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By Courtney Denelle
March March 2: Move, groove and trip the light fantastic as 94HJY welcomes PFX: The Pink Floyd Experience, live on stage at Lupo’s playing all the songs you still miraculously know by heart. Shine on, you crazy diamond! 7pm. 79 Washington Street. 331-5876, Lupos.com March 3-6, 10-13: Brown Theatre is greeting springtime with a magical flourish this season, presenting a fresh reimagining of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Stuart Theatre, steeped in mischief and merriment and sure to cast a spell. 75 Waterman Street. Brown.edu/Tickets March 4: Giddy up, gang, and enjoy a night of rowdy laughs as comedian Kristen Becker takes the stage at The Village with special guest Christina Thomas for a night of political, personal, intelligent and unwaveringly honest hilarity of the supreme variety. 8pm. 373 Richmond Street. 228-7222, TheVillageRI.com March 5, 19 & 26: May the road rise up to meet you all month long in the Guinness Tour De Patrick, a three part 5k road race series, composed of the Irish 5k, the St. Pat’s 5k and the Shamrock Shuffle 5k with routes along the streets of Pawtucket, Providence and North Kingstown, respectively. Runners can choose to enter a single race, but those who run all three can add up their times to tally their final score in this test of the Luck – and stamina – of the Irish. 9526333, TourDePatrick.com March 6: Come one, come all as the eclectic caravan of artists, makers and vintage dreamweavers known by and large as the Etsy Mill Gypsies descend on Hope Artiste Village in celebration of the local maker community. Browse, shop and meet the talent selling their wares at this unique bazaar alight with local food, music, performance artists and more. 11am-5pm. 1005 Main Street. Facebook. com/EtsyMillGypsies March 6: Calling all goddesses: Don’t miss Rhode Island Pride’s 17th Annual Goddess Show at Aurora, as the Ocean State lesbian community gathers in celebration of women in the arts and to raise money for the RI Pride organization. Featuring The Rafters, Jodi Jolt and
the Volt, comedian Jennie McNulty and more. Noon. 276 Westminster Street. PrideRI.com March 6-26: Featuring works honoring the bravery, strength and resilience of LGBTQ community, the installation Los Chicos will be lining the walls of the AS220 Project Space all month long, showcasing the work of artists Juan Jose Barboza-Gubo and Andrew Mroczek. 93 Matthewson Street. 831-9327, AS220.org March 9: For a boot stompin’ night of roiling southern rock by way of Athens, Georgia by way of Muscle Shoals, don’t miss the Drive-By Truckers on the main stage at the Columbus. 8pm. 270 Broadway. 621-9660, ColumbusTheatre.com March 9-30: Engage with your characters and with yourself through the storied lines of a letter at Epistolary Acts, a six-week course hosted by Frequency Writers Group carrying on through April. By reading and writing explicitly through correspondence, learn to challenge yourself – exploring different structures and modes of projection and expression – in your writing. 6pm. School One, 220 University Avenue. FrequencyWriters.org March 10: Spice up your life with live performances of the sweetest variety, as the Sweet Little March Show sweeps onto the Aurora stage like a lion and off like a lamb, featuring ventriloquist Virginia Dare, poet Jennifer Driscoll, Great Gale and much more. 8pm. 276 Westminster Street. AuroraProvidence.com March 10-13: For a sizable helping of community- and creativity-in-action, look no further than Work It Out: the Work and Labor Test, the culminating performance of The Manton Avenue Project’s TAG TEAM program, an after school playwriting course held at MAP’s clubhouse in Olneyville, that will showcase the collaborative work of nine young playwrights. 55 Putnam Street. 331-7007, MapWorkItOutPlay.eventbrite.com March 12: Don’t miss the fourth annual Lady Project Summit at the Vets, and join forces with more than 300 driven, entrepreneurial women for a day filled
March 19: When the going gets tough, the tough duke it out and get to rockin’. Don’t miss the WBRU Rock Hunt Finals at The Met – a time honored rite of spring that’s poised to be the most, to say the least. 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket. 729-1005, TheMetRI.com
with inspiring speakers, professional workshops and more. Sure to spark your inner Leslie Knope and entice you to get down to work. 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence. 680-0870, LadyProjectSummit.com March 12: If winter madness has dulled your shine, be sure not to miss Super Sound Sonic Surf Explosion at Firehouse 13, a garage rock n’ roll shindig with a sunshiny ‘60s vibe, featuring PVD’s The Buzzards and The Nebulas, as well as The Mad Doctor, Future Spa and DJ Hula Hoop spinning ‘45s that will have you rippin’ it up and hangin’ loose, for sure. 7pm. 41 Central Street. 270-1801, FH13.com March 12-20: For the first time ever, Cure Alliance for Mental Illness hosts Brain Week, an eight day event featuring family-friendly activities, lectures and workshops designed to grow Rhody awareness surrounding the importance of brain research and its critical role in helping people lead healthier, more productive lives. With support from the Brown Institute for Brain Sciences and the Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute, Brain Week is completely free to the public and promises to be a robust opportunity to learn about brain research alight in a variety of fun activities for all ages. BrainWeekRI.org
March 18-19: The State Ballet of Rhode Island presents the timeless love story, Giselle, from the stage of Roberts Hall Auditorium, elegantly spinning the heartbreaking tale of a peasant girl and her love forlorn. March 18, 10am & 7:30pm; March 19, 1:30pm. Roberts Hall Auditorium, Rhode Island College, Mount Pleasant Avenue. 334-2560, StateBallet.com March 18: Take your feel good vibe to stratospheric levels and jam on… and on… and on... as Max Creek takes The Met stage into infinity. For those who are about to jam, we salute you. 9pm. 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket. 7291005, TheMetRI.com March 19: Got ink? Fete Music Hall is the place to be for the 2nd Annual Providence Tattoo and Music Fest, featuring vendors and bands, as well as tattoo shops, artists and piercers operating on site. 1pm. 103 Dike Street. 383-1112, FeteMusic.com March 19: AS220 is the place to be as PVD heartbreakers Lovesick get down on it with some fuzzy, riff-heavy 90’s rock magic. Let the good times roll in celebration of their recent self-titled EP, alongside Way Out, Neutrinos and Food Court. 9pm. 115 Empire Street. 831-9327, AS220.org
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Providence Monthly | March 2016