The Pawtucket Arts Festival rolls out its second week of spectacular events!
Come and join the fun
The Importance of Being Earnest
Written by Oscar Wilde, Directed by Fred Sullivan, Jr.
The GAMM
172 Exchange Street, Pawtucket
Thursday, September 14 – Saturday, October 14
7 – 9 PM
Tickets: $23, $34, $42
Get $10 off when you use the code PAF
Opening night for the GAMM’s newest show – The Importance of Being Earnest – is tonight! And as a special treat for the friends of PAF, the GAMM is offering $10 off the cost of admission when you buy tickets online!
The Importance of Being Earnest is a farcical masterpiece with rapid-fire wit and eccentric characters, The Important of Being Earnest is Wilde???s last and most celebrated play. In late Victorian London, companions-in-cavorting Jack Worthing and Algernon ???Algy??? Moncrieff have fallen in love with two ladies who have their hearts set on marrying a man named Ernest. In pursuit of romance, both men concoct an elaborate deception. When Algy???s aunt, the formidable Lady Bracknell, starts sleuthing about for the truth, an outlandish surprise is revealed. Wilde???s buoyant comedy of manners will keep you anticipating a fresh twist of plot from one moment to the next.
Tickets are on sale now and are certain to sell out for this dazzling performance.
Get your tickets at: http://www.gammtheatre.org/
Four Americans in Cuba
An Opening Reception
FREE ADMISSION
Machines with Magnets Gallery
400 Main Street, Pawtucket RI 02860
Friday, September 15
5 – 9 PM
???Four Americans in Cuba??? features work from four Rhode Island Photographers who have traveled to Cuba multiple times starting in 2013. The exhibition takes a look inside, focusing on daily life, and speaks to the human condition and the pace of change. Drawing on the shared experience, this exhibition focuses on the people of Cuba and sparks a dialogue on the necessity of change and the resilience of the Cuban People. The exhibition, presented at Machines with Magnets in Pawtucket, attempts to present a more nuanced view of the current Cuba and includes a soundtrack that mixes contemporary Cuban music from musicians playing in Havana clubs and restaurants with the more iconic sounds of the Buena Vista Social Club. Opening and closing receptions and artist talks will also feature classic and prohibition-era Cuban cocktails at the bar, including the El Presidente, Adalor (the Bellini???s predecessor), La Floridita Daquiri No. 4, and Hotel Nacional.
Learn more at: http://www.machineswithmagnets.com/venue-about
Jonathan Edwards Concert
A Concert to Benefit the Samaritans of RI 40th Anniversary!
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
50 Park Place, Pawtucket
Friday, September 15
7:30 – 10 PM
Tickets: $40
The Samaritans of RI???s Forget-Me-Not Gallery welcomes singer/songwriter Jonathon Edwards to the Pawtucket Arts Festival!
Mr. Edward???s hits include ???Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy,??? ???Sometimes,??? ???One Day Closer,??? ???Don???t Cry Blue,??? ???Emma,??? ???Everybody Knows Her,??? ???Athens County,??? and everyone???s favorite ode to putting a good buzz on, ???Shanty.??? And then, of course, there???s the anthemic ???Sunshine (Go Away Today),??? that fierce proclamation of protest and independence that resonated with thousands and thousands of frustrated and angry young men and women when it was first released in 1971. Almost 40 years later, at show after show, the song continues to be embraced by faithful followers and new fans alike.
Seating is limited to 200 patrons ??? reserve your tickets now for this intimate performance
Tickets are on sale now and are certain to sell out for this dazzling performance.
Get your tickets at: www.samaritansri.org
JMW Family Arts Day
A Celebration of Pawtucket’s Teenaged Artists
FREE ADMISSION
Jacquline M Walsh School for the Arts
350 Division Street, Pawtucket
Saturday, September 16
10 AM – 3 PM
The Jacquline M Walsh School for the Arts is happy to host its first community-wide Family Arts Day as part of the Pawtucket Arts Festival.????Each school in the Pawtucket School district will organize an arts activity for everyone to enjoy!????Come and celebrate the tremendous talent of Pawtucket’s teenage artists as they create masterpieces with face painting, chalk art, tape art, sand art, cake decorating, tile painting, and more.????In addition, each school will showcase their talented musicians with live entertainment.????Come and enjoy the fun!
Learn more at: https://pawtucketartsfestival.org/2017-events/
RHD-RI
‘Out There Art Fair’
An exhibition and art sale of the work of RHD-RI artists.
FREE ADMISSION
24 Commerce Street
Saturday, September 16
10 AM – 4 PM
RHD-RI proudly presents The 3nd Annual Rhode Island Outsider Art Fair: ???The OUT THERE Art Fair??? in conjunction with the 19h Annual Pawtucket Arts Festival.
RHD-RI is an arts based non-profit located in downtown Pawtucket that works with artists and musicians with disabilities in order to promote them and their creations and to raise public awareness of their diverse skills and voices.
In conjunction with the 19th Annual Pawtucket Arts Festival, RHD-RI will be hosting the 3nd Annual Rhode Island Outsider Art Fair: ???The Out There Art Fair,??? showcasing the work of a neurodiverse and largely self taught group of nationally and internationally shown and recognized artists, many of whom have been featured at such prestigious events and locations as the INTUIT Art Fair in Chicago, the St. Louis Outsider Art Fair, the New York Outsider Art Fair and the Museum of Everything.
The Fair will include art by members of local studio programs like Pawtucket???s RHD-RI and Flying Shuttles, Jamestown???s Out of the Box Studios, Cranston???s Artist Exchange, Newport???s Studio 57 & Downtown Designs, and Top Drawer of Warren, as well as individual artists, galleries and programs from all over New England and beyond!
This indoor event is free and open to the public. Rain or shine.
Learn more at: http://rhdri.org/
Drums for One and All
A Drumming Workshop at the REVEL Factory
FREE ADMISSION
The REVEL FACTORY
249 Roosevelt Ave, Pawtucket
Saturday, September 16
1:30 – 2:30 PM
Drums for One and All will be hosting a drumming workshop at the REVEL Factory space as a part of the kick off of REVEL Factory Programming.????Learn the basics of drumming so that you can come back on September 22nd for an open Drum circle!
Learn more at: https://pawtucketartsfestival.org/2017-events/
PawSox Food Truck and
Craft Beer Festival
The First-Ever Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival on the Field!
McCoy Stadium
1 Columbus Ave, Pawtucket
Saturday, September 16
6 – 10 PM
Tickets: $30, $20, $15
Join the PawSox at McCoy at the first-ever food truck and craft beer festival on the field!
There will be food trucks and craft beer breweries lined up along the warning track for fans to enjoy, with live music and old school hip-hop music videos on the center field video board.
Join the PawSox as we say cheers to the summer on the field for food trucks and craft beer festivities!
Learn more at: www.pawsox.com
Community Hero ‘Art Walk’
The First of a Series of Urban Walking Paths and Community Arts Murals
FREE ADMISSION
Hope Artiste Village
999 Main Street
Sunday, September 17
12 – 3 PM
As part of this year’s Pawtucket Arts Festival, the City of Pawtucket is launching the first of a series of urban walking paths – The “Baldwin Loop.” Activities will take place at Elizabeth Baldwin Elementary School, Ama???s Market, Woodlawn Community Center, and the surrounding neighborhood. Come join the fun, enter into a community super hero costume contest, and strut your stuff around the “Baldwin Loop,” a 2-mile walking path.
Family-friendly activities and attractions include:
- Ribbon cutting for the path??
- Free Arts & Crafts activities
- Unveiling of The Empowerment Factory community art murals installed at Ama???s Market.
- Batman will be there with his Bat Mobile, the Pawtucket Police, Paws from the Paw Sox and other local heroes.
- Super Hero selfie photo booth. Participants are encouraged to dress their pets in capes and masks, too. A prize basket valued at over $100 to the winner of our super hero photo contest.
- Goodie bags will be given to the first 50 people to walk the path.
Learn more at:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-hero-art-walk-baldwin-loop-part-of-the-pawtucket-arts-festival-tickets-37387113864