New York’s All-Women Salsa Orchestra Experience the captivating rhythms of Lulada Club, the electrifying all-women salsa band setting the New York City music scene ablaze. These accomplished and brilliant musicians are infused with an irresistible blend of vibrancy and skill. Bring your dancing shoes and join in with a lesson from Providence’s own instructor Rodney […]
After spellbinding performances at PVDFest 2019, the gravity-defying Italian aerialists return with SPHERE, a thrilling new 30-minute spectacle delivered by five aerial dancers suspended from a crane some 60 feet above the ground. The performance begins with the “stage,” a transparent sphere, deflated and shapeless with one aerialist suspended inside. The sphere is raised high […]
Sidy Maiga returns to PVDFest with the 12th annual Afrika Nyaga Drum & Dance Festival, a ground-shaking celebration of West African music and dance and its influence on the African diaspora. Maiga envisions Afrika Nyaga as a sonic synthesis of African traditions and Rhode Island's diverse communities. The festival nurtures artistic exchange through the universal language […]
After spellbinding performances at PVDFest 2019, the gravity-defying Italian aerialists return with SPHERE, a thrilling new 30-minute spectacle delivered by five aerial dancers suspended from a crane some 60 feet above the ground. The performance begins with the “stage,” a transparent sphere, deflated and shapeless with one aerialist suspended inside. The sphere is raised high […]
This Creative Conversation features artist Jake Blount; Adrienne Taylor, Resident Musician at Community MusicWorks; and Professor Jamille Pinheiro Dias, visiting faculty at Brown University. Moderated by Sebastian Ruth, Founder and Artistic Director of Community MusicWorks. Join Community MusicWorks (CMW) and FirstWorks as panelists share insights about their creative processes and the meaning-making involved in their […]
Jake Blount and Mali Obomsawin are award-winning musicians who have joined forces on their Smithsonian Folkways release, symbiont (2024). Blount (pronounced “blunt”) is a renowned interpreter of Black folk music who is recognized for his skill as a string band musician and for his unprecedented Afrofuturist work in sound archives and song collections. In his hands, the banjo, […]
BALA-BILA brings together two African master musicians–Balla Kouyaté on balafon, calabash, bass guitar and voice, and Matchume Zango on timbila, mbira, percussion and voice–through a live concert framed as an intercultural musical conversation between the two artists. Kouyaté, from the West African country of Mali, and Zango, from the East African country of Mozambique, are leading exponents of […]
Join Aretha Aoki and Ryan MacDonald for an evening of experimental performance and behind-the-scenes conversation about their lives as professional artists who blend dance, music, and theater. Together with their daughter, Frankie Mayfield, they will share segments of their new show, IzumonookunI. IzumonookunI is a multidisciplinary and multigenerational dance inspired by Izumo no Okuni, 17th century founder […]
Whether you're a music lover, a tech enthusiast, or are just looking for a magical winter night out in Providence, MASARY’s “Sound Sculpture” at Three Nights of Lights invites you to step into a glowing world of light and music that you have a hand in creating! WHAT IT IS: “Sound Sculpture” is an interactive […]
"A physical manifestation of beauty & joy" - Chicago Tribune KARIM NAGI creates a future folklore. He weaves Arab tradition with a borderless exploration. His traditional Arabic music and dance emanate brightly, reworking into an original expression of diaspora folklore. A multi-instrumentalist, recording artist of 18 albums, movement artist and TEDx speaker, NAGI's performances are dynamic and […]
"Hits with the force of a spiritual awakening" - STEREOGUM Red Baraat Festival of Colors is an immersive celebration that melds the sounds of the South Asian diaspora with kaleidoscopic visual imagery. Led by dhol player Sunny Jain, Red Baraat has transformed the festive spirit of the Hindu holiday of Holi into a year-round tour […]
Laugh, learn, and get inspired by a mix of people from Providence as they share their ideas, stories, and creations using the PechaKucha format of 20 images that last 20 seconds each. Named best event in Rhode Island by RI Monthly! This Month's Theme: Elephant in the Room Some things are too big to ignore, […]
