Warwick Weekend: Pulp Fiction, Bad Jews Talk, Improv

WARWICK, RI — This week’s Warwick Weekend starts tonight with the opening exhibit reception for the WCFA, capped off Sunday with a free discussion of Gamm Theatre’s production of Bad Jews, subject of recent protests about the prominent Jefferson Boulevard display of the show’s title.

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Warwick Weekend Thursday: WCFA Exhibit Opening Reception

This Warwick Weekend, you can peruse the paper, prints, collage & altered books created by 25 artists in the Warwick Center for the Arts exhibit running 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Wednesday – Saturday, through April 22. But Thursday, many of the artists themselves will be on-hand for the exhibit’s opening reception at the gallery at 3259 Post Road.

“Meet the exhibiting artists while you mix and mingle with light refreshments. Award presentation will be at approximately 7pm, led by WCFA Executive Director, Danielle Salisbury and Carol,” the WCFA notes.

Warwick Weekend Friday: Bring Your Own Improv

Bring Your Own Improv is back for family friendly live performances every Friday from 7-8:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door only. General admission tickets are $15, $10 for WCFA members, seniors, students, military and first responders, hospital employees and minimum wage workers Tickets are available at the door only. COVID Safety Policies: All ages must show proof of being fully vaccinated to attend. (Card, Photocopy or Camera Photo). Warwick Center for the Arts, 3259 Post Road, Warwick.

Warwick Weekend Sunday: GAMM: Free Discussion of ‘Bad Jews’

On Sunday, March 12, after the matinee performance of Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews (approx. 3:45 pm – attendance is encouraged but not required) Rabbi Sarah Mack, Senior Rabbi of Temple Beth-El on Providence’s East Side since 2003, will lead a discussion about the play.

​This discussion aims to enhance the theater’s production of Bad Jews. This dark and often uproarious comedy explores serious themes about the obligations and limitations of identity, and the lack of consensus about who or what constitutes “good” or “bad.” At a time of rising antisemitism, this play examines the meaning of Jewish identity in our times. Within any religion or culture, can one’s debt to the past and aspirations for the future comfortably coexist?

This event is open to the public at no charge.

Author: Rob Borkowski

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