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New Harvest Coffee Roasters Is Turning 25

New Harvest has been part of the morning routine since 2001, which is enough time to outlast several coffee trends and a few questionable milk alternatives. Founders Rik Kleinfeldt and Paula Anderson …
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The Steel Yard’s 20th Iron Pour Unfolds in Three Fiery Acts

The Steel Yard is giving its 20th Iron Pour a three-act build, and by the finale, giant metal sculptures will be burning. This year, the Providence industrial arts nonprofit is stretching its …
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10 of Greater Providence’s Most-Booked Restaurants Right Now

The quickest way to find out where Providence wants to eat might be to look for the tables that aren’t available. OpenTable updated its Diners’ Choice: Most Booked list for Providence County …
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8 Stops to Make During RI Grown Week

Rhode Island grows a lot more than apples, and RI Grown Week is a good excuse to prove it. From October 5-11, farms, markets, orchards, and local makers around the state put everything from cut …
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Sézane’s Traveling Airstream Is Pulling Into Providence

Airstreams usually suggest campgrounds, but Sézane is bringing French fashion to Fountain Street in one instead. Beginning tomorrow, September 25, the Parisian brand will park its En Route pop-up …
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Providence Children’s Museum Plans a Playful October for Kids and Grown-Ups

October at Providence Children’s Museum is shaping up to be a little less finger paint and a little more tarot cards and reptiles. The museum’s calendar stretches from an adults-only night with …
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11 Rhode Island Sips That Taste Like Fall

Fall drinking has a way of getting darker, toastier, and a little more dessert-adjacent as the weather cools. Citrus steps aside for apple, coffee, baking spice, dark fruit, and the kinds of pours …
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Drake Maye and Wife Ann Michael Clear Classroom Wish Lists for 54 Providence Educators

Back-to-school shopping looks a little different when someone else picks up the entire classroom wish list. At Alfred Lima Sr. Elementary School in Providence, New England Patriots quarterback …
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Little City Thrifty Brings Nearly 100 Vintage Booths Back to Providence

Some shopping lists are better left unwritten, especially when nearly 100 vintage booths are involved. That’s the situation at WaterFire Arts Center October 3 and 4, when Little City Thrifty …
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Providence Public Library Has a Book Club for That

Fnishing a good book often comes with one problem: finding someone who actually wants to hear all the thoughts it produced. Providence Public Library has an answer for that, with book clubs built …
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Old-School Blues, Next-Generation Appeal - GA-20 to Play Narrows Center September 26

Expect a high-powered evening of great music when Providence-based blues trio GA-20 takes the Narrows Center stage on Saturday, September 26. The Fall RIver, MA show wraps up the U.S. leg of the …
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When to Pick Your Favorite Rhode Island Apples

When to Pick Your Favorite Rhode Island Apples Honeycrisp fans, Macoun loyalists, pie planners, and Rhode Island Greening hunters each have their moment Apple people have opinions. …
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PVDFest Mixes R&B, Gospel, and Big Freedia in Downtown Providence

An ice rink hosting an R&B block party while a gospel choir prepares to perform with Big Freedia sounds less like a carefully coordinated civic festival than a particularly busy Providence group …

Thinking of You Week Challenge and Giveaway with Ampersand M Studio

In a sea of rapid-fire communication, be a thoughtful card and let someone know you’re thinking of them in a tangible way. Thinking of You Week (September 21–27, 2026) is an international …
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Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular Takes a Punny Turn at Roger Williams Park Zoo

Providence has seen plenty of pumpkins, but 5,000 of them trying out their best dad jokes is a different kind of fall tradition. This October, Roger Williams Park Zoo’s Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular …

On Stage: You’ve Still Got a Friend at Theatre By The Sea

My early childhood was filled with sounds of the Laurel Canyon music scene emitting through the living room stereo speakers. This was the genre of my eldest sister Betsy, a lifelong fan of recording …
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At RIIFF, Lunar Sway Turns Mooncrest Into a Place Worth Getting Lost In

The moon may have been a waning crescent in early August in Providence, but the Apple Theater was under the spell of Lunar Sway , the new film written and directed by Nick Butler that screened as …
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Bottled Up Finds Big Laughs Close to Home at RIIFF

After years of Rhode Island moviegoers hearing characters talk about traffic jams on Sunset and flights leaving JFK, the audience at RIIFF’s Friday night’s screening of Bottled Up cheered for …
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Track 15 Plans an Oyster-Filled Sendoff to Summer

Labor Day weekend usually comes with an unspoken assignment: fit in one more very summery thing before everyone starts discussing cider doughnuts. Track 15 has an appropriately Rhode Island …
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RIIFF Films Examine What Happens When History Is Frozen in a Frame

“Is dreaming of yesterday enough to understand today?” This was the structuring question for the Providence Apple Cinemas’ programming of the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), …
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Dutch Filmmakers Find Common Ground at Providence’s RIIFF

A little piece of the Netherlands arrived at the Providence Place Mall Saturday night when a double feature of Dutch films played at Providence’s Apple Cinema through the 44th annual Flickers’ …
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Rhode Island Tattoo Artist Alex Quinn Makes Every Mark Personal

Some tattoo ideas arrive as carefully saved reference photos. Others begin with a song, a feeling, or two words: Bob Ross. Warwick tattoo artist Alex Quinn welcomes all of the above. At her …
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Degree of Certainty Brings a Climate Cover-Up to Flickers

A promising new job can get complicated quickly when the company has already mapped the climate crisis and would rather keep that information in-house. That’s the dilemma at the center of Degree of …
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Flickers’ RIIFF Opening Night Put the World on Screen at PPAC

On August 4th, the Providence Performing Arts Center saw the opening night presentation of the annual Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF). Filmmakers and film lovers alike …
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The Great Gatsby Is Ready to Make a Scene at PPAC

The green light is moving to Weybosset Street this fall, and Jay Gatsby is bringing the whole spectacle with him. From November 3-8, The Great Gatsby will fill the Providence Performing Arts Center …
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FeedRI’s First Field to Fork Event Brings Farms, Chefs, and a Good Cause to One Table

It’s no secret that Rhode Island’s food community knows how to make a meal feel bigger than what’s on the plate. On August 19, FeedRI will bring farmers, chefs, and diners together for its …
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A Rhode Island Filmmaker Brings Handle With Care Home

PROVIDENCE - Saturday, August 8th, will see the world premiere of Handle With Care , a new feature film written and directed by Matthew James Thompson, a Rhode Island native, as part of the …
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Providence’s Newest Restaurant Is All About Chicken and Waffles

House of Chicken & Waffles isn’t asking anyone to choose between sweet and savory. It’s putting both on the same plate, then adding enough waffle flavors, syrups, butters, and crispy chicken …
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Ten Things I Loved at Newport Folk

Another memorable Newport Folk Festival is in the books! Across three sold-out days at Fort Adams State Park, thousands of fans enjoyed a continually evolving event that supports acoustic traditions, …
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Summer Pops Returns to the Temple to Music on August 5

Roger Williams Park already knows how to put on a summer evening. Adding a 69-piece orchestra to the Temple to Music feels almost like showing off. On Wednesday, August 5, the Rhode Island …
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A Providence Studio Built for More Than One Look

There comes a point when another coffee shop corner, borrowed office, or blank white wall just isn’t cutting it. For anyone launching a brand, updating a portfolio, planning a campaign, or finally …
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Valley Vibes Brings Thursday Nights to the WaterFire Arts Center Roof Deck

The WaterFire Arts Center is giving Thursday nights a new route: through the Main Hall, up to the roof deck, and into whatever Providence creative crowd is hosting that week. This summer, Valley …
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Bernard John Brings Acres Back to the Room

By the time a record takes six years to finish, it’s picked up a few stories. Canceled plans, quiet recoveries, new love, pandemic-era pivots, and the strange suspense of waiting for life to make …
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Big Freedia Is Bringing Bounce to PVDFest

Providence has never needed much convincing to spill into the streets for good music, good food, and a reason to linger downtown. Add a stage, a few vendors, and the familiar buzz of people drifting …
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A Blackstone River Cruise and Patio Dinner Make the Perfect Central Falls Evening

By this point in the summer, dinner reservations can start to feel a little predictable. A recent evening in Central Falls offered a welcome change of pace. My coworker, our partners, and I spent 50 …
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Ravi Shavi Catches a Cosmic Signal on Wild Rock Dove

The communal consciousness that permeates everything holds every idea, every emotion, the countless boundless waves of information and sound forever undulating out in all directions, forever …
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Fourth of July in Rhode Island: Fireworks, Food Trucks, and Festivities

Nothing says summer quite like gathering with friends, claiming a patch of grass or sand, and waiting for the first burst of color to light up the night sky. This year, America's 250th anniversary is …
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Providence's Summer Fun Starts at the Park

By late June, the city's parks become some of its busiest gathering places, filled with kids cooling off in splash pads, families lingering over lunch, and neighbors making the most of the long …
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17 Rhode Island Clam Shacks Worth Visiting This Summer

  Ask locals where to find the best clam cake, and you'll probably get ten different answers, plus a few unsolicited opinions about chowder while you're at it. Everyone has a favorite. …
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Gail Greenwood to Join Gang of Four for Hometown Show at Greenwich Odeum June 28

Gail Greenwood is excited – and maybe just a little nervous. The veteran Rhode Island bassist, best known as a member of Belly, recently joined Gang of Four, the influential 70s punk …
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