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First Levitt AMP concert held on new stage

Pawtucket On Saturday, May 8, Pawtucket-based TEN31 Productions will host a magical afternoon at the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center, 1 Floral Ave. in Providence, with their Wonderland in the Gardens event featuring live-action “Alice in Wonderland” characters based on Sir John Tenniel’s original sketches from the 1865 edition. From 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. people are invited to this family-friendly event to see talking characters including the Chesire Cat, Alice, the White Rabbit, the M...

SUSAN DEVILDER The Star Courier “I feel pretty good about it,” said John Taylor, seated at a booth at Fernando’s Place in Kewanee on a busy Wednesday night.  By 6 p.m., patrons were starting to fill up the small corner restaurant on Cinco de Mayo, a commemoration of the Mexican victory against the French forces in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.  Taylor had eaten light in preparation for the challenge -- just watermelon and juice so far. Across the booth from him was his father, Bob Taylo...

Probably not, but stranger things have happened. In any case, a sure sign of hope after more than a year of pandemic is word that the Levitt Amp concert series, a smash success in 2019, is scheduled to return to the Y Block – well keep calling it that until someone comes up with something better than North Mansion – in June. Funded by a California charity that digs live music on big lawns in bootstrap cities like Springfield, the concert series that debuted here two years ago brought such...

Plans underway for live entertainment at The Amp By Toni Milbourne - For the Chronicle | Feb 19, 2021 The Amp stage at Sam Michaels Park is scheduled to be filled with musical events all summer, including The Reagan Years, pictured here, in June. Toni Milbourne SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — Jefferson County Parks and Recreation is planning for some live entertainment events at The Amp for 2021, following a year of cancellations in 2020. The department was successful in obtaining a summer concert seri...