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11 local organizations, 1 artist receive $300K in national arts funding

PROVIDENCE – Eleven local arts entities and an individual artist received a combined $300,000 in National Endowment for the Arts grants to support various...
READY TO PLAY: Games enthusiast Ryan Praditkamollert has opened his own store, The Crypt, in Providence’s Jewelry District. He focuses on inclusivity. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Inclusivity rules at The Crypt gaming space

Ryan Praditkamollert has been fascinated by board games since he was a kid, but it wasn’t until a decade ago that he began playing...

Providence New Year’s Eve festivities returning to ring in 2025 

PROVIDENCE – Promising fun for all ages, the 2nd annual New Year's Eve celebration co-hosted by the Providence Tourism Council is kicking off Tuesday at...

What did Roger Williams look like? New Statehouse portrait makes an...

The portraits of governors past line the hallways of the Rhode Island Statehouse. Why not the state’s founder? The Statehouse lacked a dedicated portrait of...
WARMING UP: Comedian Brad Pierce, right, warms up attendees on a bus tour provided by Comedy Bus LLC. Launched by husband and wife Mike and Jena Keller in Providence, the company offers bus tours of the city with stops at breweries and eateries with stand-up comedy being performed along the way.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Comedy Bus keeps the laughs rolling by taking the show on...

In the business world, many successful ventures are born through a marriage of two compatible, proven ideas. That was the case for Mike Keller, who...

PPAC announces digital lottery for upcoming ‘Hamilton’ run

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Performing Arts Center's digital lottery for performances of the Broadway musical "Hamilton" is now live. Officials said a limited number of...
ART WORK: Christopher Morrison Blackwell, owner of Hungry Ghost Press LLC, says his company works with artists, bands and small businesses to expand the company’s reach and build meaningful partnerships within the local arts community. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Hungry Ghost Press has a hunger to showcase local artistry

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 EMERGING MANUFACTURER: Hungry Ghost Press LLC WHEN BUDDHIST IDEOLOGIES are mixed with art and apparel, a unique brand in the form of...
CATHY LEVESQUE will retire as the Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre & Conservatory as its CEO and executive director in the first quarter of 2025. / COURTESY STADIUM THEATRE PERFORMING ARTS CENTRE & CONSERVATORY

Stadium Theatre CEO Levesque to retire early next year

WOONSOCKET – After 20 years of leading the Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre & Conservatory, Cathy Levesque will call it a career early next...
IN PROGRESS: The nonprofit SWAP Inc. (Stop Wasting Abandoned Property) is building this two-family house at Burnside and Arnold streets in East Providence to sell to a family that meets income limits. Supporters of Question 3 on the ballot say similar affordable housing programs will be funded with a $120 million bond issue. 
PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

BUILDING BONDS: New housing, higher ed facilities top $343M in bond...

In Rhode Island, $107,452 won’t get residents very far in the housing market. That figure – the state’s median household income – doesn’t support an...
BLANK CANVAS: Arts students work on paintings at Riverzedge Arts Project Inc. Leaders at the Woonsocket-based social service and arts organization had to put its fall programming on hiatus due to a lack of financial help for its operations. 
COURTESY RIVERZEDGE ARTS PROJECT INC.

Without state help, arts groups paint dire financial picture

FACING A FALL SEASON with little financial help from the state, arts and cultural organizations across Rhode Island are paring down operations, scrambling to...
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