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FirstWorks retweeted
3 May 2024
Happy 20th birthday, @FirstWorksRI! A pleasure to celebrate with you this evening, and to reflect on two decades of enriching RI’s culture and economic vitality.
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Providence's favorite outdoor arts festival is BACK! Join us September 8-10 to celebrate the Creative Capital and its artists, curators, vendors and people. With amazing headlining performances and a WaterFire spectacular, you won't want to miss it! See you there.
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FirstWorks retweeted
28 Feb 2023
Hip-hop Dance Pioneers The @WonderTwinsIntl Bring Their Moves to Providence G - link.medium.com/ifaXczpaNxb via @Medium @FirstWorksRI
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FirstWorks retweeted
23 Feb 2023
What’s going on in #RhodeIsland this week?
We’ve got squid burgers ( not just a @SpongeBob thing) pinball, @teddythompson, #Dunkin ice carving & more.
Check my @Globe_RI column for deets. 😎⚓️💯
bostonglobe.com/2023/02/23/m…
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16 Nov 2022
Montréal’s @lepatinlibre will dazzle Providence with international artistry on ice! Join FirstWorks for three free performances on Thursday, December 1 as part of the Three Nights of Lights festival.
For more information --> bit.ly/3X182KR
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15 Nov 2022
Over 100 high school students from Pawtucket & Providence experienced multi-modal learning through an in-school master class & lecture-demonstration led by @BTJAZCo members. Students & their teachers expressed deep appreciation for having this opportunity.
14 Nov 2022
ICYMI: @BTJAZCo's residency, co-presented with Brown Arts Institute
Over 250 audience members stayed on after Friday's performance of "What Problem?" for a deep Artist-Up Close conversation which continued on Saturday morning at a Town Hall and brunch.
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14 Nov 2022
The brunch had Bill T. Jones, Janet Wong & our @BAIBrownU partners at Brown University's Granoff Center for the Creative & Visual Arts. Audience members expressed their feelings & perceptions towards the performance, speaking on subjects like race, poverty, & arts within schools.
10 Nov 2022
We are still in awe over this night... Over 1,000 audience members experienced this moving performance featuring spoken word, powerful vocals and dance. Our 26 community participants joined @BTJAZCo to help frame the question: "What Problem?"
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10 Nov 2022
Here are some amazing photos from the performance last Friday at @TheVetsRI, co-presented with @BAIBrownU.
Photo credit: Erin X. Smithers
7 Nov 2022
"The struggle is to define what the problem is – & to allow the questions to have big, destabilizing, & more honest answers." @BTJAZCo & our community participants put on an amazing performance 11/4 at @TheVetsRI. Read Debra Cash's review in @theartsfuse bit.ly/3E6wJNp
FirstWorks retweeted
3 Nov 2022
The @@BTJAZCo is performing on Friday night at The Vets, as part of a residency produced by @FirstWorksRI and the @BAIBrownU. We'll also hear from four artists who share their perspectives on the midterm election.
More from James Baumgartner here - thepublicsradio.org/episode/…
ALT A black man stands in the center of the image with his arms raised. A spotlight is shining on him. He is dancing and is surrounded by other dancers. Text in the bottom left reads "Artscape: "What Problem?" explores isolation and community through movement at the Vets"
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3 Nov 2022
Listen to FirstWorks' Kathleen Pletcher's interview with Artscape's James Baumgartner on @ThePublicsRadio ahead of the collaborative and moving performance of "What Problem?" by @BTJAZCo happening tomorrow, 11/4 @TheVetsRI.
thepublicsradio.org/episode/…
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3 Nov 2022
Bringing opportunities like this to RI students is FirstWorks Arts Education in action! We hope you will join us to see three students from JMW School join over 20 local community members to perform with @BTJAZCo tomorrow @TheVetsRI! Visit firstworks.org for info & tix
2 Nov 2022
Thank you to @FirstWorksRI for bringing our 10-12th grade dancers an incredible master class with the @BTJAZCo ! We are also thrilled to share that 3 of our students will be dancing with the company as ensemble members at the show at Vets on Friday night!
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1 Nov 2022
Join director & choreographer Bill T. Jones & Janet Wong, Associate Artistic Director of @BTJAZCo as they discuss the company’s latest work, “What Problem?” & their collaboration w/ 26 local community participants for this Friday's Providence performance of the work at @TheVetsRI
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1 Nov 2022
The Town Hall conversation and brunch is happening at the Granoff Center for the Arts – Martinos Auditorium, @BrownUniversity on 11/5. This is a FREE event, but reservations are required. Please RSVP here --> firstworks.org/event/bill-t-…
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31 Oct 2022
FirstWorks & @BAIBrownU bring to you "What Problem?" by two-time Tony Award winner @BTJAZCo this Friday 11/4 @TheVetsRI. We're thrilled to have the company in residence this week rehearsing with 26 community participants & leading educational events.
🎟 bit.ly/3fqs93V
28 Oct 2022
@BAIBrownU & FirstWorks co-host a Creative Conversation exploring the humanist themes of @BTJAZCo's “What Problem?” as one of a constellation of events surrounding the live performance of the work in Providence, Rhode Island by the company and 26 local community members.
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28 Oct 2022
Facilitated by Avery Willis Hoffman, Artistic Director of the Brown Arts Institute & Kathleen Pletcher, Executive Artistic Director of FirstWorks; panelists include Lisa Biggs, David Henry and Stéphanie Larrieux.
Listen to the conversation here --> firstworks.org/creative-conv…
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28 Oct 2022
This conversation was made possible in part by a grant from Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.
27 Oct 2022
#ThrowbackThursday: FirstWorks' very own Kathleen Pletcher (Executive Artistic Director) had a chance to sit down with @BTJAZCo in 2012 & discuss Story/Time – a performance that featured dance and spoken word.
Watch the interview here: youtube.com/watch?v=vcMp51_O…
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27 Oct 2022
Don't miss his return to Providence on 11/4 at @TheVetsRI with Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company performing "What Problem?" Tickets --> firstworks.org/event/bill-t-…