URI’s spanking-new Thomas M. Ryan Center (1 Lincoln Almond Plz., Kingston, 401/788-3200, www.theryancenter.com [1]) hosts national performers like Bob Dylan and John Mayer in an 8,000-seat auditorium.
Inside a Romanesque granite building, the Courthouse Center for the Arts (3481 Kingstown Rd., W. Kingston, 401/782-1018, www.courthousearts.org [2]) features indie films and community theater.
A ramshackle seaside roadhouse, Ocean Mist Beach Bar (895A Matunuck Beach Rd., Matunuck, 401/782-3740, www.oceanmist.net [3]) fills with sandal-wearing patrons getting down to rock and tribute bands.
Links:
[1] http://www.theryancenter.com
[2] http://www.courthousearts.org
[3] http://www.oceanmist.net