St. Mary’s Home, a place for children seeking drug rehabilitation and psychiatric help in Rhode Island, is under tough scrutiny. A recent report from the Rhode Island Office of the Child Advocate showed that the home was understaffed, and abuse was running rampant. Can the long-time facility be saved? And Brown University’s Haffenreffer Museum plans to move its collection from Bristol to Providence. But before it does, it wants to return over 80 human remains in its collection to their rightful Tribes of origin. Also, we hear about the Tomaquag Museum’s plans for a new location on the URI campus in Kingston. That and more on this episode of The Weekly Catch.
LINKS:
- ‘Can St. Mary’s actually be saved?’ State officials question how facility in crisis can be fixed.
- TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Jan. 26, 2024
- Rudolf Haffenreffer collected dozens of human remains. Now Brown University wants to give them back
- Artscape: NEH grants $444K to Tomaquag Museum for new home on URI campus in Kingston
- Funda Fest (through Feb. 3)
- The Quahogs “Tasteless” CD release party feat. Smith & Weeden and Looker (Jan. 27)
- “La Broa’ (Broad Street)” at Trinity Rep (through Feb. 18)
GUESTS:
- Amanda Milkovits, The Boston Globe reporter
- Ian Donnis, The Public’s Radio Political Reporter
- Lorén Spears, Executive Director, Tomaquag Museum
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