Providence Public Library recently completed a huge renovation, nearly two years in the making, and at the end of August, with strict COVID-related restrictions, they welcomed the public back to their updated space. The welcome will be particularly warm for bikers, thanks to a collaboration between the PPL and The Steel Yard. Jenny Sparks, client […]
It may seem strange to thank a virus that has killed more than 180,000 and hurt millions more. We admit not many are happy with it, except for companies and individuals making good, exorbitant loot from COVID-19, and the Democrats and Chinese who conspired to develop the virus to remove Donald Trump from office. But […]
According to the RI Department of Health, Central Falls reported XX COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people for the week that ended August 22 — the most recent data available as we went to press. Central Falls has been a COVID-19 hot spot in Rhode Island, so we spoke with Emily Rizzo, coordinator of communications & […]
Every year in December, the Association of Rhode Island Authors (ARIA) hosts the Rhode Island Author Expo where fans can meet authors, and authors and would-be authors alike can take part in workshops related to their craft. This year, COVID forced it to go virtual, and organizer Mike Squatrito gave us the details of what’s […]
Miss Comic Con? Or Halloween? Both? Or just love to cosplay? Motif to the rescue! Teaming up with RI Comic Con, which would normally happen at the beginning of November, we’re holding a virtual cosplay contest. Get your best cosplay on, take a selfie, show us your craftsmanship and win prizes from Motif and RI […]
Governor Gina Raimondo and DOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander Scott gave the Tuesday COVID-19 press briefing today at 1pm. The governor is giving one every day this week. Today DOH reports there are 53 new cases of the coronavirus. The test positive rate is 1.5%. Eighty-one people are hospitalized for reasons associated with COVID-19. Eight […]
During Governor Gina Raimondo’s much-anticipated August 31 press conference, she announced that all Rhode Island school districts, with the exception of Providence and Central Falls, meet all five of her reopening metrics and are cleared to begin bringing students back to the classroom on September 14 for full in-person learning. “It is my expectation that […]
One Gun Gone is an anti-gun violence art project that takes one gun off the street, turns it into art and then sells that art for funds for a gun buy-back program, taking more guns off neighborhood streets. Several students involved in the project are planning to attend private high schools or college in the […]
The live event scene, decimated for months by the COVID-19 shutdown of the economy, is holding a #RedAlertRESTART event on Tuesday, September 1, from 9pm to midnight, to illuminate the exteriors of publicly visible buildings with red light to draw attention to their desperate economic plight. “The hope is to get as many people involved […]
A letter from nine Rhode Island school districts to Governor Raimondo and Education Commissioner Infante-Green expressing their concerns about the reopening of schools in their districts was recently made public. Superintendents and leaders from Coventry, Cranston, Johnston, Lincoln, Pawtucket, West Warwick, Warwick, Woonsocket and North Providence expressed their intention to open their schools with distance […]