The Providence-based ballet marks 45 years with world-premiere performances choreographed by members of the company.
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Should we be turning our lights out for birds?
A lot of birds will circle well-lit buildings until they’re too exhausted to fly anymore. Then they’ll fall to the ground, where they usually die without food or water.
Political Roundtable: Hawkins on Rhode Island’s housing crisis and where things go from here
With an acute housing crisis in Rhode Island, Ian Donnis talks with the head of One Neighborhood Builders, a non-profit developer.
Studio Session: Musician Jake Blount’s Afrofuturist vision of a post climate-change world
The Providence local imagines what traditional Black American folk music will sound like in a world where rising seas, desertification and natural disasters have rendered much of the world uninhabitable.
Why are we seeing more floods in cities?
Last year, Kolya from our Possibly team and I worked with the Providence Stormwater Innovation center. Their job was to track flooding across the city, which made them wonder: why are we seeing more of these floods? And what is Providence doing to prevent them?
New leadership reinvigorating Brown athletics
Grace Calhoun left a good situation at the University of Pennsylvania for an exciting challenge at Brown, her alma mater.
Political Roundtable: Neronha on guns, RI’s hospital landscape, the death of Tyre Nichols & more
The recent death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police came almost three years after the death of George Floyd. The clear question is, what will it take to stop this? What do police need to do differently to prevent minor infractions from escalating into violent tragedies? Welcome to Political Roundtable. I’m Ian […]
RISD’s new president is a poet with a passion for the arts and education
Crystal Williams envisions a RISD that’s more inclusive and accessible – and tuition-free.
What will the Inflation Reduction Act do about Environmental Justice?
When the Inflation Reduction Act passed last summer, there was a lot of talk about the money that was going toward environmental justice communities. But since then, we haven’t heard much about where that money has gone. So we had Juliana Merullo and Charlie Adams look into it for us!
Rhode Island Philharmonic and Youth Orchestra play together with a powerful sound
Members of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra had a rare opportunity this past weekend when they performed at the Vets alongside the professional musicians of the Rhode Island Philharmonic. Artscape producer James Baumgartner visited a rehearsal before the performance to talk with the young people about the experience.

