Specifically, the Aldermen Chambers in Providence City Hall with its undisputed primo portrait real estate. Why has pride of place been given to the image of a corrupt, twice-convicted felon, who spent over four years in federal prison? This portrait should have been relocated years ago. Now we have Sheila Bentley, Buddy Cianci’s ex-wife, sharing …
(12.2) Head downtown this weekend for the PVD Winter Lights Market and Tree Lighting featuring food, public arts installations, entertainment, and two tree lighting ceremonies. This year we will also offer the Winter Lights Market, an artisan market which will be housed in a heated tent between the City Center skating rink and Burnside Park. …
Mayor Elorza announced today that “Providence is turning an important corner. Everywhere you look, there are encouraging signs.” We are evidently to call this phenomenon the “Providence resurgence.” (Please, no new logos, slogans, or ad campaigns. Just leave the surging to us.) One item discussed in the press release is ethics. Upon taking office, I …
(1.5) Mayor-elect Jorge O. Elorza will be sworn in as Providence’s 38th Mayor on Monday, January 5th. 1:30pm: Seating opens for Inauguration Ceremony, steps of Providence City Hall 2pm: Inauguration Ceremony 3:00pm: Reception with Mayor Elorza, City Hall, second floor 7pm: One Providence Inaugural Celebration, Cranston Street Armory, 310 Cranston Street The weather looks good. …
He says so himself. When the ProJo first ran “Felon mayor’s own words condemn him” by Steven Frias in July my first thought was that I would be reviving and sharing this piece as the election drew closer . . . if needed. Well, it seems to be needed, and the Providence Journal editorial board …
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Providence City Hall will be celebrating two noted feast days from the calendar of saints. Refreshments will be served. Friday, March 15th — The St. Patrick’s Day Party includes an invocation and keynote, blah blah blah, but more importantly a dance performance by the Goulding School of Irish Dance and a musical performance by the …
(2.5) What better way to show your love for your city than by pitting one neighborhood against the other in a steel cage, grudge match, food fight to the death! Head down to City Hall Tuesday for the 4th annual “I Heart Providence” celebration and cheer on your team. The two sides in the culinary …
Nicely done City Hall — this is a handsome tree, densely spangled with lots of richly colored lights. No bare patches. Glad we didn’t scrimp on this; we need to look like the city we hope to become.
An upcoming exhibit in the Providence City Hall Gallery — “I-195: A Photographic Excavation” — presents the work of six local photographers who have documented the demolition and removal of Interstate Route 195, from the initial DOT Gold Wrecking Ball event at India Point in November of 2010 through the end of 2011. The exhibit …
(5.21) A public hearing and discussion meeting — organized by the Open Providence Commission for Transparency and Accountability — will be hosted Monday by the Rhode Island School of Design. (In November 2011 the Providence City Council created the Open Providence Commission bringing together city employees, outside experts and everyday citizens to help city residents …
Only minutes after the airing of last Wednesday’s “City Hell” episode of Ghost Hunters, featuring Providence City Hall, the self-styled The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) — plumbers from Warwick — were getting the South Park treatment. Coincidence? I don’t think so. The ghost of Mayor Thomas Doyle must have some serious mojo. In the episode …
The Syfy “Ghost Hunters” (a couple of local plumbers actually) suspect that the ghost of long-dead Mayor Thomas A. Doyle may still be taking the occasional whazz in a fifth floor bathroom in Providence City Hall. Even if true, it is sooooo the least of our problems. I need to go on record with the …
Mayor Angel Taveras will deliver his first ‘State of the City’ address Monday at 7pm in the Council Chambers. The event will be streamed live here. Click for ‘City News.’ ‘State of the City’ address, 7pm, Monday, February 13, Providence City Hall, 25 Dorrance Street
Angel Taveras’s inauguration takes place on Monday, January 3rd, and will be celebrated around town with a series of events that week. None are publicly funded, and they’re all free and open to the public, but you need to register for the biggest event — a huge celebration at the Convention Center on Monday night. …
Actually, Preparedness Day Parade, June 3, 1916 (from the Providence Public Library photostream). The flag waved as the children stood up and sat down. In other words. . . The Wave.