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The Strand Ballroom & Theatre [2] (formerly the Paramount Theatre, Strand Theatre, Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel and commonly The Strand) is a live music venue located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. The theatre opened in 1915 as a vaudeville theatre and later became a cinema and concert venue.
The South Shore has plenty of music, including Assisted Living Band, Fat City Band, Foreigners Journey, Marie's Children and Suzanne McNeil. Choices for live music abound this weekend. Start ...
In 1996, Rhode Island declared "Rhode Island, It's for Me" as the official state song. The lyrics were written by Charlie Hall, the music was written by Maria Day, and the piece was arranged by Kathryn Chester. [1] "Rhode Island, It's for Me" replaced "Rhode Island", which was subsequently named the official state march. [citation needed]
On March 21, 2007, WBUR announced that it was selling WRNI to Rhode Island Public Radio (RIPR; formerly the Foundation for Ocean State Public Radio) for $2 million. Rhode Island Public Radio also announced it was buying WAKX (102.7 FM ) in Narragansett Pier from the Davidson Media Group to serve as a repeater for WRNI in southern Rhode Island ...
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The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), formerly Loew's State Theatre and Palace Concert Theater, is a multi-use not-for-profit theater located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence, Rhode Island. It was built in 1928 as a movie palace by the Loews Theatres chain to designs by Rapp & Rapp, the leading designers of music palaces ...
The Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival. The festival was founded by music promoter and Jazz Festival founder George Wein, music manager Albert Grossman, and folk singers Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, and Oscar Brand ...
The RI Philharmonic is the only fully integrated professional orchestra and music school in United States. Alan Fox founded the music school component of the organisation, which educates over 1,500 students statewide on a weekly basis, with education of an additional 13,000 students through periodic partnerships, residencies, education concerts and in-school performances. [17]