Soon, Thousands of Amazing Pumpkins Descend Upon Providence

by Nini Stoddard

It’s back again! From September 26 to November 2 the Roger Williams Park Zoo (RWPZ) will host the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular: Trivia – 2nd Edition. In addition to the thousands of illuminated pumpkins throughout the zoo, brain busters posted on the trails provide a trivia challenge. [...]

Lights, Camera, Action! RIIFF Returns for Its 28th Year

by Nini Stoddard

Film lovers rejoice! The Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) returns to Providence from August 5 through 10. Throughout the week, audiences will be treated to full-length films, shorts, documentaries, podcasts, panel discussions and other film industry events. Now in its 28th year, RIIFF celebrates [...]

Providence Parks Department Improves, Maintains, and Builds Outdoor City Spaces

by Nini Stoddard

The Providence Parks Department (PPD) manages 123 outdoor spaces. These include our neighborhood parks, athletic fields, basketball courts, playgrounds, conservation areas, and walking/running tracks and trails. Also dog parks, cemeteries, and non-traditional recreation areas, such as skateparks, bike tracks, and parkour courses. Also, an ice [...]

Time to Find Out about your Wastewater Treatment Plant

by Nini Stoddard

The Narragansett Bay Commission (NBC) owns and operates Rhode Island’s two largest wastewater treatment plants (Field’s Point in Providence and Bucklin Point in East Providence) along with an extensive infrastructure of interceptors, pump stations, tide-gates and combined sewer overflows. NBC is a quasi-public agency formed by [...]

Historic Preservation Grant Recipients Announced

by Nini Stoddard

Recipients of the 2025  Rhode Island Historic Preservation Matching Grants, awarded by a partnership between Preserve Rhode Island and The 1772 Foundation, were announced in mid-May during National Preservation month. Across Rhode Island, $125,000 in one-to-one matching grants supporting restoration and rehabilitation efforts were awarded [...]

HAPPY 150TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY

by Nini Stoddard

The Providence Public Library (PPL) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year! Along with a birthday party on Saturday, April 12 there will be other celebratory events throughout 2025. The PPL was created when the libraries of the Franklin Society, The Franklin Lyceum, the RI [...]

Plant a Tree

by Nini Stoddard

“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is NOW.” – Anon/Chinese Proverb Founded in 1988, the Providence Neighborhood Planting Program (PNPP) is a partnership between the Mary Elizabeth Sharpe Providence Neighborhood Planting Program Fund, the City of Providence, [...]

Providence Restaurant Weeks

by Nini Stoddard

Sometime between the holidays in December and Valentine’s Day in mid- February, the winter doldrums hit.  One remedy: Providence Restaurant Weeks returns January 26 to February 8. Organized by the Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau (PWCVB), restaurants throughout the city will be drawing attention [...]

Trinity Repertory Company

by Nini Stoddard

In addition to their first three productions (POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson-Apt.2B, and A Christmas Carol), the organization joined two other arts groups to successfully lobby for a $10 million Cultural [...]

Providence  Private Schools

by Nini Stoddard

Although there are no apple-to-apple comparisons, there are three school choices for our youth attending pre-kindergarten to grade 12: public schools, charter schools and private schools. The Providence Public School District (PPSD) serves approximately 19,403 Providence students who attend 37 public schools. The Rhode Island [...]