Thursday, April 23, 2026

SPECIAL FORESTRY COMMISSION

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 […]

LINDEN PLACE WRITERS’ RESIDENCY

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 […]

NEW BEDFORD ART MUSEUM

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. […]

MIA A. ACKERMAN

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 […]

RI GOP OP-ED “SANCTUARY STATE”

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 […]

ATTLEBORO COMMUNITY THEATRE

THE WINTER SEASON Attleboro Community Theatre (ACT) kicks off the winter season with its production of Ken Ludwig’s “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery.” From the award-winning master of mayhem, Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, The Game’s Afoot), comes a fast-paced comedy about everyone’s favorite detective solving his most notorious case. Directed by Phil Markella, Sherlock […]

EARTHTALK: ARCHIVE

Satellites & The Environment: The Good, The Bad & The UglyRoddy Scheer and Doug Moss Some 9,000 satellites already orbit the ionosphere hundreds of miles above Earth’s surface, shedding parts that turn into hurtling “space junk.” Credit: Pixabay. Dear EarthTalk: Elon Musk plans to put thousands of new satellites into space to blanket Earth with […]

REHOBOTH DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE

MARCH SECOND CAUCUS PAUL JACQUES REHOBOTH – The Rehoboth Democratic Town Committee (RDTC) will hold a caucus on Saturday, March 2nd 2024, at the Blanding Public Library 124 Bay State Road at 10:00 AM to elect delegates to attend the MA DEMS 2024 Convention taking place on Saturday, June 1st 2024 at the DCU Center 50 Forest Street […]