Relearning
the Classics
This spring, learn a thing or two
about Providence’s thriving art
community
You might have heard that Providence is
pretty well known for its arts scene. While
you’re in town, you can do some exploring on
your own to experience what the city has to
offer, or you can go straight to the source to
learn a little something about art.
Drop in on a gallery conversation or art
workshop at the Rhode Island School of
Design Museum. They happen on a rotating
schedule several times a month and don’t
require any specific skill level. Every third
Thursday, the city hosts Gallery Night, an
evening to travel on the free Art Bus to the
city’s galleries, which stay open late and offer
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Date
Elmwood
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Curiouser
and
Curiouser
Daily
Delve into the vaults of
the Museum of Natural
History and Planetarium at Curiouser,
an art installation
and exhibit utilizing
scientific collections
from the Victorian era.
cityof.providenceri.com/
museum
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Be a Man (or
Woman) of
Letters
Every Monday
Brush up on your
vocabulary and join the
Providence Scrabble
Club every Monday
night at Julian’s, a veg-
gie-friendly restaurant
and bar, for some free
triple-word-score fun.
juliansprovidence.com
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wine and food. During Gallery Night, the
RISD Museum offers a series of mini-lectures
called 10-minute talks, complete with cocktails. Every Friday, the Noontime Tour offers
a guided stroll through the museum’s special
collections.
risdmuseum.org
On the fourth Wednesday of the month,
brush up on your art skills in a whole new way
at Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School at the Hi-Hat,
where the models are burlesque dancers, the
classroom is a swanky lounge and the skill
isn’t so necessary.
facebook.com/provsketchy
Or learn to use your hands to make something tangible at Craftland, which is partly a
fabulous store to buy local artists’ and crafters’
handiwork, partly an art gallery and partly a
school of craft. Learn to draw, knit, letterpress
or create all manner of things that will surprise
and impress all the people who had no idea you
were so talented.
craftlandshop.com.
if thinking about the
Great white way has
you stifling a great
big yawn, it might
be time to rethink
your assumptions
about the stage. this
spring, the Provi-
dence Perfor-ming
Arts Center is hosting
A Whole New
Song and Dance
performances of
fresh, exciting and
really funny shows.
witness the spectacle
of human trickery that
is Blue man Group,
march 4–6. Next to
Normal, the chal-
lenging new musical
that swept the tony
Awards last year and
has gotten some of
the best reviews of
the past decade,
comes to PPAC
march 22–27.
April 15–17 brings
monty Python’s
Spamalot, which
reimagines Arthurian
legend as only the
Pythons can do. For
something a bit more
classic (but that still
resonates with mod-
ern society), check
out West Side Story at
the end of the month,
playing into may.
ppacri.org.
downtown
Laugh Until It
Hurts
Every Thursday
and Saturday
An Improv Jones per-
formance showcases
the improvisation
skills of talented local
actors, but at only $5 for
a whole night’s worth
of funny, the joke is on
them.
improvjones.com
downtown
A Meeting of
Minds
Third Wednesday
of the month
Can’t find an audience
for your brilliant ideas
about cloud comput-
ing? Join the Providence
Geeks at AS220 for their
monthly Geek Dinner
to share your love of
technology, innovation
or multiplayer RPGs.
providencegeeks.org
downtown
Swirl, Sniff, Sip
Every Friday and
Saturday
Head to the Downcity
shopping district to try
wines you never knew
you couldn’t live with-
out. Every Friday and
Saturday afternoon, Eno
Fine Wines hosts free
tastings from different
wine-producing regions.
enofinewines.com
