RIPTA Raises Driver Starting Wage to $25.33 Per Hour Board Approves Agreement with Driver Union Providence, Rhode Island, February 22, 2024… The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) Board of Directors voted today to approve a collective bargaining agreement with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Division 618 that would increase the starting driver wage from $21.71 […]
Diversity and Inclusion: The Four Worlds of the Aryaloka String Quartet Friday, March 15, 2024 at 07:30 PM Price: $25 Register Four players, four composers, four quartets, four worlds. All connected by interwoven threads, invigorating explorations of sound, form, rhythm, texture, mood, drama… Beethoven, Caroline Shaw, Haydn, Astor Piazzola. Each one pushing the boundaries in […]
Celebrating Attleboro’s Diversity By Amy Rhilinger on February 22, 2024 Collections, Community, Displays Throughout the year, the APL strives to highlight collections including the variety of patrons in the Attleboro area, and the world. From Black History Month in February to Native American Heritage Month in November; from Autism Awareness in April to Domestic Violence Awareness in October; the APL […]
FOREST MANAGEMENT STATE HOUSE – The House commission working to help the state determine the best action for improving forest management will meet Monday for a discussion about its potential findings and recommendations. The Special Legislative Commission to Evaluate and Provide Recommendations on Proper Forest Management for Fire Prevention is scheduled to meet Monday, Feb. 26, at 4 p.m. in Room […]
We’ve extended the early bird discount for our no-cost writers residency program! Get your application in by end of day Sunday and receive $5 off the application fee. Apply at LindenPlace.org/writers-residency SUPPORTING RHODE ISLAND WRITERS IN THE CREATION OF VIBRANT NEW WORKS The world has changed a lot since the late 1800’s when Theodora Colt […]
NOIR NIGHTSMarch 24 – June 9Non-Member Subscription: $125Member Subscription: $120 Film noir, what critic Roger Ebert once called“the most American film genre,” is known for low key lighting as dark as a killer’s heart, camera angles more skewed than a gumshoe’s moral compass, and weaving plots as convoluted as was to circumvent the production code. […]
Whip Ackerman bill would aid RI cancer researchers, patients STATE HOUSE – Deputy Majority Whip Mia A. Ackerman has introduced legislation allowing patients and medical researchers access to vital national data and research. MIA A ACKERMAN “Rhode Island patients deserve world class cancer treatments and our researchers need access to national data to provide it […]
MINORITY LEADERS CALL FOR CLARITY FROM GOVERNOR MCKEE Senate Minority Leader Jessica de la Cruz House Minority Leader Michael W. Chippendale STATE HOUSE, Providence, RI – In response to a public statement by Governor Daniel McKee alluding to the possible influx of migrants who entered the country bypassing our immigration laws, House Minority Leader Michael Chippendale and […]
