Music and more on tap: The Rhodeshow will perform tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Dexter Training Ground, near the Armory, as a part of West Side Thursdays. It’s a troupe of spoken word, hip-hop artists and dancers.

Music and food will be featured every Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. for the rest of the month. The shows will complement the Parade Street Farmer’s Market, which will sell fresh produce on those Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m. Other vendors will display their wares from 4 to 8 p.m. in conjunction with the performances.

Other scheduled performances follow:

•July 17 — Pendragon, celebrating 25 years of music in the Celtic tradition (also includes henna, tarot and palm reading vendors).

•July 24 — B Sharp presents Mahi Mahi and special guest John Carpenter from Brooklyn (also includes local artists and craft vendors).

•July 31 — Dear Providence by New Urban Arts with puppetry, poetry, stop-motion film and more (also includes activities and vendors for children, families and their pets).

Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and picnics.

West Side Thursdays is a part of "Celebrate Providence!" Neighborhood Performing Arts Series and is presented and sponsored by the City of Providence; the Department of Art, Culture and Tourism; the Parks Department; the West Broadway Neighborhood Association; B Sharp; Farm Fresh RI and West Side Arts.

Vendor and sponsorship opportunities are available. For information, call (401) 831-9344.

Children’s golf tournament: Citizens Bank will host the seventh annual “Citizens Bank Kids Classic for Button Hole” Tuesday, Aug. 5, (rain date is Thursday, Aug. 7) at Button Hole Golf Course in Providence.

Proceeds will support youth programs at Button Hole Golf Course, a nine-hole instructional course that provides the area’s 25,000 urban youth with a place to learn golf and life skills to be a good “player” on and off the course.

There will be at least 100 children, ages of 6 to 17, participating.

The all-day tournament will be a scramble format with three boys and girls divisions: 6-9 years, 10-14 years and 15-17 years.

To participate, golfers must have completed the Button Hole Junior Clinic.

For information, call Deanne Prior, program and event coordinator, at (401) 421-1664.

Medical research grants available: Medical researchers throughout Rhode Island are invited to apply to The Rhode Island Foundation for funds to support their research projects. Grants are available for general medical research, as well as specific areas including infectious diseases, cardiac research, coronary artery disease, cerebral accidents, cancer, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, diabetes and allergies.

As many as 10 grants of $15,000 each will be awarded for laboratory, clinical and population-based research. Grants are intended to serve as seed money or for pilot projects so that junior investigators may achieve permanent funding for their research through other sources.

The grants, which will be disbursed in January, are made possible through 11endowment funds established through the years at The Rhode Island Foundation and designated for medical research. This year, the foundation has awarded $110,000 for medical research projects at Lifespan/Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, University of Rhode Island, Memorial Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center.

An advisory committee will assist the foundation in its review of proposals, using criteria including significance of the research, soundness of the methodology, feasibility of the research project, demonstration of independent research and likelihood of securing future external funding.

Additional information on the application procedure and requirements is available at the Receive/Grant Opportunities section of the foundation Web site, www.rifoundation.org, or by contacting Owen Heleen, senior community philanthropy officer, at (401) 274-4564 or oheleen@rifoundation.org.

Applications must be received at the foundation by Oct. 3.

Appointment: Save The Bay has appointed Michael Gerhardt as interim executive director, replacing Curt Spalding, who completed his planned departure from the nonprofit environmental group June 30.

Gerhardt has a long history of guiding Rhode Island nonprofit organizations through leadership transitions, having served as an interim leader for a number of organizations, including the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence Ronald McDonald House, Home & Hospice Care of Rhode Island and the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island.

Before focusing on transitional leadership, Gerhardt was president and COO of HMO Rhode Island (1985-1995) and executive director of AIDS Project Rhode Island (1998-2001).

Save The Bay has conducted a national search for a new leader and is now interviewing candidates. Spalding announced his departure in February after serving Save The Bay for 18 years.