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When it comes to Providence, there's no shortage of events.  You'll find a full calendar all year long in the capital city. From historic tours to Waterfire, performing arts to food festival and everything in between, there are events for every season.

 

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Wednesday Feb 22, 2012

Fortune Wednesdays

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: Pearl Restaurant and Lounge
  • Address: 393 Charles Street, Providence, RI 02904
  • Venue: Pearl Restaurant and Lounge
  • Recurrence: Recurring daily

Fortune Wednesdays $20 All You Can Eat Sushi Served from 5pm - 10pm. All you can eat starters: edamame, seaweed salad, miso soup. All You Can Eat traditional roll: california, spicy tuna, shrimp tempura, philadelphia maki, salmon cucumber maki, kappa maki.

Heart and Sky

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: The Providence Institute
  • Address: 18 Imperial Place, #6A, Providence, RI 02903

Join Jeannie Zandi and friends for an evening of exploration into living from the field of presence and love. Jeannie is a revolutionary of the Heart who invites all into the Unknown, to discover the true life we are meant to live, as Love.  

Magic with Presto Pete (Newport Winter Festival)

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum
  • Address: 194 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840

As part of Winter Festival activities, Presto Pete entertains children of all ages with his escape artistry and marvelous magical skills! Included free with Museum admission.

PAPERS: Stories of Undocumented Youth

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: URI Paff Auditorium
  • Address: 80 Washington St., Providence, RI 02903

There will be a screening of the documentary "PAPERS: Stories of Undocumented Youth" at the URI Paff Auditorium. Approx. 2 million undocumented children who were born outside the US have been raised in this country. They were educated in American schools, hold American values, and known only the US as home. Yet, upon graduation from high school, they find the door to their future slammed shit. PAPERS documents their struggles...

Taste of the Flower Show Preview Party

The annual "Taste of the Flower Show" preview party offers guests the opportunity to sample fare from some of the state's finest restaurants against the backdrop of the Rhode Island Spring Flower & Garden Show before the show opens to the public. 

Paper Caper

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: Providence Children's Museum
  • Address: 100 South Street, Providence, RI 02903
  • Venue: Providence Children's Museum
  • Recurrence: Recurring daily

Kids fold and crease paper to create whirlgigs, design gliders and fashion other fabulous flying contraptions – and then send them soaring!

Youth Tennis Clinics (Newport Winter Festival)

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: Hall of Fame Tennis Club
  • Address: 194 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840
  • Recurrence: Recurring daily

There’s no better place to learn the game than at the Tennis Hall of Fame! Kids ages 5 - 10 will play USTA 10 & Under Tennis, which uses special equipment and rules to introduce kids to tennis! Ages 11 -18 will be offered an introductory clinic tailored to their skill and experience.

Newport Winter Festival

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: International Tennis Hall of Fame
  • Address: 194 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840
  • Recurrence: Recurring weekly on Wednesday, Thursday

Family activities for the whole family at the International Tennis Hall of Fame during winter school vacation! Enjoy museum scavenger hunts, Wii tennis and arts & crafts, plus guided museum tours at 11am & 2pm each day. Special events include youth tennis clinics on February 21 (2 pm – 3 pm) and February 23 (2:30 pm – 3:30 pm) and a Magic Show by Presto Pete on Wednesday, February 22 (11 am). Admission Museum admission, and all activities, including magic show: Free for ITHF ... tennisfame.com

Jeremy Deller: Manchester Tracks

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: RISD Museum, The
  • Address: 20 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02903
  • Venue: RISD Museum, The

Manchester Tracks highlights the Museum's 2011 acquisition of Deller's Shaun Ryder's Family Tree (2008), along with a selection of materials drawn from the artist's projects in and about the northwestern English city. Deller's work investigates cultural forms and historical processes, focusing on the creative ways in which social histories are made, shared, altered, and remembered. Acting as a producer, orchestrator, curator, or director of a range of projects-including films, processions, histo... risdmuseum.org/exhibitions-current.aspx

Kitchen Stories Gallery Show

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: Providence CityArts for Youth
  • Address: 891 Broad Street, Providence, RI 02907
  • Recurrence: Recurring every week day

Artwork by Providence-based immigrants and refugees explores the intersections of cooking, eating, and identity. At a recent workshop led by community artist Julie Lin, participants shared warm meals, family recipes, and memories of food and home. Their experiences inspired poignant drawing and collage, vibrant with the colors and foods of many lands. Artwork from the workshop will be on display alongside Lin’s own mixed media pieces and work done in past workshop with immigrants and refug... www.providencecityarts.org/gallery

Ice Skating at Bank of America City Center

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: Bank of America City Center
  • Address: Two Kennedy Plaza, Providence, RI 02903
  • Venue: Bank of America City Center
  • Recurrence: Recurring daily

One of New England's most popular winter destinations, the Skating Center offers a fun, family activity at an affordable price. The 14,000-square-foot skating rink is twice the size of Rockefeller Plaza's ice rink in New York City!

Three by Three in Rep

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: Trinity Repertory Company
  • Address: 201 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903
  • Venue: Trinity Repertory Company

Trinity Rep renews its commitment to presenting bold new work with a trio of world premieres from cutting-edge American playwrights. This unique event will take over the intimate Dowling stage from February-May to present three unflinching tales of family life. Subscribers can experience all three plays on their chosen night, in any order.  Sparrow Grass by Curt Columbus Directed by Brian McEleney Artistic Director Curt Columbus’ bold new adaption of Racine’s Phèdre,... www.trinityrep.com

Save The Bay Exploration Center

  • February 22, 2012
  • Address: 175 Memorial Blvd, Newport, Rhode Island

The Save The Bay Exploration Center and Aquarium is home to fourteen interactive exhibits that are chock-full with 140 seafaring species native to Narragansett Bay. Every hour, the aquarium staff hosts a number of edifying activities that lets visitors listen to tales, feed creatures, and explore nearby Easton's Beach. This month our theme is Think Green, Go Blue! Activities include an interactive story hour, craft making, critter feeding, an optional beach cleanup and games like the garbage ... www.savebay.org/Page.aspx?pid=325

Open Studio Still Life Painting Classes

  • February 22, 2012
  • Location: Permanent Magenta Studios
  • Address: 65 Devonshire St, Providence, Rhode Island

Students will learn about form, color, value and paint handling as they develop the skills necessary to visually describe objects in space. Come and work in the company of fellow painters.