The 2018 Eat Play Learn Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative is presented by Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, the Department of Parks & Recreation, the Partnership for Providence Parks and the 2018 grantees. 

Mayor Jorge O. Elorza’s Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative celebrates the culture and creativity rooted in Providence neighborhoods through performances in local parks. Organizations receiving a grant to participate in the initiative this year include Family Service of Rhode Island, Jazz is a Rainbow, JUMP! Dance Company, Kennedy PTA, One Neighborhood Builders, Providence Children’s Film Festival, Peral Street, Project 401, RI Latino Arts, PVD Summer Meals and the West Broadway Neighborhood Association. All events are located in public parks and are free and open to the public.