http://artsblog.projo.com/ en Copyright 2009 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:10:00 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.23-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Most people know the story behind "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee's tale of a saintly Alabama lawyer appointed to defend a black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman during the Great Depression. But it's an important story... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/moving-to-kill-a-mockingbird-at-2nd.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/moving-to-kill-a-mockingbird-at-2nd.html Theater Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:10:00 -0500 The big news coming out of Saturday's Rhode Island Philharmonic concert was the return of German cellist Alban Gerhardt, who gave a wonderfully heartfelt performance of the dreamy Elgar Cello Concerto. Gerhardt, who has quite a reputation in Europe, made... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/cellist-gerhardt-shines-with-philha.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/cellist-gerhardt-shines-with-philha.html Classical music Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:53:00 -0500 "Habits die hard," the title character of "Rainwater" (Simon & Schuster, 245 pages, $23.99) says early on. "But I wouldn't have done it if I'd known it would make you angry." Fitting words to describe Sandra Brown's latest effort, since... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/dubious-characters-populate-two-thr.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/dubious-characters-populate-two-thr.html Books Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:50:00 -0500 On Sept. 4, 1844, former Massachusetts Gov. Marcus Morton attended a large rally in Providence for the release of the embattled reformer Thomas Wilson Dorr, who was being held in state prison. The rally served the dual purpose of advocating... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/entertaining-bio-brings-james-k-pol.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/entertaining-bio-brings-james-k-pol.html Books Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0500 PROVIDENCE -- Fusionworks Dance Company presents movements with a message. In the modern dance troupe's new show, which opened Thursday and runs through Saturday at Rhode Island College, there's an emphasis on making a statement. Three of the program's five... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/fusionworks-presents-movements-with.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/fusionworks-presents-movements-with.html Dance Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:22:28 -0500 Pawtucket's Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre has extended the run of its critically acclaimed "Much Ado About Nothing" to Dec. 5 due to popular demand. "Much Ado," one of Shakespeare's most uproarious comedies, is running in repertory until Nov. 29 with "Romeo... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/more-much-ado-cheap-tickets-at-trin.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/more-much-ado-cheap-tickets-at-trin.html Theater Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:10:00 -0500 Years ago, when I was director at a Providence shelter for battered women and children, we learned that a local official was demanding sex from women applying for federally subsidized housing. The young mother who alerted us feared for her... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/violence-against-women-girls-get-a.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/violence-against-women-girls-get-a.html Books Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0500 David Lindsay-Abaire's "Rabbit Hole" is the ultimate elephant-in-the-room play, a biting drama about a couple dealing with the death of their four-year-old, a couple who can't take a breath without bumping up against their loss. The play won a Pulitzer... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/solid-rabbit-hole-at-ric.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/solid-rabbit-hole-at-ric.html Theater Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:33:00 -0500 Two Rhode Islanders will be among the six people inducted into the New England chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in a ceremony tonight in Quincy. Ken Bell, the sports director for WLNE, Channel 6 in... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/regional-tv-awards-given-to-two-rho.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/regional-tv-awards-given-to-two-rho.html TV Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:28:16 -0500 Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd and Skillet will play at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, 1 La Salle Sq., Providence, on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 at 7:30. Shinedown have had 10 top-5 rock radio hits, including the latest single, "If You... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/shinedown-coming-to-dunk-in-january.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/shinedown-coming-to-dunk-in-january.html Pop music Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:02:49 -0500 Providence Journal sports columnist Jim Donaldson has covered and written about New England Patriots football since 1979, during which he has collected enough facts, stories and quotes to bring the full history of this intriguing NFL franchise to light. In... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/stories-quotes-illustrate-new-engla.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/stories-quotes-illustrate-new-engla.html Books Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0500 If you weren't among the legions of "Rent" groupies that packed the Providence Performing Arts Center Tuesday night, you should know that the current tour of this Broadway smash is top-notch. The last couple of tours of "Rent" to come... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/top-notch-rent-at-ppac.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/top-notch-rent-at-ppac.html Theater Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:58:00 -0500 The Providence-based rock band Deer Tick already released the killer album "Born on Flag Day" this year, but they're not quite through yet. The EP "More Fuel for the Fire" will come out Dec. 1 only on iTunes. It will... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/deer-tick-announces-itunes-only-epr.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/deer-tick-announces-itunes-only-epr.html Pop music Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:13:28 -0500 "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," the follow-up to "Twilight," opens in theaters at midnight on Thursday. The new movie, based on the second in a series of vampire novels by Stephanie Meyer, brings Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/vampire-flick-returns-for-another-b.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/vampire-flick-returns-for-another-b.html Movies Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:52:25 -0500 Journal file photo/ Frieda Squires Maxwell Mays in front of one of his paintings at his home in Coventry in 2006 By Bill Van Siclen Journal arts writer Maxwell Mays, a Providence-born painter whose whimsical depictions of Rhode Island... http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/maxwell-mays-beloved-painter-of-rho.html http://artsblog.projo.com/2009/11/maxwell-mays-beloved-painter-of-rho.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:31:17 -0500