Open: Rollers: A new sports bar has arrived in Providence as of June 12. Rollers hosts watch parties, serves a variety of diner-style food and drinks, and offers both private and semi-private party events. The spot was known long ago as the Satin Doll, one of PVD’s retired strip clubs, so you might want to […]
1. Higher Education Facilities Bond Measure — $275 million This bond would use $165 million to create an integrated health building at the URI campus, open to the public, which would also be used for labs and clinics by URI students in health care fields. URI has schools of nursing and for medical technologists. URI […]
Mall culture has been a global phenomenon for decades. Just the word “mall” conjures an iconic set of images: tables surrounded by restaurants in a food court, movie theater popcorn, escalators, gleaming tile floors, and, above all, rows of retail stores outfitted with mannequins and sale signs. Malls have often been depicted in media, including […]
High Wind Warning in effect from September 25, 08:00 AM EDT until September 27, 08:00 AM EDT Coastal Flood Advisory in effect from September 25, 05:00 PM EDT until September 27, 08:00 PM EDT Storm Warning in effect from September 25, 02:00 AM EDT until September 26, 08:00 PM EDT At Providence, a strong nor’easter […]
“Sounds like it’s highlighting the chaos in the world we are living in today.” This was the reaction I got from my friend Nancy Teo when I sent her some of the photos I’d taken at Screech Sprays RI!, a live graffiti event held at Nick Paciorek’s Pitcher-Goff House in Pawtucket on August 28. The […]
The unionized workers of the Community Libraries of Providence have been without a contract for two years now. Their patience, which had been wearing thin, was stretched to the breaking point by a recent move on the part of management that, by union rules, crossed a line. On August 4 & 5 they went into […]
“We will continue pushing back on ill-planned attempts to force A.I. into our newsrooms and onto our readers, who deserve quality, human-led journalism…” – Philip Eil, freelance journalist Why would a newspaper company partner with Palantir, the notorious tech company co-founded by Peter Thiel? Well, according to USA Today Co.’s CEO Mike Reed, who spoke […]
Environmental Organizations Endorse Foulkes for Governor PROVIDENCE — The Providence Streets Coalition, a grassroots activist organization devoted to increasing funding, safety, and reliability in the state’s transit network, announced July 21 that it is backing former CVS executive Helena Foulkes for governor. “For far too long, this community has advocated for our state leaders to […]
Two years ago in these pages I wrote “PPSD in Peril” to mark the five-year anniversary of the state assuming control of the Providence Public School District and my general take on it. Rereading it now, I came off a tad cynical about the bureaucracy, the theater, and the posturing behind it all. Now, the […]
Heat Advisory in effect from August 6, 11:00 AM EDT until August 7, 08:00 PM EDT At Providence, a Heat Advisory is effective Thu, Aug 6, 11am, to Fri, Aug 7, 8pm. Afternoon temperatures/heat indices are likely Thu 88°F/100°F and Fri 89°F/100°F, which can be dangerously life-threatening. Chance of rain, possibly accompanied by thunderstorms, will […]