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A GOOD YARN TO TELL: Katy Westcott started her company on a shoestring in 2012, and now Katrinkles Inc., a maker of tools and other items for crafters, is a substantial manufacturing business in Providence.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Fabric of her company crafted from a hobby

Business Women 05/22/2026

PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Katy Westcott, Katrinkles Inc. Katy Westcott is a designing woman. She knits socks, crochets sweaters, spins yarn and sews her...

CONSTANTLY EVOLVING: Beauregard Built LLC owner Olivia Beauregard launched the Providence-based design-build firm, specializing in interior and exterior work in residential and commercial new construction and renovation, six years ago.  PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Designer travels ‘Amazing’ journey to build her career

Business Women 05/22/2026

PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Olivia Beauregard, Beauregard Built LLC Olivia Beauregard has always been fascinated by how things work. While other kids played video...

EXPANDED HORIZONS: Line Daems, owner of Kreatelier LLC, a “fabric concept store” in Providence, opened the business in 2007 after living in several European countries and moving to Rhode Island in 2002.  PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Store owner proves fluent in creativity

Business Services 05/22/2026

PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Line Daems, Kreatelier LLC Packing up and moving to a new country when you don’t speak the language isn’t most...

IN STITCHES: Lindsay Degen is the owner of Knit Club in Providence, which offers knitting and crocheting classes, as well as tools and yarn. PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

She’s not one to follow the familiar pattern

Business Women 05/22/2026

PBN Business Women Awards 2026 ACHIEVEMENT HONOREE: Lindsay Degen, Knit Club Knitting is having a moment. Your granny’s favorite hobby is now a Zen-like pastime in an...

Store owner proves fluent in creativity

Business Women 05/08/2026

Packing up and moving to a new country when you don’t speak the language isn’t most people’s idea of a good time. But for...

ICONIC PIECE: Artist Brendan Murphy is pictured with his BOONJI astronaut, a character who launches and never returns after landing in the BOONJI galaxy. Murphy started his latest tour in Providence with his Love Matters sculptures, the first of which was unveiled April 30 at Brown University near where he grew up. COURTESY BRENDAN MURPHY

Artist Brendan Murphy unveils Love Matters sculpture in Providence

Art & Culture 05/08/2026

BRENDAN MURPHY has made a name for himself on the international art stage and in May the contemporary artist and Providence native returned home...

RISD Museum appoints new senior director of development

Education 05/05/2026

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School of Design and its museum have appointed Clara Fecht as senior director of development for the RISD Museum,...

Rhode Island Foundation awards $30K fellowships to 3 rising artists

Art & Culture 04/09/2026

PROVIDENCE – Three Rhode Island artists have been awarded $30,000 fellowships from the Rhode Island Foundation, providing unrestricted financial support at a time when...

Five Questions With: Carl Henschel

In Their Own Words 04/08/2026

Carl Henschel is a sales associate with Mott & Chace Sotheby’s International Realty, representing buyers and sellers throughout Rhode Island. A graduate of the...