Trinity Rep pauses ‘A Christmas Carol’ due to COVID-19 outbreak
PROVIDENCE – Trinity Repertory Company has paused its performances of "A Christmas Carol" through at least next Tuesday due to a COVID-19 outbreak affecting...
Used bookstore and bar business building its own community in Warren
For Uriah Donnelly, owning a bookstore had long been a dream. A background in the restaurant industry, which he shares with co-owner and wife...
Improv theater finds its footing after shaky start
Taylor Bruneaux found stability and comfort in the most unscripted and seemingly unstable of places: improv comedy.
The social circle and affirming “yes and” principle...
Renovations to URI’s Fine Arts Center underway
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Earlier this fall, the University of Rhode Island began its $57.3 million project to renovate and make major upgrades to the...
RISCA awards 93 grants totaling $452K to local artists, organizations
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. State Council on the Arts has issued 93 grants totaling $452,206 to local arts and cultural organizations, folk artists, individual...
Not just for kids: Toymakers aim more products at grown-ups
NEW YORK (AP) – Since the pandemic, Elizabeth Hulanick has turned to toys from her childhood to relieve stress.
She and her co-workers chip in...
IMC ballet company in Newport purchases school property for $900K
NEWPORT – The nonprofit Island Moving Company, a contemporary ballet company in Newport, recently announced that it purchased the former George H. Triplett School...
Diversify by expanding
Ellie Brown | DESIGNxRI executive director
I want to explore where we are headed as an organization and why. This is going to start with an invitation:...
Cellar Stories bookstore announces closure
PROVIDENCE – The operators of a storied, independent downtown bookstore will be closing shop next month.
Current manager of Cellar Stories bookstore, Victoria Forsberg-Lary, said...
‘Who We Are Now’ portrait project unveiled in Providence
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza on Tuesday celebrated the installation of the city Department of Art, Culture + Tourism’s neighborhood project “Who We...
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