By Kim Kalunian, WPRO Arts and Entertainment
Rhode Island always has plenty to offer, from theater and music to food and museums. Check out my picks for the best things to do around the state this weekend.
GASPEE DAYS
The Annual Gaspee Days celebration is this weekend, with events happening all weekend on the red, white and blue-striped Narragansett Parkway. The Annual Gaspee Days Parade takes place Saturday morning at 10 a.m., with fireworks at dusk. The colonial encampment runs throughout the weekend, and the weekend will culminate with the burning of the Gaspee in Pawtuxet Park Cove. A full schedule of events can be found here.
HISTORIC HOMES
The Benjamin Bliven House. Photo by Rob Kesack.
Ever wonder what the inside of some of Providence’s oldest homes look like? Take a peek during the Providence Preservation society’s Festival of Historic Houses, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Step inside the Greek Revival Burgess-Nightingale House, the Stephen O. Metcalf Carriage House, the First Church of Christ Scientist and more. Details here.
ART FESTIVAL
The Garden City Center Art Festival this weekend will feature artisans, food, live music and strolling entertainment. The festival is free and runs Saturday and Sunday at Garden City in Cranston from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. More info here.
THEATER
The Little Sisters of Hoboken in Theatre by the Sea’s production of NUNSENSE. Photo by Steven Richard Photography
Theatre by the Sea in Matunuck kicks off their summer season with their zany production of “Nunsense.” Check out the hilarious musical and pay a visit to the delicious Bistro by the Sea, located right on the theatre’s beautiful seaside grounds. Tickets and info available here.
The Gamm Theatre continues their dark comedy, “The Beauty Queen of Leenane.” The performances are superb and the story is enthralling, but be warned: this play is not for children or squeamish adults. Click here for more info and tickets.
Over at Trinity Rep, two “twin” plays, “House” and “Garden” are underway. The plays are separate, the theaters are separate, but the casts are the same. How will they do it? You’ll have to see for yourself.
Epic Theater Company opens their production of “Alice in Wonderland,” set in an insane asylum. The play closes June 8 at the Hope Artiste Village in Pawtucket. Click here for information and tickets.
The Wilbury Theatre group also opens their production of “The Threepenny Opera” this weekend. Wilbury’s new home is the Southside Cultural Center, inside the Trinity Church on Broad Street in Providence – it’s where Trinity Repertory started! The musical closes June 8. Click here for show times and tickets.
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Kim Kalunian
