The smell of BBQ fills the air as you enter Wilbury’s theatre space at the Waterfire Center.
Scenic Designer Shanel LaShay Smith has created an urban back yard decorated for a family …
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Theatre Review by DON FOWLER
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4/2/25
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WARWICK SHOWCASE
PENGUIN LESSONS
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(Based on True Story)
This delightful little movie about a teacher and a penguin may only be at the Avon for a couple of …
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4/2/25
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On Sept. 16, 1940, the Selective Training and Service Act went into effect as the first peacetime draft in the history. Like every other American male between the ages of 21 and 35, brothers Albert …
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4/2/25
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Open mic nights are a lot more than just people signing up on a list and going on stage to perform. It’s an opportunity for a scene to be conceived or cultivated alongside like-minded …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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4/2/25
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April is National Poetry Month, and locally a journal is currently seeking submissions for its first issue. Prudence Dispatch is a family affair—George Shuster is an editor, and his wife …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
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4/2/25
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WARWICK SHOWCASE
THE ALTO KNIGHTS
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(Mafia Crime Drama)
Robert DeNiro plays both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, boyhood pals who become rivals in the Mafia hierarchy.
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3/26/25
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The Players at Barker Playhouse, Providence, is currently presenting Into the Woods through April 6. This thought-provoking musical with lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim, and book by James Lupine …
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By IDA ZECCO
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3/26/25
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The Lil Rhody Laugh Riot is going to bring a ton of laughs at various venues across Providence this weekend (March 27-30). Some of the top stand-up comics on the planet, including Matt Rife, Leslie …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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3/26/25
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The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra presents Saint-Saëns Thundering Organ Symphony with conductor Radu Paponiu and violinist Rachel Barton Pine for an upcoming performance at The VETS in …
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3/26/25
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Agents of the RI Department of Charities and Corrections paid a routine visit to the RI State Hospital for the Insane, in Cranston, in Dec. 1906. There, they discovered William Stevens Morse, 32, …
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3/26/25
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Joanne Shaw Taylor showcased her talents on guitar to a wide audience at a young age. As a teenager, she was discovered by Dave Stewart from the new wave duo Eurythmics during the early 2000s and …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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3/26/25
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Hubby has never been a fan of television shows about regular law and order, a genre that has produced numerous series and spin-offs, including the Law & Order franchise, NCIS, and CSI. His …
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3/26/25
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March is Women’s History Month, and Rhode Island has no shortage of notable women to celebrate, from colonist and preacher Anne Hutchinson to the present day. One fascinating and …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
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3/26/25
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British author Mark Haddon wrote a splendid book--“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” that was adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens and found success on Broadway.
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Theater Review by DON FOWLER
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3/26/25
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The public is invited to join ukulele beginners Ed, Judy, and Wil for a friendly and relaxed ukulele jam session at Warwick Public Library Wednesday, March 26, at 6:30 p.m.
Ed, Judy, and Wil …
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3/19/25
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There’s an energy that usually occurs when a band or musician performs at a particular venue for the first time. It’s an opportunity for folks who might not have heard them before to give …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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3/19/25
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ANORA
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(Oscar Winner)
Did you know that over the years 17 actresses have won Oscars for playing prostitutes!
Along comes a virtually unknown young actress named Mikey …
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3/19/25
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A concert of new jazz standards by Austin Burns & Elliott Talley will be held at Warwick Public Library on Sunday, March 23 at 2 p.m.
Jazz standards from the Great American Songbook can be …
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3/19/25
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“Spring has sprung. The grass is riz. I wonder where the flowers is.” I remember this playful ode to spring from my days at Oakland Beach School. My mother was the president of the PTA, …
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3/19/25
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As the Warwick Library tours the U.S. in its “It Happened in America” film series, it will take a side trip for “Journeys of the Heart: A Film Series.” Come for four …
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3/19/25
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