Eric Weiner, King of the Road
Eric Weiner is the maven impresario of food trucks. His website, FoodTrucksIn.com, after five and half years in operation, lists more than 7,000 vendors in 1,600 cities, allowing the public to […]
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
Keeping it Free and Fun
When the days are longer — and we’ve all become desperate for the summer that seemed like it would never come — the temptation to pack your days with as […]
WaterFire: Avoid the Crowds, Not the Magic
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 10 years, you know that Providence is home to the world’s first and finest WaterFire. If you’ve never been, what […]
Paddling Through Providence
It’s kayak season again, and time to hit the waters with one of Providence’s several kayaking tours that will give you the opportunity to see our beautiful city from the […]
RI PrideFest 2018: Louder and Prouder
On June 1 at 6pm, the rainbow flag rose to the top of Providence City Hall for the official kickoff to Pride month. This June, the beautiful spectrum of colors […]
Bumper Cars Bumping Downtown
Ready for some carnival-style fun this summer? You’re in luck! The popular ice bumper cars that graced the Alex and Ani City Center this winter will transform into traditional bumper […]
PVDFest Schedule and Mini Maker Faire
PVDFest: June 7 – 10, Providence, RI SCHEDULE Thursday, June 7 • Ideas Conference: Cyborg Cities 9:30am – 4:45pm (ticketed) • Public art installations • Mayor’s Bike the Night (with […]
Isabella: Small Rain upon the Tender Grass
The Play The quality of poetry is not strained. We first meet 16-year-old Isabella (Victoria Ezikovich) scribbling in a notebook, living homeless in an alley. Her mother Karen (Jenn Shammas) […]
Heresy: Eyeless in Gaza
[Because of the length of this review, this is the first of two parts: the first part, Eyeless in Gaza provides an overview of the Wilbury Group production and the […]
Food Truck Profile: Poppy’s Waffles
After years of going to Fenway Park and enjoying different ballpark snacks, Rhode Islander Steve Gilman developed an affection for kettle corn. He loved the bags he’d get at the […]