Carvershire Lives On!: King Richard’s Faire will return in 2021
“It’s really hard because we have been entertaining families and people for all ages for so long. We had a whole show planned this year and we kept holding out in […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
ARIA’s Rhode Island Author Expo Goes Virtual
Every year in December, the Association of Rhode Island Authors (ARIA) hosts the Rhode Island Author Expo where fans can meet authors, and authors and would-be authors alike can take […]
Welcome Back, Kids!: Raimondo to allow all but two districts to open for full in-person learning
During Governor Gina Raimondo’s much-anticipated August 31 press conference, she announced that all Rhode Island school districts, with the exception of Providence and Central Falls, meet all five of her […]
T Shirts for Tuition
One Gun Gone is an anti-gun violence art project that takes one gun off the street, turns it into art and then sells that art for funds for a gun […]
District Leaders Express Concern about School Reopenings: Nine RI school districts address the governor
A letter from nine Rhode Island school districts to Governor Raimondo and Education Commissioner Infante-Green expressing their concerns about the reopening of schools in their districts was recently made public. […]
VOTE!: A new mural appears in PVD
As the weekend began, a rough sketch of the word VOTE appeared on the side of a building on Dyer Street in PVD, waiting to be filled with color. This […]
Musical Mad Scientist: Andrew Hlynsky’s immersive art pieces stop people in their tracks
“I thought I was gonna be a drummer in a rock band and go on tour and sell CDs,” Andrew Hlynsky tells me, laughing at how absurd he thinks his […]
Mother, May I?: Kids’ worlds are shrinking and it’s no fun — here’s how parents can help
My kids are in mourning. They miss spontaneous playdates with friends. They miss their out-of-state grandparents’ summer visit. They miss their freedom. And because they don’t have the emotional maturity […]
Reading, Writing and ‘Rona
Nicole Casey and her husband are teachers in Massachusetts who have a daughter entering kindergarten in Lincoln this fall. Out of concern for their daughter, they anxiously awaited RIDE plans […]
Summer in the City
PVDFest is an annual event that typically transforms The Creative Capital into a boisterous celebration of art and culture. Unfortunately, the dumpster fire that is 2020 necessitated its cancellation this […]