Last week, The Public’s Radio focused attention on Pawtucket for our series One Square Mile. One of the themes we focused on was the city’s 20-year effort to attract artists and related small businesses to help fill the many vacant mill buildings, and in doing so spark a so-called Arts Economy. For this month’s Artscape, […]
Chuck Hinman
Morning Edition Host
Chuck became part of RIPR in 2012 after a career on commercial radio. He got his broadcasting start as an announcer for Off Track Betting Corporation in NYC. He’s been a news director, music director, production director and morning personality on radio stations in Providence and Boston.
A native of New Jersey, Chuck attended the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri and graduated from the University of Vermont with a BA in Mass Communications.
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One Square Mile Pawtucket: Can The Arts Fill Pawtucket’s Empty Mills?
Our One Square Mile series on Pawtucket continues with a look at the city’s ongoing effort to attract artists and related businesses. The aim is to spark a creative renaissance to help fill the economic void, and the vacant mills, left by the decline of manufacturing over the years.
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Artscape: RI Poet Laureate Tina Cane
Tina Cane is Rhode Island’s Poet Laureate. She was appointed to that 5-year position by Governor Raimondo in 2016. Now, she’s out with a new book of poems called Body of Work. Tina Cane joins The Public’s Radio’s Chuck Hinman for this month’s Artscape. She’s agreed to read two selections from her book, and we’ll […]
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American Methodists Predict Church Split As Leaders Reaffirm Ban on LGBTQ Clergy, Same Sex-Marriages
Methodist leaders from around the world this week voted to reaffirm the church’s opposition to same-sex marriage and gay clergy. Many American Methodists, including the New England Conference, had already moved to make their churches more inclusive of LGBTQ pastors and members. New England Conference leader Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar commented in a statement: “My prayers continue […]
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Artscape: “Intelligent Lives,” The Case For Inclusion
A documentary film now being shown at special screenings around the country focuses on what it calls “the most systematically segregated people in America” – the intellectually disabled. The film, “Intelligent Lives,” tells the stories of three young people, including one from Providence, as they struggle to break out of an isolation only partially imposed […]
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Author Philip Hoare’s Meditations On The Sea
British author Philip Hoare has written eight works of non-fiction, recently concentrating on the ocean. Hoare’s Leviathan or, The Whale won the 2009 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction. He followed that up with The Sea Inside in 2013. His newest book is RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR, a work that celebrates the sea as the source of life […]
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Mayor Of Fall River Will Not Resign, Recall Will Proceed
The mayor of Fall River announced on Wednesday that he is not resigning. Mayor Jasiel Correia said in a Twitter statement that keeping him in office would be up to the people of Fall River. He credited his administration with improving emergency services and education funding in Fall River in the statement. Correia captioned the […]
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Deadline Approaches For Fall River Mayor To Resign
By order of the Fall River City Council, Mayor Jasiel Correia II has until 5pm Wednesday, December 26 to resign or the city will hold a recall election. The council voted unanimously last Tuesday to set that deadline for Correia, who is facing 13 federal criminal charges. The Board of Elections has certified over 4,500 […]
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Westerly Job Training Program Receives Naval Grant
The Westerly Education Center said it’s been awarded $750,000 from the U.S. Office of Naval Research . The grant is intended to boost the center’s capacity and equipment for workforce training and education, specifically to train people to build submarines. The Education Center was launched in 2017 to provide job training for the General Dynamics […]
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Books Of 2018: A Year For Political Tell-Alls And Local History
A selective look at some of the popular books from the past year, 2018.
