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PVDFEST WILL BE HELD on Sept. 6-7 and return to downtown Providence this year. / COURTESY FIRSTWORKS

PVDFest returns to downtown Providence Sept. 6-7

PROVIDENCE – The city’s largest outdoor arts and culture celebration will once again be held in early September. Additionally, the festivities will return to a...
Miriam Wizenbaum

Weizenbaum named new Gamm Theatre board chair

MIRIAM WEIZENBAUM, chief of the R.I. Office of the Attorney General’s Civil Division, was named the new board president for the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre...

Downtown festival to bring light, entertainment to winter doldrums

PROVIDENCE  –  As what many consider the dreariest stretch of the year looms ahead, Providence tourism officials are hoping to encourage more people to...
DOUBLE LIFE: Rick Sunderland, a gym and health teacher at Classical High School, opened live music venue Dusk on Harris Avenue in Providence in 2010 because of a passion for live music and a desire to showcase musicians and artists. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘Creating a space for artists and musicians’ a labor of love...

Other than his 30 years as a Providence public school teacher, Rick Sunderland’s resume reads like a partial directory of Rhode Island nightclubs. Bon...
LIVE AUDIENCE: Montana Palmer, left, human resources manager at Trinity Repertory Company, talks with Monique Austin, director of equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility at Trinity Rep, in the theater in downtown Providence. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Inclusion is no act at Trinity Rep

PBN Diversity Equity & Inclusion 2023 Awards Arts & Entertainment: Trinity Repertory Company FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, Monique Austin has been deepening discussions around...
TRIAL BY FIRE: Elizabeth Welch started her Providence ceramics studio, Anyhow Studio, in 2021 after sensing there was a need for instruction on ceramics beyond beginner-level courses. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

After leap of faith, ceramics studio takes shape

When Elizabeth Welch opened Anyhow Studio, she wasn’t quite sure what to expect. She was no stranger to leading ceramics courses in Providence, having taught...
WHAT’S IN STORE? Sisters Karen Deutsch, left, and Ellen Deutsch have launched a home décor business in Providence called Stewart House.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Décor shop has worldly aesthetic

If sisters Karen and Ellen Deutsch were to characterize their personal styles by a country, Ellen’s would be defined by “the textures and sweetness...
BROWN UNIVERSITY'S Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology will move its artifacts and staff from Bristol to renovated space at 1 Davol Square in Providence in the fall of 2025. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University to move Haffenreffer Museum from Bristol to Providence

PROVIDENCE – Those looking to observe Brown University’s 1 million ethnographic objects and archaeological specimens displayed in the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology will have...
VALUABLE COLLECTION: Bill and Alison Vareika gather amongst some of their extensive collection of William Trost Richards paintings in the Vareika Fine Arts Gallery in Newport.
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Vareika traded dealing in courtrooms for dealing paintings

William Vareika was supposed to be a lawyer, not an art dealer. But sometimes fate has a way of making these decisions for you. A...

Tennis Hall of Fame losing annual ATP tournament after 2024

NEWPORT – The International Tennis Hall of Fame is losing a slot on the men's professional tennis circuit with the “retirement” of the tournament's...
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