Providence as seen from the port            photo courtesy of Save the Bay
The Comp Plan and Future Building
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Providence is speeding towards approving a Comprehensive Plan that envisions the city’s coming decade.  Just [...]

16
Oct
Not quite a hole in one, but close
For the Public Good: Triggs Memorial Golf Course
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Triggs Memorial Golf Course, nestled between Rhode Island College and Chalkstone Avenue, is often overlooked [...]

03
Jul
Centennial Celebration Coming
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A hundred years ago, in May 1924, a library opened in Providence, designed and constructed [...]

08
May
The battle for branch libraries took to the streets in 2006.  Photo: courtesy of the Providence Journal/Glenn Osmundson
Divorce in the Public Library
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Linda Kushner, resident of Providence, lawyer, and former Rhode Island politician, has written a book, [...]

17
Apr
If Education Needs a Revolutionary Idea, No Need to Look Too Far
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In the late 1990s Len Newman was 50, an experienced and successful teacher of English [...]

27
Mar
Student housing in Wanskuck, Photo: courtesy of 02908 Club
The Studentification of Wanskuck
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If you have lived in Providence for a long time and love the city, what [...]

28
Feb
African Mariner, oil on canvas. courtesy of Christian McBurney Collection. American Indian (Ninigret), portrait, oil on canvas by Charles Osgood,1837-1838, courtesy of Massachusetts Historical Society, in A Matter of Truth: The Struggle for African Heritage & Indigenous People Equal Rights in Providence, Rhode Island (1620-2020)
Black History Panorama
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The exhibit of historical artifacts illustrating the history contained in A Matter of Truth continues [...]

31
Jan
Students at an ArtsLiteracy workshop in St. Paul, Minnesota
Artsliteracy Project Offers Providence Teachers Time-Tested Link Between The Arts And Learning
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Consider the typical high school class beginning its study of a required novel, perhaps To [...]

17
Jan
Brown’s Haffenreffer Museum to Bring Indigenous Culture Closer to a Diverse Providence
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Brown University’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology has long been split across two locations: Providence, where [...]

13
Dec
Giant sycamore in front of Betsey Williams cottage. The tree, according to Doug Still, was planted at the same time as a Mulberry, a tree Still named the Rhoda Williams Mulberry, that survived long enough to be in old photos but is no longer there. Since this photo, wooden props have been installed under the long horizontal branch.  Photo courtesy of the RW Park Conservancy
The Williams Family Tree, Roger and Betsey 
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The American Sycamore tree in Roger Williams Park between Betsey Williams’ cottage and the statue [...]

08
Nov