(10.11) Thayer Street will be closed off between Bowen and Angell Streets Wednesday from 4:30pm to 8:30pm for the third annual “Taste of Thayer.” This year, 20% of each ticket purchase will go directly to the RI Community Food Bank. Gail Ciampa has the details: There will be live music at four locations, outdoor seating …
(8.20) This invitation comes from RIOT Rhode Island (formerly Girls Rock! Rhode Island). Head over to Westminster Street this Sunday for their RIOT Summer Block Party & Music Gear Sale. This will be held in the parking lot behind Nice Slice, so walk down the driveway from the Westminster side or approach from Washington Street. …
Mike Heimall, owner and operator of Providence Shoe Repair on Mathewson Street, should look familiar to shoe-owners on the east side of the city. He worked alongside Bruce Owensby at Wayland Square Shoe Repair for over six years, leaving (on good terms) in November of 2021 to open his own establishment. Owensby died last September …
(8.6) The Hope Street Merchants will be throwing a Summer Block Party this Sunday with live music and performances, restaurants, beers, cocktails, food trucks, makers, artists, and more. This appears to be the updated schedule of music and events. In addition to all the family fun and street entertainment, and a beer and cocktail garden, …
(8.8) The Steel Yard’s annual Resident Artist Exhibition opens Friday at The Dye House, a former textile mill transformed into a boutique hotel and event space in Olneyville. The exhibit will include seven artists who participated in the Steel Yard’s year-long industrial arts residency program: Harry Cassell, Haley Johnson, Margaret Parsons, Frances K Pittorf, Emilia …
(8.2) The Rhode Island Foundation and the City of Providence are inviting the public to a free performance of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra’s Summer Pops in the Park concert at the Temple to Music in Roger Williams Park this Wednesday evening. This year’s concert “The Movie Maestro: A Tribute to John Williams” will be …
The Providence Preservation Society is seeking nominations for the next Most Endangered Properties List and this year they are expanding the category. For decades, our annual list has advocated for buildings at risk due to neglect, threat of demolition, or critical underuse. However, PPS wants to take it to the next level. Providence is also …
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Axe, knife, bar . . . any questions? Locals of a certain age will always know this corner as “the place where Leo’s used to be.” It is now Far Shot, the place where you can really blow off steam. The website indicates a soft opening at this point: “Throwing activities are available . . …
Chef/owner Ben Sukle of Oberlin has opened his new full-service raw bar and restaurant Gift Horse tucked into the building at Grant’s Block that will soon house the relocated Oberlin. Sukle explained it to Gail Ciampa last year: “They will be two concepts under the same roof with a cool little walkway between the two,” …
I finally got back to Deadbeats on Knight Street where I found owner Jeff Angell waiting to take my order. First I had to take a look around. Another customer was also checking out the new place for the first time and he seemed to share my take on it: the new owners have put …
What a great idea: The Providence Library of Things is a cooperative lending library for the things we only need once in a while. Sometimes you need a tool for a one-time project, but you don’t want to invest in a whole new tool. Or maybe you suddenly need a badminton set. Sarah Summers of …
Brown freshman Olivia Pichardo was representing last Wednesday at Fenway Park when she threw out the ceremonial first pitch of the game (not the best, but far from the worst). Fenway celebrated Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Day with pre-game festivities including Taiko Drumming, traditional dance performances, and food. Remind me to go next year. Olivia …
You don’t have to live in the West End to be glad for this news: The former, much-loved E&O Tap is being refitted to become your new regular neighborhood bar, Deadbeats. When the new owners Jeffrey and Courtney Angell lived in the neighborhood, the E&O was a favorite haunt. So they had no choice really. …
We are happy to announce that Apsara Asian Restaurant reopened last week for full dine-in service; this has caused much joy on social media, with over a hundred comments on FB. They had been open for take-out since the end of the lockdown, but people are so ready to go out to eat with friends. …
(12.21) The sacred grove beckons. Join local musicians Jen Long (aka the Accordion Princess) and Kate Mick in Biltmore Park to “turn the year” with song, community, art and s’mores. And science! Celebrate the winter solstice this Wednesday in the park between the Trinity Beer Garden and the rink. Around 5:00pm we’ll start to gather …
(12.18) After a year off, the popular West Side Caroling event returns for its 15th year from 6pm to 8pm this Sunday. The crowd has burgeoned over the years and can make a joyful noise heard far and wide; you don’t have to worry that your voice is going to blurt forth and ruin everything. …