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Presents views on Adrian Hall, the founder and artistic director of one of the most important theaters in Providence, Rhode Island. Statement that Hall's Trinity Square Repertory Company is performing in an abandoned vaudeville house; Information that Hall has built a subscription audience whose attention he captures through an unusual blend of repertory chestnuts and innovative techniques; Acknowledgement that Trinity was the first to stage Robert Penn Warren's "Brother to Dragons"; View that Providence is lucky to have Adrian Hall and his gifted company and so is the American theater.

Although Baptists have long considered themselves a faith founded on freedom, in the Dorr rebellion Lemons shows the struggle that Rhode Island Baptists had in defining what freedom should look like. Lemons does an excellent job of showing the reader that Rhode Island Baptists are a microcosm for Baptists in America and even around the world. J. Stanley Lemons's excellent work reminds the reader that the Baptists of Rhode Island were more than just a few men, a handful of churches and a university. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the art exhibit "Buildings on Paper: Rhode Island Architectural Drawings, 1825-1945 in Providence, Rhode Island.

The article reviews two theatrical productions, including the "Cabaret," directed by Curt Columbus, starring Joe Wilson Jr, Phyllis Kay and Stephen Bernson, performed at the Trinity Repertory Co. in Providence, Rhode Island, on view until October 11, 2009 and the "Little House on the Prairie: The Musical," starring Rachel Portman, Donna di Novelli, Rachel Sheinkin and Mellissa Gilbert, performed at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey, on view until October 10.

The article reviews the exhibitions featuring art work surrounding the 19th-century U.S. author Herman Melville including "Moby Dick: Heart of the Sea," running at the Rockford Art Museum in Illinois on April 17-July 5, 2009 and "Chasing the Whale in Northern Kentucky: Local Artists Respond to Moby-Dick," running at the Gallerie Zaum in Newport, Rhode Island on August 14-November 30, 2009.

Reviews the exhibition 'From Paris to Providence: Fashion, Art, and the Tirocchi Dressmakers' Shop, 1915-1947,' at the Museum of Art in Providence, Rhode Island.

The article focuses on the first annual "Newport Folk Festival," held on July 11 and 12 in Newport, Rhode Island. The festival was not a complete artistic success and it raised questions about future directions that remain to be resolved, but it was a stalwart beginning for what promises to become one of the most invigorating projects on the summer music scene. But performances by musicians Leon Bibb, Jimmie Driftwood, Pat Clancy and Tommy Makem were some of the significant features of the festival.

The article reviews the exhibition "Rhode Island in the Time of Lincoln," on view at the Museum of Work & Culture in Rhode Island until February 14, 2010.