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Blind Boys of Alabama on Motif’s Roots Report Podcast
John Fuzek talks with songwriter, percussionist, and vocalist Ricky McKinney of the gospel group the Blind Boys of ...
Bartholomewtown interviews Ricky McKinnie of Blind Boys of Alabama
Bill Bartholomew welcomes Ricky McKinnie of legendary, multi-Grammy award winning gospel group Blind Boys of ...
FirstWorks Returns to The Vets with Concert from International Supergroup
FirstWorks Returns to The Vets with Concert from International Supergroup
A Musical Combustion with American ...
FirstWorks’ Resilience Celebrated by Sponsor National Grid Foundation
The Foundation's Q1 2022 newsletter features a spotlight on FirstWorks' rapid pivot to virtual programming to meet ...
Call It A Comeback: PVDFest to Return Downtown in Full Force June 10-12
PROVIDENCE, RI – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Council President John J. Igliozzi (Ward 7), the Department of Art, ...
Angélique Kidjo empowers local music students
On Valentine's Day, music students from Mount Pleasant High School and TAPA met with iconic musician and human ...
Arts Emerging From The Pandemic, and Beyond
Bill Bartholomew welcomes FirstWorks Executive Artistic Director Kathleen Pletcher back to BTOWN for a discussion ...
FirstWorks on The Rhode Show
FirstWorks Executive Artistic Director Kathleen Pletcher had a great time on The Rhode Show talking about our ...
The Seeing exhibition brings together music, social movements
As part of a long-standing collaboration with renowned violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, ...
Learning Library Launches February 2022
FirstWorks is excited to announce that we are redesigning and expanding our on-demand Virtual Learning Library to ...
FirstWorks 2020-2021 Season Wrapped – Annual Report
Finding unexpected ways that the arts can lift Rhode Islanders during the past year has propelled FirstWorks ...
Taiwan Cultural Council collaboration
FirstWorks presented Vincent Hsu & Soy La Ley Afro-Cuban Jazz Band’s《Jazz Changed, Jazz Changes, Jazz ...