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We highlight a few of the many events happening across the Community Libraries of Providence – from a bilingual theater workshop to your chance to make a giant cyanotype image from vintage Apollo mission moon photographs. Plus: the Smith Hill block party

New Bedford’s Portuguese-language library branch will remain open to the public, New Bedford’s mayor said yesterday in a press release

On July 5, thousands of Cape Verdeans in Massachusetts and Rhode Island will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the West African country’s independence. Morning host Luis Hernandez spoke with two people from the region who will be honored at a national celebration in Washington, D.C.

We highlight a few of the many events happening across the Community Libraries of Providence – from opportunities to make your own stop-motion animation to meetups for coding and board game design. Plus: an afternoon book club at the Rochambeau Library

Rhode Island’s Teatro en El Verano is Celebrating its 10th Anniversary

Faced with a mandate to increase public school funding by $15 million per year, Providence is planning to levy its biggest tax increase in over a decade

From Providence to panel workshops, Rhode Islanders have honored lives lost to AIDS through art, healing, and decades of community remembrance

A U.S. House vote to rescind funding threatens about 10% of the operating budget for The Public’s Radio and Rhode Island PBS—jeopardizing local journalism, education programs, and community coverage

Pawtucket officials unveiled the contents of two time capsules recovered during the demolition of McCoy Stadium