How can Rhode Island schools cultivate diverse, inclusive learning environments, now that affirmative action has ended? State Senator and Brown University alum Tiara Mack offers her take. And South County Bureau Reporter Alex Nunes reports on the housing crisis in Charlestown, where residents are at odds over who’s to blame for skyrocketing rents and a lack of affordable housing. Also, we hear about a few highlights from this year’s Newport Classical Music Festival. Plus, a look back on the week in politics, and a few tips for what to do this week.
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The Weekly Catch: Politics, poetry, and the uphill battle to tackle the housing crisis in RI
House Speaker Joe Shekarchi on the housing crisis in Rhode Island: “I recognized from the very beginning it would be a multi-year effort.”
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Rhode Island high school student wins national poetry competition
Natasha Connolly said she likes writing because it “forces you to look at the world in a different way.”
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The Weekly Catch: May 5, 2023
We break down some of the top local stories from the past week.
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The Weekly Catch: April 14, 2023
We break down some of the top local stories from the past week.
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‘The Inferior Sex’ brings the spirit of ‘72 to Trinity Rep
The latest play at Trinity Rep is called “The Inferior Sex,” a comedy that takes place in the office of a feminist women’s fashion magazine in the early 1970s.
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The Weekly Catch: March 24, 2023
We break down the top local stories from the past week.
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The Weekly Catch: March 10, 2023
We break down the top local stories from the past week.
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Three performers own the stage in ‘Faith Healer’ at the Gamm Theatre
Artscape producer James Baumgartner and morning host Luis Hernandez review The Gamm Theatre’s production of “Faith Healer,” the 1979 drama by Irish playwright Brian Friel. The play runs through Jan. 29.
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Artscape: New book highlights stories of journalists with dyslexia
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month, and in Rhode Island, Governor Dan McKee has declared Dyslexia Awareness Week to start Friday, Oct. 14. For this week’s Artscape, morning host Chuck Hinman talks to the authors of a book that tells the stories of some famous journalists who are dyslexic, and how they have managed their condition.
