PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Democratic U.S. Rep. David Cicilline takes on Republican Brendan Doherty in their first live, televised debate on Tuesday at 7 p.m
The debate, at the Providence Performing Arts Center, is sponsored by WPRI-Channel 12 and The Providence Journal. .
Cicilline and Doherty meet again Wednesday at a forum hosted by Providence's Summit Neighborhood Association. The forum opens with a debate between House Speaker Gordon D. Fox, D-Providence, and his independent challenger, Mark Binder.
On Friday, Fox and Binder will also sit for a taping of WPRI-Channel 12's "Newsmakers" that will air Saturday and Sunday. And a debate the two had last week, taped by public access's "State of the State," will air starting Saturday on Cox Channel 13 or Verizon Channel 32 and online at stateofthestateri.com.