This year the City of Pawtucket is celebrating its 24th annual Pawtucket Arts Festival together with the 6th annual Pawtucket Restaurant Week from September 9th – 18th 2022.     The Pawtucket Arts Festival celebrates the City’s creative and cultural life by presenting vibrant arts events to Pawtucket residents and visitors to the Blackstone River Valley over 10 days, including […]

The first and oldest PUBLIC high school in America — The English High School of Boston — will celebrate its 200th anniversary on the evening of October 1 at the Marriott Copley Place Boston Hotel.        America’s First and Oldest Public High School Knows It Has Alumni in All 50 States … But Locating […]

Dear Colleagues,     On August 26th we celebrated Women’s Equality Day, commemorating the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. constitution in August of 1920, finally codifying women’s right to vote after more than 72 years of debate.    SHAITIA SPRUELL   But while we celebrate, we know we still have much further […]

Welcome our Newest Board Member   HEIDI   Heidi brings over 20 years of experience to the table with an outstanding background in Finance. She has the propensity for leadership, strategy, numbers, stats, analytics, building a plan, seeing the big picture, connecting the right people and making it all come together.  She will serve as a […]

A Royal Goodbye   Posted August 31, 2022 By John O. Harney Comings and Goings …     CHRISTINA ROYAL   Holyoke Community College (HCC) President Christina Royal announced she will retire from the college at the end of the 2022-23 academic year, after serving as the first woman, first openly gay and first biracial leader of the […]

Touch a Lighthouse Pet at Touch-a-Truck     Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse will celebrate their 150th year at The East Providence Chamber of Commerce’s Touch-a-Truck.   The event will be held on Saturday, September 24 from 9:30 AM to 2 PM at the Chamber’s parking lot behind their offices at 1011 Waterman Avenue, East Providence. […]

THIS WEEK’S MUSE   FRANZ KAFKA     “Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”    Franz Kafka was a German-speaking writer who, though published very little during his lifetime, is today widely regarded […]

Pawtucket City Hall To Host First Latino Artists Exhibit     PAWTUCKET, RI — The City of Pawtucket and the Advisory Commission on Arts and Culture is set to host its first exhibit highlighting Latino artists in Pawtucket and the Blackstone Valley.   “Latino Roots” is an exhibit that depicts a myriad of expressions and […]