Rhode Island Foundation awards nearly $270K to Newport County-serving organizations
PROVIDENCE - Forty grants funding job readiness training, after school activities, protecting vulnerable seniors and preventing domestic violence were among $267,755 in grants awarded...
Rosa Parks House to be auctioned in NYC
PROVIDENCE – The Rosa Parks House that was on display at WaterFire Arts Center will go up for auction in July, Stages of Freedom...
PBN on WJAR-TV, June 4, 2018
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...
DESIGNxRI graduates Providence Design Catalyst cohort
PROVIDENCE – DESIGNxRI celebrated the culmination of the Providence Design Catalyst program Thursday evening, graduating 13 Providence-based design business owners.
The 2018 program brought $120,000...
R.I. Philharmonic Orchestra announces 2018 summer schedule
PROVIDENCE – In a recent email, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra announced five dates, from early June through September, on which it will hold...
Rosa Parks House Project endures
At one point, it looked like the Providence tenure of the Rosa Parks House Project would be over before the public ever got the...
2017 gains, 2019 plans announced at annual Rhode Island Foundation meeting
PROVIDENCE – Uniting as a community, toward common goals and improvements, was at the core of Neil D. Steinberg’s remarks at the Rhode Island...
Providence transferring Bomes Theatre in exchange for $2.2M restoration investment
PROVIDENCE – The Bomes Theatre is being taken over by Fernando J. Tavares, owner of Tavares LLC, a local general contractor, the city announced...