WESTERLY — Dwight & Nicole, a Boston-based American indie-soul band fronted by Dwight Ritcher and Nicole Nelson, will join the ever-popular CarLeans Saturday night at the Knick.

MYSTIC — Emerita Poet Laureate of Rhode Island Lisa Starr will return to the Arts Café Mystic next week as the storied Mystic institution continues its 25th year of “inspiring words and music,” according to Christie Max Williams, the café’s artistic director.

Thursday, March 14

WESTERLY — Award-winning guitarist Stephane Wrembel returns to The Knickerbocker Music Center Saturday, touring behind his latest record, "The Django Experiment IV," released just last January.

MYSTIC — To honor Women’s History Month, Emerson Theater Collaborative, now in its 11th season will stage a production featuring excerpts from two one-woman shows.

WESTERLY — The Colonial Theatre of Rhode Island has more than an updated name and a brand new website.

WARWICK — It's all about the women at the Gamm Theatre this month where audiences can see two short, but powerful plays — each featuring first rate, all-female casts — and experience extraordinary acting and compelling theatre. 

Thursday, March 7

WESTERLY — Veronica Kushner stood inside the George Kent Performance Hall one afternoon last week, waiting for chorus rehearsal to begin. The 13-year-old Bradford resident, who has been singing with the Chorus of Westerly since she was eight, was smiling broadly and doing her best to exude c…

WESTERLY — Nancy Gardner and Arlene Piacquadio are the featured artists for March at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly.

WESTERLY — Award-winning reggae artist Kabaka Pyramid will perform for local audiences next week at the Knickerbocker Music Center at a concert sponsored by Westerly Sound.

WESTERLY — Providence-based country music singer Charlie Marie will travel all the way to Westerly this week to sing at the Tap Room of the Knickerbocker Music Center.

By Nancy Burns-Fusaro

Thursday, Feb. 28

STONINGTON — There are so many reasons to admire the late Beatrix Farrand.

WESTERLY — Jeanie Roland, the chef and co-owner of Ella's Food & Drink in Westerly, has cooked up something special for her fans, and it sounds delicious.

NEW LONDON — Emerson Theater Collaborative begins its 11th season this week with a production of "Vivian’s Music, 1969," a play fantasia about race, music and family by Monica Bauer.

MYSTIC — Tony Sheridan, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut, Joan Gordon, food columnist for the Norwich Bulletin, and Lee White of The Day will judge chowder Saturday at the 16th annual Cabin Fever Festival and Charity Chowder Cook-Off in Olde Mistick Village.

WESTERLY — Providence-based musician Ian O'Neil, perhaps best known for playing guitar with the alternative rock band Deer Tick, will join Spirit Family Reunion Saturday at the Knickerbocker Music Center.

Thursday, Feb. 21

WESTERLY — Forgot to buy roses for your sweetheart? Not to worry, Gunilla Norris has the perfect solution. Head to the WARM Center and buy a copy of "Warmed: Songs of Heart and Spirit," a CD full of love songs from the group known as RiverFlow. Or better still, take your sweetheart to Sunday…

WESTERLY — Eric Stevenson and Elizabeth Jancewicz have set an ambitious goal for themselves.

WESTERLY — Notable mosaic artist Susan Rosano heads to Ocean House this weekend, as the next "Artisan in Residence. Rosano will welcome guests, and lead several workshops during her three-day stay.

NEW LONDON — Connecticut College’s onStage Guest Artist Series resumes in the spring semester with “Radicals in Miniature” by the Pickup Performance Co(s) at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, and Saturday, Feb. 16, in Tansill Theater.

WAKEFIELD – The Contemporary Theater Company takes murder mysteries to the next level this winter with "Whodunit? An Improvised Murder Mystery." Audiences are not the only ones wondering who the murderer is - the actors don't know either. 

Thursday, Feb. 14

NORTH STONINGTON — Tenor Ian O’Brien will join pianist Aymeric Dupré la Tour Sunday for a concert called “Exalted Love Art Songs.”

WESTERLY — Sample a delectable selection of homemade chowders Saturday in Misquamicut and help decide who will be the region's chowder champ and take home the honors at the Rotary Club of Westerly's 15th annual Chowder Cookoff.

WESTERLY — Nick “Mr. Nick” David will emcee the New England Winter Blues Festival at The Knick Friday night, a program he says will feature "some of the very best blues musician on the planet."

PROVIDENCE — It’s not your grandmother’s “Macbeth.” Rather, Trinity Rep’s production of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, now onstage through March 3, is a top-notch, new twist on the old “Macbeth,” and a production theater-lovers, Shakespeare fans and students will surely want to see. Trinity d…

PROVIDENCE — Roald Dahl's sweet tale is now Providence's golden ticket. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is the perfect recipe for a delectable theatrical treat.

STORRS — It may be a drive, but it will be worth the trip to hear I'm With Her — the band of Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan — perform next week at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts.

Thursday, Feb. 7

WESTERLY — Andrew Howell has a cure to combat these cold, dark days of winter: Music.

WESTERLY — Escape the polar vortex and warm up with friends at the The Misquamicut Business Association’s 14th annual Aloha Luau Friday at Misquamicut’s Venice Restaurant. The fun begins at 6:30 p.m. and will feature tasty treats from more than a dozen local restaurants and the famous Luau P…

WESTERLY — The work of artisans from the Westerly Weavers will be featured at the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery of Westerly during the month of February.

WESTERLY — Cassidy Ferry, a self-proclaimed overachiever, started writing “The Girl in the Middle” when she was just 13. It took two years of school vacations, weekends, and all the free time she had to complete her first novel. In December, the 15-year-old high honors student at Lasalle Aca…

WAKEFIELD — Westerly resident Sam Eaton plays one of the lead roles in The Prout School’s upcoming performance of “The Chronicles of Jane, Book Seven,” one of two one-act comedies to be performed at the school this weekend. Both productions, which will appeal to audience-goers of all ages, a…