News across Providence County
The Art of Giving Back: Nilton Cárdenas Is Creating More Than Art
For the Rhode Island artist, educator and muralist, creativity has become a way to open doors, strengthen community and help others discover possibilities within themselves. For Nilton Cárdenas, giving back does not begin with charity. It begins with creativity. It can happen…
OUR HERITAGE. OUR FUTURE.: Guest Editor’s Letter
Every Hispanic Heritage Month, we are given an opportunity to look back.We celebrate the pioneers who came before us, the traditions they preserved, the institutions they built, and the sacrifices they made so generations that followed could have opportunities they did not.That…
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.
Providence Police arrest two; recover firearm, drugs and items raising concerns of planned violence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Providence Police arrested two men and recovered a firearm, more than 80 grams of suspected marijuana, and other items following an investigation in the area of Academy Avenue and Kepler Street earlier this month. According to Providence Police, detectives…
High Wind, Heavy Rain Fri – Mon: Flooding possible near south coast
High Wind Warning in effect from September 25, 08:00 AM EDT until September 27, 08:00 AM EDT Coastal Flood Advisory in effect from September 25, 05:00 PM EDT until September 27, 08:00 PM EDT Storm Warning in effect from September 25, 02:00 AM EDT until September 26, 08:00 PM EDT…
Stink Tank
Stink Tank – It’s a name that evokes images of a feculent vat and provokes the question: What the hell is this? and Who came up with that name? Stink Tank published its first manifesto June 25, 2004 on the website ArtInRuins.com in an essay titled Compost and the Arts: How to…
Screech Sprays RI
“Sounds like it’s highlighting the chaos in the world we are living in today.” This was the reaction I got from my friend Nancy Teo when I sent her some of the photos I’d taken at Screech Sprays RI!, a live graffiti event held at Nick Paciorek’s Pitcher-Goff House in Pawtucket on…
Cheeks’ Passing
Bruce McCrae, aka Rudy Cheeks, aka Jorge of Phillipe & Jorge, passed quietly on Friday Night. Bruce had suffered several health events in recent years, and wasn’t out much, but in his heyday he was the sort of public figure you could find at major art, political, and music events…
WONDER OF THE WORLD: More Than One Wrong Way To Take The Plunge!
Ever rummaged through your spouse’s sweater drawer expecting to find argyles, yet instead stumbling across a secret fetish so utterly demented that it immediately sent you bolting toward a new life? Deftly directed by Jeanne Smith, Attleboro Community Theatre’s Wonder of the…
Getaway: Drives too slowly, but gets you there
If there is such a thing as too much of a good thing, The Getaway Driver at Trinity Repertory Company is it. The world premiere of the two-person play by Deborah Salem Smith and Charlie Thurston that opens Trinity’s 2026-27 season runs one hour and 40 minutes with no…
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: Or Maybe Malicious Melancholy, Masked Revelry And Tongue Fencing
Hark, spectators of the realm! If thy soul doth hunger for a “reverent irreverence” turning a 77-seat black box into a roaring arena of wretched romance, get thee to the Burbage Theatre Co! Director Stephen Thorne, who has been called “without question, one of the most electric…
BELL, BOOK & CANDLE: What if the life you’re supposed to want isn’t what you actually want?
Gillian Holroyd is a witch living in NYC’s Greenwich Village in the late 1950s. Upon encountering Shepherd “Shep” Henderson, she decides to cast a love spell to make him her own. What’s a nefarious witch to do when her nifty neighbor’s fiancée — her old college rival — can’t hold…