Your Weekend Best Bets

Music
ALL WEEKEND: Attention theater-goers and music-lovers, We Will Rock You, the worldwide smash hit musical by Queen and Ben Elton, is at Providence Performing Arts Center. More info.

FRIDAY: Catch longtime friends Kevin Costner and The Modern West perform at Twin River Casino. More info.

FRIDAY: Want to feel like a free-spirit teen again? Head to Lupo’s in Providence for Taking Back Sunday’s show. More info.

SATURDAY: The David Wax Museum brings their folk-rock tunes to the Columbus Theatre in Providence, playing a show that brings you back to the roots of Mexican folk music. More info.

SATURDAY: What Cheer Record Store in Providence is celebrating Record Store Day by bringing live music to their store and selling awesome RSD 2014 releases. More info.

SUNDAY: Stephen Marley, the son of a legend and a legend in his own right, is playing at Fete in Providence. Sit back, relax and get down with the Rasta movement. More info.

Kids
FRIDAY: Kids can meet bunnies and baby chicks at the Baby Animals event at Providence Children’s Museum. The Providence Animal Rescue League will also be there to talk about adopting and taking care of pets. More info.

Health
SATURDAY: Have fun and get some exercise for a good cause! Help raise money for “The Amazing Race” winner Amy Diaz’s Leukemia & Lymphoma Society at Synrgy Health and Fitness’ Zumba Cures in Providence. More info.

Easter
FRIDAY: 5,000 Easter eggs will be hidden and filled with great prizes at the Adult Easter Egg Hunt at The Rhode Island Shriners Imperial Room at One Rhodes Place in Cranston (you must be 21+ to attend which should give you a hint on what you might find in the eggs). More info.


Coffee
FRIDAY: Spend an hour sipping on quality coffee (and learning about it too) at the New Harvest Coffee Training Center in Pawtucket at the Free Friday Coffee Tasting event. More info.

Art
FRIDAY: The Jamestown Art Center presents The Flower Show, an exhibit showing Georgia Marsh’s collection of abstract paintings portraying nature and gardens. More info.

Wine
ALL WEEKEND: Learn and discuss the infamous wines of the Loire Valley at the Vine to Wine event with Sommelier Jonathan Feiler at Ocean House in Westerly. More info.

Theater
SATURDAY: Join Everett Company Stage School for an informal performance of the in-progress show, Freedom Project. Chat with the artists and examine issues related to mass incarceration in America. This event takes place at The Brown University Granoff Center for the Arts. More info.