On a patch of grass near the Providence River blooms a sea of sunflowers, the highlight of Adam Anderson’s annual 10,000 Suns public art project. I recently met with Anderson […]
Narragansett Bay has warmed 1.6 degrees Celsius over the last 50 years, and Rhode Island is the first state in the lower 48 to have average temperatures increase by two […]
The former Jewelry Capital of the World is about to turn back time for the third annual Jewelry City Steampunk Festival. On Saturday, October 27, the heart of Attleboro will […]
In 2018, the long-running King Richard’s Faire welcomed a new Queen Anne. One year later, there’s another shakeup in the kingdom: a fresh King Richard will preside over the fictional […]
The fall season begins on September 23, 2019, at 3:51am EDT when the Sun enters Libra. A horoscope erected for that moment, located in Washington DC, puts the Sun in […]
“In a sea of Providence’s Italian bakeries, we are the only French bakery — but that’s not to take anything away from our neighbors,” says Alane Spinney, the “Den Mother” […]
We New Englanders pride ourselves on being stoic, all-weather tolerant folk, but let’s face it, drinking a Dunkin’ cold brew while shoveling your snowy driveway, which we undoubtedly do, blows. […]
Have you ever truly thought about how fortunate we are to have a variety of seasons? Sure, shoveling the driveway isn’t on the top of anyone’s to-do list, but we […]
When it comes to assessing Providence Public Schools’ legacy issues, the recent Johns Hopkins report and the state takeover of the district, one leader equipped to provide an array of […]
In April, PVD became the first capital in the nation to install a trash skimmer in the city’s harbor. Designed to filter the water of refuse, the apparatus is affixed […]