RISCA RISCA staff will be hosting a series of live, community listening sessions in partnership with community partners around the state – including an artist-focused listening session with NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley – to get your feedback on our draft Strategic Plan. The schedule of upcoming sessions are: January 15th, 6-8 PM:Arts Around the Fire, […]
June 1st Gala to Honor Local Artists for Excellence PROVIDENCE, RI: Trinity Repertory Company invites the public to nominate outstanding local artists for the 2020 Rhode Island Pell Awards for Excellence in the Arts. The Pell Awards’ criteria include distinction in the artist’s chosen field, work that significantly advances the art form and contribution to the […]
DEM HOSTING WILDLIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMS THIS WINTER PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced it is hosting a children’s program on New England cottontail rabbits, a presentation on the history of bears in RI, and two family-friendly birding workshops this winter as part of its Wildlife Outreach Program. Saving the New […]
YOU’RE INVITED: A Screening of “Miss Virginia” and a School Choice Discussion Monday, January 20 On behalf of National School Choice Week, please join them for a special screening of Miss Virginia. Hailed as a “must-see” movie by USA Today. The film follows a struggling inner-city mother who sacrifices everything to give her son […]
January 16, 2020 Free and open to the public. AHPS will present the Sun Chronicle’s 1941 series by Suzanne Sawyer, “Sketching Old Homes”. You will be delighted and amazed by the photos and details included on 18 of Attleboro’s most historic homes. Our originally scheduled program, “Preservation and Economic Development with Catherine Feerick” […]
PAWTUCKET – The City of Pawtucket received two awards from the American Planning Association Rhode Island Chapter (APA RI) during their 2020 Post-Holiday and Awards Party on Thursday, January 10, 2020. “Thank you to the American Planning Association Rhode Island Chapter for recognizing the efforts of the City and our partners,” said Mayor Donald R. […]
EarthTalk® From the Editors of E – The Environmental Magazine Researchers at the University of Oxford in the UK are experimenting with perovskites as the semiconductor in these small tin solar cells that could someday be on your rooftop supplying your home with free electricity. Credit: University of Oxford Press Office FlickrCC. Dear EarthTalk: […]
Dear neighbor – Together, we are building a new, stronger Providence from the ground up. Years of deferred maintenance has led to broken roads and sidewalks, neglected parks and facilities in disrepair across our city. But today, we have changed the way we do business by no longer waiting for things to break before fixing them. We are […]
