Books on the Square Supports Community and Local Talent Alike
Books on the Square welcomes home local author Hester Kaplan by Melanie Rainone Books on the Square has been a Providence staple for over 20 years. Located on Wayland Square, […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Locale Profiles: The Shanty — Your Local Dive Bar, Elevated
One day as I drove down Post Road in Warwick, I noticed that a former Irish pub had been transformed into an intriguing new restaurant: The Shanty. The restaurant’s motto, […]
Exposing the New Security State
In Security Through Absurdity, Book One: Little Yellow Stickies, author Rachael McIntosh presents a fictionalized account of her harrowing experience working for a defense contractor from 1997 until 2004. The […]
Growing Awareness: The Story of Seeds
How a RI Whole Foods Market and an independent director are shedding light on the seed crisis by Despina Durand The upcoming July screenings of Open Sesame: The Story of […]
Erm Mer Gerd Cupcakes!
Khrysta Ryan With the copious amount of food trucks rolling around Providence it makes it hard to decide which one to choose from. But if you saw a giant pink […]
Only Blue Body — A Poetic Journal
The book reads like a poetic journal, as if a different day in the life of one person Rosalynde Vas Dias’s book Only Blue Body proved to be an amazing […]
Know Your Mom and Pop: La Tiendita and Piñata Center
The Piñata Center offers genuine Guatemalan products right in he heart of Providence People are obsessed with combining things. Whether it’s phones and music players, peanut butter and fluff, or […]
Book Review: Heather Rigney’s Waking the Merrow
Native Rhode Islander Heather Rigney puts a fantasy twist on Rhode Island in her debut novel Waking the Merrow There have been surges of popular, old-school monsters lately. Vampires were […]