Providence Area One night only.

Jazz music like

Providence
A major new exhibit celebrat-
ing the power of children’s play. Greg Abate jazz saxophonist,
Fun Family Events Kids will experiment, explore, flutist, composer, Dan Moretti,
& Unique things to do invent, imagine and, of course, Nu-Jazz/Funk and Marcelle
play as they investigate air, light, Gauvin, Jazz Vocalist. 7:30 pm.
magnets, motion and sound. The $21, 16. Stadium Theatre Per-
message? Play is powerful! forming Arts Centre, 28 Monu-
Active, imaginative play hap- ment Square, Main St., Woon-
pens throughout the Children’s socket. 401-762-4545 www.
Museum, but Play Power is about [Link]
calendar . . .
play. This vibrant new learning
environment will engage kids and (Sun. 11/2) Roland Comtois:
grown-ups in creative activities Spiritual Medium
that vividly illustrate the impor- To benefit the Nick O’Neill
tance of open-ended play. Open Scholarship Fund. A compelling
Tue-Sun & Mon school holidays, speaker, accomplished medium
9am-6pm & selected Fridays til and inspirational teacher, Roland
8pm. Admission $7.50. Provi- has captivated audiences world-
dence Children’s Museum,100 wide with his uncanny ability to
South St, Providence.401-273- connect with the spiritual realm,
KIDS [Link]. sharing personalized messages
that have the power to heal the
(Sat. 11/1) An Evening with soul. 2pm. $26. Stadium The-
Dolly Parton atre Performing Arts Centre,
With a 40+ year career of sing- 28 Monument Square, Main
ing, writing, acting, and giv- St., Woonsocket. 401-762-4545
ing, PPAC is pleased to present [Link]
DOLLY PARTON in her PPAC
debut as our special guest at this ( Mon. 11/3) So You Think You
year’s Annual Gala. The black- Can Dance Live Tour
tie preferred post-performance
reception will include live music
and hors d’oeuvres and dessert
stations from some of the fin-
est restaurants in Rhode Island,
amid the spectacular atmosphere See your favorite stars perform
of the beautifully restored Grand hit routines from the TV show
Lobby. 7:30pm $128, $98, $78, as well as original pieces created
$68. Providence Performing Arts just for the tour. Finalists partici-
Center (PPAC), 220 Weybosset pating include Chelsie H, Com-
St., Providence. 401-421-2997 fort, Courtney G, Katee, Khering-
[Link] ton, Gev, Joshua, Mark, Twitch
and Will. 7:30pm. $54.50, $45.
(Sat. 11/1) Greg Abate: $35. [Link].
Master of BeBop and Jazz com
 (Mon. 11/3-Mon. 11/17) Up (Thu. 11/6) New Kids On (Fri 11/7 and Sun. 11/9)
CLOSE on HOPE, Program I The Block Dominick Argento’s Jonah and
This award-winning program of- Recording their first album since the Whale
fers dance so close you can touch 1994, NKOTB will be highlight- A new telling of the Jonah story
it and the chance to meet the ing some singles off their new by a Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-
dancers and the choreographers. album, Summertime, including winning American composer,
November 3,10, & 17, 7:30 “Click, Click, Click” and “Sum- presented with the Boston Mod-
pm, November 4, & 11 at 6:00 mertime”. The band will also ern Orchestra Project at the First-
pm. $40 includes wine and hors highlight some of their top ten WorksProv Festival. Combines
d’oeuvres at intermission. Festi- favorites “Step By Step”, “Han- 14th-century English poetry, sea
val Ballet Providence, 825 Hope gin’ Tough” and “You Got It (The chanteys and work songs — re-
Street Providence 401-353-1129 Right Stuff)”. With special guest sulting in an engaging, dramatic
[Link] Natasha Bedingfield! 7:30pm. cantata for chorus, chamber
$77, $57, $37. dunkindonutscen- ensemble, narrator and soloists.
(Wed. 11/5) Taste of the [Link] Providence Singers, 372 Wayland
Hill Ave., Providence 401-751-5700
An annual fundraising event to (Fri. 11/7) Get The Led Out [Link]
benefit the Federal Hill House - The American Led Zeppelin
Association. The Taste of the Hill From the bombastic and epic, to (Sat. 11/8) Beer Show
Event features entertainment, the folky and mystical, Get The 15th Great International Beer
silent and live auctions and food Led Out has captured the essence Festival and the 12th Interna-
& wine sampling from Federal of the recorded music of Led tional Beer Competition. The
Hill area restaurants. 6 pm - 10 Zeppelin and brought it to the Competition in November 2007
pm $40. Roger Williams Park big concert stage. The Philadel- represented 220 entries both
Botanical Center 1000 Elmwood phia-based group consists of six domestics and international,
Avenue, Providence. 401-421- accomplished musicians intent crafts and macros. 1 pm-4:30 pm
4722 fhh@[Link] on delivering Led Zeppelin’s stu- and 2nd Show: 6:30pm-10 pm.
dio recordings with all the bells Rhode Island Convention Center,
(Thu. 11/6--Dec) An Ideal and whistles. 8pm. $36, 31, 26. 1 Sabin St., Providence. 401-
Husband by Oscar Wilde Stadium Theatre Performing Arts 458-6000 [Link]
Sir Robert Chiltern, a rising star Centre, 28 Monument Square,
of turn-of-the-century British Main St., Woonsocket. 401-762- (Sat. 11/8) MOMIX
politics and a pillar of virtue, is 4545 [Link] Is it illusion or reality? With
the ideal husband for the charm- spectacle that defies gravity,
ing Lady Chiltern. But when the (Fri. 11/7- Sat. 11/8) Colo- MOMIX makes you gaze in awe
enchanting and conniving Mrs. nial Dinner—From the Presi- and wonder as its movement-
Cheveley threatens to reveal a dent’s Table magicians fool the naked eye
dark secret from Sir Chiltern’s Candlelit Colonial meal served using light, shadow, humor and
past, a brewing scandal threat- by costumed volunteers. This the human body. Marvel at the
ens to destroy both his career year the menu will be derived very best of MOMIX, a company
and marriage. An Ideal Husband from favorite recipes of our for- that, after 20 years, continues to
is a timely look at the clash of mer presidents, including soup, capture the imagination of audi-
money, power and ethics through salad, our special entree, and cof- ences worldwide with luminous
the lens of a quick-witted, sus- fee and dessert. $25 per person, fantasy and theatrical brilliance.
pense-filled melodrama. Gamm reservations required. 6:30pm. 8pm $28, $38, $48. Providence
Theatre. 172 Exchange St., Smith Appleby House Museum, Performing Arts Center (PPAC),
Pawtucket. 401-723-4268 www. 220 Stillwater Rd. Smithfield. 220 Weybosset St., Providence.
[Link] 401-231-7363 [Link]- 401-421-2997 [Link]
[Link]
 (Sat. 11/8 thru Jan.) Woon- Overcoming Adversity to Real- lic. They even get to play an ac-
socket Now and Again ize YOUR Day One. This event tual game of bingo! More laughs
An exhibit comparing and con- will also include a meet and than “Late Nite Catechism”.
trasting the city of Woonsocket greet/photo op. 11:30am-2pm. Includes buffet dinner. 6:30pm.
“then and now.” Exhibit features luncheon at 12. Westin Hotel, $36. Stadium Theatre Perform-
paintings and digital photographs 1 West Exchange, Providence. ing Arts Centre, 28 Monument
by Riverzedge students based 401- 421-4100 x 108 [Link]- Square, Main St. , Woonsocket.
on their research of the city’s [Link] 401-762-4545 [Link]-
history, and representing their [Link]
interpretation of the city’s chang- (Fri. 11/14) In The Mood: A
es. Museum of Work & Culture, 1940’s Musical (Sun. 11/16) George Win-
42 South Main St., Woonsocket. 1940’s Big Band Theatrical ston
401-769-9675 [Link] Swing Dance Revue with the
music of Glenn Miller, Tommy
(Tue. 11/11) Phil Ochs Song Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny
Night Goodman, Harry James, Erskine
Commemorates his life and mu- Hawkins, The Andrews Sisters,
sic while also highlighting new Frank Sinatra, and other greats
talents making music in the spirit of the 1940’s. The show’s mu-
that Phil made his music. Stone sic arrangements, costumes and
Soup Coffee House, St. Paul’s choreography are as authentic as A solo piano concert that consists
Episcopal Church, 50 Park Place, it gets. 2pm, 7:30 pm. $39.50, of pieces from his melodic sea-
Pawtucket. 401-457-7147 www. 34.50, 29.50. Stadium Theatre sonal recordings, Vince Guaral-
[Link] Performing Arts Centre, 28 di’s Peanuts pieces, New Orleans
Monument Square, Main St., R&B piano, stride piano, and
(Wed. 11/12) Coffee Concert Woonsocket. 401-762-4545 more, including pieces from his
with Jack Cook at the Organ [Link] latest CD, Gulf Coast Blues and
Enjoy a cup of coffee and pastry Impressions–A Hurricane Relief
while Jack Cook plays on the (Fri 11/14-Sun. 11/30) The benefit. Please support our local
Mighty Wurlitzer Organ. Jack Miracle Worker food bank by bringing a donation
will be joined by talented singers William Gibson’s drama that of canned food. 2pm. $36, 31, 26.
for your entertainment! 10 am. portrays the relationship between Stadium Theatre Performing Arts
$8. Stadium Theatre Perform- Helen Keller — a deaf, blind and Centre, 28 Monument Square,
ing Arts Centre, 28 Monument almost feral child — and Anne Main St., Woonsocket. 401-762-
Square, Main St., Woonsocket. Sullivan, the teacher who intro- 4545 [Link]
401-762-4545 [Link]- duced her to education, activ-
[Link] ism, and international celebrity. (Thu. 11/20) Gallery Night
Thu–Sat: 8pm, Sun. 3pm. $25. Twenty-one of the city’s hot “art
(Thu. 11/13) Day One 35th 2nd Story Theatre, 28 Market spots” open their doors, inviting
Anniversary Celebrity Lun- St., Warren. 401-247-4200 you to a visual arts party. Down-
cheon [Link] town galleries include the Bank
Day One, The Sexual Assault & RI Gallery, One Turks Head
Trauma Resource Center, cele- (Sat. 11/15) Father Misgiv- Place; Chapel Gallery & Laby-
brates 35 years of hard work and ings Comedy Dinner Cabaret rinth, 134 Mathewson Street;
dedication. The celebrity speaker Radio personality Dave Kane Copacetic Rudely Elegant Jew-
will be Mariska Hargitay, Detec- plays a quick-witted, Irish Catho- elry, 65 Weybosset; the Gallery
tive Olivia Benson on “Law and lic priest who regales the audi- at 17 Peck; Providence Public
Order: Special Victims Unit.” ence with anecdotes, jokes and Library, 150 Empire Street; Sol
The discussion will be based on one-liners on growing up Catho- Koffler Graduate Student Gal-
lery, RISD, 169 Weybosset; and animals enjoy special enrichment spectacular with big Bnd swing.
URI Feinstein Campus Gallery, treats. the Zoo will be collecting 7:30pm. $19, $16. Stadium
80 Washington Street. Art Buses donations of new or gently used Theatre Performing Arts Cen-
available from 5-8:40pm. Free. coats to donate to those in need. tre, 28 Monument Square, Main
[Link] 10 am–2 pm. Roger Williams St., Woonsocket. 401-762-4545
Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Av- [Link]
(Fri. 11/21) Loretta La- enue. Providence. 401-785-3510
Roche: All Stressed Up & No [Link] (Sat. 11/29) 2nd Annual
Place To Go Breakfast with Santa
Loretta is an international stress (Fri. 11/28) The Polar Ex- Celebrate the holiday season in
management and humor consul- press wild style! Meet the Jolly Old
tant whose wit, and irreverent hu- Elf himself and enjoy a hearty
mor, has, for over 30 years raised breakfast buffet as well as a va-
the humor potential in all of us. riety of holiday and zoo-themed
Her books include , Relax: You activities for the whole family. A
May Only Have a Few Minutes photo with Santa is also included.
Left, Life is Not a Stress Re- Tickets must be purchased in
hearsal and, Life Is Short- Wear advance. 10 am–2:00 pm. Roger
Your Party Pants, Squeeze the Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elm-
Day and her latest book Kick Up wood [Link]. 401-
Heels Before You’re Too Short to Santa Claus does not exist. Or 785-3510 [Link]-
Wear Them. 8pm. $36, $31, $26. does he? For one doubting boy [Link]
Stadium Theatre Performing Arts (voice of Daryl Sabara and Tom
Centre, 28 Monument Square, Hanks), an astonishing event
Main St., Woonsocket. 401-762- occurs. Late on Christmas Eve
4545 [Link] night, he lies in bed hoping to
hear the sound of reindeer bells
(Fri. 11/21) The 4 Freshmen from Santa’s sleigh. When to his
For the past 60 years, this world surprise, a steam engine’s roar
renowned group has been a and whistle can be heard out-
sellout whenever and wherever side his window. The conductor
they have performed. With their (voice of Tom Hanks) invites
unmistakable sound and vocal him on board to take an extraor-
harmonies, they are among the dinary journey to the North Pole
best young jazz talents in the with many other pajama-clad
world. $25, 12 – 1pm. proceeds children. There, he receives an
go the to the Carol Bouchard extraordinary gift only those
Memorial Scholarship Fund and who still believe in Santa can
the Apponaug Area Improvement experience. 7 pm. Free, Stadium
Association Scholarship Fund. Theatre Performing Arts Cen-
For more information or tickets tre, 28 Monument Square, Main
call RI Mentoring at 401-732- St., Woonsocket. 401-762-4545
7700 or Carol’s Country Corner [Link]
at 401-732-5651
(Sat. 11/29) Stadium Theatre
(Sun. 11/23) Thanksgiving Christmas
for the Animals Celebrate the holidays with the
Thanksgiving-themed activities, 3rd Annual Stadium Theatre
and watch as some of the zoo’s Christmas., a big musical holiday