The 10th annual Design Week RI kicks off Tuesday afternoon, starting a five-day event organized by DESIGNxRI, a nonprofit organization that works to support Rhode Island’s design sector.
Park(ing) Day was founded in 2005 by Rebar, a San Francisco-based design studio, and has since expanded to include locations around the world.
Mala Noodles offers self-serve noodles, soups and stir fries that feature Mala seasoning.
A survey conducted in 2022 by the Department of Planning and Development found that addressing building quality and affordable housing over the next two decades is a top priority for Providence residents.
On Sept. 5, Gabe Amo, a former White House aide under the Obama and Biden administrations, won the special primary election for Rhode Island’s 1st U.S. Congressional District.
Rhode Island’s housing challenges remain stark and will take significant time to improve, Secretary of Housing Stefan Pryor told the Special Legislative Commission to Study Housing Affordability Tuesday afternoon.
Poet Kwame Dawes read a collection of his recent poetry for an audience of University students and faculty Wednesday evening.
Hurricane Lee is expected to bring heavy rain through New England as the Category 2 storm expands in size, potentially sparking flash flood warnings and shelter-in-place recommendations. The third major hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, Lee formed on Sept. 5 from a tropical depression ...
The Providence City Council Committee on Finance did not vote on two proposed voluntary payment agreements between the city and four private higher education institutions.
This past weekend, the City of Providence hosted PVDFest in collaboration with the Department of Art, Culture and Tourism and FirstWorks, a non-profit organization. The festival had performers, vendors and other events across three days at the 195 District Park.
Celebrations for the new statue of painter Edward Mitchell Bannister continued Sunday despite the afternoon’s thunderstorms and the movement of the unveiling ceremony from Market Square to the RISD Museum auditorium.
Silently floating through the Providence River, a handful of BioPods — modular, wedding-cake sized pods built out of mycelium mushrooms and topped with native wetland plants — are naturally working to reestablish a whole ecosystem.
The Rhode Island General Assembly passed laws addressing housing, lead pipes and abortion, among other issues, in its 2023 session running from January to June.
The proposed agreements provide for more than $174 million in voluntary payments from Brown to Providence between 2024 and 2043, according to a press release provided at the conference.
Gabe Amo won the Democratic primary for the special election in Rhode Island’s 1st U.S. Congressional District.
Mala Noodles and In The Pink opened on Thayer over the summer.
While state law requires 10% of the housing stock in most Rhode Island municipalities to be affordable, Little Compton falls under the 1% mark with just nine long-term affordable housing units.
With Pride month underway, local organizations are hosting various family and community events to celebrate Rhode Island’s LGBTQ+ community.
Rhode Island is conducting its first point-in-time count of youth and young adults experiencing homelessness since 2018, according to a press release from the Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness and the Rhode Island Continuum of Care’s Youth Action Board.
The bill could improve access to healthcare but may increase unnecessary expenditures.
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