Mark your calendar for a fun-filled night out with friends as Frank & Kathy Carpano and Bill & Karen Ciotti again host a fabulous benefit for Adoption RI at Pearl Restaurant & Lounge, 393 Charles St. in Providence from 7-11p on Sat, September 10th. Join us for dinner, dancing, live entertainment by Brother to Brother, and more - all while helping make a difference in the lives of children in state care waiting for a family. Admission is $45 at the door, or call Adoption RI at 401-865-6000 for advance tickets and more information.

Give the gift of sending a child to camp by joining us for a casual evening of dinner, music & fun at our annual Summer Camp fundraiser at Harbourside Lobstermania in E. Greenwich on Wed., July 27 from 6-9pm. Our camp program opens up a world of adventure that children in state care children may not otherwise experience. For some it is a chance to reunite with siblings from whom they are currently separated. For others it is an opportunity to explore new interests. For all, however, it gives our children a chance to just be a kid & enjoy things kids should enjoy.

Tickets, at $20 each, include dinner and one drink ticket, and are available in advance at Harbourside Lobstermania or by calling Adoption RI at 401-865-6000. Camp sponsorship opportunities are also available. Pls see attachment for details or visit http://www.adoptionri.org/CampInvite2011.pdf 

Pls help make a difference in their lives by supporting Adoption RI's 1st Annual 'Walk the Walk' on Sun, Oct 2 at Lincoln Woods in Lincoln, RI. Plenty of fun family activities are planned in addition to this 2.5mi walk. Or, consider a 'virtual walk' if you're unable to make it. Pls visit our website below and register for either today - and pass along to your friends! Thank you, on behalf of the children, for any support you can offer!

Visit www.walkthewalkari.org to register 

or donate today! 

(Register by Sept. 1 to guarantee an event t-shirt.)

This year's Spring Fundraiser promises to be an evening you won't want to miss! Join us as we "Rock Out For Kids", Friday, May 6th at The Spot Underground - 15 Elbow St., Providence!  Enjoy a lively, casually eclectic evening of dinner, dancing, live music and more! 

Tickets are $50 per person and all proceeds directly help benefit the hundreds of children in RI state care. Purchase your tickets ahead of time at the door. For more information call us at 401-865-6000, email adoptionri@adoptionri.org, or click on the invitation and use the RSVP attached. Hope to see you there!

October 21, 2010

Employee Motivation

Presented by Lynda Slevoski 

If you own, operate, or manage a business, you know and understand the importance of employee motivation. If employees are not motivated, then this will impact your business in a negative fashion. Generally employees who are lacking in the area of motivation will lack in the area of productivity as well. When productivity slacks because of complications with motivation among employees, the quality of your goods and/or services is also affected in a negative fashion. 

Lynda Slevoski has extensive experience in all areas of corporate human resource management. This, along with her knowledge of the legislative and regulatory issues affecting human resources in Massachusetts, makes her a successful trainer, facilitator, coach, and public speaker. Lynda is active in professional, state, and community service organizations.

Location:  Twelve Acres - 445 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917

Directions: 

From 295 North or South: Take exit 8a, Rte. 7, North Providence. 

 From 146 North or South: Take exit for Lincoln Grey Hound Park to Twin River Road; bear right on Rte. 7. 

 From Providence: Take 195 to I-95 North. Take exit 23 toward US-44/State Offices then turn right at Orms St. Turn right at Douglas Ave/RI-7 North. 

Time:

5:30 pm - Registration and Networking 
6:00 pm - Dinner 
7:00 pm - Program

Menu:

Italian Buffet 

Prices: $25 members and guests. $15 unemployed members and students

Reservations: Call (401) 825-8572.

Please help support Adoption Rhode Island and our mission to find families for children in state care by participating in our 18th Tuesday's Child Golf Classic!  

 A full-course dinner & charity auction will follow our 18-hole golf tournament The event begins at 11:30am with a deli buffet lunch, followed by shotgun golf beginning at 1:00pm.

Tickets are $75/individual golfers or $700/foursome.  To purchase or donate contact Adoption RI: 401-865-6000, email adoptionri@adoptionri.org

Together we can make a difference in the life of a child!  

 Adoption Rhode Island/Tuesday's Child is a private non-profit organization dedicated to finding families for children in state care and supporting those children and families throughout the adoption process.

McFadden’s presents the Little Black Dress Event

Providence, RI (April 14, 2010) – Cute dresses, delectable food, specialty cocktails and a great cause provide the recipe for what promises to be a memorable evening as McFadden’s presents the Little Black Dress Event on Friday night, April 23 from 7 - 10 p.m.

Ladies throughout the Providence region are encouraged to wear their favorite little black dress and bring along gently used accessories (purses, belts, jewelry etc.) for donations to Dress for Success. Anyone who donates an item will receive complimentary passed hors d'oeuvres, specialty drink features and a chance to win prizes, including a Gucci purse.  Additional prizes were provided by Frances Michael Salon, Spadyssey, Stella & Dot, Athenas and Topiary Designs.

Proceeds from the Little Black Dress Event will benefit Dress for Success. Founded in New York City in 1997, Dress for Success is an international not-for-profit organization offering services designed to help women find jobs and remain employed. Dress for Success promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Each Dress for Success client receives one suit when she has a job interview and can return for a second suit or separates when she finds work. More information about Dress for Success is available at http://www.dressforsuccess.org .

McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon is a modern day adaptation of a “big-city” saloon, with the welcoming charm and friendly faces found in the traditional neighborhood tavern of yesteryear.  McFadden’s offers upscale-casual American fare with a contemporary interpretation of beloved classic cuisine for both lunch and dinner.  Located in downtown Providence, McFadden’s is renowned for both its delicious fare and its inviting, lively atmosphere every day of the week.  Whether it’s time to share an appetizer or quick drink with friends, savor a mouth-watering meal, host a private party, enjoy some cocktails and music in the late-night scene or root for your favorite team on game day, anytime is a great time to visit McFadden’s.

For additional information on McFadden’s, visit http://www.McFaddensProvidence.com , connect with us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/McFaddenRI

Contact: Sammy Eanes, Full House Productions, 540-525-0864, seanes@fhp-usa.com

Cranston, RI (April 2010)— Join over a dozen men and women looking to give the key to their heart to someone that bids the winning amount for a dream date with them. The event will be April 22, 7:30PM at McFadden’s in Providence with special guest host and eligible bachelor, Ben Hague, from Rhode Island’s very own "The Rhode Show".

"This is going to be great fun for the young and old alike playing off today’s popular dating reality shows," says Dana Hrabcsak, volunteer director and one of the eligible bachelorettes.

Enjoy free appetizers, raffles, and a chance to bid for your choice of a dream date. Tickets are $10 and proceeds to go Children’s Wishes to support upcoming wishes this year.

For more information on the bachelors and bachelorettes, call Children’s Wishes or visit the website to view the flyer.

The Children’s Wishes is a new non-profit organization that was created in July, 2009 because of the community’s belief in preserving a local charter and board in each state. Its goal is to grant wishes with love to over 50 eligible Rhode Island children not receiving their wish each year. We believe in putting an emphasis on our families and the quality of the wish for every local child living with a life-threatening medical illness. Our first wish was granted on October 30, 2009. For more information, call us at 401.228.7761 or visit http://www.cwishesri.com.

Ringling Bros. clowns will cheer on children ages 3-10 as they enjoy a short fun run.

Immediately following, Ladies, Gentlemen and Children of All Ages will join Goodwill Industries

of Rhode Island for a 5K road race and the fifth annual Walk for Work, a 3.5-mile walkathon – all

to benefit people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. It’s a great opportunity to

clown around for a great cause!

Who: Ladies, Gentlemen and Children of All Ages

What: Red Nose Run 5K and kids’ fun run, and 3.5-mile Walk for Work

Where: Roger Williams Park, Providence

When: Saturday, April 17, 2010

partner with Ringling Bros.® for what promises to be a fun-filled and rewarding experience for

all.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Proudly presents FUNundrum, which will appear at the Dunkin

Donuts Center, Apr.29-May 2. Featuring 130 performers from six continents, almost 100,000 pounds of

performing pachyderms, cowboys, pirates, and mermaids, Barnum’s FUNundrum! Ringmaster Johnathan

Lee Iverson invites the audience to leap aboard the Ringling Bros. Express and go on a family FUNtastic

adventure to meet exotic characters and witness thrilling performances that attempt to answer Barnum’s

FUNundrum, “What special wonders create The Greatest Show On Earth?” For ticket information or for

more information on the show, visit, http://www.dunkindonutscenter.com or call Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000.

Text by John Cameron Mitchell

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask

directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian
April 16-May 9

Tickets $20

Perishable Theatre,

95 Empire St. Providence, RI

    http://www.perishable.org

Previews

Friday April 16 @ 7:30pm

Saturday April 17@ 7:30pm

Sunday, April 18 @ 7:30pm  SOLD OUT

Press Opening

Monday April 19 @ 7:30pm

Performance Schedule

          Thursdays April 22, 29 & May 6 @ 7:30

          Fridays April 23, 30 & May 7 @ 7:30

          Saturday April 24, May 1 & May 8 @ 7:30

          Sundays April 25, May 2 & 9 @ 7:30pm

She has rocked audiences all over the world and

NOW it’s Rhode Island’s turn to experience.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

Providence, RI: Perishable Theatre, Rhode Island’s Research and Development Theatre.

Perishable Theatre’s black box transforms into a rock club for the final show of the 2009-2010 musical season. The RI premiere of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, text by John Cameron Mitchell and music/lyrics by Stephen Trask, will be appearing April 16 through May 9, and is directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian with music direction by David Tessier.

Audiences everywhere are familiar with Hedwig, who fell in love with an American G.I. and underwent a sex-change operation in order to marry him and flee to the West. Unfortunately, nothing worked out quite as planned – and now Hedwig is stopping in Providence, RI on a tour with her band, The Angry Inch, following her erstwhile lover Tommy Gnosis as he plays a local arena.  HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH is a powerful statement on sexual and gender ambiguity while also a story of failed and redeemed love.

About the production:

The Perishable production is directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian with music direction by David Tessier.

Megan Sandberg-Zakian is a theater-maker based in Providence, Rhode Island.
This January, Megan added to her lengthy resume directing the New England premiere of Lydia R. Diamond’s Harriet Jacobs for the Underground Railway Theater which also was recently performed at Perishable Theatre. Megan is a graduate of Brown University and is currently an MFA candidate in Interdisciplinary Arts at Goddard College. For more info go to http://www.megansz.com/bio.html.

John Cameron Mitchell is an American writer, actor, and director. He is best known for his motion pictures HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH and Shortbus. In 1998, Mitchell wrote (along with composer Stephen Trask) and starred in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, which won an Obie Award.  Three years later, he directed and starred in the feature film version of the play for which he won Best Director at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. His performance was nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. Both the play and the film were critical hits and have spawned cult followings around the world.

Stephen Trask is an award-winning American musician and composer.  Trask's real-life band Cheater performed as Hedwig's band "The Angry Inch". He received an Obie Award for the play and a Grammy award nomination for the movie.

The transgendered Hedwig is played by local actor Alexander Platt, with Liz Gotauco as her sidekick Yitzhak. Hedwig’s band The Angry Inch appears on the stage the entire performance, led by David Tessier and featuring local musicians Brandon Capaldo, David Rabinow and Paul "Zeus" Souza.

About Perishable Theatre: Perishable is RI’s research and development theatre. Led by Executive Artistic Director, Vanessa Gilbert, Perishable Theatre focuses on connecting RI audiences with innovative performance. http://www.perishable.org. 

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

Text by John Cameron Mitchell, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask

April 16-May 9

Tickets $20-$10  http://www.arttixri.com

 or 401-621-6123

Or for more information go to http://www.perishable.org

Special group rates make this a VERY affordable, exciting theatrical experience for your group. Groups of 6 or more, tickets $15 each, student groups only $12 each.  401-331-2695 X 103.

*There is adult language and rock music in this production.

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