PVDFEST 2018
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Live music, dance, food, and visual art installations transformed the city in a four-day, multi-arts take-over of public spaces, parks, and outdoor stages in the heart of Providence, Rhode Island that attracted over 100,000 participants. Check out FirstWorks highlights from the Creative Capital’s signature summer arts festival!
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PANEL TALK: THE INSPIRATION OF TRADITION – CENTRAL ASIAN COOL
March 11 at RISD Tap Room
Welcome the Aga Khan Music Initiative artists of Qyrq Qyz/Forty Girls with a community dinner and panel exploring the expression of traditional storytelling and music through the representation of powerful female mythology in the Muslim world.
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REIMAGINING GERSHWIN:
RHAPSODY IN BLACK AND BLUE
February 6 – Brown University
FREE lunchtime talk for Curator’s Circle Members RSVP required
George Gershwin’s enduring influence on African-American music is explored by Wall Street Journal Jazz critic Larry Blumenfeld and polymath composer/producer/musician Melvin Gibbs in this FirstWorks Creative Conversation.
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ART IN THE STARS
FIRSTWORKS WINTER SHOWCASE & FUNDRAISER
February 8 – Rooftop at The Providence G
Join us for an evening of cocktails, oysters, hors d’oeuvres, live music and entertainment to benefit FirstWorks Arts Learning educational programs for Rhode Island’s youth!
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ARTISTIC ICONS SERIES
AMERICAN RHAPSODY:
THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK
February 22, 2018 at The VETS
A unique concert produced by the Gershwin Family Foundation celebrates iconic American music by one of the most indelible composers of the 20th century! Part of FirstWorks Artistic Icons Series at The VETS.
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FRONTIER SERIES
QYRQ QYZ (FORTY GIRLS)
March 14 at RISD Auditorium
An epic story of the Central Asian Amazons told through music, poetry and contemporary film.
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FRONTIER SERIES
BETSAYDA: THE VOICE OF VENEZUELA
March 18 at RISD Auditorium
A spirit-shaking percussion and voice fiesta, said to make dancers float!
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FRONTIER SERIES
MANUAL CINEMA: LULA DEL RAY
April 7 at Moses Brown School
A haunting, immersive coming of age story spun from shadow puppetry, cinematic techniques, multi-channel sound design and live music.
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FILM SCREENING
CHICK COREA: THE MUSICIAN
October 12 at Jamestown Arts Center
FirstWorks and Jamestown Arts Center invite you to view a portrait, in music and film, of a jazz freedom-fighter: his life, his art, his genius musical partners.
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A CREATIVE CONVERSATION WITH CHICK COREA AND
STEVE GADD
October 15 at Moses Brown
Moderated by WGBH’s Eric Jackson. Tickets are limited! FREE advance reservations for members of the Moses Brown School community and ticketholders to The Chick Corea/Steve Gadd Band 7 PM concert at The VETS
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