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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Tucked among the traditions, languages and customs immigrants carried with them from around the world, came some of the most beloved pieces of our nation’s simmering melting pot: saucy spaghetti and ...

It was the garlic that ultimately tested the resolve of Steven Stycos. First the crop was infested by maggots, and the following season, a mature tree fell on top of the garlic rows. He gave up.

When Natalia Jackson gave a stand-up presentation in her sophomore year, she never imagined how much a simple school assignment would change her life. In March, Jackson, then a senior at Cranston High ...