37 Things to Do, Watch and Celebrate in RI in June
Commemorate Juneteenth at the park, catch Festival Ballet s new outdoor show, celebrate Pride in Newport and more fun happenings.
June 3, 2021
Asian Lantern Spectacular
Why: Head to Roger Williams Park Zoo after dark to witness a wonderland of illuminated, larger-than-life lanterns inspired by the wild. Admire the interactive displays while indulging in Asian-inspired cuisine and drinks with your family. Tickets sold online only. Wed.–Sun. 5:30–10 p.m. Children $23, adults $25, babies one and younger free.
Where: Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence.
More info: 785-3510, rwpzoo.org.
6/18–20
“Back in Bloom”
Why: Explore ornate floral design exhibits in the ballroom, salon and terrace of Rosecliff mansion while taking a self-guided tour. Themes such as “Harvest Moon,” “Garden Nymph” and “A Garden at Nighttime” will transport you to a world of earthly art. Join other floral enthusiasts i
The Wilbury Theatre Group in Providence is presenting the world premiere of Dolores Goes to Poetry City by Darcie Dennigan, based on the poetry of Farnoosh Fathi. The performance runs June 10 – 20 outdoors at WaterFire Arts Center.
Wilbury Theatre Group To Present The World Premiere Of DOLORES GOES TO POETRY CITY
The impish gardens of Farnoosh Fathi s poems inhabit an absurd and musical life in Dolores Goes to Poetry City.by BWW News Desk
The Wilbury Theatre Group presents the World Premiere of Dolores Goes to Poetry City by Darcie Dennigan, based on the poetry of Farnoosh Fathi. The performance runs June 10 - 20 outdoors at WaterFire Arts Center. For tickets and more information, visit thewilburygroup.org/poetry-city
The impish gardens of Farnoosh Fathi s poems inhabit an absurd and musical life in Dolores Goes to Poetry City. Each snail, cudgel, and fairy godmother that Dolores meets along the way aspires to more than just being alive. Every waltz brings them one step closer to reaching their higher selves, or their deaths, in Poetry City, where the roads are paved with banana peels.
FringePVD Extends To Two Weeks
The Wilbury Theatre Group has announced that this year s FringePVD: The Providence Fringe Festival will be extended to two weeks: July 18 - 31, 2021. Founded in 2014 by The Wilbury Theatre Group and presented since 2017 by The Wilbury Group in collaboration with WaterFire Providence, FRINGEPVD brings together more than three hundred individual theatre, music, dance, multimedia and performing artists for two weeks of performances in and around WaterFire Arts Center, as well as online.
This year s FringePVD will feature more than 30 in-person performances and 27 online performances at ten venues and a mobile flatbed stage. Venues include multiple sites on WaterFire Art Center s Campus, as well as performance spaces at the Steelyard, the new Farm Fresh building on Valley Street, and businesses along the Greenway.
At Merrimack Rep, a spring awakening followed by an upbeat fall forecast
âA Woman of the Worldâ is the theaterâs second virtual production this month as it prepares for an autumn reopening
By Terry Byrne Globe correspondent,Updated May 6, 2021, 10:16 a.m.
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Courtney Sale directs a rehearsal for Merrimack Repertory Theatre s A Woman of the World, starring Denise Cormier as Mabel Loomis Todd.Kathy Wittman
Last March, Courtney Sale left the Seattle Childrenâs Theatre to take the reins of Merrimack Repertory Theatre, just in time for everything to shut down.
âWe spent last spring and summer scenario spinning,â says Sale. âIt was impossible to keep up with all the changes.â