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KEY COMPONENT: Carolyn Simon, owner of the East Side Art Center in Pawtucket, works with student Bruce Kilstein, of Providence. Having been in operation for more than 30 years, Simon values the relationships with her students and says they have been key to the center’s continued success. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

East Side Art Center gets fresh start in Pawtucket

Art & Culture 08/16/2024

When Carolyn Simon had to relocate the East Side Art Center from Providence to a new building in Pawtucket last year after her husband...

Providence second-best town to visit in America, CNN says

Economic Activity 06/24/2024

PROVIDENCE – The state's capital city has been named the second-best town to visit in America by CNN. The global cable news network based in...

Citizens commits $200K to The Warhol Academy

Financial Services 03/25/2024

PITTSBURGH – Citizens Financial Group Inc. says it is strengthening its partnership with The Andy Warhol Museum by granting an additional $200,000 to The...

Cellar Stories bookstore announces closure

Art & Culture 12/06/2022

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...

Diedrich stepping down as Newport Art Museum’s executive director

Art & Culture 11/02/2022

NEWPORT – Norah Diedrich, who has served as the Newport Art Museum’s executive director since 2015, will step down in December to take a...

Pinto named Providence’s 1st director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

Art & Culture 03/02/2022

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza Wednesday named Silas Pinto as the city’s first director of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Pinto previously served as...

Making the case for STEAM, not STEM

Art & Culture 01/10/2020

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

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN has released a new strategic plan called "NEXT: RISD 2020-2027."

Expanded research, diversity, sustainability key parts of new RISD strategic plan

Education 09/25/2019

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School of Design has unveiled a new eight-year strategic plan that will put more emphasis on diversity and sustainability...

Before co-founding Isle Brewers Guild, Duffy was a partner and business-development officer for marketing and communications agency Duffy & Shanley Inc., working during that time with Narragansett Beer, Strela Beer and BrewGene. / PBN PHOTO/DAVE HANSEN

Partnership can be the key to success

Entrepreneurship 05/03/2019

Jeremy Duffy | Isle Brewers Guild co-founder/managing partner It has been a long journey to get to brewing operations at Isle Brewers Guild. It was...