Two Providence Students Selected as 2026 Rhode Island Youth Poetry Ambassadors

by Alizah Holstein

Every year since 2018, former Rhode Island Poet Laureate Tina Cane has collaborated with the Rhode Island Center for the Book to select a Youth Poetry Ambassador from among the state’s high schools. In addition to winning a cash prize, youth poetry ambassadors have their [...]

Primary Trust at Trinity Rep Finds the Extraordinary Inside an Ordinary Life

por Judith Clinton

Trinity Rep’s production of Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust, directed with gentle precision by resident company member Tatyana-Marie Carlo, offers a softly illuminated evening of theatre, one that locates grace in the smallest human gestures. Led by a deeply felt performance from Taavon Gamble as Kenneth, [...]

Providence’s Largest Primary Care Provider Searches for New Leadership. What’s Next for Patients?

por Eric Halvarson

Providence’s largest primary care provider is seeking new leadership.  Providence Community Health Centers (PCHC) President and CEO Merrill Thomas is retiring at the end of 2026 after leading the organization for the past 25 years. According to a job listing posted on March 31, PCHC [...]

PVD World Music Opens for Eighth Season, Despite Federal Policy on Arts Funding and Immigration

por Eric Halvarson

Beginning this year, the Trump Administration fully or partially suspended issuing visas to 40 countries and territories, with 26 of them located in Africa. At the same time, Trump’s federal government is slashing federal arts programs or redirecting funding towards a conservative agenda. One of [...]

Smiley Unveils Proposed FY2027 Providence Budget with Lowest Spending Growth in at Least Five Years

por Alexander Castro

Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Rhode Island Current on April 15, 2026. Reprinted with permission. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley’s fiscal year 2027 budget aims to continue his administration’s regimen of restraint. The $635.7 million proposal boasts no property tax increase and represents [...]

Residents Most Impacted by Climate Injustice are Trained to Nurture and Restore the Urban Forest

por Amber Ma

Micah, one of the youngest in a group of “Forest Care Days” volunteers at the Woonasquatucket Greenway in early April, thinks finding and digging up invasive Japanese knotweed rhizomes from the soil is easy—with her shovel, she swiftly scoops out one, then two rhizomes with [...]

“A Homecoming”: Elmwood Community Center to Reopen After Seven Years With New Computer Lab, Learning Center

por Eric Halvarson

An “anchor” of Ward 9 is opening up to community use for the first time since 2019.  On Friday, the Elmwood Community Center unveiled new renovations including a computer lab and upgrades to the building’s basic mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. The center is already [...]

Divestment and Democracy: Activists Attempt to Use Providence Ballot Initiative to Fight Against Genocide

por Eric Halvarson

“Today’s the day!” On March 27, staff at the Providence City Clerk office greeted about 15 activists delivering signatures of 1,200 Providence residents. The signatures represent the first step in a ballot initiative to ask voters a question in the upcoming November election: Will the [...]

Local News Sites Launch Collaborative

por The Providence Eye

Six Newsrooms Band Together to Strengthen Local News Coverage Editor’s Note: The following is a press release announcing the launch of Rhode Island News Collaborative (RINC), of which The Providence Eye is a founding member. Six independent newsrooms announce the formation of the Rhode Island [...]

Right-to-Know 101: How You Can Request Public Records, and Why It Matters

by Annmarie Timmins – Granite State News Collaborative

A guide for anyone who wants to request local or state information The press plays an important role in holding the government accountable, but the public does too, by keeping an eye on their local and state officials. In 2021, a Webster, N.H., couple uncovered [...]