[Summit] Culture Break 1: Some current events at the Avon Cinema, Community Library and Wilbury Theatre

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| Get Ready for FUNDA FEST 23: A Virtual Celebration of Black Storytelling 
FUNDA means "To Learn" in Zulu.
It's January, so it's time for FUNDA FEST! The Rhode Island Black Storytellers (RIBS) will once again astonish, educate and entertain us with a nine-day festival of storytelling featuring more than 25 artists and 12 virtual shows, January 23-31, 2021. FUNDA FEST includes three fabulous, free events for Providence Community Library on Tuesdays, January 19 & 26 and February 2. Sign up for our library events here, then explore all the amazing offerings on the general Festival program.
Enjoy FUNDA FEST via live zoom, or as a pre-recorded program. Programming is for all ages over two weekends, including a FREE Family FUN Day with Youth Performances on January 30, and a new twist on the ever-popular Liar's Contest on January 29. New this year, a virtual potluck with performances and a chance to share your own stories around a virtual table on Thursday, January 28. Don’t miss the RISING STARS International Stage with tellers from the African Diaspora, and Sacred Storytelling on Sunday Jan 31.
FUNDA FEST offers special festival passes and invites suggested donations to help support this remarkable annual Rhode Island event. Pay what you can!
This year's FUNDA FEST performers include: Lebo Mashili, an award-winning poet living in South Africa who was born in Rhode Island when her parents were in exile from South Africa; Fred Johnson, an improvisational jazz artist who sings his stories; Master Storyteller, Charlotte Blake Alston who has been delighting international audiences for decades and Noel Quiñones, a Puerto Rican writer, performer, and community organizer from the Bronx.
To see all of the performers and events and to register: www.fundafest23.comFor more general information about FUNDA FEST: 401 312-4347 or info at ribsfest.org. |

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   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Avon Cinema <mail at avoncinema.com>To:Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021, 2:16:04 PM ESTSubject: Avon Cinema Showtimes!

SOME KIND OF HEAVEN 
JANUARY 22-28, 2021 
DAILY AT 4:00 & 6:20 

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SOME KIND OF HEAVEN explores life inside the palm-tree-lined streets of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community in Florida. Referred to as the “Disneyland for Retirees,” this planned community is home to over 130,000 seniors. It offers residents a utopian version of the American yesteryear: wide, safe streets, perfectly manicured lawns, and countless activities all in service of enjoying their golden years. 

While most residents have bought into its packaged positivity, we meet four residents living on the margins, striving to find happiness. Married couple Anne and Reggie wrestle with Reggie’s deteriorating grip on reality, Barbara, a widow, seeks second love, and Dennis, an 82-year-old bachelor living out of a van, looks for a way out of a peripatetic existence. 

By turns biting, tender, and surreal, the film demonstrates that no matter our age, we are always becoming. With strikingly composed cinematography, Some Kind of Heaven challenges our stereotypes around aging, emboldening its characters to live as vibrantly as possible in the time they have left. 

Directed by: Lance Oppenheim 
Running time 83 minutes 
Not Rated 

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---We're Keeping You Safe At the Avon Cinema--- 

Following the CDC and state and local guidelines, we have instituted new procedures to keep everyone safe. 

Many seats and rows have been closed to ensure proper spacing between guests. Seats that are available are easily identified with white tape at the top of the seat back. No one will be directly in front of or in back of another person. Two people arriving together may sit together. If someone comes alone, they may not sit next to another person who came alone. 

Guests buying tickets will notice tape on the floor at 6 foot intervals leading up to the box office. There are decals on the lobby floor at 6 foot intervals that lead up to the concession stand and the auditorium. 

If you are paying with a credit card, our terminal is now accessible to you. Our cashier will prompt you when to insert or remove your card. You may also tear your receipt directly from the credit card machine. You may also pay with cash. 

At the end of each show, we clean and sanitize the theatre (including seats, armrests, counters, bathrooms, door handles, hand rails, etc.) before admitting people in for the next show. 

Face masks are worn at all times except while you are sitting in the auditorium. Remember to wear your face mask to exit after the show. 

We look forward to seeing all of you again! 

 Please Note: 
 Film dates and showtimes are subject to change. To confirm call 401-421-AVON (or 401-421-3315) for Film Titles and Showtimes.

For more information visit www.avoncinema.com.

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The Avon Cinema, 260 Thayer Street, Providence, Rhode Island

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMedia Contact: Niki Healyniki at thewilburygroup.org; 805-816-2383
The Wilbury Theatre Group presents The World Premiere ofThe RaceBy Mark BinderDirected by Brien Lang
Performances via ZoomJanuary 15 – 31, 2021 |   |
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|   | PROVIDENCE, RI (January 12, 2021) – The Wilbury Theatre Group presents the world premiere of The Race by Mark Binder, directed by Brien Lang.  This challenging new play, done in an emerging new performance medium, examines the common, and sometimes uncommon, obstacles of a high-pressure corporate interview dance in the Zoom era.  Performances will be held on Zoom January 15 – 31, 2021. 
Two job-seekers from vastly different backgrounds vie for the same position in a large, faceless corporation. Each reveals uncomfortable truths from their past while dodging landmines from their competition, and dealing with an increasingly demanding disembodied interviewer. The audience also plays an integral part as they can communicate in a live chat, as the interview happens onscreen, and ultimately decide who is the best man for the job.
“As we were all experiencing a shift in performance during the pandemic, I asked myself ‘How do we create a vibrant theater for this moment? After so many online meetings, how do we create something theatrical and visceral?’” says playwright Mark Binder. “The Race is about two people simultaneously interviewing for the same job in the Zoomscape - Joseph Black lives in the suburbs and is on sabbatical while Joe White lives in the city, and has been unemployed for a year. Both characters need the job, but how can they connect with the unseen selection interviewer from Human Resources and the selection committee? The Race not only deals with contemporary issues around bias, politics and work, it makes the audience complicit. That the actors change roles from night to night forces us to question every assumption we make. The experience is intense."
Director, Brien Lang adds, “Mark has crafted it so that each member of our cast can play any one of the three roles and this has been a real pleasure to explore as each one of our actors has brought their own unique flavor to each very different character. We will be shuffling the cast throughout the run so our hope is that audience members will join us on multiple nights for a completely different experience”
The Race had two workshop performances with Wilbury Theater Group in November of 2020.  Edge Media said of the workshop performances; “The Race is an uncomfortable, cautionary tale…thematically it touches upon life during the pandemic when in-person interviews are off the table. The Race is not only a cautionary tale [it] hints at a possible future.… It's worth a look, especially when we're all hanging out at home for the most part.”
The Race features original music by Nikita Zabinski, stage management by Allison Marchetti, and features performances by Rodney Eric López, Jennifer Mischley and Jim O'Brien.
Performances for The Race are done live and held entirely via Zoom. Patrons will receive a Zoom link to access performances after purchasing tickets prior to the performance. A Zoom account is not required. For tickets and more information, please visit www.thewilburygroup.org/the-race

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The Race

THE RACE by Mark Binder presented by The Wilbury Theatre Group with support from Rhode Island Council for the Hu...
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About the Production
The Raceby Mark Binder
Directed by Brien LangOriginal Music by Nikita ZabinskiStage Management by Allison MarchettiFeaturing Performances by Rodney Eric López, Jennifer Mischley and Jim O'Brien.
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