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| 10 Things To Do This Weekend!
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| Opening the doors of success
 With the guidance of Rhode Island School of Design alumni, faculty and students, young designers and artists from urban public schools in Rhode Island will showcase their work at an opening reception tonight in the Brown-RISD Hillel Gallery. The program, Project Open Door, supports artistically inclined teens from low-income families. The effort has helped underserved youth develop creative skills and compile portfolios through a challenging learning environment. The exhibit features drawings, paintings, collages and other works.
LOCATION: Brown-RISD Hillel Gallery, 80 Brown St., Providence. Thursday, Jan. 14, 4:30 to 7 p.m. Free and open to the public.
WEB SITE: www.risd.edu.
CAPTION: Witness the inspiration on display at the reception.
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|  |  Musically murderous
From Kander & Ebb, the legendary songwriting team behind “Chicago” and “Cabaret,” comes “Curtains,” a Broadway hit in 2007 that earned David Hyde Pierce (star of television’s “Frasier”) a Tony award. After the no-talent leading lady of a Broadway-bound musical is murdered backstage at Boston’s Colonial Theatre, Detective Frank Cioffi is called in to solve the crime. A star-struck amateur actor himself, Cioffi goes on to solve the musical’s problems, too – but not before more murders, multiple backstage affairs and plenty of song-and-dance. The satire gets its first local production in this collaboration between Wheaton College and Attleboro’s Triboro Musical Theatre, starring a cast of young actors and dancers from Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
LOCATION: Weber Theatre at Wheaton College, 26 East Main St., Norton, Mass. Friday, Jan. 15, and Saturday, Jan. 16, 7 p.m. $15 adults; $8 students and seniors. Purchase tickets online at the Web site or at the performances.
WEB SITE: www.triboromusicaltheatre.org.
CAPTION: Murder has never been more fun than it is in 'Curtains.'
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| Eat, drink and be merry (for a cause)
 The Up River Café serves dinner nightly in historic downtown Westerly. With sweeping views of the Pawcatuck River, an award-winning wine list and classic cocktails, you will feast on locally sourced food and drink to benefit Westerly Hospital’s 2010 Annual Fund. The Up River Café will donate 15 percent of food and beverage sales. Enjoy a delicious meal or just stop in for a beverage and some good company. Along with an extensive menu, Up River’s dishes contain no trans fats or hydrogenated oils.
LOCATION: The Up River Café, 37 Main St., Westerly. Thursday, Jan. 14, 5 to 9 p.m. No tickets necessary; reservations requested. For more information, visit www.theuprivercafe.net, or to make reservations, contact (401) 348-9700.
WEB SITE: www.westerlyhospital.com.
CAPTION: Head over to Foundation Night at the Up River Café.
IMAGE COURTESY UP RIVER CAFÉ |
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| 12 minutes to 5 a.m.
 The Rhode Island premiere of “4:48 Psychosis” debuts tonight at The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre. Written by the late Sarah Kane, “4:48 Psychosis” – named for the time in the morning when the playwright frequently awoke to a fleeting moment of clarity – addresses issues of clinical depression and provides a platform for theatergoers to process and relate to the complications that arise from mental illness. The production is cosponsored by Butler Hospital and Gateway Healthcare Inc. The Rhode Island-based nonprofit mental health care organizations will be joining Gamm artists in a series of post-show panel discussions.
LOCATION: The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre, 172 Exchange St., Pawtucket. Thursday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m. $24 to $40 tickets; discounts for subscribers, groups of 10 or more, seniors and students. Performance runs through Sunday, Feb. 7.
WEB SITE: www.gammtheatre.org.
CAPTION: Artistic Director Tony Estrella helms the production featuring Gamm actors Casey Seymour Kim and Tom Gleadow.
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| Abandoned urban beauty
 Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Bert Gallery is launching the commemorative year with two shows. The Pocket Exhibit features paintings by Katy Hodge. An alum of both Rhode Island School of Design and Swain School of Design, Hodge has been appointed eight times as artist-in-residence by the National Parks Service. Her paintings feature old-fashioned cast iron shoe-making machinery from an old shop in Warren. The exhibit in the main gallery features a show of vintage watercolors by Providence artists. “In Their Own Way” highlights the work of Rhode Island artists from 1890 to 1960.
LOCATION: Bert Gallery, 540 South Water St., Providence. Saturday, Jan. 16, 2 to 3 p.m. Show runs through Friday, Feb. 12. Free and open to the public.
WEB SITE: www.bertgallery.com.
CAPTION: A window of the Bert Gallery located on the Providence waterfront.
IMAGE COURTESY BERT GALLERY |
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| In the air and everywhere
 “The Rescuer,” the first episode of a radio serial called “Destefano on the Air!” is being presented by Perishable Theatre resident artist Cyrus Leddy. The show takes the listener and theater attendee on an entertaining ride through the complexities of rehabilitation, psychology and tough love. Leddy has been creating radio-theater for Providence audiences since 2004. His newest story follows a radio personality named Mischel Barry, who conducts an interview with a respected child psychologist. Intending to focus on the doctor’s new book and distinguished career, the radio host instead misfires repeatedly and places himself at the center of interview. More is learned about the relationship between the radio host and the doctor than the work conducted with child patients, producing comic results.
LOCATION: Perishable Theatre, 95 Empire St., Providence. Friday, Jan. 15 and Saturday, Jan. 16, 7:30 p.m. $5 tickets; reservations accepted. For more information or to make reservations, call (401) 331-2695 or visit the Web site.
WEB SITE: www.perishable.org.
CAPTION: Visit this radio serial for theater audiences.
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|  Reverence for things past
The New England landscape has been defined in part by its old stone walls. This weekend, The Newport Art Museum continues its 83rd annual Winter Lecture Series with a talk by Robert M. Thorson, author of “Stone by Stone: The Magnificent History in New England’s Stone Walls,” ”Exploring Stone Walls: A Field Guide to New England’s Stone Walls,” and ”Beyond Walden: The Hidden History of America’s Kettle Lakes and Ponds.” Thorson’s talk will explore what the stone walls tell us about New England’s history, culture, environment, ecology and economy, with special attention paid to Rhode Island.
LOCATION: The Newport Art Museum, Griswold House, 76 Bellevue Ave., Newport. Saturday, Jan. 16, 2 p.m. $10 members; $15 nonmembers. Seating is limited; no reservations accepted; tickets will be sold at the door. Attendees are encouraged to bring cans of soup for the Art for Soup food drive to benefit the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.
WEB SITE: www.newportartmuseum.org.
CAPTION: “To know New England well, one must know its stone walls,” writes Robert M. Thorson.
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| National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
 National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day will be celebrated by the New York Deli Patrol on Saturday, Jan. 16th. The Boston-based artisan deli meat company, which recently opened a new shop in Providence, will make a special appearance at Eastside Marketplace to offer up mouth-watering sandwiches packed to the gills with the best cuts of brisket. Dan Estridge, founder, curator and chief flavor officer of New York Deli Patrol, says he wants to bring the taste sensations that he remembers from his childhood in New York to New Englanders. “You know, there are a few first-time sensations in life for which there can be no adequate preparation,” he says. “It’s warm, steamy, sexy, juicy, salty, spicy, smoky, succulent and meltingly tender. … I’m getting weak thinking about it again.”
LOCATION: Eastside Marketplace. 165 Pitman St., Providence. Saturday, Jan. 16, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Free to attend; sandwich costs vary according to size.
WEB SITE: www.fivetoespr.com.
CAPTION: Head over to Eastside Marketplace and jump on the meatwagon.
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| Be the first in line
 The Veterans Memorial Auditorium will present the songs and music of ABBA this Saturday. The cover group Arrival, founded in Sweden in 1995, is one of the most popular and best-selling ABBA shows to date, attracting audiences in 35 nations. Arrival is the only group to ever get the right to replicate the outfits of the original band, so for those who miss bell bottoms and hip-swaying disco, this is the closest you will get to relive the glory days.
LOCATION: Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence. Saturday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m. $30 to $36 for tickets. For more information or to make reservations, call (401) 421-ARTS or visit the Web site.
WEB SITE: www.vmari.com.
CAPTION: 'Take a Chance' on this show and become a 'Dancing Queen.'
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| Pique your art sense
 Head to the newest Bannister Gallery exhibit to catch a glimpse of unique works made by Korean students. The show will feature portfolios from the graduating class of the Visual Communications Department at Konkuk University in Choongju, Korea. In this exhibit, traditional Korean culture melds with Western communication media, including posters, package designs, book designs, advertisements and Web site designs, and others. Each work on display was juried in June 2009 as part of the graduation approval process at Konkuk University and was exhibited last fall.
LOCATION: Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence. Thursday, Jan. 14, noon to 8 p.m. or by appointment. For information on event dates and exhibit opening receptions, call (401) 456-9765 or visit the Web site.
WEB SITE: www.ric.edu.
CAPTION: View the communication graphics designed by students from Korea.
IMAGE COURTESY BANNISTER GALLERY |
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