Thursday, September 17

7:00-9:00 PM

The UNITED Theatre | 5 Canal St, Westerly, RI 02891

As AI tools make it easier than ever to create music, art, and film from a bedroom or a laptop, a fundamental question emerges: what do we lose when we stop showing up for each other? This panel brings together artists, educators, technologists, and community leaders to make the case for the live, in-person arts experience as a necessary counterweight to the atomization of creative life. The conversation centers on community-building, shared witnessing, and what happens in a room full of people that no algorithm can replicate.