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Start: 2026-05-02T10:00:00-04:00
Location: Holy Trinity Parish Fairgrounds

Holy Trinity Parish Fairgrounds

Come join the Woonsocket Rotary for an exciting family-friendly day at the Holy Trinity Parish Fairgrounds. Get an up-close look at impressive vehicles and enjoy a fun-filled community event for all ages. Event is 10-3pm with sensory hour from 10-11am. Food and Drink vendors will be on site.

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Swamp Meadow Community Theatre presents "The Shark is Broken" by Ian Shaw and Joseph Nixon. A hilariously biting tale from behind the scenes of the making of the first summer blockbuster "JAWS". Tickets $20 general admission, $15 for seniors/students. Content warning: Strong language. www.swampmeadow.org, www.Facebook.com/SwampMeadow

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The Barker Playhouse

The Players at the Barker Playhouse present the final production of their 117th mainstage season, TALK RADIO. This underperformed classic, originally created by Eric Bogosian and Tad Savinar, will open Friday, May 8th and run through Sunday, May 17th. Tickets can be purchased via The Players Box Office at https://www.playersri.org/.
Barry Champlain, controversial regional radio host, is on the air doing what he does best: insulting the pathetic souls who call in the middle of the night to sound off. Tomorrow, Barry's show is going into national syndication, and his producer is afraid that Barry will say something that will offend the sponsors. As his professional life ascends, Barry's personal life and sanity unravel, marked by escalating threats from listeners and a confrontation with a deranged caller that may have deadly consequences.
Based on a true story, Talk Radio is even more prescient today, where podcasts have become the primary medium for what used to be AM/FM radio shock jocks (mostly). The play walks the edge between exploring the boundaries of free speech and the consequences of exploring that right. Are the so-called warriors of the First Amendment really who they seem, or is it all a facade? 
Talk Radio is a disturbing, often darkly humorous play. There are several triggers and hot button topics that firmly place the script in the late 1980's, but also firmly in 2026. This production will lean into a multimedia experience to tell a tense, harrowing, but necessary story.
West Bay Community Theater President Terry Shea makes his Barker directorial debut with Talk Radio, having appeared there as an actor several times, most recently in 2024’s They Promised Her The Moon and 2018’s Deathtrap. Having spent many years behind a microphone as an on-air personality, Talk Radio has a special place for Shea, combining his love for the mediums of theater and radio. Both have the power to make a direct, local, and immediate impact on a community – Talk Radio will provoke and inspire long after the “On Air” sign goes dark. 
About the show: 
Written by Eric Bogosian
Created by Eric Bogosian and Tad Savinar
Original New York Production by New York Shakespeare Festival, Produced by Joseph Papp
Originally produced at the Portland Center for Visual Arts through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
Talk Radio is presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals. 
 

Director and Sound Design: Terry Shea
Scenic Design/Technical Direction: Ian Hudgins
Lighting Design: Sierra Riley
Additional Sound Design: Andy Zukoski
Costume Design: Erin Malcolm
Properties/Set Dressing: Laura Ash, Terry Shea, Anne Applegate, Lydia Johnson
Producer: Samantha Hudgins
Stage Management: Lydia Johnson, Anne Applegate
Cast:
Barry Champlain: Justin Pimental
Stu Noonan: Ian Hudgins
Spike: Kevin Thibault
Linda Macarthur: Lauren Kieler
Dan Woodruff: Ron Martin
Sid Greenberg: David Crossley
Bernie: Geoff White
Kent: Mark Roberts
Dr. Susan Fleming: Nancy Winokoor
Rachael: Emma Starbird
“Night Talk” Callers: Laura Ash, Jay Burns, Paula Faber, Richard Griffin, Marcia A. Layden, Rick Pond, Lee Rush, Christopher Ricci, Emma Starbird, Geoff White, Kevin Thibault.
WHAT: The Players presents Eric Bogosian’s Talk Radio
WHEN: May 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, &amp; 17, 2026 at 7:30pm/2pm (Sundays)
WHERE: The Barker Playhouse, 400 Benefit Street, Providence, RI 02903
TICKETS: Available via The Players Box Office at <a href="https://www.playersri.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.playersri.org/</a>
About The Players: 
The Players is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit located on Providence’s Historic East Side. Incorporated in 1909, The Players was created with the objective of providing the opportunity for all to experience amateur theatrical productions. With its tagline “America’s Oldest Little Theatre”, Barker Playhouse is reputed to be the oldest continuously operating little theatre in the Country. The Club is a true American icon, the membership’s indomitable spirit enduring through two world wars, The Great Depression, and an acceleration of the pace of everyday life and competing forms of leisure time.

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Please join us between 11 am and 2 pm for this spring's 2026 Tent Revival! Conservative Biblical Preaching! 401-765-0107.

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Christian Tent Revival Spring 2026!

Please join us between 11 am and 2 pm for this spring's 2026 Tent Revival! Conservative Biblical Preaching! 401-765-0107.

A sports card show will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2026 from 5pm-9pm at the Elks Hall, 380 Social&nbsp;Street in&nbsp;Woonsocket, RI. The show will feature 30 dealer tables filled with vintage and modern sports cards, unopened material, and other sports collectibles.&nbsp; FREE ADMISSION!&nbsp;

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A sports card show will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2026 from 5pm-9pm at the Elks Hall, 380 Social Street in Woonsocket, RI....

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RICCO’s Spring Concert Brings Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms to Providence3pm Sunday, May 31 at Temple Beth-El
Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms will anchor the Rhode Island Civic Chorale &amp; Orchestra’s (RICCO) spring concert on Sunday, May 31 at 3:00 p.m. at Temple Beth-El in Providence, in a program exploring Jewish musical traditions across centuries.
The concert weaves Renaissance, contemporary, and instrumental works into a single narrative experience - one that Music Director Joshua Rohde describes as both a departure and a natural extension of RICCO’s mission. “We’re taking elements of a traditional Jewish worship service and presenting them in a way that feels universal,” Rohde said. “Regardless of whether you’re familiar with the texts or not, there’s a message here that anyone can connect to.”
The program opens with music by Renaissance composer Solomon Rossi, whose rarely performed settings of Hebrew texts offer audiences a chance to hear familiar choral textures in an unexpected language. It continues with contemporary works, including Alex Berko’s Sacred Place, which draws on the structure of a worship service while reimagining it through poetry and reflection.
“What made this program click,” Rohde said, “was realizing that Berko’s piece could serve as a kind of scaffolding - these moments of reflection, mourning, and connection that we can all relate to.”
Instrumental works, including Ernest Bloch’s Kol Nidrei for solo cello, further expand the program’s emotional range, leading into Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, a work that blends Hebrew text with a musical language that often feels closer to Broadway than the concert hall. “There’s an accessibility to Bernstein,” Rohde said. “You can hear echoes of West Side Story - that rhythmic energy, that lyricism - which gives audiences a way in.”
Composed in the 1960s, Chichester Psalms reflects Bernstein’s response to a turbulent era, setting texts that speak to a shared humanity. “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity,” Rohde noted. “That idea feels just as relevant today.”
For longtime RICCO audiences, the concert offers familiar hallmarks - high-quality performance and a curated experience - while introducing music many may not have heard before. “There will be a lot that feels familiar,” Rohde said. “But I think the surprises will be the pieces people discover along the way.”
For those new to RICCO, the invitation is simple: “It’s going to be a really powerful, really beautiful afternoon - and we’re only doing it once.” Tickets are available at www.ricco.org and at the door.
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