This makes me want to cry. For those needing a little help right now, India Restaurant on Hope Street will be offering 100 free meals a day — fresh, warm, and healthy, chicken or vegan — between 2pm and 5pm, for the month of December. They are urging everyone to spread the word. They even …
(1.5) Raid the archives! The RISD Museum will host a day of family-friendly activities inspired by the exhibition Raid the Icebox Now. Activities for Super Art Sunday include: Bulletin Club: Grand Gallery Gossip, 5th floor, 11 am—4 pm Stamp Club: Tiny Collections, Fain Gallery, 3rd floor, 11 am—4 pm Drama Club: GLOW UP, GROWN UPS, …
(10.6) Tickets are still available for this Sunday’s screening at the Avon of the Phoebe Waller-Bridge award-winning, one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series, Fleabag. This is a one-off event produced by National Theater Live. Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. With family …
(4.27) The annual Antiques & Uniques: Women’s Annual Indoor Yard Sale takes place Saturday at the First Unitarian Church on Benefit Street. The First Unitarian Women’s Alliance is once again sponsoring its now famous Indoor Yard Sale, featuring some antiques, lots of “uniques,” books, jewelry, and hundreds of useful and decorative items at spectacularly low …
An opening reception for Dear You: Intimate New Works By DeadZest, BRIANLY and Belinda “B” Phivilay will be held this afternoon in the gallery on the 2nd floor of City Hall. The exhibit runs through May 13. Curated by Paris Paris, this exhibition showcases three Rhode Island artists who examine interior moments from their lives …
(2.20) The Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) invites the public to a free lecture: Discovering Black Holes and Gravitational Waves: Algorithms and Simulation. If you’ve got the time, they’ve got the space. The equations of general relativity, Einstein’s field equations, are among the most complicated partial differential equations in mathematical physics. …
[Update: Postponed one week due to rain.] Volunteers needed. The Providence Preservation Society (PPS), in conjunction with 38 Tower, is organizing a postcard signing campaign for this Saturday. We are still hard at work in our fight against Fane Tower. The Providence City Council’s Zoning Committee voted to DENY a zoning change that would enable the …
(9.10) Head down to India Point Park for the annual Rhode island Seafood Festival this weekend, both days. Beer, wine, live music. The list of vendors includes: Matunuck Oyster Bar, Fins, Plouf Plouf, Sunset Farm, Tina’s Jamaican, Melville Grill, the Shuckin’ Truck, and more 11am to 7pm, Saturday, September 9 and 11am to 5pm, Sunday, …
(5.20) With special guests the Upper Crust! Gosch’s amazing work and the unique venue would have been enough to make this the event of the season, but artist Dan Gosch has decided to make it a party. For my first one-man show in 23 years I’ve burrowed through my archives to come up with paintings …
The Mayor’s office — in conjunction with several local entities interested in focusing the energies of city youth during the summer months — has announced the return of nighttime basketball in the City of Providence. The Midnight Basketball League will consist of 24 teams, meeting in four locations throughout the City. Games will be played …
I’ve been seeing a “Ten Things Food Banks Need (But Don’t Usually Ask For)” list around the internet as well as in the December issue of RI Local. I drop off food at the RI Community Food Bank every few months, including at their lovely open house where I took these photos a couple weeks …
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An excellent editorial in the Providence Journal considers the ramifications of the recent scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs in which government bureaucrats manipulated schedules denying veterans urgently needed medical care. As a result, it appears, some of those veterans we mourn on Memorial Day are people who might still be alive had they …
[youtube]rRqKYXcL-2U[/youtube] At least watch till the Peyton Manning bit. And Belichick.
We don’t know. Who does this? Once again the corner of this Washington Street edifice brightens the view and lifts the mood. Big thanks to those responsible for the significant time and effort this represents. Merry Christmas everybody.
Open till 5pm . . . head down to the RI Convention Center for the annual RISD Alumni Holiday Sale. Tickets for the sale will be $7 and can be purchased at the door with some proceeds going to support RISD scholarships. Many artists accept credit cards but it is a good idea to bring …
Born August 20, 1890. This newly dedicated square is at Prospect and Angell Streets.