Innovation Fellowship Grant Recipients Announced
The Rhode Island Foundation officially announced the two recipients of their annual Innovation Fellowship Grant at a reception on Wednesday night (April 15) in the gallery at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. John Haley and the husband and wife team of Deniel Kamil and Emily Steffian will receive $300,000 over three years to fund a project […]
In Their Own Words: Jared Moffat, Director of Regulate Rhode Island
What do you think would be the advantages of being the first state in New England to legalize? First, there’s historical pride in being a leader on important social issues like this. In 50 years, I think we will look back on marijuana prohibition the same way we look back on alcohol prohibition now. We’ll […]
In Their Own Words: Nancy A. DeNuccio, Ocean State Prevention
What do you think would be the advantages of being the first state in New England to legalize? I do not think there would be any advantages to Rhode island becoming the first state in New England to legalize recreational marijuana. What do you think the disadvantages would be? Disadvantages outweigh the advantages. The verdict […]
Medical Marijuana Patients Concerned About Senate Bill 791
We talked to The Rhode Island Patient Assistance Coalitions’ JoAnne Leppanen about a proposed bill in the Senate that has a lot of caregivers and medical marijuana patients concerned. She not only shared their concerns, but gave us a quick history of medical marijuana in RI. “The original legalization of medical marijuana was really an […]
Rhode Island Spotlight: PeaceLove Studios Uses Art to Help People with Mental Issues
The dozen girls and boys who have gathered around a set of tables for an evening workshop don’t know it yet, but the masks they create over the next 90 minutes will help many of them work through issues they are facing: maybe problems at home, or school or with friends. And they will share […]
Phillipe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Traffic Snarls, Political Fools and Art Makes Everything Better
Newport Nightmares Ah, Newport. Sailing Capital of the World. City by the Sea. Rhode Island’s #1 tourist attraction. And seemingly determined by state and local pols and planners to make a visit there as unpleasant as possible. P&J refer to the ill-conceived need for a median strip on the Newport Bridge, an overreaction of the […]
Bimonthly Beast APRIL 2015
by Big Nazo Lab
Demonstration at RISD
more photos If you drove down South Main St. in Providence around lunch time today (April 6) you may have seen a huge truck of teamsters and hundreds of chanting RISD students with big, colorful signs flooding (in an orderly fashion) the street at 20 Washington Place, near the RISD Museum and bus tunnel. The students […]