Seven upcoming events to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Rhode Island
By Rhea Rasquinha | September 25Upcoming events to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Rhode Island include talks, arts activities, performances and more.
Upcoming events to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in Rhode Island include talks, arts activities, performances and more.
Woonsocket Middle School closed its doors 14 years ago. Today, in the largest abandoned school in New England, glass crunches underfoot, water damage warps the floors in the basement and the ceiling tiles flake with age.
Malian Djembe Master Sidy Ma茂ga, musician Master Soumy discuss importance of PVDFest鈥檚 Afrika Nyaga Drum Festival
The City Plan Commission approved the University鈥檚 new Institutional Master Plan, which outlines the next 5 to 10 years of physical developments, at a meeting Sept. 19 evening.
A special legislative commission studying the placement of solar panels on interstate highways was announced in a September press release from the Rhode Island state House of Representatives. In their short inaugural meeting Sept. 13, the commission discussed which stakeholders to include in future ...
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and the Department of Health announced the state鈥檚 first case of a mammal contracting the eastern equine encephalitis virus in 2023
The 10th annual Design Week RI kicks off Tuesday afternoon, starting a five-day event organized by DESIGNxRI, a nonprofit organization that works to support Rhode Island鈥檚 design sector.
Park(ing) Day was founded in 2005 by Rebar, a San Francisco-based design studio, and has since expanded to include locations around the world.
Mala Noodles offers self-serve noodles, soups and stir fries that feature Mala seasoning.
A survey conducted in 2022 by the Department of Planning and Development found that addressing building quality and affordable housing over the next two decades is a top priority for Providence residents.
On Sept. 5, Gabe Amo, a former White House aide under the Obama and Biden administrations, won the special primary election for Rhode Island鈥檚 1st U.S. Congressional District.
Rhode Island鈥檚 housing challenges remain stark and will take significant time to improve, Secretary of Housing Stefan Pryor told the Special Legislative Commission to Study Housing Affordability Tuesday afternoon.
Poet Kwame Dawes read a collection of his recent poetry for an audience of University students and faculty Wednesday evening.
Hurricane Lee is expected to bring heavy rain through New England as the Category 2 storm expands in size, potentially sparking flash flood warnings and shelter-in-place recommendations. The third major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, Lee formed on Sept. 5 from a tropical depression ...
The Providence City Council Committee on Finance did not vote on two proposed voluntary payment agreements between the city and four private higher education institutions.
This past weekend, the City of Providence hosted PVDFest in collaboration with the Department of Art, Culture and Tourism and FirstWorks, a non-profit organization. The festival had performers, vendors and other events across three days at the 195 District Park.
Celebrations for the new statue of painter Edward Mitchell Bannister continued Sunday despite the afternoon鈥檚 thunderstorms and the movement of the unveiling ceremony from Market Square to the RISD Museum auditorium.
Silently floating through the Providence River, a handful of BioPods 鈥 modular, wedding-cake sized pods built out of mycelium mushrooms and topped with native wetland plants 鈥 are naturally working to reestablish a whole ecosystem.
The Rhode Island General Assembly passed laws addressing housing, lead pipes and abortion, among other issues, in its 2023 session running from January to June.
The proposed agreements provide for more than $174 million in voluntary payments from Brown to Providence between 2024 and 2043, according to a press release provided at the conference.