Open and Closed
Opened Friskie Fries: County Road, Barrington. friskiefries.com Hey, french fry lovers (that’s all but two of you, right?)! Friskie Fries now has a fourth location in Barrington. Go check it out! […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Spotlight: Local Entrepreneurs The Vachon’s Open Olympia Gymnastics Center in Cumberland
Perhaps best known thus far for her tenure as head gymnastics coach for LaSalle Academy’s girls’ gymnastics team from 2001 to 2012, during which time her record-breaking team won 10 consecutive […]
Cleverhood has a New Home and a Successful Year Ahead
Most people start a business because they had an idea that they fell in love with and wanted to see that come to life. As difficult a process as getting […]
Know Your Mom and Pop: Super V Toys — the Latest Local Spot to Feed Your Need
The superhero movies that have dominated pop culture over the past decade or so are a boon for small businesses. Comic book shops and small toy stores have been popping up […]
Feed Your Need: RI has as many comic book shops as Batman has wonderful toys
For one glorious weekend each year, Comic Con graces our fair state with its presence. But what’s a despondent comic book nerd to do when the weekend’s over? Go local, of […]
Locale Profile: The Joint on 6
Sometimes, a spontaneous idea quickly comes together, turning into a successful business model. Christopher Langevin lost his job as a banker in 2014 and was having difficulty finding another […]
Know Your Mom and Pop: Claudia’s Creations
Some people have been passionately training at a craft all their lives, never realizing that it could one day open the doors to a possible career path. Claudia Fratiello had […]
Stillwater Books, Pawtucket, opens Mar 1
Stillwater Books, the first bookstore in Pawtucket for many years, opens with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:45am, Thursday, Mar 1. Located at 175 Main St on the corner of […]
Locale Profile: The Torchbearer — Professional Tattooing by True Artists
If you’re old like me, you remember a day when getting a tattoo was considered edgy, even deviant. Nowadays, tattoos are much more mainstream, and yet another means of self […]
Drones: Mature Enough for Holiday Gifts
Hobbyist (non-commercial) drones, technically called “unmanned aircraft vehicles” (UAV) or “unmanned aircraft systems” (UAS), are still in the early stages of rapid growth in popularity. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]