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MAYOR BRETT P. SMILEY says Providence needs a "nighttime manager" to oversee the city's bustling yet complex $1 billion nightlife industry. /PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Smiley: Providence’s nearly $1B late-night industry needs own mayor

Economic Activity 01/29/2025

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley says the city's bustling nightlife will require an overnight "mayor" of its own after a newly released study...

Providence ramping up for PVDFest’s downtown return

Economic Activity 09/04/2024

PROVIDENCE – After months of preparation, city officials, organizers and some local artists on Wednesday expressed their excitement for this year's PVDFest with Mayor...

PVDFest staging a downtown comeback in June 2022

Art & Culture 12/21/2021

PROVIDENCE – PVDFest, the annual citywide arts celebration, is planning for a full comeback to the city's downtown in June. PVDFest has been significantly modified...

PVDFEST will return this summer and early fall after last year's event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. / COURTESY FIRSTWORKS

PVDFest to return this summer and fall

Art & Culture 05/18/2021

PROVIDENCE – A citywide celebration of arts and culture will be returning this year. PVDFest, marketed as the city’s signature summer festival, will take to...

EPIC STORIES: Seth Goldenberg, CEO of Jamestown-based Epic Decade, will present at Design Week RI. “A lot of what our work is about is being more transparent and showing business leaders how design thinking works,” he said. / COURTESY EPIC DECADE

Design Week to spotlight growing R.I. industry

Business Services 08/09/2014

Rhode Island is home to an estimated 2,000 individual designers and firms ranging in focus from graphic arts to industrial design, and as such,...

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