THE COMMUNITY PLAYERS ANNOUNCE AUDITIONS FOR WORLD PREMIERE A TREE FALLS IN BROOKLINE PAWTUCKET, RI – Rhode Island’s oldest community theater, The Community Players, currently celebrating its 100th season, will hold auditions for the World Premiere of A Tree Falls In Brookline by David Christner, an Award-winning Rhode Island playwright, on Wednesday, December 8 and Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 7:00pm at Jenks Auditorium, 350 Division Street, Pawtucket, RI, (across from McCoy Stadium). Sign-in will begin […]

FirstWorks Presents a Premiere Performance of Daniel Bernard Roumain’s “The Telling” Artists and activists come together on January 22, 2022 in this first-of-its-kind event with music, dance and light composed to explore a response to crisis and communion in our lives Providence, RI (November 30, 2021) — FirstWorks, a Rhode Island non-profit dedicated to building community through world-class arts, will […]

LET’S PAY COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS By Rep. Deborah Ruggiero It’s time to pay community service providers a wage that is worthy of the work they do in our state.     Just as the governor and the state provided financial help to the restaurant industry to keep these small businesses from closing in every community, the […]

Members, Future-members, Colleagues, and Friends, Wednesday, 12/1 Weekly CEU Presentation – The weekly lunchtime CE Opportunity is Wednesday at noon. See more info. below. Please email Roni if there are any CE sessions you would suggest (or you’d like to present). Thursday, 12/2 Honor and Design Award Committee Meeting, 5:30 pm, zoom. All are welcome, please email Roni for zoom login. Friday, 12/3 […]

Haga clic aquí para español Dear Neighbor,   Each and every day, I see examples here in Providence of the ways Dr. King’s legacy and vision live on in our city’s civic leaders. Now, it is time once again to recognize those leaders and community members who work to promote social justice here in Providence.   […]

Distance Ed Boomed Last Year, Signaling New Era for Learning The number of students who sought postsecondary education through exclusively distance modalities grew from a little over 3 million in 2019 to more than 5.8 million in 2020, according to a new report by the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA).    The “exclusively” qualifier refers to students […]

CLARA’S TEA Make the most of the season with a visit to Clara’s Tea, Festival Ballet’s signature holiday event, taking place in the bright and festive Vets Gallery on Dec. 19, 11:00am. Enjoy a light selection of tasty treats from Renaissance Providence, and meet and mingle with your favorite Nutcracker characters, plus enjoy an exclusive photo area to make memories and keepsakes […]

A FEW HOME GROWN FACTS ABOUT SCURVY MORE CRANBERRIES PLEASE BY  DON DOUCETTE Interesting, a general discussion this past week about home sauerkraut production and consumption. I’ve watched, as a result, some YouTube videos about sauerkraut and learned that sauerkraut was a long-keeping food carried on some sailing vessels as a deterrent against contracting scurvy […]