Ben Sisto Brings “The Museum of Who Let Who Let The Dogs Out Out” to PVD

by Emily Bruck

When most people hear the catchy chant and echoing barks of “Who Let The Dogs Out” they think of boom boxes, glow sticks, and an illuminated early-2000s dance floor. But for Ben Sisto, the song isn’t just a throwback — it’s a piece of art [...]

FringePVD 2025: A Glorious Celebration of Creative Freedom and Community Spirit

by Judith Clinton

There is an inscription carved into the dome of the Rhode Island State House that essentially says   “Think what you like and say what you think.” That sentiment is drawn from Tacitus, a Roman historian and senator who lived circa 56 – 120 AD, [...]

Wickenden Street Welcomes Rong Chic with Grand Opening Celebrating Spicy Sichuan Flavors and Unique Asian Desserts

by Amber Ma

Providence’s Fox Point neighborhood, home to many popular eateries like Pizza Marvin, Jahunger, and Aleppo Sweets has a new star: Rong Chic, which celebrated its grand opening on June 14, 2025. Rong Chic specializes in Sichuan (sometimes written as “Szechuan”) food, hailing from the southwestern [...]

Benefit Street’s “Enchanted Garden”

by Levi Lionel Leland

It was a sultry July night in 1845 when Edgar Allan Poe, the world-famous American author and poet, walked north on Providence’s Benefit Street. During this visit to the city, he became aware of a local poet named Sarah Helen Whitman, who lived in a [...]

The Lonely Road of Monsters: A review of Selene Shade, Resurrectionist for Hire

by Diane Josefowicz

Selene Shade runs a successful small business in Goat Hill, a quirky little city that will strike  readers who know Providence as distinctly familiar. Which is good, because Shade’s line of work is distinctly strange. Shade’s a resurrectionist: She raises the dead for a living. [...]

Seeing Providence’s History in the Story of a Very Old Church

by Peter Laarman

Situated across the street from the Hope Club, a private social club on College Hill, and outfitted with the biggest bell ever cast by Paul Revere & Sons, the First Unitarian Church looks like an imposing historical institution. It is that, but it’s not solely [...]

How Ingrid Neuman Conserves Sculptures at the RISD Museum

by Kristine Yang

This past November, Ingrid Neuman, senior conservator at the RISD Museum, wheeled a twelfth-century Japanese wooden Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara into Hasbro Children’s Hospital for a CAT scan. Conservators have repaired the ancient figure, a revered Buddhist symbol, over centuries — Neuman’s examination would reveal exactly where [...]

The Failures (and Wonders) of Fatherhood: Lucas Mann’s Latest Book Explores Being a Dad Through an Innovative Lens

by Diane Josefowicz

In his 2009 essay “The Losers’ Club,” the Pulitzer-winning novelist Michael Chabon made a surprising connection: Writers’ careers are full of failure. So is fatherhood. “A father,” Chabon wrote, “is a man who fails every day.” Chabon’s insight came back to me while I was [...]

“No Tariffs on Sharing”: Tool Libraries Offer Resilience Amid Federal Chaos

by Ella Fassler

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Truthout. Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission. As a handy person, Devon Curtin spends a lot of time helping people enrich their living spaces. Recently, while working with a friend to remodel their floor, Curtin noticed that the [...]

Kirstin Allio Wants You to Wake Up

by Diane Josefowicz

Double-Check for Sleeping Children is Providence writer Kirstin Allio’s second volume of short stories and her fourth book. It might also be her best. In twenty lyrical short stories of everyday life, Allio delicately reckons with the ways in which adults reveal themselves to be [...]