Veterans Memorial Auditorium

ICON7 The Illustration Conference

Tara Edwards — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:07:59 +0000

Main Stage Keynote by Lynda Barry with a very special surprise guest who “created the longest-running animated series on television.”

Lynda Barry is the inimitable creator behind the seminal comic strip “Ernie Pook’s Comeek” that was syndicated across North America in alternative weeklies for two decades, featuring the incomparable Marlys and Freddy, as well as the books “One! Hundred! Demons!, The! Greatest! of! Marlys!,” “Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel,” “Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies!,” and “The Good Times are Killing Me.”

WBFF New England Fitness Weekend: Finals

Tara Edwards — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:51:25 +0000

WBFF New England Fitness Weekend offers the Best of the Best in Natural Bodybuilding, Muscle Men, Figure, Bikini Diva, Diva Fitness Model, Male Fitness Model, as they compete for the richest title in our sport earning “Pro Status”.

The WBFF New England Fitness Weekend provides all athletes a chance to shine! With a consistently sold-out audiences, national exposure and production standards designed to make every contestant feel like a star, the WBFF New England Fitness Weekend is like no other event you will ever witness!

WBFF New England Fitness Weekend: Preliminaries

Tara Edwards — Sat, 05 May 2012 21:45:49 +0000

An Evening with Amy Grant

Tara Edwards — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:36:06 +0000

Amy Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality, and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as “The Queen Of Christian Pop.” As of 2009, Grant remains the best-selling contemporary Christian music singer ever, having sold over 30 million units worldwide.

Willie Nelson & Family

Tara Edwards — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:49:14 +0000

Willie Nelson & Family Live in Concert!

American icon and country music legend Willie Nelson is bringing his songwriting mastery on the road again and his tour will visit Providence on May 15th! An expert performer with a relaxed and poignant style, Willie Nelson’s outlaw charm and humor have won him fans for more than fifty years. One of the most recognized artists in country music, Willie Nelson is a singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor, activist and is one of the leading figures in the outlaw country music scene today.

Death Cab for Cutie with The Magik*Magik Orchestra

Tara Edwards — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:37:13 +0000

Presented by WBRU and Heartbreak LLC

The one-of-a-kind spring trek of intimate venues and historic theaters will see Death Cab For Cutie accompanied on stage by members of San Francisco’s celebrated Magik*Magik Orchestra. The orchestral group previously teamed with Death Cab for Cutie for their recent installment of VH1 Storytellers as well as doing all of the string arrangements on the band’s most current release Codes and Keys.
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Human Nature The Motown Show

Tara Edwards — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:39:34 +0000

Presented by Smokey Robinson

The chart-topping male quartet is embarking on its first U.S. tour this spring. “Human Nature: The Motown Show presented by Smokey Robinson” is a spectacular evening of entertainment, featuring Motown hits that leave audiences young and old dancing in the aisles and cheering for more. Paying tribute to the Motown sound, Human Nature’s distinctive versions of these ever-popular favorites represent everything audiences love about the songs, performed and arranged by four supremely talented young men who sing and dance their way through the Motown hit list.

Beethoven’s 9th: A Joyful Tribute to President Ruth J. Simmons

Tara Edwards — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:14:45 +0000

The Brown University Chorus and Orchestra join together with the Providence College Festival Chorus to perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. This event is a farewell tribute to Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons. Professor David Josephson will give a pre-concert lecture at 7 p.m. Other works by Verdi, Brahms and Bruckner will be performed.

For more information: brown.edu/music

A limited number of premium seats will be sold at $100 to benefit Community MusicWorks and include a post-concert champagne reception with President Simmons.

ACDA Presents: Insalata I Fagiolini

Tara Edwards — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:14:50 +0000

In the first half, Monteverdi’s most powerful miniatures for the virtuoso court at Mantua, followed by Poulenc’s sensual ‘Sept Chansons’ which he wrote after working on music of the Italian master. An actual ‘ensalada’, a staged and Monty Pythonesque drama from the court of Valencia leads to Berio’s take on 16th century street cries written for The Kings Singers and some lighter works to close. I Fagiolini is a 2011 Gramophone Award Winner in Early Music and the only early music ensemble ever to be awarded the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Ensemble Prize.

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ACDA Presents: Requiem- Giuseppe Verdi

Tara Edwards — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:50:02 +0000

ACDA Eastern Division Conference

Limited seats available for the performance of this grand masterwork, with full orchestra, chorus and soloists and directed by nationally known conductor Ann Howard Jones. Part of the American Choral Directors Conference.
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