Join Providence’s Classiest Chassis on a burly-q cruise as we bid a fond farewell to summer!

Featuring:

Satire and Seduction by Providence’s Classiest Chassis, BellaMinx Burly-Q!

Boston’s favorite comedic-musical duo The Steamy Bohemians!

Sinuous World-Fusion Dance by Ximon!

Record-Breaking Sideshow Performer The Human Floor!

Saturday, August 23

The Perishable Theatre (95 Empire St. in Downtown Providence)

Two Shows: 7:30PM and 10PM

$20

18+

We have plenty of new courses to offer; Welding in a Week, Industrial Casting Techniques for the Kitchen, and more! Also, we welcome the return of Slip Casting and TWO sessions of Basic Bike Maintenance (weekday and weekend).

Whether your thing is metalworking, ceramics, jewelry, glass or bicycles, there are plenty of chances to get your hands dirty and let the creativity roar, so sign up today!

Link - http://www.thesteelyard.org/courses.php
Contact – courses@thesteelyard.org

The Steel Yard is located at the historic Providence Steel and Iron site, along the Woonasquatucket River in the heart of Providence’s industrial Valley neighborhood. With a 5612 square foot industrial shop featuring a foundry, ceramics studio, blacksmithing shop, and welding shop, as well as studio space and outdoor work and exhibition space, the Steel Yard is a multi-use venue. The Steel Yard’s program areas, focusing on arts education, the incubation of new business and arts initiatives, and the establishment of a lasting community arts resource, cater to working artists, students and community members, tradespeople, arts educators and entrepreneurs.

Congratulations to Barbara Lee for representing Rhode Island and being crowned Mrs. American Queen in the 2008 American Queen Beauty Pageant.

Barbara Lee, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was raised by her Puerto Rican mother and her Chinese-born stepfather from Jamaican. At age five Barbara’s father accepted work in California, where Barbara spent her entire youth. Barbara dove into the California film industry after graduating Diamond Bar in 1984. She was a series regular on In The Heat of the Night before becoming a stunt double for Halle Berry, Vanessa Williams and many others in television and film. Her most recent work includes Underdog, Game Plan, Dan In The Real Life and The Surrogates.

From her youth as a candy striper to her volunteer work in homeless shelters and hospitals as a Los Angeles Raider’s cheerleader, charity has always been a prevalent theme and an integral part of Barbara’s life and, in many cases, her work. Barbara has volunteered with the Cranston Chamber, the Hispanic Chamber, Sophia Academy, AIDS Care Ocean State, and the Genesis Center where she presently serves as a board member and the Food For Thought Committee Chair.

Get more details at Food For Thought’s website.

36 Hours in Providence

AN Ivy League college, a cutting-edge art school and top-flight chefs have helped Providence shed its reputation as a Boston suburb. In recent years, Providence has not only seen a new convention center and a revitalized waterfront, but historic corridors have also been restored to their Revolutionary-era glory, giving the Rhode Island capital an architectural sense of place. But these cultural trappings, more commonly associated with overcrowded metropolises, have not caused this city of 200,000, near the banks of Narragansett Bay, to lose its small-town flavor. Drivers still request their initials on license plates, sandwich shops let regulars run a tab and Mayor David N. Cicilline greets residents by name and lists his home number in the phone book.

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