Trinity Repertory Company will be one of 22 Theatre Communication Group theater members to participate in the newly launched Blue Star Theatres program, which – in partnership with Blue Star Families – provides free or discounted ticket programs to military families. more

When HP Hood, the dairy company based in Lynnfield, Mass., started looking to relocate its annual amateur cooking competition from Portland, Maine, after three years there, there were lots of reasons to consider Providence. more

If there’s going to be an ode to “Gone With the Wind,” in the form of an elaborate, eye-catching artistic display, you’ve got to have the kiss. more

Caswell Cooke, on keyboard, at a rehearsal for the Beach Band. The group was part of a Dec. 7 fundraising concert to benefit efforts to rebuild Misquamicut Beach and businesses that suffered damage due to Hurricane Sandy. Cooke is a Westerly town councilman and founder of the Misquamicut Business Association. more

The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities has announced Elizabeth Francis as its new executive director. more

Stage and screen actress Kate Burton will be honored with the 2013 Pell Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts at the 17th annual Pell Awards, Trinity Repertory Co. announced. more

PROVIDENCE – Seven Rhode Island College students and professors were honored during the 2013 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in early February in Hyannis, Mass. more

If you want to keep Shakespeare alive in Rhode Island, give a tax break to Hamlet – or more precisely, the actor who portrays him. more

Amaral Custom Fabrications has worked on projects ranging from outdoor sculptures for internationally known artists to dozens of 6-foot-tall versions of Mr. Potato Head for Hasbro Inc. The latter were used in a tourism campaign to promote Rhode Island as a family-vacation destination. Last month, owner Paul Amaral, above at his Bristol shop, won a contract from the Lichtenstein Foundation for an outdoor sculpture that will allow him to add as many as 10 workers to his current staff of 14. more

The Trinity Repertory Company team has announced its 50th anniversary season line-up of plans, including “Grapes of Wrath,” “Oliver!” and “Intimate Apparel,” among others. more