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Business
Cannabis Corner? Nine Cooperatives Apply to Open Dispensaries on One Stretch of North Main Street
Dr. Andre Dev started the Community Cannabis Network of Rhode Island to help ensure cannabis co-ops succeeded as enduring, locally owned businesses. So, when the pool of potential cannabis retailer applications for RI started rolling in [...]
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Arts/Food/Culture
Wilbury’s Girl from the North Country Uses the Music of Bob Dylan to Tell A Story of America at “It’s Most Bruised and Most Resilient”
Wilbury Theatre Group closes its season with Girl from the North Country, written by celebrated Irish playwright Conor McPherson with music and lyrics by Bob Dylan. Girl from the North Country is not Bob Dylan’s story. [...]
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Arts/Food/Culture
Historic Institutions Attempt to Combat “The Intimidation Factor” of the Art World
On a warm Sunday in May, after a long and cold winter, several dozen people opted to be indoors at the Providence Art Club (PAC). They came to participate in the lecture series called Sunday Salon. [...]
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Politics/Government
To Keep Kids Out of Jail, Providence City Council Proposes Automatically Referring Youth Cases to Juvenile Hearing Board
Providence police charged 148 youth with misdemeanors in 2025. The majority of those cases go to family court, where children can face incarceration or a mark on their criminal record. However, 27 were referred to an [...]
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Readers' VoicesWrite a Letter
An Invitation to Venture Tomorrow to the Johnston Landfill, for the Providence Eye’s “Trash Trek.”
We at the Providence Eye believe that if we understand how things work, we’ll be [...]
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May
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From A Public Transit Advocate: Ten Reasons the RIPTA Bus Hub Should Remain in Kennedy Plaza.
Much about the future of transit in Providence relates to whether or not the bus [...]
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Providence’s Unfinished Iryna Zarutska Mural Was a Powerful Symbol. We Should Heed Its – Unintended – Messages.
For more than a month, an unfinished mural dominated a block of downtown Providence. Although [...]
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May
May
I’m a Chef Who Believes Providence is America’s Greatest Food Town. Here’s Why.
Since my wife Claudine Pépin and I arrived here in 2011, I have come to [...]
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Apr
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“Open Valley” is a Chance to Explore One of PVD’s Overlooked Gems.
There’s a map floating around the city’s coffee shops and local haunts, a hand-drawn guide [...]
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Should Cesar Chavez Be Exiled from Davis Park? I Say “Yes.”
He stands calmly with a reassuring smile near the entrance to Davis Park, seemingly waving [...]
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From Brown U. Undergrads: A Pitch for Tuning Into PVD’s Mayoral Primary.
On September 9, 2026, the City of Providence will host primary elections for the office [...]
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Apr
It’s Time for Providence – and Rhode Island – to Go Nuclear.
Today, a historic opportunity dangles in front of the whole country: to be the first [...]
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Sound and Vision (Poetry)
Final Expense
An American child’s voice heckling Lightnin Hopkins,’Howlin Wolfs’ blues I won’t pay for ad free [...]
Read moreWhat Governments Say to Women
(The law compels a married woman to take the nationality of her husband.) I. In [...]
Read moreStrange Meeting
It seemed that out of battle I escaped Down some profound dull tunnel, long since [...]
Read moreOn the Death of a Young Gentleman
Who taught thee conflict with the pow’rs of night, To vanquish satan in the fields [...]
Read moreLetters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor – May 20, 2026
In response to “Look at this Stuff, Isn’t It Neat? The Creative Reuse Center of RI Provides Access to Affordable Reclaimed Art Materials” Great article! And good news that Creative Reuse is coming to Prov. [...]
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Letters to the Editor – May 13, 2026
The following are in response to “Recycling the Recycling Bins: Providence Replaces All Trash Bins to Clean Up Waste Program”: I have appreciated the Eye’s consistent coverage of the changes to the city’s recycling collection. [...]
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Letters to the Editor – May 6, 2026
[In response to Readers’ Voices piece “Should Cesar Chavez Be Exiled from Davis Park? I Say ‘Yes.'”] Cesar Chavez was given credit for things not necessarily done by him. It could be that Dolores Huerta did [...]
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