Festival Ballet Providence kicks off a two-week run of performances of a program called "Emergence."

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High school art classes have had their own set of challenges during the pandemic. One Providence after-school program has come up with a creative solution to keep kids engaged in self-expression.

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For the past five summers, Providence has hosted PVD Fest, a multi-day street festival that fills the city with crowds watching performers from all over the world - musicians, dancers and even acrobats suspended in the air. All of that was cancelled this year.

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For years, WaterFire has been a regular ritual celebrating downtown Providence, a symbol of the city’s rebirth after decades of decline. In the pandemic, it’s also become a way of memorializing those who have died of COVID-19, through an installation called The Beacon of Hope. Artscape producer James Baumgartner talked with WaterFire’s Executive Artistic Director Barnaby Evans.

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In the aftermath of looting last week, plywood windows in downtown Providence began to turn into art. A group of people gathered at the corner of Eddy and Fountain streets earlier this week to admire the impromptu outdoor gallery. The Public’s Radio Artscape producer James Baumgartner was there.

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How can you practice theater when you can’t be in the same room? How do you make art together when you can’t share a space? How do you have a violin lesson over a Zoom call? Three after-school arts groups in Providence are finding creative answers to those questions.

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The New Bedford Whaling Museum has repurposed its website to provide a 'museum from home' experience. But there's far more than what you would see if you could visit the museum right now.

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