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Lorna | Hope Street Farmers Market “I just moved here from Kenya. I moved here for school at Brown for my PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering… Adjusting to life here hasn’t been like a shock because I have met a few people who are [...]
Charlotte | Providence College “I’m a freshman. It’s going good so far, just getting adjusted to classes and a new routine. I’m going out more and hanging out with people more. It’s been really fun doing side quests, basically. The less structured time has been [...]
Point Street Bridge Chess Players Most evenings on the Point Street Bridge, two chess players, Forest and Hugo, can be found facing off against each other and anyone willing to sit down for a game. While talking to the two players about their game, a [...]
Point Street Bridge Chess Players Most evenings on the Point Street Bridge, two chess players, Forest and Hugo, can be found facing off against each other and anyone willing to sit down for a game. While talking to the two players about their game, a [...]
Trevon | Federal Hill I was preaching on the microphone and playing music as well, and y’know, just praying for a few other people. It was an awesome time. I was out here for a few hours, so it was fruitful…And really, like, I don’t [...]
H. Avery | Providence Fringe Theatre Festival “I wrote the play, Do Not Resuscitate, after reading a chapter in Fearlessly Different by Mickey Rowe, where he talked about ‘quality-adjusted life years,’ which is a concept that attempts to measure a disabled person’s year of life [...]
Rosa | Cape Verdean Independence Day Festival “The highlight of my day was being at the park with my family, eating food. Family is everything to me. They’ve been there for all my ups and downs. They always show up for me. I really don’t [...]
Michael | Providence Fringe Theatre Festival “Theatre is the only thing that really brings me joy to do as a job. I’m very lucky I get to work full-time as a theatre maker/theatre artist. It’s the only thing I can see myself doing, and it’s [...]
Chris | Billy Taylor Park “When I was younger, my father put a hoop up in the driveway and we weren’t allowed to watch TV or play video games, so then it’s like, I could either do my homework or go out and play basketball. [...]