Category Archives: Arts
Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame announces newest inductees
Throwing Muses, one of the 2017 inductees into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame. (File- promotional image) PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame has announced its newest induct...
Feb 19, 2017
First wave of artists announced for 2017 Newport Jazz Festival
Lionel Loueke and Dave Holland at Newport Jazz Festival 2016. Photo by Steve Klamkin, WPRO News WPRO News Newport Jazz Festival Founder and producer George Wein and Artistic Director Christian ...
Jan 18, 2017
Newport Art Museum gets nearly $5M from anonymous donor
Photo via Newport Art Museum NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - The Newport Art Museum has received a donation of nearly $5 million - the largest gift in the century-old museum’s history. Museum Executive Dir...
Jan 04, 2017
Actress and author Carrie Fisher dies at age 60
(AP Photo/Jerry Mosey) SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actress Carrie Fisher, who found enduring fame as Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars,” has died. She wa...
Dec 27, 2016
Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam, Yes to be inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Pearl Jam performs at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on Saturday, June 11, 2016, in Manchester, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP) DAVID BAUDER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) - The late rapper...
Dec 20, 2016
Rhode Island’s Billy Gilman talks post “The Voice” with Tara Granahan
After the dry ice fades and the last note is sung on “The Voice”, what’s next for RI’s Billy Gilman? He tells WPRO’s Tara Granahan there’s a lot in the works since ...
Dec 19, 2016
“Gentleman’s Guide” at PPAC is a thrill
By Kimberly Harper It's too bad that "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" is only running through the weekend at PPAC, because if you miss it, you'll be sorry - it's like nothing you've ever seen ...
Dec 08, 2016
Rhode Island’s Billy Gilman to appear on tonight’s “Top 8” episode of “The Voice”
Billy Gilman with WPRO’s Tara Granahan Richmond resident Billy Gilman has advanced to the “Top 8” finalist round on the NBC talent competition “The Voice.” The episode ai...
Dec 05, 2016
“American Buffalo” at the Gamm is a Home Run
By Kimberly Harper The Gamm Theater continues its season with the David Mamet classic "American Buffalo," and, under the direction of Tyler Dobrowski, brings the controversial and crackling examinatio...
Nov 27, 2016
Review: In Paz’s ‘Bleed for This,’ a comeback times two
(Left to right) Ciaran Hinds, Miles Teller and Aaron Eckhart in BLEED FOR THIS.Photo credit: Seacia Pavao / Distributor: Open Road Films JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer A melee has broken out in the boxing...
Nov 17, 2016
