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‘Merging Roots’: Combining Cuban, Puerto Rican, and New Orleans jazz at Summer Beats
This Friday, you can see The William Cepeda and Elio Villafranca jazz Sextet in a performance called “Merging Roots,” a collaboration exploring the shared African roots between Cuba, Puerto Rico and New Orleans. Morning host Luis Hernandez spoke with them for this week’s show.
Teatro en El Verano explores the ultimate bargain in ‘¡Que Diablos! Fausto,’ a bilingual ‘Doctor Faustus’
Imagine if you could be the greatest in the world at anything, but you’d have to sell your soul to do it. That’s the story of the show “¡Que Diablos! Fausto,” a bilingual production at Teatro en El Verano.
Ocean State Session: The psychedelic soul of Melo Green
“Your life isn’t made important by the internet and the phone. It’s made by the things you do and the people you surround yourself with, and the way you treat them.”
Sky Kim wins ‘Best Chef Northeast’ for her locally-inspired Korean cuisine
Every year, the James Beard Foundation recognizes exceptional restaurants and chefs throughout the country, one of the highest honors in the culinary field. Earlier this week, they announced this year’s winners. Sky Haneul Kim, the chef at Gift Horse in Providence, won “Best Chef Northeast.”
Providence artist Jordan Seaberry asks: ‘WTF Can Artists Do During a Fascist Takeover?’
Plus: The latest plays on now at Trinity Rep and the Gamm Theatre.
12 summer festivals to check out in Rhode Island and the South Coast
From Providence Porchfest to the New Bedford Roots & Branches Festival, here’s our preview of the upcoming festival season.
New documentary tells the emotional story of the people who worked for decades to pass the ADA
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which protects people with disabilities from discrimination in areas such as employment, education, and public accommodations.
Loyalists, Patriots and a colossal plaid whale in Newport
Newport Historical Society takes visitors back to 1775 and asks “Whose side are you on?” in the American Revolution. And the Newport Art Museum features the nautical paintings of “Sean Landers: Lost at Sea.”
‘Food, art, lawmakers, politicians, law breakers’: Remembering John Rector and Leo’s bar
“John Rector created an environment where people felt seen and heard and respected and affirmed, no matter who you were.”
New leader at WaterFire hopes to be a bridge to the future
Plus: ArtWeek Southcoast runs from May 8th to May 18th and offers more than 50 different experiences all over Bristol County, Massachusetts.
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