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MIDCENTURY MODERN: Jim DeRentis, a sales associate with Residential Properties, has sold this house at 51 Prospect St. in the College Hill section of Providence three times. The midcentury modern was originally built in the early 1980s and has had several renovations since. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Many R.I. homebuyers displaying a modern (design) love

When you think about Rhode Island architecture, the shingle-style homes overlooking the ocean and the colonials that define streets in Providence, Newport and other...
GAME KEEPERS: Courtney Price, left, and Sadie Price opened Good Game Grill on Weybosset Street in Providence in September. The café has more than 200 board games available to patrons. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

At Good Game Grill, it’s all fun and board games

Coffee, pastries and a side of Scrabble has long been the model of the increasingly popular board-game café scene, born out of the Toronto-based...

Trinity Rep raises more than $60K for R.I. Community Food...

PROVIDENCE – Trinity Repertory Company raised $60,445 for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank during the theater group’s 2019 production of “A Christmas Carol,”...
Marc A. Streisand

High-quality garments pay in the long run

A common discussion point with my new clients is where they are currently shopping and the prices they’re comfortable with spending on their wardrobe. It’s...

Providence Performing Arts Center to offer behind-the-scenes tour

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Performing Arts Center will open its doors on Saturday, Feb. 1, for a unique tour. Open to the public at no...
DESIGNxRI has announced its 2020 Providence Design Catalyst program awardees.

DESIGNxRI announces Catalyst program cohort

PROVIDENCE – The 2020 Providence Design Catalyst program participants and awardees and participants of the 2020 were announced by DESIGNxRI on Wednesday. The 11 participating...
Suzanne Fogarty

Making the case for STEAM, not STEM

If you looked up at the sky on Oct. 19, 2019, you might have caught sight of history being made somewhere among the stars....

Narrows Center for the Arts begins work on multifunctional space

FALL RIVER – The Narrows Center for the Arts has begun work on a 2,500-square-foot multifunctional space on the second floor that will be...
PETER N. BRAMANTE has been named the new executive director for Newport-based Island Moving Company. / COURTESY ISLAND MOVING COMPANY

Island Moving Company names Bramante new executive director

NEWPORT — Peter N. Bramante began his new role as executive director of the Island Moving Company Thursday as the third executive director in...

Providence Foundation receives $3,000 grant to help restore Civil War monument

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Foundation was recently the beneficiary of a $3,000 grant from Bank Rhode Island to support the restoration efforts of the...
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