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Cheers to the Most Informed Cannabis Event to Reach Rhode Island in a Long Time: An anti-monopoly crash course and leadership training

The Parabola Center is a nonpartisan think tank of legal professionals and drug policy experts coming together to protect people, not corporations. The organization’s mission is to provide everyone with the education, access, and expertise to support cannabis legalization policies that put people and small businesses first. On July 13-14, at the Providence Public Library, […]

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Fosters Shady Acres Diner: 50’s nostalgia in a down-home apocalyptic cafe

Shady Acres Diner on Danielson Pike in Foster, Rhode Island, has been a long-time staple with fun, nostalgic ambiance. Offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner to locals and travelers alike, everyone is family here! “We survived COVID, having bought the diner from the original owners just a few months before COVID hit,” says proprietor Desi Wolf. […]

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Liquid Art

After 12 years of occasionally trying and false starts, we are finally releasing an official Motif beer. Co-brewed by our very own mistress of beer writing, Kelly Currier, under the tutelage of John Otero at Vigilant Brewing in Bristol, Liquid Art is dedicated to all the arts Little Rhody produces, from the culinary to the […]

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Reclaiming Rhode Island

Although Rhode Island is geographically the smallest of our fifty states, we are lucky to have many non-governmental and non-profit organizations with visions that promote missions for improving social justice and equity. I recently learned about a relatively new non-profit organization called Reclaim Rhode Island. Incorporated in May of 2020, Reclaim Rhode Island was organized […]

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Unsung Scholar: Presidential hopeful to speak at civil rights documentary screening in Newport

For political enthusiasts looking for fact-based rationalism in our hyper-polarized political climate, this film represents a breath of fresh air on the horizon. At the intersection of sanity and racial intellectualism, the documentary Dr. Ira Raid Haverford College’s Unsung Scholar and Activist comes to Newport this month. The documentary was screened this spring at the […]

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Greg Bass and John Cote drumming up good times. (Photo: Denise Bass)

Roots Report

Okee dokee folks… At the 2024 Motif Music Awards show, the Providence Drum Troupe played through the award acceptance for best awards show interruption. It was planned, funny, and entertaining. The Providence Drum Troupe is an assortment of over 25 musicians, acrobats, fire-spinners, life-size puppets, stilt-walkers, and hula-hoopers who perform randomly, regularly, and at scheduled […]

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ECORI NEWS ROUNDUP

R.I. Officials Praise Revolution Wind Farm’s Progress PROVIDENCE — Just one month after the project started putting “steel in water,” Revolution Wind announced on June 14 it completed manufacturing the advanced foundation components for use in its eponymous wind farm. Federal and state officials descended on the project’s base in the Port of Providence, praising […]

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Michigan J. Nug graduates Sativa cum laude. Character and illustration by Gina Lerman.

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 Rhode Island titled: “CCRI Launches First Cannabis Training Program to Meet Workforce Demands in a Fast-growing Industry.” This is good news indeed. Actually, this is […]

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Art

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 that the non-profit has made, quickly becoming a PVD institution.  The mural and public art projects have contributed mightily to the “Creative Capital” vibe of […]

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