Reviving the Magic: Bilingual Book & Art Fair Returns to Providence 

by Alicia Pratt

In a celebration that echoes through the corridors of culture and creativity, Providence Latino Book & Arts Fair/ Feria del Libro y las Artes de Providence 2023 is set to make a triumphant return this year—a fully in-person event for the first time since the [...]

Will Brown’s BIRCH Collaboration Bring Better Health Care to Providence?

by The Providence Eye

Earlier this year, Brown University heralded the establishment of BIRCH, the Brown Innovation Research Collaborative on Health.  When the university on College Hill announces a grand new health care initiative, it commands our attention. The partners in BIRCH are The Warren Alpert Medical School, The [...]

Providence Community Health Centers: A Primary Source of Primary Care

by Rick Brooks

If you’re having trouble finding a primary care provider (PCP), you’re not alone. The COVID pandemic greatly increased the stress and burnout of primary care docs (MD), physician assistants (PA), and nurse practitioners (NP) — leading to hastened retirements of many practitioners, along with declining [...]

TRANSIT FORWARD RI 2040: Where Is Providence Going?

by Barry Schiller and Patricia Raub

Are you fed up with crowded, congested roads?  Worried about your safety on those roads?  Stressed by the high cost of maintaining one or more vehicles?  Concerned about businesses moving out of Providence?  Or anxious about climate change every time the news focuses on weather disasters [...]

There’s Money to Get the Lead Out

by Roseanne Camacho and Bradly J. VanDerStad

Published with the cooperation of Motif Magazine. Providence locals have long boasted that their city tap water is among the best in the country. U.S. News and World Report, however, has other ideas: Rhode Island sits at a middling #21 for drinking water quality in [...]

Adult Learning Landscape

by Janet Isserlis

Adults in Providence can attend classes to learn English, earn a high school credential, gain skills to obtain licenses as CNA, food service workers or drivers. They can attend classes either in person or online, and often work more than one job while doing so. [...]

Monarchs and Milkweed: A Providence Tale

by Leah Bamberger

A few years ago, some Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca L.) sprouted in my front yard. It can be an aggressive plant (hence the weed moniker), but nonetheless, I let it take over my front yard because it is the exclusive host plant for Monarchs. The [...]

Power to the People: New Process Gives Providence Residents A Real Voice

by Cynthia Gibson

It’s probably not a stretch to assume that most people have little idea how their elected officials make decisions about where public funds should go. The process is complex, rife with politics and power dynamics, and usually takes place behind closed doors. What’s wrong with [...]

Our Schools Are Political Footballs

by Jonathan Howard

The RI Dept. of Education (RIDE) took control of Providence Schools on Oct. 19, 2019. Since then, the city’s appointed School Board and political leadership have had no formal power or influence over decisions about school staffing, curriculum or overall school strategy and policy. That [...]

Why I Take the Bus

by Patricia Raub

Only six percent of all Rhode Islanders regularly take the bus, and I am one of them. While many people have no other choice since they can’t afford a car, I take the bus because I want to. I take the bus because it is [...]