Museum of Work and Culture Tuesday, November 14, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm 42 S. Main St., Woonsocket Museum Launches New Program Encouraging Visitors to Share Their Stories (WOONSOCKET, R.I.) – The Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, is excited to announce Tuesday Tea Time Talks, a casual, conversational program […]
Ribbon Cutting at URCC Member The Music Wagon The United Regional Chamber of Commerce (URCC) facilitated a ribbon cutting for member he Music Wagon The Music Wagon recently moved into a building that they share with the URCC at 715 E. Washington St. (Rte. 1), North Attleboro. Their tagline is “We are the music store […]
FirstWorks Brings Longest Running Street Dance Touring Company in American History to Providence for Performance and Free Community Events Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater Re-mounts Epic Hip-Hop Masterwork ‘Rome & Jewels’ at The VETS on November 18 Providence, RI—FirstWorks, a Providence-based nonprofit dedicated to connecting art with audiences, announced new community events featuring Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance […]
Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green With all the recent buzz around RICAS, Educate401, our WaterFire to salute educators, the recent Milken Educator Awards, and more, I would like to extend a huge thank you to all of those who worked tirelessly to ensure our students and educators started the school year off right. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has […]
EARTHTALK Q&A Is Ebony Going Extinct & What Can Be Done? Grace Wu October 26, 2023 CAN WE CONSERVE THR EBONY Dear EarthTalk: I hear that ebony is going extinct in the wild. Is there anything we can do to conserve what’s left and are there alternatives we can use instead? —Paul B., Bowie, MD Ebony […]
OUR CAPE COD NEIGHBORS “Music gives a Soul to the universe, Wings to the mind, Flight to the imagination & Life to everything.” – Plato As a child many years ago, Norma Atwood’s love of music began standing beside the piano while her mother played and sang daily. At age 8, she began her voice, […]
EarthTalk® The Biden administration is moving full stream ahead on its ambitious plans to expand America’s offshore wind energy capacity. Credit: Nina Ali, FlickrCC.. Dear EarthTalk: Has the Biden administration been able to ramp up the development of wind power (especially offshore) as promised? Vera Wingate, via email In 2021, President Biden pledged […]
Maine earned an F on the GIFFORDS Annual Gun Law Scorecard. Maine’s lack of basic gun safety laws puts its residents at grave risk, and lawmakers owe it to their communities to stand up to this crisis. Maine passed a reckless permitless carry law in 2015 that allows residents to carry loaded, concealed handguns in […]
