(5.19) Time to get planting. The Southside Community Land Trust will be holding its 32nd annual Rare & Unusual Plant Sale this weekend. And it’s not just vegetables. Your eyes will be bigger than your yard when you see the variety of fruit, herbs, edible flowers, perennials, natives, and ornamentals for sale. And there really […]
(4.20) Saturday, April 20, is National Record Store Day, and with it comes special releases from both new and established artists, some in unusual formats or unusual colors, some with hidden tracks. There are also packaged specials: attention Beatles fans. Store owners submit requests but are never quite sure what they will end up with.
Nice weather for ducks. A pair of mallards could be seen paddling about today in this pop-up pond at the north end of Blackstone Boulevard. Following the second wettest March on record, an old swamp may be reclaiming its rightful place on the fashionable East Side. Initially, the bogginess of the area had created a
Props to the props crew. The faded plastic signs up on the corner of the building look like they’ve been there since Helen’s opened back in ’72, but they went up on Thursday. Filming for “Ella McCay” has moved to Broadway near Almy Street for a few days. The “new” Helen’s 445 is so convincing
It’s good to see this Providence institution get a new lease on life. Wes’ Rib House opened in its Olneyville location back in the ’80s and it has long been overdue for an upgrade. The new owners have taken a big swing, expanding the operation and bringing it up to date. According to the ProJo:
(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