People in Providence – June 16, 2026
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Dan Ryan | India Point Park I’m from Illinois originally. I came here in my 20s when I was in the service and spent some time down in Newport. It was beautiful. I’ve lived in a lot of different places around Rhode Island over the [...]

People in Provicence
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Maha | Escuela de Diseño de Rhode Island (RISD) Soy diseñadora. He trabajado en RISD durante más de 20 años. Crecí en el noreste de Siria. Es la mejor tierra para cultivar trigo, algodón y cebada, y mi padre se dedicaba a ese negocio. Desde [...]

People in Providence 3.25
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Matthew | Ocean State Spice & Tea Merchants I’m the co-owner of Ocean State Spice & Tea Merchants with my fiancé Jessica. Our main focus items would be our tea, which we have over 200 different types of. We also have our spice section, which [...]

People in Providence 3.18
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Drew | The Providence Athenæum My name is Drew and I’m a library assistant at the Providence Athenæum. It’s basically working both the circulation desk and the visitor center. [I’ve worked here for] almost three years. I used to work in a library when I [...]

People in Providence 3.4
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Elizabeth | Epiphany Soup Kitchen I’m the manager of the soup kitchen. We serve a hot meal to people in need every Saturday afternoon, and we also have additional handouts: we do clothing, we do toiletries. Anything they need, they can request. We’ve seen an [...]

People in Providence 2.18
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Aku | Small Format I got introduced to this place as a sophomore at Brown — I started coming here because I wanted to meet queer people who are not my age and can provide me a little bit more of a robust perspective, just [...]

People in Providence 01.28
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Hannah | Rhode Island School of Design I’m an art student at RISD. I’m planning to study graphic design. Right now we’re having our Two-Legged Print Sale.  One of my favorite designs [I’ve made] is of jellyfish — they’re on a special half-tone frame, so [...]

People in Providence 01.28
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Keira I love Providence — it’s the best. I’ve been here three years now. I’ve been in other countries and cities, but Providence has been it for me. I do tiny crochet with fine yarn to dedicate details to life.  I’ve been crocheting for several [...]