The Vagina MonologuesPresented by the URI Women’s Center and the Gender and Sexuality CenterFebruary 28, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. March 1, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.The URI community has been performing the Vagina Monologues for over 20+ years. Join us for this year’s performance!Written 27 years ago, Vagina Monologues is based on writer V’s (formerly Eve Ensler) “Vagina Interviews” conducted with 200 women all around the world. The play is a compilation of monologues performed by various women that address the issues of violence against women, rape, domestic violence, and genital mutilation. The play is unorthodox and at times shocking.Visit URInvolved for complete event details and to RSVP.

A stunning, new translation of Euripides' play by a poet and classicist Anne Carson. Carson writes, "Euripides was a playwright of the fifth century BC who reinvented Greek tragedy, setting it on a path that leads straight to reality TV. His plays broke all the rules, upended convention and outraged conservative critics. Bakkhai is his most subversive play, telling the story of a man who cannot admit he would rather live in the skin of a woman, and a god who seems to combine all sexualities into a single ruinous demand for adoration."

URI artist teacher mezzo-soprano Caroline O'Dwyer and bass-baritone Devon Russo present three unique vocal chamber works that explore the interplay between Western Classical Music and Greek Mythology:Joseph Haydn’s secular cantata Arianna a Naxos (1789) depicts the Theseus myth from his lover Ariadne’s point of view, after she finds herself deserted by Theseus on the island of Naxos. It explores themes of love, trauma, and abandonment as well as the inherent dangers of what Joseph Campbell calls the “hero’s ego” ; Jonathan Dove’s one-act opera L’altra Euridice (2001) tells the traditional Orpheus myth with its universal themes of love, death and the power of music, but in a radically altered account of the transpiring events, reversing Orpheus’ and Plutone’s roles as hero and villain ; Benjamin Britten’s dramatic cantata for mezzo-soprano, Phaedra (1976), revisits the Theseus myth from his wife, Phaedra’s point of view, exploring themes of lust, desire, despair, and moral virtue. Originally composed for mezzo-soprano and a small orchestra, this will be performed in a version for voice, piano, and percussion.Featuring:David Gilliland (piano, harpsichord) Kyle Forsthoff (percussion) Joe Bentley (bass) Jane Murray (oboe) Luis Viquez Cordoba (conductor)

Art League RI and the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography are featuring the works of artists and scientists in a new exhibition titled “The Synergy Project: A Collaboration of Art and Science” at Studio Blue on the URI Narragansett Bay Campus.With its goal to communicate oceanographic research to wider audiences through art exhibits and events, The Synergy Project has paired artists across many mediums with scientists from URI and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution since 2020. This third Synergy Project group exhibition features 50 pieces from returning artists and scientists as well as new work exploring new topics. Each exhibition is an opportunity for guests to learn about ocean science in an engaging and unconventional way, prompting new conversations about science and its importance in climate regulation and ocean health with communities near and far.

🌟 Join Us for a Special SOLC & Student Alumni Association (SAA) Retreat! 🌟 SOLC and the URI Mock Trial are teaming up for an inspiring few hours of connection, growth, and leadership! Come ready for hands-on activities, group discussions, and valuable insights as we work together to build stronger communities. ⬇️Request a Retreat Below ⬇️https://web.uri.edu/leadership/solc/retreat/Visit URInvolved for complete event details and to RSVP.

Join the Surfrider Foundation URI Club to complete our monthly beach cleanup. We plan to clean up Narragansett Town Beach on the first Sunday of every month, if weather permits.Visit URInvolved for complete event details and to RSVP.