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Providence
A city in Providence County, Rhode Island — population 179,270 as of 2020.
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Niko Tolentino
“My heritage colors who I am, and my art is pieces of who I am.” Niko was born here in PVD. As a young child of about 5 years old, he remembers visiting his relatives in the Dominican Republic. He recounted hearing the rain bounce off their corrugated roof. Niko grew up here in…
Creatives & Arts
Rene Gomez
Rene Gomez was born in the Dominican Republic and moved to Providence as a young child. He is immensely proud of his heritage. It was no accident that he walked into our meeting wearing a shirt that read, “Dios, Patria, Libertad,” which translates to, “God, Homeland, Liberty.”…
Creatives & ArtsAs dusk descended on Halloween, Karl Vincent turned on the outdoor porch light of his charcoal gray, gabled house on Grimwood Street in Providence to let the Trick-or-Treaters know that he was now “awake.” For fun, he’d open the front door with a Transylvanian-accented “Good…
General“October is our Super Bowl,” says Jeff Angell who, with his wife Courtney, owns Deadbeats on Knight Street in Providence. The horror-themed bar has something planned for the good evenings in the lead-up to Halloween and beyond. For instance, every Thursday this month, Deadbeats…
EventsIt’s that time of year again, when normal people try to be spooky, weird people get weirder, and the truly spooky folks roll their eyes a whole bunch. On the heels of “NecronomiCon” making their Providence appearance, the Dark Arts Festival is making their presence known. The…
Events
How do our medications affect our waste water?
A lot of us flush or toss our old medication without much thought, but the side effects of that habit can show up in our water. Good news: we can all help fix it for free.
GeneralIn and around Providence
Eat, drink & stay
- 1070Lounge - Providence Rhode Island
- 108 North Main St Inc
- 148 Pavilion Bar and Lounge
- 110 Grill
- Acacia Club
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Providence by the numbers
- Area
- 18.41 sq mi (47.67 km²), 2.18 sq mi water
- Median age
- 32.8
- Households
- 71,497
- Persons per household
- 2.5
- Median household income
- $68,119
- Median house value
- $362,200
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- 25 DORRANCE ST, PROVIDENCE, RI 02903