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Celebrating the History of African and African American Dance

Rhode Island College Impact

Enjoy Afrobeat, hip-hop and step dance by Motherland’s Finest.

Christmas is Music to their Ears

Rhode Island College Impact

RIC freshmen produce an album to celebrate the holidays.

A New Cohort of Miranda Scholarship Winners Takes the Stage

"The way the (Miranda) program is laid out, I'll be able to meet people in the performing arts industry, so I'm looking forward to that opportunity," says scholarship winner Sofia DaSilva (pictured above during a performance).

RIC Professor, Alums Experience the ‘Gilded’ Life

RIC Professor of Music Samuel Breene (pictured) and two of his former students got a taste of high society as orchestra players in the HBO series "The Gilded Age."

RIC/RIPBS Collaboration Provides Opportunities for Students to Perform

Rhode Island College Impact

"Black Joy," a Rhode Island PBS documentary series, features RIC students both in front of and behind the camera.

For RIC Alumnus, Making Art is Good Medicine

For Sherly Torres ’21, who struggles with ADHD, art has been a refuge.

The In-Between World – The Art of Alumna Magda Léon

“In America, we talk about the American Dream, but the American Dream is very expensive for immigrants. There’s a personal price we pay to come here,” says Léon.

Award-Winning Producer & Alumna Profiles Actor Behind Vampire Cape

In the soap opera “Dark Shadows,” Jonathan Frid played a 175-year-old vampire unintentionally released from his chained coffin.

Film about Trailblazing Female Composers to Premiere at RIC, Accompanied by Performance

Rhode Island College Impact

"Women Trailblazers in Music: Noteworthy Composers" features extraordinary music by, and fascinating stories about, women composers, spanning 12 centuries. The event also includes a live concert with Judith Lynn Stillman and Friends.

RIC Alum Lands New Theatre Fellowship

This new fellowship is designed to establish mentoring relationships between aspiring and established theatre professionals.