Community
Gunfire at a Pawtucket high school hockey game forces a painful reckoning about violence, division and responsibility
Roughly 500 people have signed up for a monthly survey
The 2025 RI Life Index suggests many are worried about the cost of living and housing affordability
These are some of the many free events for kids and adults across the city’s nine community libraries – from a kazoo workshop, to the Providence Children’s Film Festival, to a cozy mystery book club
As temperatures plunge, advocates urge expanded coordination and awareness of warming centers
Program chair Amy VanderWeele explains why this year’s pick—Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez—resonates with Rhode Islanders, from land rights to who gets to tell history
The director of the Overdose Prevention Center in Providence says the facility has prevented 93 fatal overdoses and helped drive a 33% drop in overdose deaths statewide
Loui’s Family Restaurant, an eccentric greasy spoon in the shadow of Brown University, was a melting pot of Ivy League students, artists, cops, truck drivers and anyone else who might be hungry for a 5 a.m. meal
After two people were killed and nine others injured, students and neighbors grapple with fear, trauma and how a once-cozy campus now feels forever changed
Free programs across nine library branches bring holiday fun, hands-on crafts and thoughtful conversations — including a gingerbread house build-off, winter workshops and discussions on menopause and media