Last week, The Public’s Radio focused attention on Pawtucket for our series One Square Mile. One of the themes we focused on was the city’s 20-year effort to attract artists and related small businesses to help fill the many vacant mill buildings, and in doing so spark a so-called Arts Economy. For this month’s Artscape, […]
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Artscape: RI Poet Laureate Tina Cane
Tina Cane is Rhode Island’s Poet Laureate. She was appointed to that 5-year position by Governor Raimondo in 2016. Now, she’s out with a new book of poems called Body of Work. Tina Cane joins The Public’s Radio’s Chuck Hinman for this month’s Artscape. She’s agreed to read two selections from her book, and we’ll […]
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Artscape: RI-Based Songwriter Grant Maloy Smith
TPR’s Chuck Hinman talks with singer-songwriter Grant Maloy Smith about his recent release, Dust Bowl – American Stories.
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Artscape: Documentary ‘Fall River’ Ponders Family, Tragedy And Place
The documentary short film “Fall River” had its world premiere recently at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. Since then it’s been featured…
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Artscape: Music-Inspired Art In Fall River
Can you see music? Artist-musician Lennie Peterson can, or I should say, he just does. It’s not really a choice.
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Artscape: Oscar Wilde Does Newport
A young Oscar Wilde came to Newport in 1882, on a U.S. tour promoting “Aestheticism,” or art for art’s sake. For this month’s Artscape, we visit…
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Artscape: Live Radio, Without The Radio
In the 1920s, 30s and 40s, radio was the dominant electronic medium for home entertainment, with much of that entertainment being performed live and…
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TGIF: 22 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
Just when you think the PawSox stadium might be down for the count this legislative session, a new proposal emerges on the scene.
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Artscape: The Surprising History Of Jews At Providence College
Providence College is 101 years old. In doing research before the centennial, two of the school’s professors unearthed a surprising story: For several…
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Artscape: Celebrating Author Robert Coover
Brown University honored fiction writer Robert Coover this month with a three-day festival, “International Fiction Now: Celebrating the Unspeakable…
