Saut Volant

Kenn Speiser is going to be
a ‘Gallery Night guide’ on
Thursday, August 21. He
will be conducting a walking
tour of Providence’s famous
and obscure art treasures.

Saut Volant or Flying Jump,
is created by a technique he
has been developing over the
past 10 years and is the
featured work of art for
August, 2008 AIDS Care
Ocean State calendar. More
of Kenn’s prints can be seen
at www.rustprints.com.
“Saut Volant” 13” x 20”
Rust Monoprint
Kenn Speiser BELOW>

9th Annual
Charlie McGraw and
Friends Boat Cruise

Sunday August 24 at 6pm
on the Bay Queen.
$40 per ticket includes
dinner and a show. Your
Hostesses are Kitty Litter
and Jackie Collins with the
best Rhode Island Talent to
entertain you after dinner!

To purchase your tickets go
to www.AIDScareos.org
All proceeds to benefit RI
Pride, Kathy’s Group, and
AIDS Care Ocean State.

URI Summer Music Festival LIVE

University of Rhode Island marine outreach scientists will offer a free beachcombing program for children at Jamestown’s Fort Getty on July 19 and August 16.

Explore South Ferry history with a free walking tour on July 23 and August 6. The 20th Anniversary Kingston Music Festival at the University of Rhode Island will be held July 22– August 1. The URI Summer Gardening School continues, with sessions on July 29, August 5, and August 19. The informal class meetings run from 6–7:30pm and are $15 per session.

At the Ryan Center: Tickets are now on sale for the following concerts and performances coming up this fall–Carrie Underwood, Jeff Dunham, and Playhouse Disney Live! More...

New Artistic Director Named for the PGMC’S Upcoming Season

The Providence Gay Men’s Chorus (PGMC) is excited to announce the appointment of Teresa Coffman as its new Artistic Director. Dr. Coffman is Associate Professor of Music at Rhode Island College where she currently oversees the choral program, conducts the Concert Chorus, Chamber Singers, and Women’s Chorus, and teaches applied voice lessons. She has over 25 years of experience leading university and community choruses across the country, including in Arkansas, Michigan, Texas, and RI.

Dr. Coffman expresses, “We’ve got an exciting year of song ahead of us and hope that even more singers and volunteers join us in our work of ‘Harmonizing Diversity in Song.’”

Open rehearsals for the 2008-09 season will be held at Beneficent Church (300 Weybosset Street, Prov.) on August 18th and August 25, 7–8:30pm.

Melissa Did Newport

The setting was intimate, the atmosphere relaxed and easy yet teeming with excitement. Melissa Etheridge treated the audience, of nearly 2,000 at the Newport Yachting Center, to her songwriter’s journey through life, loves, cancer, and beyond. From her classics like Somebody Bring me Some Water and Come to My Window to her newest inspirations Message to Myself and the Oscarwinning I Need to Wake Up (featured in the documentary An Inconvenient Truth), there was something for everyone to enjoy, relate and sing along to. The near capacity crowd rose quickly to their feet dancing in the aisles and offering riotous applause. The fun never ended throughout the two hour show filled with Melissa’s signature rock-nroll style and energy.