amer-
ica City Center.
Fun
Stop by the museum for an acculturating evening. After all, fine art is great, but
wouldn’t you enjoy it so much more with a
glass of wine in hand? $8. risdmuseum.org.
If you’re sure
on your skates,
take a spin on
the ice (which is
twice the size of
New York’s Rockefeller Center rink)
nightly until 10
p.m., surrounded
by the lights
and skyscrapers
of downtown.
If you—or your
skates—are rusty,
pop in for an adult
refresher course,
held every Sunday.
There’s nothing
like warm cheeks
in the crisp air to
remind you that
there are good
things about winter, after all. Rental
skates available.
kennedyplaza.org.
After-Hours
Let loose at the Rhode Island
School of Design’s museum on
Music Fridays
Jan. 20–Feb. 20
It’s a Christmas tale like
no other as Pawtucket’s
Gamm Theatre stages
Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s
House. gammtheatre.org
Lace Up Your Skates
With all of the dirty
slush, snowdrifts
blocking side-
walks, black ice
and biting winds,
it’s easy to forget
that winter can be
a strikingly beauti-
ful season. There’s
no better place
to take in the
beauty of a frozen
ave
Date
DOWNTOWN
DOWNTOWN
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DOWNTOWN
Long Live the
Share the Love
A Breath of
the
Hit the Ice
Dates
throughout
Empire
Feb. 10
Fresh Theater
PAWTUCKET
Welcome to the
Dollhouse
Jan. 2 and Feb. 6
It’s a pre–Valentine’s
Feb. 18
January and
February
See the Providence
Get your dose of high-
brow/lowbrow culture
at the Empire Revue, a
monthly variety show
featuring burlesque,
sketch comedy, improv,
live music and more.
empirerevue.com
Day love-fest at I Heart
Providence, a celebra-
tion of our fair Creative
College Friars men’s
ice hockey team face off
against Boston College
Jan. 8 and Feb. 11 and
against Boston Univer-
sity Feb. 18. friars.com
Capital, featuring live
music, food, entertainment and an interactive
art exhibit at City Hall.
connectprovidence.org
Feel that creative
air? Well, take a deep
breath. Breathing Tube
is Perishable Theatre’s
regular evening of short
radio plays, written by
local playwrights and
performed live.
perishable.org
