PROVIDENCE – Italian aerialists, West African drummers, an all-women salsa dance group, hip-hop and R&B performers – all these groups and others will perform at this year’s PVDFest in downto ...

Musician, author and cultural educator Dave Kobrenski is bringing the vibrant sounds of West Africa back to North Conway with his fall series of West African drumming classes.

One of the best-known African drums is the West African djembe. It is shaped like a large goblet and played with bare hands. The body is carved from a hollowed trunk and is covered in goat skin.