[Summit] Fifteen Days in May & April -- Books, Meetings and Movies

[David Kolsky]

¶ Meetings:

Tuesday 25 April (today)
7 - 8:30 p.m.
W. Broadway Neighborhood Action & Crime Watch committee
West Broadway Neighborhood Association headquarters
1560 Westminster St.
(near Cranston St. Armory & Ada Messer School)

Wednesday 26 April (tomorrow)
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Fox Point Neighborhood Ass’n Spring General Meeting
Sheldon Street Church
(downstairs church hall)
51 Sheldon Street
(between Benefit & Ives, one block in from Fellini’s Pizza on Wickenden)

6 p.m.
Mayor’s annual Budget Address
City Council Chambers
3rd floor of Providence City Hall
Kennedy Plaza, downtown

Saturday 29 April
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Wickenden Street Makers’ & Merchants’ Sale

12:30 p.m.
W. Broadway neighborhood Tree Planting
Knight to Tobey Streets

Monday 1 May (May Day)
7 p.m.
Summit Neighborhood Association Annual General Meeting
The Highlands on the East Side
101 Highland Ave.
(between Miriam Hospital & N. Main Street)

7 p.m.
College Hill Neighborhood Association
Board of Directors monthly meeting
Gov. Lippitt House
199 Hope St at Angell (opposite Wheeler School)

Monday 8 May
7 p.m.
Fox Point Neighborhood Association
Board of Directors monthly meeting
Bathhouse-meeting-room beneath Vartan Gregorian School Library,
Wickenden St. above Ives

Tuesday 9 May
6 - 7:30 p.m.
Wayland Square Neighborhood Association monthly meeting
Red Stripe restaurant (back dining room)
465 Angell Street at Elmgrove

¶ Books:

Paper Nautilus used books (formerly Myopic Books) is moving down the street from 5 South Angell Street to 19 South Angell (facing Minerva Pizza). Although the space will not be ready for business until basic renovations are done, volunteers are needed to help move books this coming Thursday to Sunday, April 28th to 30th. Contributions towards the move and renovations can be made at https://www.gofundme.com/paper-nautilus-books-relocation

Friends of Rochambeau Library
Spring Book Sale

Tuesday 25 April (today)
4 - 8 p.m.
Members’ night (you may join at the door)

Public dates (no admission charge)

Opening Days 
(Wednesday & Thursday)
$1 each for most hardback and quality paperback books
50 cents each for mass-market (small) paperbacks and children’s books
Other prices for quality, large-format books, discs, tapes, etc.

Wednesday 26 April (tomorrow)
10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Thursday 27 April
1 - 8 p.m.

Closing Days
(Friday & Saturday)
Pay $5 for every shopping-size bag you can fill from the general stock
Some premium items excluded although often discounted

Friday 28 April
1 - 5 p.m.

Saturday 29 April
1 - 5 p.m.

¶ Neighborhood Cinemas:

The old Castle Theatre at 1039 Chalkstone Avenue (near the Veterans’ and Roger Williams Hospitals) has now been converted to a branch of Federal Hill Pizza (331-3310). However, the new owners will keep the old balcony, with three screens, available for film showings.
http://providencedailydose.com/2017/03/01/castle-theater-now-federal-hill-pizza/


Avon and Cable Car Cinemas: I don’t intend to post their schedules regularly, but this calendar seemed an appropriate place for one. 
Please visit their respective web sites to keep up with their weekly showings and, if you choose, to join their weekly e-mailing lists.

Avon Cinema
260 Thayer Street (between Meeting & Angell)  02906
421-3315
http://www.avoncinema.com

Lost City of Z
Tues 25 & Weds 26 April
1, 3:45 & & 6:30 p.m.
Thursday 27 April
1 and 3:45 p.m.

Twelfth Night
(an adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy)
UK’s National Theatre Live
Sunday 30 April
12:30 p.m.
$18 admission; no discounts or passes


Cable Car Cinema and Café
204 South Main Street at Planet  02903
421-3315
http://www.cablecarcinema.com

T2: Trainspotting
Tues. 25, Weds. 26 & Thurs. 27 April
4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

PFS: All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
Wednesday 3 May
7 p.m.


Columbus Theatre
270 Broadway  02903
621-9960
http://columbustheatre.com

Friday 28 April
beginning at 4 p.m.

Saturday 29 April
beginning at noon

SENE (Southeastern New England) Film, Music & Arts Festival
various locations, including the Columbus
April 25 - 29
http://senefest.com/
(N.B. this is distinct from the R.I. International Film Festival in August)

A rich and complex schedule, too elaborate to summarize here. It includes feature films, shorts, documentaries and imaginative works from many different directors and producers. Admission prices vary from nothing (free) to $10 with a $2 discount for seniors, students and the disabled.

See the full schedule here: 
http://senefest.com/schedule.html






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