{"id":57077,"date":"2017-05-11T07:33:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T11:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/?p=57077"},"modified":"2022-01-27T14:47:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T18:47:05","slug":"providence-art-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/57077\/providence-art-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Providence Art Festival Takes the Creative Capital to New Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Providence<\/a>, Rhode Island enjoys an imaginative art scene that has earned it the nickname the Creative Capital. See for yourself what the artistic buzz is all about at the fourth annual PVDFest<\/a>\u00a0on Thursday, June 6 through Sunday, June 9. The city\u2019s largest and most colorful event, PVDFest showcases live music, dance and installations from around the world. Performances, parades and interactive exhibitions will take over\u00a0the city\u2019s public spaces and offer\u00a0something for all ages.<\/p>\n

Performance Highlights:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Award-winning slam poet\u00a0Christopher Johnson\u00a0will be performing as part of\u00a0#PVDPublicCanvas<\/em>. Johnson\u2019s work explores the issues of race, incarceration and mental illness.<\/p>\n

Haitian born, Harlem-based composer and violinist\u00a0Daniel Bernard Roumain\u00a0(aka DBR) has composed a large scale composition called\u00a0En Masse<\/em>, which he will perform as part of a 500+ musician collective alongside some of Rhode Island\u2019s most celebrated musicians and marching bands.<\/p>\n

Las Cafeteras, a young East Los Angeles band, combines the rhythms of Mexican folk music and Afro-Caribbean urban beats to create a distinct sound. Troker, a six-piece band from Guadalajara, Mexico, delights with a combination of mariachi horns, funk rhythms, Latin grooves, metal riffs and hip-hop DJ scratching. The event\u2019s first ever Maker Faire\u00a0will attract engineers, artists, scientists and crafters. Expect demonstrations and experiments in a family-friendly showcase of invention and resourcefulness.<\/p>\n

Stay:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Eat:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The city\u2019s noted food culture draws inspiration from its proximity to the sea. Tying into the seafood theme is the delicious news that the Ocean State Oyster Festival<\/a> will host a one-off version of their anticipated annual September event. The event highlights the state’s extraordinary assortment of edible crustaceans and the importance of sustaining Rhode Island’s aquaculture.<\/p>\n

Get to Providence from NYC<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Amtrak from Penn Station to Providence takes three hours. Megabus<\/a> or Peter Pan bus lines from Port Authority are budget alternatives. See our Providence Transportation Guide.<\/a><\/p>\n

For additional information visit www.pvdfest.com<\/a>\u00a0and goprovidence.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo credits: Erin Smithers, Scott Laphan, The Dean Hotel<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Providence, Rhode Island enjoys an imaginative art scene that has earned it the nickname the Creative Capital. See for yourself what the artistic buzz is all about at the fourth annual PVDFest\u00a0on Thursday, June 6 through Sunday, June 9. The city\u2019s largest and most colorful event, PVDFest showcases live music, dance and installations from around […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":57076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,224,747,829,770,969,842,1614,781,919,353,780,846,748,1867,1],"tags":[40,293,280,483,120,142,125,254,133,204,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-57077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-weekend-getaways","8":"category-arts","9":"category-bus-2","10":"category-culture-2","11":"category-food-drink","12":"category-locations","13":"category-music-culture-2","14":"category-off-the-press","15":"category-outdoor-dining","16":"category-providence","17":"category-rhode-island","18":"category-seafood-food-drink","19":"category-theater-culture-2","20":"category-train-2","21":"category-transit-type","22":"category-uncategorized","23":"tag-art","24":"tag-budget-friendly","25":"tag-cultural-getaway","26":"tag-family-friendly","27":"tag-family-fun","28":"tag-festival","29":"tag-food","30":"tag-free","31":"tag-outdoors","32":"tag-train","33":"tag-weekend-getaway"},"acf":[],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":57076,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BANDALOOP-ERIN-SMITHERS-1-e1494865389341-350x197.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/offmetro.com\/ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}