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Listen to the Allman Brothers concert that helped Jimmy Carter become president

Carter wasn’t called the rock ‘n’ roll president for nothing. Here’s a recording of the 1975 Providence concert that helped him raise money for his presidential campaign.

Latest Arts Headlines

Three women’s stories intertwine around a historic fire in ‘Daughters of Nantucket’

Debut author Julie Gerstenblatt discusses fires beyond actual embers.
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A Providence author just published the definitive book on Vince McMahon and pro wrestling

Abraham Josephine Riesman's book offers the most authoritative look yet at the life and times of WWE's 77-year-old executive chairman.
BOOKS

The two sides of author Jessica Olien

Jamestown, R.I., author set down a lovable children’s series to write a cozy murder mystery.

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A pretty big change is coming to this year’s PVDFest
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley plans to announce later today that he's moving the date of the city's annual arts and music festival.

ENTERTAINMENT
Reborn Ringling Bros. circus to leap on tour — minus animals
The Ringling Bros. show will bring a modern circus, with live camera feeds and virtual reality, to Providence.

TELEVISION
Freshman at Brown wins $100,000 in ‘Jeopardy!’ high school reunion tournament
What is the Eiffel Tower? A landmark Justin Bolsen won’t soon forget, that’s what.

FAMILY TRAVEL
The Newport Car Museum is ‘not only a car museum . . . it’s an art museum’
Once you pay the $20 fee and walk inside, it’s impossible to not go all googly eyes. The collection is 90 of the most beautiful muscle cars, classic fin cars, and sleek race cars ever built.

More Rhode Island Arts Headlines

Globe Magazine

30 of the best dance, theater, book, art, and classical music events in New England this spring

The Globe’s arts writers share their picks for can’t-miss events of the season.

DOCUMENTARIES

New documentary ‘American Bolshevik’ looks at the vilification of the coyote

Rhode Island-based fillmmaker Julie Marron grew fascinated with the debate over what to do about the growing coyote ‘problem’ in her home state.

RI ARTS

‘It’s about trying to honor who they are’: The philosophy of singer and storyteller Bill Harley

Known for his work with kids and families, the Rhode Island Music Hall of Famer talks about finding his voice, and recent work for his grown-up audience.

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Another one of Rhode Island’s best-known TV journalists is leaving the business

Channel 12 meteorologist Michelle Muscatello is exiting for a new opportunity and to spend more time with her family.

A slice of light: Photo essay of shadows transforming city streetscapes

While the human eye perceives detail simultaneously in the deepest shade and brightest sunshine, our cameras must choose, biased toward one — or fair to neither.

RI THEATER

‘A sad and profound experience’: ‘Come From Away’ has special meaning for R.I. woman

On a flight from Rome when the nation was attacked on 9/11, Wendy Taylor of Tiverton was among thousands of passengers diverted to airports in Canada, as depicted in the Broadway musical, “Come From Away,” which opens its Providence run Tuesday.

In Providence, Nafis M. White explores pleasure and pain

"Freedom Is My Favorite Position," at Central Contemporary Arts, is a body-based approach to art featuring mandalas made of synthetic hair, mixed media, and licorice.

RI ARTS

Raising awareness about special needs dogs, Puppy Bowl winner Joey is ‘kind of a big deal in Rhode Island’

Adopting a dog like Joey, who was born with only his hind legs, just means “thinking outside the box,” his owner Cathy Larson said.