Events:

Bobby Anspach: Everything is Change
June 21 - September 28
Howard Gardiner Cushing: A Harmony of Line and Color
July 12 - December 31
Liz Collins
Motherlode.
July 19, 2025 - January 1, 2026
You Are Here
July 26 - September 20
Rhode Island College 2-D Faculty Exhibition.
Reception: Thu, Aug 31, 4 – 6pm.
August 28 - September 19
David Clarke Featured Exhibit
Reception Sep 6.
August 28 - October 5
Cold War Choir Practice
It’s twilight in Ronald Reagan’s America, and the specter of nuclear war hangs over the country – but rent is still due on the first. When a prominent Black conservative
September 1 - October 5
ERIC-PAUL RIEGE
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September 3 - December 7
Susan Graseck and Holly Grosvenor
Opening Reception: Sun, Sep 14, 2 – 4pm.
September 4 - October 2
Wooley Dutton, Jessica Hamilton Humphrey, and Bridget Jourgensen
Opening Reception: Sun, Sep 14, 2 – 4pm.
September 4 - October 2
Arts Professional Showcase
Opening Reception: Sun, Sep 14, 2 – 4pm.
September 4 - October 2
Cold War Choir Practice
It’s twilight in Ronald Reagan’s America, and the specter of nuclear war hangs over the country – but rent is still due on the first. When a prominent Black conservative
September 4 - October 5
Emergence
Reception: Sat, Sep 6, 6 – 8pm.
September 6 - October 3
Fall Into Place
September Unjuried Open Show.
September 6 - September 28
Every Brilliant Thing
You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s “done something stupid.” She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that’s
September 11 - September 26
The Odd Couple (Female Version)
Neil Simon, the Pulitzer, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning master of theatre, revisits his beloved 1965 hit with a gender swap. Personalities clash between two utterly different women, leading to both
September 12 - September 21
Dinner with Friends
What happens when the foundation of friendship begins to crack? In Dinner with Friends, two couples — lifelong friends — find their lives upended when one marriage falls apart, forcing
September 12 - September 21
Mill Town Art
September 13 - November 29
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026
Emergence
September 14 - October 3

Cathren Housley

Cathren is a multidisciplinary artist and a board member of the Peace Flag Project. Current projects: giant flags, documentary films and children's workshops with the Providence Community Libraries. Website: thepeaceflagproject.org

Featured

Posted on September 10, 2025September 10, 2025
Cathren Housley
Featured, Student Guide
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Ode to the Libraries
An experience money can’t buy

I recently came across an article published in Forbes magazine in 2018, in which author Panos Mourdoukoutas declared that if Amazon replaced the public library it would save the taxpayers […]

Theater

THE POWER OF DANCING
One woman’s motivation to turn movement into medicine

Julie Adams Strandberg did not set out to be a dancer. She’d taken dance classes when she was younger, but it was her sister Carolyn Adams who took the first […]

Primary Care Physicians

RI is in a state of emergency when it comes to primary care. Our state scores high on the national average for health insurance – only 2.2% of the people […]

Art

Susan Clausen’s Endangered Species

Susan Clausen has been a presence in the Providence art scene since 1985 but it wasn’t until 2021 that I first glimpsed her work through the half open door of […]

Advice From the Trenches

Posted on February 23, 2024February 23, 2024
Cathren Housley
Advice From the Trenches
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To Be a Friend

Dear C; I work at a busy coffee shop. One of my regular customers, Sam, has always been a laid-back dude but recently, he’d complained about feeling dragged out and […]

Advice From the Trenches

Posted on February 13, 2024February 14, 2024
Cathren Housley
Advice From the Trenches
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What is Love?
Love through the ages

MALE, AGE 58, NEVER MARRIED, SINGLE I used to see love as a romantic epic, with a dazzling beauty who would take my breath away and cartoon birds that sang […]

Advice From the Trenches

Posted on January 30, 2024January 31, 2024
Cathren Housley
Advice From the Trenches, Alt-Health
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Habits

Dear C; I have had it. I am sick and tired of myself. Every year I resolve to make the same changes and I start off with such a great […]

Advice From the Trenches

Posted on January 29, 2024January 31, 2024
Cathren Housley
Advice From the Trenches
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Advice From The Trenches
Help

Dear C, I recently had surgery, and oddly enough, the hardest part of recovery is that I can’t do things for myself that I normally do. I need help — […]

Alt-Health

Posted on January 10, 2024January 10, 2024
Cathren Housley
Alt-Health
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Vitamin O

Over 40% of Americans are obese and despite the fact that weight loss clinics and diet fads abound, these statistics continue to rise. The experts have been helpless to stop […]

Advice From the Trenches

Posted on October 19, 2023October 19, 2023
Cathren Housley
Advice From the Trenches
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Advice from the Trenches
Lawn and learn

Dear C, I’m a single homeowner with a creatively rewarding albeit low-paying career. I was married for 12 years, so I don’t feel like I missed out on anything. Honestly? […]

Events:

Cathren Housley

Ode to the Libraries An experience money can’t buy

THE POWER OF DANCING One woman’s motivation to turn movement into medicine

Primary Care Physicians

Susan Clausen’s Endangered Species

To Be a Friend

What is Love? Love through the ages

Habits

Advice From The Trenches Help

Vitamin O

Advice from the Trenches Lawn and learn

Ode to the Libraries
An experience money can’t buy

THE POWER OF DANCING
One woman’s motivation to turn movement into medicine

What is Love?
Love through the ages

Advice From The Trenches
Help

Advice from the Trenches
Lawn and learn