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Student organizers say the event aims to bring Providence and Brown University together through music and raise money for local causes
From free tax assistance and a banned book club discussion of The Handmaid’s Tale to an AI and youth forum and a massive CD, DVD and vinyl sale, here’s what’s happening across Providence’s nine community libraries this month
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Advocates say the Lynch Arena killings fit a troubling pattern as data show high rates of intimate partner violence statewide
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Gunfire at a Pawtucket high school hockey game forces a painful reckoning about violence, division and responsibility
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Roughly 500 people have signed up for a monthly survey
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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
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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
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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