Local composers who dream of having the resources to push their work to the next level have until Aug. 10 to apply for $30,000 fellowships from the Rhode Island Foundation. The grants are among the ...

Roger Williams Park Zoo is preparing to say goodbye to three of its most beloved residents – Alice, Ginny, and Kate, the only African elephants in New England. After 35 years of calling the Providence ...

The arts do more than entertain—they bring people together, strengthen neighborhoods, and help define a city’s identity. At Wilbury Theatre Group, in Providence, that philosophy extends well beyond ...

The United States men’s soccer team was eliminated from the World Cup when Belgium handed it a convincing 4-1 defeat on Monday. It was a disappointing end to a run that started off with much promise, ...

The city is looking for new clerks to rebuild its City Clerk Office after losing half its staff to buyouts following a budget crisis this year. According to the mayor’s office, the city is looking for ...

Cranston resident Katherine Darland has joined the PACE Organization of Rhode Island to lead the elder care organization’s medical team. Darland’s path to medicine wasn’t the most conventional. As an ...

Among the terracotta rooftops and sprawling grassy farmland of the western Italian coast, in a city walled by the Aurunci Mountains, a park named Cranston finds its home. And thousands of miles away, ...

Construction work in front of St. Mary’s Church – in particular the publicly funded replacement of a decorative fountain – was the focus of committee discussion and public consternation last week. The ...

Seventy years ago, Maria Capirchio’s family brought her from the small Italian city of Itri to a new home in the United States. Now 78, Capirchio has written her first book. Entitled The American ...

As this year’s elections draw closer on the horizon, candidates running for public office made sure to file by deadline at the local Board of Canvassers last week. Familiar faces and several newcomers ...

Since playing with the likes B.B. King and Buddy Guy during his teens, Quinn Sullivan has been crafting his own musical path. The New Bedford native fuses his blues foundation with elements of power ...

In the July 2 Letters section, Patricia Hoag wrote that judges should be elected rather than appointed by the government so we can "hold our politicians accountable." I am a bit confused here.