Go Team ! Get your sports fix .
Root for Your Alma Mater This college basketball season is packed with action from both the URI Rams and the Providence College Friars . Mark your calendars for Feb . 12 , when URI takes on St . Bonaventure , and Providence College faces off against Xavier . Just a few days later , on Feb . 15 , you can catch the URI Rams battling La Salle or watch the Friars take on Villanova . The Ryan Center , University of Rhode Island , Kingston , gorhody . com ; Amica Mutual Pavilion , Providence , friars . com
PC Friars .
Get AMPed for the Bruins No matter how cold the New England weather gets , you ’ ll always be in the hot seat at a Providence Bruins game at the Amica Mutual Pavilion . Look forward to themed events like the RI Comic Con weekend , Classic Rock Night hosted by 94 HJY and Star Wars nights . Providence , amica mutualpavilion . com
Arc { hive } Book and Snackery .
It ’ s Showtime ! Say “ bravo ” at one of these performing arts centers .
FOR THE FILM BUFF : The JPT Film & Event Center , Macbeth : David Tennant and Cush Jumbo , Feb . 5 – 9 ; Jim Norton : Now You Know , Feb . 8 . Newport , janepickens . com ; Avon Cinema , National Theatre Live : The Importance of Being Earnest , Feb . 20 . Providence , avoncinema . com
FOR THE JOKESTERS : Comedy Connection , Anthony Rodia , Jan . 31 – Feb . 2 ; Paul Reiser , Feb . 14 – 15 ; Damon Darling , Feb . 19 . East Providence , ricomedyconnection . com ; Contemporary Theater Company , Whodunnit ? An Improvised Murder Mystery , Saturdays at 7 p . m ., Jan . 25 – Apr . 12 . Wakefield , contemporary theatercompany . com ; The Bit Players , an improv comedy show for all ages , Fri . and Sat . nights at 8 p . m . Newport , bitplayers . net
FOR THE THEATRICAL : Providence Performing Arts Center , The Cher Show , Feb . 5 – 6 ; The Simon and Garfunkel Story , Feb . 8 ; Life of Pi , Feb . 11 – 16 ; & Juliet , Feb . 25 – Mar . 2 . Providence , ppacri . org ; Trinity Repertory Company , Someone Will Remember
Us , Jan . 23 – Feb . 23 . Providence , trinityrep . com ; Stadium Theatre , The Diary of Anne Frank , Feb . 14 – 16 . Woonsocket , stadium theatre . com ; The Gamm Theatre , Between Riverside and Crazy , Feb . 13 – Mar . 9 . Warwick , gammtheatre . org
FOR THE MUSIC FANS : Veterans Memorial Auditorium , Brett Young , Feb . 22 . Providence , thevetsri . com ; The Strand , Destroy Lonely , Feb . 1 ; Blackberry Smoke , Feb . 7 ; Wallows , Feb . 16 . Providence , thestrandri . com ; The Knickerbocker Music Center , Bryan Titus , Feb . 2 ; Kimaya Diggs , Feb . 6 ; Undercover Cameo with Princess June , Feb . 7 ; Dustbowl Revival , Feb . 8 ; Casey Rivers , Feb . 13 ; Ward Hayden and the Outliers , Feb . 22 . Westerly , knickmusic . com ; Fete Music Hall , Camping in Alaska , Feb . 15 ; The Get Up Kids , Feb . 16 . Providence , fetemusic . com
For more live music gigs , check out Moonshine Alley in Providence , Myrtle in East Providence , Newport Blues Cafe in Newport and Ocean Mist in Narragansett .
Hit the Books Take a literary tour through Rhode Island at these fan favorites .
Symposium Books : Shop for bestsellers and highbrow titles alike . Providence , symposiumbooks . com ; Commonwealth Books : Browse for historic maps , prints and a taste of Newport history . Newport , cwbnewport . blackwidowpress . com ; Arc { hive } Book and Snackery : Enjoy light bites and cocktails over your favorite novel . Warren , archivebooksnackery . com ; Wakefield Books : Discover gifts galore in an old-school mall bookstore . Wakefield , wakefieldbooks . com ; Paper Nautilus : Shop for vintage finds and antiquarian treasures , plus new and used volumes across genres . Providence , papernautilusbooks . com ; Book Around : Shop for local authors and pre-loved volumes . Pawtucket , instagram . com / bookaroundri
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PHOTOGRAPHY ( CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT ): LOVE DEFEATS FEAR ; LAUREN CLEM ; PROVIDENCE COLLEGE ATHLETICS ; GETTY IMAGES / MIKE POWELL ; ARC { HIVE } BOOKS / JANET MOSCARELLO PHOTOGRAPHY .