Run For The Lighthouse To celebrate the 150th Year of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse in Riverside, RI, Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse are sponsoring their second annual benefit run on Saturday, April 23, 2022. The event is one of many planned this year to celebrate this milestone of the historic island lighthouse, off the East Providence coast. […]
Theatre BY THE SEA ANNOUNCES LOCAL AUDITIONS FOR NON-EQUITY ADULTS FOR 2022 SUMMER SEASON Wakefield, RI – Theatre By The Sea announces Non-Equity Adult Auditions for its 2022 Summer Season. Seeking strong non-union singers, dancers, actors, and actor/musicians. We are especially seeking mature character actors for featured roles throughout the season. Performers must be available for […]
Free Virtual Valley Talks Continue with Presentation by Smithsonian Museum Specialist on Japanese Internment WOONSOCKET, R.I. – Valley Talks, a series of biweekly historical lectures by the Museum of Work & Culture, continues Sunday, January 23 at 1pm on Zoom. In this presentation, Smithsonian Museum Specialist Noriko Sanefuji highlights the work being done […]
The Great Drying: The End Of The American Southwest? Dan Lennon Nancy Caywood is a fifth-generation farmer. With her son, Travis, she grows alfalfa and cotton in Arizona’s Pinal County, located between Phoenix and Tucson. She walks across a dry, nearly barren field. With each step, alfalfa crunches beneath her boots. “Everything is dead out […]
LIFE SPAN AND CARE NEW ENGLAND V. SUSAN SOSNOWSKI How would a merger of Lifespan and Care New England affect Rhode Island’s health care system and workers? I have serious concerns. The two largest health systems in the state want to merge into one even larger health care system that would control […]
Dennis DeJesus, CEO of Special Olympics Rhode Island, Announces Retirement DENNIS DE JESUS Dennis DeJesus, CEO of Special Olympics Rhode Island, has announced he will retire with a target date of July 1, 2022. “Choosing to retire is an exceedingly difficult decision to make, but I think now is the right time to step […]
US THEM WE | RACE ETHNICITY IDENTITY AT THE WORCESTER ART MUSEUM, EXAMINES AMERICAN IDENTITY THROUGH CONTEMPORARY ART, OPENING FEBRUARY 19, 2022 Worcester, MA—January 12, 2022—In February 2022, the Worcester Art Museum (WAM) will present its new exhibition Us Them We | Race Ethnicity Identity, an in-depth look at how contemporary artists since the mid-1970s have used formal artistic […]
Call for Photo Contest Theme for 2023 Calendar PAWTUCKET – With the successful release of the 2022 City Calendar, now is the time to leave your creative mark for the 2023 Pawtucket City Calendar. Mayor Donald R. Grebien, Photo Contest Organizer Patricia S. Zacks, and the City of Pawtucket call for suggestions on […]
