Artscape

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Artscape is our weekly feature on art, music, theatre, dance, performance and more. To let us know about an artist or event, please email arts@thepublicsradio.org To hear past episodes, you can subscribe to Artscape on Spotify or Apple Podcasts Or use this RSS feed in your podcatcher of choice.

Episode Date
‘Merging Roots’: Combining Cuban, Puerto Rican, and New Orleans jazz at Summer Beats
Jul 10, 2025
Teatro en El Verano explores the ultimate bargain in ‘¡Que Diablos! Fausto,’ a bilingual ‘Doctor Faustus’
Jul 03, 2025
Ocean State Session: The psychedelic soul of Melo Green
Jun 26, 2025
Sky Kim wins ‘Best Chef Northeast’ for her locally-inspired Korean cuisine
Jun 18, 2025
Providence artist Jordan Seaberry asks: ‘WTF Can Artists Do During a Fascist Takeover?’
Jun 12, 2025
12 summer festivals to check out in Rhode Island and the South Coast 
Jun 05, 2025
New documentary tells the emotional story of the people who worked for decades to pass the ADA
May 29, 2025
Loyalists, Patriots and a colossal plaid whale in Newport
May 22, 2025
‘Food, art, lawmakers, politicians, law breakers’: Remembering John Rector and Leo’s bar
May 15, 2025
New leader at WaterFire hopes to be a bridge to the future
May 08, 2025
‘Brave Men as Ever Fought’: Painting depicts the story of Black Revolutionary War soldiers in R.I. 
May 01, 2025
Dissonance, queer culture, and Providence architecture in artist Ian Cozzens’ prints
Apr 24, 2025
Meet Kwame Dawes, Brown University professor and new poet laureate of Jamaica
Apr 17, 2025
Most people can’t name five women artists. URI art historian wants to change that
Apr 10, 2025
Re-envisioning Shakespearean classics: ‘Fat Ham’ and ‘La Tempestad’
Apr 03, 2025
‘Westerly’s Gold’: New documentary tells the story of soupy sausage
Mar 27, 2025
Meet knifemaker, artist and fishmonger Joyce Kutty
Mar 20, 2025
Series explores French cultural influence in Rhode Island
Mar 13, 2025
UMass Dartmouth’s $660 million problem: preserving its Brutalist campus
Mar 06, 2025
Track 15 food hall will transform Union Station with 7 new restaurants
Feb 27, 2025
Posters display creativity, culture and resistance in ‘Graphic Voices of Latin America’
Feb 20, 2025
Writer and director Dave Solomon on filmmaking and the art of auditioning
Feb 13, 2025
Meet LitArts RI’s new executive director: Christina Bevilacqua
Feb 06, 2025
Studio Session: The earnest shoegaze pop of Rel’s ‘Big Try’
Jan 30, 2025
The Map Center explores the stories, art and creativity of maps
Jan 23, 2025
Electromagnetic Pinball Museum celebrates the game’s history and visceral joy
Jan 16, 2025
‘Weird Island’ podcast spotlights strange stories from the Ocean State
Jan 09, 2025
What are we looking forward to in arts and culture for 2025?
Jan 02, 2025
Studio Session: The ‘unhindered joy,’ community spirit and Ocean State pride of The Vox Hunters
Dec 19, 2024
Bold, complex, and time-intensive ‘painted paper’ at the RISD Museum
Dec 12, 2024
Author Nate DiMeo’s ‘Memory Palace’ conjures imaginary space via real stories 
Dec 05, 2024
Studio Session: Traditional Lithuanian folk songs with Dovas and Vija Lietuvninkas
Nov 21, 2024
Finding a ‘third space’ through weaving at the Mount Pleasant Community Library
Nov 14, 2024
Heidi Henderson’s ‘untitled sad piece’ brings contemporary dance to a Rhode Island skating rink
Nov 07, 2024
Breaking down the ballot: What’s in the $10 million arts and culture bond
Oct 31, 2024
The unique Brazilian jazz of world-renowned bandolim innovator Hamilton de Holanda
Oct 24, 2024
‘Walking Rhode Island’: 40 of the best hikes in the Ocean State
Oct 17, 2024
New Community MusicWorks Center is more than a space for making music
Oct 10, 2024
‘Water Brother’ film tells the story of New England surfing and skateboarding legend Sid Abbruzzi
Oct 03, 2024
Studio Session: The Leland Baker Trio’s ‘sacred language’ of jazz and blues
Sep 26, 2024
‘Scandalous Conduct’: Telling the queer history behind the Newport Navy sex scandal of 1919
Sep 19, 2024
Live/work: How the housing shortage threatens Providence’s identity as the ‘creative capital’
Sep 12, 2024
Live/work: How old mill buildings shaped Providence’s 90s art renaissance
Sep 05, 2024
Studio Session: The whimsical three-part harmonies of The Whelks’ ‘Reverse Mermaid’
Aug 29, 2024
El Patio de Comidas: Summer-long celebration of Central American cuisine provides a launch pad for local businesses
Aug 22, 2024
50 years later, revisiting the impact of Newport’s ‘Monumenta’ on public art
Aug 15, 2024
New documentary highlights how North Providence Summer Basketball League transcended racial, class divides
Aug 08, 2024
Kingston Chamber Music Festival will feature world premiere of Jerod Tate’s ‘Woodland Songs’
Aug 01, 2024
Studio Session: Magnolia brings the sound of Cajun Country to Rhode Island
Jul 25, 2024
‘I had five different owners in 18 years’: New book features the story of John Jacobs, who fled slavery and denounced American tyranny
Jul 18, 2024
Not your grandfather’s scrimshaw: Duke Riley engraves pollution scenes on ocean plastic
Jul 11, 2024
Studio Session: Providence hot jazz collective Paper Moon (encore)
Jul 04, 2024
Studio Session: Olivia Dolphin’s piano-driven ‘witch-pop’
Jun 27, 2024
‘God Talks to an Agnostic’ through nature in radio play about family and the Black church
Jun 20, 2024
Artist Bob Dilworth, known for his vibrant, joyful paintings, is honored at 25th Pell Awards
Jun 13, 2024
‘A Name, a Voice, a Life’: New exhibit centers the history and experiences of Black Newporters
Jun 06, 2024
Studio Session: J. Mamana looks inward with hope and grief on ‘For Every Set of Eyes’
May 30, 2024
‘Cabinet of curiosities’: A tour of the rare books, art and oddities at the Providence Athenaeum
May 23, 2024
In Pawtucket, Gif-O-Graf helps students explore creativity with animation
May 16, 2024
Student-curated Black Biennial breaks down walls between RISD and the community
May 09, 2024
New biography explores ‘The Life and Line’ of artist and activist Keith Haring
May 02, 2024
Studio session: Gian Carlo Buscaglia sings songs of romance and social justice
Apr 25, 2024
As AI evolves, what role will the technology play in the world of art and design?
Apr 18, 2024
Classic New England furniture gets a modern update at O&G Studio in Warren
Apr 11, 2024
Printmaking conference brings pop-up gallery shows across the city including ‘Show Me Your Papers / A Ver, Y Tus Papeles’
Apr 04, 2024
Studio Session: Keith McCurdy of “gothic folk” band Vudu Sister
Mar 28, 2024
Adoption, belonging, and finding your pack in ‘Wolf Play’ at Wilbury Theatre
Mar 21, 2024
James Beard semifinalist Sky Kim brings locally-inspired Korean cuisine to Providence
Mar 14, 2024
Paul Mecurio gives the audience ‘Permission to Speak’ at United Theatre
Mar 07, 2024
Studio Session: Allysen Callery’s quiet, haunting ‘Ghost Folk’
Feb 29, 2024
Rhode Island actor Kali Reis stars in latest season of HBO’s ‘True Detective’
Feb 22, 2024
Art gallery at T.F. Green gives visitors a first impression of the local culture
Feb 15, 2024
Hunky Dory closes after more than 2 years of serving Southern-inspired food – and cultivating a folk music community
Feb 08, 2024
‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf’ at the Gamm is a thrilling experience
Feb 01, 2024
NEH grants $444K to Tomaquag Museum for new home on URI campus in Kingston
Jan 25, 2024
Studio Session: Providence hot jazz collective Paper Moon
Jan 18, 2024
Latino oral history project inspires new play at Trinity
Jan 11, 2024
Holiday favorites with a few twists from local theaters
Dec 14, 2023
Jewish youth reckon with differing narratives about Israel in new documentary ‘Israelism’
Dec 07, 2023
Interview: UMass Dartmouth chancellor sees slim chance of returning to Star Store
Nov 30, 2023
‘Cultures of Seaweed’ run deep at the New Bedford Whaling Museum
Nov 16, 2023
Delightful gallows humor in ‘Hangmen’ at The Gamm Theatre
Nov 09, 2023
Tsugumi Maki envisions a RISD Museum that is more welcoming and inclusive
Nov 02, 2023
Karin Sprague creates gravestones that are works of art and comfort
Oct 26, 2023
Artist Umberto Crenca elevates the commonplace in the neighborhoods of ‘Divine Providence’
Oct 18, 2023
The gospel roots behind Jontavious Willis’ Georgia blues
Oct 12, 2023
Plays from Trinity and Wilbury reexamine the past and imagine the future
Oct 05, 2023
Lily Henley’s new album combines her love of fiddle music and the Ladino language
Sep 28, 2023
Apocalypse survivors reimagine ‘Simpsons’ episode in latest show from Contemporary Theater
Sep 21, 2023
Taposh shares his love of Bengali music with the world
Sep 14, 2023
Edward Bannister, 19th-century Black artist, honored with new statue in Providence
Sep 07, 2023
Tuba Skinny brings New Orleans jazz to Rhythm & Roots Festival
Aug 31, 2023
New Bedford says goodbye to a downtown eccentric
Aug 24, 2023
Why is UMass-Dartmouth leaving the Star Store and how will that affect New Bedford?
Aug 17, 2023
Artist explores ‘intimate bond of freedom and green’ at Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
Aug 10, 2023
You can ‘Hear the Mermaids Singing’ at the Kingston Chamber Music Festival this weekend
Aug 03, 2023
Empty downtown facade becomes mural dedicated to summertime in Providence
Jul 27, 2023
‘On the Wall’: A gallery for contemplation and reflection at Providence College
Jul 20, 2023
Local artists celebrate cultural heritage, commemorate the mundane at Providence Biennial for Contemporary Art
Jul 13, 2023
Concerts at the Breakers and free music in the park at Newport Classical Music Festival
Jul 06, 2023
‘Words Matter’: Two photography exhibits show the power of words to harm and heal
Jun 29, 2023
Alan Cumming on his love of cabaret and his unlikely collaboration with NPR’s Ari Shapiro
Jun 22, 2023
Studio Session: Providence musician Asher White explores city streets, salvaged sounds on ‘New Excellent Woman’
Jun 15, 2023
From Hawaiian folk to barbershop quartets, Providence Porchfest presents a “musical bar crawl” through local music
Jun 08, 2023
‘Sweeney Todd’ hits the right balance of dark and fun at Trinity Rep
Jun 02, 2023
Feminist art history meets 60s girl groups in original musical at the Wilbury
Jun 01, 2023
Rhode Island high school student wins national poetry competition
May 25, 2023
Newport Art Museum weaves textiles and apparel in two outstanding exhibitions
May 18, 2023
‘Being Thunder’ – Sherenté Harris’ journey as a two-spirit Narragansett dancer
May 11, 2023
Andy Grover shows his love of RI historic buildings with Lego models
May 04, 2023
Local author’s new book examines the life and influence of wrestling CEO Vince McMahon
Apr 27, 2023
A theater double header: Teatro ECAS’ ‘Jardín de Otoño’ and Wilbury’s ‘Indecent’
Apr 20, 2023
The New Bedford Art Museum is filled with sound for its latest exhibition
Apr 13, 2023
Studio Session: Roz Raskin on self-healing and Nova One’s latest album, ‘Create Myself’
Apr 06, 2023
‘The Inferior Sex’ brings the spirit of ‘72 to Trinity Rep
Mar 30, 2023
Portuguese film series highlights stories of life under the authoritarian Estado Novo regime
Mar 23, 2023
Afghan refugees bring their handicrafts to New Bedford library
Mar 16, 2023
Personal stories told through dance at the Motion State Dance Festival
Mar 09, 2023
‘Harnessing Color’ brings sunshine to the Jamestown Arts Center
Mar 02, 2023
Oral history project shares the stories of Latino communities in Rhode Island
Feb 23, 2023
Festival Ballet celebrates the spirit of ‘78
Feb 16, 2023
Studio Session: Musician Jake Blount’s Afrofuturist vision of a post climate-change world
Feb 09, 2023
RISD’s new president is a poet with a passion for the arts and education
Feb 02, 2023
Rhode Island Philharmonic and Youth Orchestra play together with a powerful sound
Jan 26, 2023
Three performers own the stage in ‘Faith Healer’ at the Gamm Theatre
Jan 19, 2023
Funda Fest celebrates history and the art of Black storytelling
Jan 12, 2023
Our favorite Artscape stories of 2022
Dec 30, 2022
The radio version of a Christmas classic told on the Gamm stage
Dec 15, 2022
Craftland celebrates 20 years as a home for art and handmade crafts
Dec 08, 2022
Pandemic redefined how Providence Community Libraries serve the public
Dec 01, 2022
The myths and history of the first Thanksgivings
Nov 24, 2022
The Dirt Palace turns historic Wedding Cake House into a home for artists and visitors alike
Nov 17, 2022
As industry crumbles, friends collide in ‘Sweat’ at The Gamm
Nov 09, 2022
“What Problem?” explores isolation and community through movement at the Vets
Nov 02, 2022
Artscape: URI Guitar Festival returns, Oct. 20-23
Oct 20, 2022
Artscape: New book highlights stories of journalists with dyslexia
Oct 13, 2022
Filmmakers remix the past for the Rhode Island Historical Society’s Archive Remix Film Festival
Oct 01, 2022
Two plays bring the past into the present
Sep 22, 2022
Gallery openings at AS220 include an update on “Seeing Providence Chinatown”
Sep 07, 2022
Rhythm and Roots Festival is saved by new owners
Aug 31, 2022
A new mural brings beauty and safety to the Broad Street cultural corridor
Aug 25, 2022
Warren Folks Fest brings the East Bay community together
Aug 18, 2022
New exhibit highlights stories of Latino communities in Rhode Island
Aug 10, 2022
Manny Ramirez and Miriam Cruz headline Dominican Parade and Festival this weekend
Aug 04, 2022
Providence Mayoral Forum on Arts & Culture 2022
Jul 28, 2022
RI Philharmonic Conductor Bramwell Tovey remembered for connecting the community through music
Jul 16, 2022
Lynne McCormack, new director of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Jul 15, 2022
This weekend: New Bedford Folk Festival and Newport Live
Jul 07, 2022
Shelter from the elements and injustice at DATMA
Jul 01, 2022
Rhode Island PrideFest returns; ‘Fairview’ lulls the audience with sitcom humor before implicating the ‘white gaze’
Jun 15, 2022
PVD Fest 2022 brings music, footwork and spectacle to downtown Providence
Jun 09, 2022
Wilbury Theatre’s ‘Natasha, Pierre’ – an incredibly moving electro-pop musical
Jun 01, 2022
Contemporary art, music, food and the semiotics of cod at Fabric Fall River
May 11, 2022
Chapman Cycles and the art of the custom bicycle
May 04, 2022
PVD Cello Fest celebrates the beauty and versatility of the cello
Apr 27, 2022
RI Poet Laureate Tina Cane reflects on ‘The Year of the Murder Hornet’
Apr 07, 2022
RISD Black Biennial envelops the viewer with the work of nearly 80 artists
Mar 31, 2022
With ‘Seeing Providence Chinatown’ Jeffrey Yoo Warren creates a virtual neighborhood for a forgotten enclave
Mar 17, 2022
Il Cine Ritrovato returns, in person, to Brown
Mar 10, 2022
A pandemic love story from 1892
Feb 15, 2022
The Gamm’s ‘An Octoroon’ hopes to be uncomfortable and joyous
Jan 26, 2022
Festival Ballet and Big Nazo collaborate on a fresh look for this year’s ‘Nutcracker’
Dec 17, 2021
A handmade blanket by Lizzy Dargie offers no warmth, no comfort
Nov 19, 2021
A homecoming for The Slip this Friday
Nov 09, 2021
‘Lifted’ – an Icarus tale of dysfunction and trauma
Oct 27, 2021
URI Guitar Festival 2021
Oct 14, 2021
Facts, truth, and ‘A Lie Agreed Upon’ at the Gamm
Oct 07, 2021
George Wein remembers Bob Dylan’s electric moment at the Newport Folk Festival
Sep 14, 2021
Intimate portraits and a witness to history
Aug 20, 2021
Artscape’s demo page
Aug 13, 2021
Rev. Sekou brings Delta blues, soul and gospel to Woonsocket’s River Island Park
Aug 12, 2021
Rhode Island filmmaker documents “Last Ice Area”
Aug 09, 2021
Providence Fringe Festival brings performing arts to Valley neighborhood
Jul 27, 2021
Festival Ballet emerges on stage for the first time since March 2020
Jun 16, 2021
Art kits for Providence students help keep the creativity going
Mar 07, 2021
Artscape Gallery 2020: Send us your art that captures the year
Dec 04, 2020
PVDFest was cancelled this summer, but public artworks like ‘Three Sisters’ bring life to downtown Providence
Aug 21, 2020
WaterFire Providence honors the thousand Rhode Islanders who have died from COVID-19
Jul 23, 2020
Artists turn plywood covered windows into community canvas
Jun 12, 2020
After-school arts programs find creative ways to make art at a distance
May 28, 2020
Whaling Museum offers ‘museum from home’ with resources for parents, youth and more
Apr 25, 2020
newportFILM finds a way to bring film series to your home
Apr 15, 2020
How Has Your Artistic Practice Changed?
Apr 01, 2020
Artists & Performers Struggle In A World Where Everything Is Canceled
Mar 19, 2020
History Of Gun Violence Resonates With Today In Gamm’s ‘Assassins’
Mar 11, 2020
Revolutionary Fervor Resonates With Today In Trinity Rep’s ‘A Tale Of Two Cities’
Mar 04, 2020
Dan Wood Finds A Creative New Use For Linotype, The Machine That Revolutionized Printing
Feb 26, 2020
Angélique Kidjo Puts Afropop Back Into Talking Heads’ Classic And Chris Difford of Squeeze Talks About Songwriting
Feb 19, 2020
Film Fest Brings Movies That Will Make Kids Laugh And Think
Feb 12, 2020
PVD Cello Festival Highlights Sounds Beyond The Classical
Feb 05, 2020
Peek Behind The Curtains, Climb Into The Booth, And Learn The Ropes At PPAC This Saturday
Jan 29, 2020
Dorothy Day Combined Traditional Catholicism And Radical Politics
Jan 22, 2020
Parkists-In-Residence Bring Art To An Historic Home in Hopkins Park
Jan 16, 2020
‘How Many Bushels Am I Worth?’ Opens At AS220
Jan 08, 2020
Local Ecologies At UMass Dartmouth
Dec 19, 2019
Kirsten Evans And Alban Costello From Festival Ballet's 'Nutcracker'
Dec 11, 2019
Public Shop & Gallery Is A New Home For Art, Culture And Community
Dec 04, 2019
Fraser Smith’s Memoir “The Daily Miracle”
Nov 27, 2019
Music Infrastructure And The Night Time Economy
Nov 20, 2019
“From The Inside Out” – A Collaboration Of Musical ‘Soul Partners’
Nov 13, 2019
500 Years Of Hidden History In “Children Of The Inquisition”
Nov 06, 2019
From Rubble-filled Brownfield To Woonasquatucket Adventure Park
Oct 30, 2019
ReSeeding The City: Ethnobotony In The Urban
Oct 24, 2019
Tovey’s “Urban Runway” Leads RI Philharmonic Concerts This Weekend
Oct 17, 2019
Hill House Haunting Comes To Woonsocket
Oct 09, 2019
“Unpolished Legacies” – Artists Interpret What Gorham Left Behind
Oct 02, 2019
Explore Hidden Sites In Pawtucket And Central Falls
Sep 25, 2019
Mabel Artist Residency at Norman Bird Sanctuary
Sep 19, 2019
Taylor Mac Brings Music History Spectacle To The Vets
Sep 11, 2019
Dragon Boat Festival On The Pawtucket River
Sep 04, 2019
Wrap Up Summer With Rhythm & Roots
Aug 28, 2019
NecronomiCon Providence: Four Days of Weird Fiction
Aug 21, 2019
Spirit Family Reunion & Wicked Cool Places In New Bedford
Aug 14, 2019
“Escape From Jollyworld” From AS220 Youth
Aug 08, 2019
A Portrait Of Federal Hill From A ‘Reluctant Landlady’
Jul 31, 2019
Fringe PVD Preview And The Origin Of Summer Reading
Jul 25, 2019
South Coast Artists Open Studios Tour
Jul 18, 2019
The Moon Shines Bright At WaterFire Arts Center
Jul 10, 2019
Artscape: New Bedford Folk Festival Preview
Jul 04, 2019
Artscape: Bristol Art Museum Controversy
Jun 26, 2019
Artscape: Salve Regina University’s Creative Writing MFA Program
Jun 19, 2019
Artscape: Night’s People From Mixed Magic Theatre
Jun 12, 2019
Artscape: PVDFest Preview
Jun 05, 2019
Artscape: The Origins Of The Summer Beach Read
May 29, 2019
Artscape: Gorham Silver At The RISD Museum
May 23, 2019
Artscape: What Type Of Book Gets A Tax Break?
May 15, 2019
Artscape – NEA Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter
May 08, 2019
Artscape – Slavery’s Hinterlands Symposium
May 02, 2019