Jim Vincent, President of the Providence branch of the NAACP is the guest this week on Political Roundtable. Chuck Hinman fills in for Ian Donnis as host.
Chuck Hinman
Morning Edition Host
Chuck became part of RIPR in 2012 after a career on commercial radio. He got his broadcasting start as an announcer for Off Track Betting Corporation in NYC. He’s been a news director, music director, production director and morning personality on radio stations in Providence and Boston.
A native of New Jersey, Chuck attended the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri and graduated from the University of Vermont with a BA in Mass Communications.
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URI Guitar Festival goes online
The University of Rhode Island Guitar Festival has only been around for four years, but in that time it has become recognized as a singular music event by critics around the world. Festival Director Adam Levin is a classical guitarist and Professor of Guitar at URI. Under his direction the festival had established itself as […]
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RI poet laureate reflects on pandemic, protests
Tina Cane is Rhode Island’s poet laureate. She spoke recently with The Public’s Radio Morning Edition host Chuck Hinman, while socially distancing in her backyard in East Providence.
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New Bedford lights up the summer
The coronavirus pandemic has changed how we experience art. A concert, a play, a visit to an art gallery or museum in the close company of others; these things belong to a world available now only in memory, with the hope that they will one day return. But this summer in New Bedford, a sparkling public art exhibit is now on view for any art lover, masked and socially distanced, to experience.
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History Of Gun Violence Resonates With Today In Gamm’s ‘Assassins’
The Gamm Theatre’s in-the-round production of Sondheim’s “Assassins” brings you close to the action and makes the audience feel complicit in the gun violence of history and today.
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Revolutionary Fervor Resonates With Today In Trinity Rep’s ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’
Brian McEleney’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Tale Of Two Cities” is on now at Trinity Rep. Artscape Producer James Baumgartner talks with Chuck Hinman about where the production succeeds and where the play falls short. We also have a preview of two contemporary dance productions you can see this weekend.
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Dan Wood Finds A Creative New Use For Linotype, The Machine That Revolutionized Printing
The Linotype machine revolutionized printing in the 1880s and 90s making it much faster and cheaper. For almost a century, Linotype ruled the newspaper industry until it was replaced by more high tech methods in the 1970s and 80s. But there are still a few of these machines around including two at DWRI Letterpress on Rice Street in Providence. Dan Wood has used his Linotype machine every day for the last year to comment on the news and document his life.
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Angélique Kidjo Puts Afropop Back Into Talking Heads’ Classic And Chris Difford of Squeeze Talks About Songwriting
We’re highlighting two concerts at The Vets this weekend: Angélique Kidjo plays her world beat reinterpretation of Talking Heads’ album “Remain in Light” on Saturday and Squeeze shows off their brilliant Brit songwriting skills on Sunday.
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Film Fest Brings Movies That Will Make Kids Laugh And Think
Providence Children’s Film Festival starts Friday night and has short films, features, documentaries and a couple of classics. Many of the films are outside of what you might think of as “Kid’s Movies” but artistic director Eric Bilodeau says that children want to be challenged by what they experience.
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PVD Cello Festival Highlights Sounds Beyond The Classical
Zan Berry is the organizer of the festival and one of the performers. We talked with Zan and cellist Laura Cetilia about what makes the cello special and how they were inspired to move beyond the traditional sound of classical cello.
