Rhode Island Historical Society Announces Open Applications for Teen Advisory Board  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (August 20, 2020) – The Rhode Island Historical Society has announced that applications are now open for its 2020 Virtual Teen Advisory Board.   The board is meant to give Rhode Island teens a voice in their community’s history and heritage sector. […]

SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION OF EAST PROVIDENCE AWARDS MORE THAN $208,000 TO LOCAL STUDENTS Among the 181 recipients of scholarships administered by Scholarship Foundation of East Providence are Danielle Durfee, left, who will be attending Florida Southern College to study marine biology and Aliyat Adeboye, who will be majoring in business at Providence College. Both are 2020 […]

RISCA Rhode Island’s arts sector lost over 10,000 jobs and sales of over $436 million during the months of April to July of this year as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a report recently issued by The Brookings Institution. The report, “ Lost Art: Measuring COVID-19’s Devastating Impact On America’s Creative Economy ”, documents […]

Mid-Cape Home Centers is seeking local artists to submit their depiction of the company’s 125-year history for a mural that will go outside its Orleans location. Calling all artists! You could win between $1,500 and $2,500 and have your artwork on the wall of Mid-Cape Home Centers’ Orleans location.    Celebrating its 125th anniversary, Mid-Cape […]

HONOR THE 19th AMENDMENT WITH A SAFE OUTING FOR ALL AGES   Little Compton Historical Society Offers Socially Distanced Visitation of Our Indoor and Outdoor Women’s History Exhibit     LITTLE COMPTON, RI, August 19 – The Little Compton Historical Society is pleased to present their Women’s History Project as a free indoor and outdoor exhibit […]

GARDEN PARTY APPEAL After months of empty galleries, has been amazing having visitors back enjoying art in the museum. We work hard to bring exciting, engaging artistic experiences to New Bedford and love seeing our community enjoy them. We hope to provide these experiences for many years to come – but we need your help. The New […]

FESTIVAL BALLET PROVIDENCE: MOVES Join Festival Ballet Providence as we dance in the streets with Neighborhood Moves! These group classes – FREE and open to the public – will take place in partnership with Providence Streets Coalition and the City of Providence’s Slow Streets Program as we aim to bring movement to the community. The classes are on existing Slow Streets […]

Union Educators Hold Socially-Distanced State House Rally for Safe & Healthy Schools AFT Massachusetts, BTU, MTA Call for Remote Start Until It’s Safe BOSTON – With the rallying cry ‘We Want to Go Back! But #OnlyWhenItsSafe,’ hundreds of educators from across the Commonwealth gathered outside the State House to call on Governor Baker to agree that […]