Registration is now open for the Red Shed Bike Camp: sessions start in July and run to mid-August. All skill levels welcome and scholarships are available. At Red Shed Bike Camp, kids ages 8-13 spend a fun-filled week in the summer exploring the watershed on two wheels! Through the week, campers enjoy daily bike rides. …
This former textile mill on Dike Street is now Dye House, a boutique hotel and event space. URI alums, Everett and Valerie Abitbol, fell for the former American Woolens Dye mill and decided to run with that theme. You can learn all about it the way I did, from the June issue of Providence Monthly: …
A recent comment echoed a concern I have had for a while now: Olneyville’s borders are under attack. Various stakeholders — landlords, realtors, business owners — have taken to rebranding their slice of the neighborhood, mostly around the margins. So what are the recognized borders of the Olneyville neighborhood? There seems to be general agreement …
I don’t know who artist Tom West had in mind when he executed this piece, but for me it has always read as a valentine to Olneyville. Rob Duguay asked West about his influences in an interview for MotifRI a few years ago. Warhol is a huge idol of mine. Pop art definitely sang to …
(10.4) Head over to Recycle-a-Bike and learn about planned improvements along San Souci Drive. The meeting will be hosted by the Providence Department of Planning and Development and the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC). Facebook event. Come learn about improvements along San Souci Drive behind Olneyville Square that will: create a welcoming gateway between the …
[Additional Note: The schedule has been expanded. See below.] The Providence Community Library (PCL) and Libraries Without Borders will partner to provide direct weekly services to Olneyville residents as they use the local laundromat, explore the flea market, and return home to the Manton Heights housing development. The Legal Literacy Initiative strives to bring library …
The Manton Avenue Project (MAP) will present four performances of “Olneyville, The Operetta!” at the AS220 Black Box Theater starting this Thursday, November 30. I’m going to let Matthew Lawrence of The Law & Order Party explain this one: Newcomers to town might find it odd that this season’s most hotly anticipated new play was …
(7.1) The Ajay Land Company invites the public to see what their artists have been getting up to. This building is right next to Dusk on Harris Avenue. (Facebook event page.) On July 1st for the first time ever the artist community at Ajay Land Co. will open its doors to the public. Our open …
(5.30) The Olneyville Library is reopening after more than a year of repairs and renovation, and the public is invited to celebrate the results at a party Tuesday. The library suffered flooding in April 2016 after heavy rains overwhelmed the local drainage system, causing significant damage. Local residents and businesses rallied in June at Cluck! …
(10.9) ‘Mega Show III’ to be exact. Live music all day Sunday at the Scürvy Dög in Olneyville starting with Detroit Rebellion at 2pm. From the Facebook event page: Hope Anchor — 9:30pm Benny Sizzler — 8:45pm Violent Anal Death — 8pm Olneyville Sound System — 7:15pm Laura Espinel — 6:30pm Tall Teenagers — 5:45pm …
(6.13) The Friends of Olneyville Library have joined forces with Cluck! Urban Farm and Garden Supply to raise funds and buy replacement items for Olneyville Library, which suffered damage in recent flooding. Olneyville Library was flooded on April 25 when heavy rains caused a rise in the water table underneath the building. “We are working …
(7.26) From the Scürvy Dög, “We’re throwing another free all day parking lot bash with a ton of bands, outdoor tiki bar, outdoor Dogfish Head draft beer, awesomeness, and a pinch of love.” The schedule for the musical acts looks like this: 2:00 – 2:30 Huckleberry War (RI) 2:45 – 3:15 Swan Point (RI) 3:30 …
‘Variations’ is the latest exhibit at Gallery EOSS on Hartford Avenue. This new addition to the Olneyville gallery scene will focus on contemporary artists. Bill Van Siclen at the ProJo has the details. Without much fanfare, Gallery EOSS opened this month at 91 Hartford Ave., a sprawling mill complex on the west side of Olneyville …
The Olneyville N.Y. System is one of five recipients of the 2014 James Beard Foundation America’s Classics Awards — considered front page news over at the ProJo. Fourth generation owners Greg Stevens and Stephanie Stevens Turini will accept the award in Lincoln Center in New York City on May 5 at the annual James Beard …
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According to today’s ProJo an indie Mafia crime drama starring Leighton Meester and Ben Barnes is filming around the Olneyville and Federal Hill neighborhoods. (If only the Mafiosi ever looked like this. Or cops. Or men.) The production of “God Only Knows” directed by James Modern has also been taking advantage of the Bucket’s rich …
Yellow Peril Gallery is pleased to present “Larvae” a sculpture installation by Jamey Morrill, consisting of mundane, seemingly benign materials that collectively become imposing and uncanny. “In our culture, mass production of products appears similar to the reproductive strategy of insects – where risk and cost are spread thin as gossamer over many to assure …