Cannabis and Higher Education: CCRI Gets in the Game
Every once in a while, an email lands in my inbox with good news. On May 29, I received a link to a press release from the Community College of […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Yarrow Thorne Retires from The Avenue Concept
Yarrow Thorne, founder and executive director at The Avenue Concept, recently announced his retirement from the organization after 10 years. His accomplishments are worth celebrating, along with the amazing progress […]
Inside Brown University’s Solidarity Encampment
On April 24, 2024, a group of students at Brown University launched a Gaza solidarity encampment, a movement that spread across college campuses across the country and across the globe […]
Preventing Prejudice: Hate crime training in RI
This month I spoke with Jennifer Stevens of the RI Commission on Prejudice and Bias, who was kind enough to share how they are working hand-in-hand with law enforcement and […]
Updated Challenges for RI’s Small Homeless Shelters
It appeared to be a straightforward solution initially. With a persistent homelessness crisis and a shortage of affordable housing, Rhode Island devised a plan to swiftly set up tiny pallet […]
Curtains at The Columbus Theater?
The Columbus Theatre is one of the quirky landmarks that makes Rhode Island special. It represents a cultural heyday of yore, with its exquisite interior and towering facade from an […]
Severe Thunderstorm, Flash Flood Warnings: Reports of 1-inch diameter hail
At Providence, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for activity moving eastward about 30MPH across the region. The current warning expires at 12:30pm but is likely that further warnings […]
2023 Bartenders Ball
The event took place on Monday, July 10, 2023 at R1 Indoor Karting. first we’d like to say a bunch of thank yous to the people that made the night […]
Everything Living Fights Back: A timeline of PC’s cancellation of local artists’ exhibition
March 20 – Providence College Provost Sean Reid and the Office of Mission and Ministry vetoes the group art exhibition Nothing Living Lives Alone, featuring the work of Shey ‘Ri […]
Brett’s Bike Lane Blitz: Mayor Smiley’s siege at South Water St. threatens the future of bicycle travel
On the first Tuesday evening of this past April, a rain-soaked Kennedy Plaza saw a procession of constituents file into the ornate corridors of City Hall. The days-long deluge had […]