PVDFest 2019 Photo Highlights
The Creative Capital’s signature arts festival brought over 130,000 visitors to the city center for art, music, food and spectacles
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BOX OFFICE – Taylor Mac
TAYLOR MAC
A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Abridged)
September 14 at The VETS
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist and Tony-nominated theater artist chronicles an unseen history of America through a hand-picked selection from his epic 24-Decade pop odyssey, ranging from murder ballads to disco and everything in between. Co-Presented by FirstWorks with the Brown Arts Initiative.
$29-69 (Ticket price incl. $4 restoration fee)
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$29-69 (Ticket price incl. $4 restoration fee)
Taylor Mac
TAYLOR MAC
A 24-Decade History of Popular Music (Abridged)
September 14 at The VETS
The Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist and Tony-nominated theater artist chronicles an unseen history of America through a hand-picked selection from his epic 24-decade pop odyssey, ranging from murder ballads to disco and everything in between. Co-Presented by FirstWorks with the Brown Arts Initiative.
ON SALE JUNE 14
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ON SALE JUNE 14
DBR PVDFest 2019
DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN
FirstWorks inaugural Artistic Ambassador
FirstWorks Artist Preview
After a show-stopping collaboration with local musicians at PVDFest 2017, composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (aka DBR) returns to launch a year long FirstWorks Artistic Ambassadorship reaching students across the state.
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PVDFest Ideas Keynote Lars Jan
PVDFEST IDEAS KEYNOTE
Artist Lars Jan – (HOLOSCENES)
Thursday, June 6, 5:30 PM at The Graduate
Director and media artist Lars Jan creates exciting installations that “weave the unraveling stories of water” by simulating floods in boxes while people perform everyday tasks inside them. He strives to create visceral beauty and discomfort with these “HOLOSCENES” disrupting public and private spaces with the collision of the human body in water.
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FirstWorks @15
FIRSTWORKS CELEBRATES
15 YEARS
Connecting art with audiences since 2004
Over the past 15 years, FirstWorks festivals, performances and programs have attracted more than 500,000 participants. Find out more about how we build the cultural, educational and economic vitality of our community in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Leyla McCalla
LEYLA MCCALLA
FirstWorks PVDFest artist preview
Deeply influenced by traditional Creole, Cajun and Haitian music, as well as by American jazz and folk, Leyla McCalla is at once earthy and elegant, her sound vibrating with three centuries of history yet strikingly fresh and distinctive.
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Impacting the Community
IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH ARTS LEARNING
Enriching the lives of children
FirstWorks Arts Learning Program reaches over 4,000 K-12 students at more than 30 public, charter and private schools each year. Click here to learn more.
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