The Must List

10 essential events this month

August 6:

Postponed in May due to rain, the rescheduled Hope Street Summer Block Party has family-friendly activities including live music, food trucks, beer and cocktails, and vendors o ering vintage and artisan items. HopeStreetPVD.com

August 7-13:

The Flickers International Film Festival held at several locations around the state is a week-long Academy Award-qualifying festival that presents over 350 films representing works shot and produced in over 100 countries. Film-Festival.org

August 15:

The world’s leading drag extravaganza, RuPaul’s Drag Race comes to Providence on the Werq The World Tour, with stars Asia O’Hara, Lady Camden, and Mistress Isabelle Brooks from Season 15 of the popular television show. PPACRI.org

August 16:

The Providence Preservation Society and Mile of History Association host Soul Circle, a collaborative of Mixed Magic Theatre musicians appearing in the Music in the Garden series on the lawn of the Shakespeare’s Head building. PPSRI.org

August 17-27:

The Academy Players present the dark comedy Heathers the Musical, the story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique in her high school. AcademyPlayersRI.org

Through August 20:

Waterfire Arts Center hosts concurrent exhibitions POIESIS: Street Culture & The Art of the City by Melaine Ferdinand-King, and REMEDY by Joel Rosario Tapia. WaterFire.org

The rescheduled Hope Street Block Party celebrates summer on the East Side

August 24:

New York-based comedian llana Glazer, star of HBO special The Planet is Burning and co-creator of the critically acclaimed series Broad City, performs at The Vets. TheVetsRI.com

August 26

Brew at the Zoo returns to Roger Williams Park with over 170 beers, hard seltzers, and ready-to-drink cocktails from 80+ local, regional, and national brewers, plus live music by The Niteflies, animal encounters, and more. RWPZoo.org

August 27:

Now in its third year, the Flower Festival & Sunset Party at What Cheer Flower Farm is a fundraiser with a full schedule of botanical activities culminating with a chance to mingle among hundreds of blooming dahlias. WhatCheerFarm.org

August 27-28:

Shiza Fest is a two-day event held at Dusk and The Parlour honoring the life of the beloved late drummer Nick Iddon with dozens of local bands including Hope Anchor, Dust Ru es, and Sex Co ee. DuskProvidence.com