The Public’s Radio’s podcast on immigration, Mosaic, has a series of community essays. This essay is by Selahattin Sep, who lives in Bristol, Rhode Island with his wife and two children. He runs a shoemaking company called Tigris Handmade. I think most people will find the title of this article exaggerated and many will reject […]
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RISD Black Biennial envelops the viewer with the work of nearly 80 artists
The First RISD Black Biennial opened recently at the RISD Museum in Providence, showcasing the works of nearly 80 artists. Artscape Producer James Baumgartner talked with the show’s co-curators.
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With ‘Seeing Providence Chinatown’ Jeffrey Yoo Warren creates a virtual neighborhood for a forgotten enclave
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Providence had a small Chinatown neighborhood, centered around Empire & Westminster Streets. Artist and designer Jeffrey Yoo Warren is creating “Seeing Providence Chinatown” – a virtual 3-D model of what was once a thriving community. Artscape producer James Baumgartner and morning host Chuck Hinman talked with Jeffrey about the project.
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A Birthday Promise to My Mother
Essayist Richard Lawrence writes about a promise he made not to forget family history.
Posted inArticle, Newport Bureau
Life at the Newport Motel 6: The motel has become a shelter for people experiencing homelessness as affordable housing grows scarce
As the housing crunch worsens around Newport, the local Motel 6 has been turned into a homeless shelter. It was officially converted this winter to accommodate the growing need for temporary housing. Almost 80 people currently live there, including one mother who has spent months trying to make a life for her family inside the motel — and a future outside it.
Posted inArticle, Environment
Solar fields are contributing to deforestation in Rhode Island. Advocates want to change how the state incentivizes development
Since 2018, more than a thousand acres of Rhode Island forest have been cleared for solar development. Environmental advocates say this works at cross purposes to the state’s efforts to combat climate change. They’re calling for legislation aimed at pushing solar development away from forested land.
Posted inArticle, Newport Bureau
How did Captain Cook’s ship end up in Narragansett Bay?
The sunken HMB Endeavour is at the center of a high-profile international squabble between Rhode Island and Australian maritime historians.
Posted inArticle, Newport Bureau
Touro Synagogue’s future uncertain, as long-time Newport congregation faces eviction
A long-running battle over control of the country’s oldest synagogue has escalated again in Newport, RI.
Posted inArticle, South County Bureau
Summer is months away, but RI’s shoreline access debate has no off-season
A special House commission set up last year to study the hot button topic in Rhode Island is moving into the homestretch on its work. The panel is tasked with making recommendations to state lawmakers on how to address longstanding and escalating conflicts between beachfront property owners and the public–conflicts that have only escalated during the pandemic. This week members of the commission began discussing exactly what they’ll say in their upcoming report.
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Rhode Island received 159 housing vouchers to tackle homelessness last year. 45 have been used
The federal pandemic response program provided billions of dollars nationwide to create housing vouchers meant to get unhoused people into permanent housing.
