Providence Journal files / Connie Grosch
The Courthouse Center for the Arts.
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- After spending the past four months regrouping, West Kingston's Courthouse Center for the Arts reopens Saturday with an open house and a return to a wide array of cultural activities, with the focus no longer on just theater.
The center, just west of URI on Route 138, opens its doors at 7 p.m. with an art exhibit and jazz.
The board suspended programming in late January to raise badly needed funds, and do some "soul searching," said Ami Awad, a spokesperson for the 25-year-old arts center. During that period, members decided to drop the emphasis on theater and revert to the original model of a general arts center, said Awad, offering a mix of art, music and educational programs.