Olneyville

Red Shed Bike Camp — Sign Up Now

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. …

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San Souci Drive Improvement Meeting

(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 …

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Legal Literacy Program In Olneyville

[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 …

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‘Olneyville The Operetta!’ At Black Box Theater

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 …

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Scürvy Dög Parking Lot Mega Show

(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 …

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Library Fundraiser At Cluck!

(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 …

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Olneyville New York System Wins James Beard Award

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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If You See This Guy Around Town

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 …

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Jamey Morrill At Yellow Peril— “Larvae”

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 …

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