Even with ticket prices sailing over $100, Broadway’s musical theater season continues to thrive. Rhode Island Public Radio theater critic Bill Gale…
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TGIF (Thanksgiving Edition): 21 Things To Know About RI Politics & Media
Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! I’m grateful for our listeners/readers at RIPR, my excellent colleagues in the local media, the staffers and spokespeople…
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RI Artscape: Tastes Change, Thanksgiving Remains
This month we bring you a special, Thanksgiving Rhode Island Artscape. We take look at the art and the history of the Thanksgiving menu, and how it’s…
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Audio Postcard: Raising Thanksgiving Fowl At The Breene Family Farm
As families across the state prepare to put their Thanksgiving turkeys in the oven for a long roasting, some may wonder, just where that fowl came from…
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James DeWolf Perry Named Director of Episcopal Cathedral Slavery Reconciliation Initiative
James DeWolf Perry has been named executive director of the Center for Reconciliation, the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island’s initiative to locate a…
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Brown University President Commits $100M To Tackling Issues Of Diversity
In Rhode Island, Brown University has announced that it will use one-hundred million dollars to diversify its campus, to try to make the school more…
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Rhode Island Joins National Effort To Increase Reading Proficiency
Rhode Island is joining a national effort to increase reading proficiency in elementary school. New state and national test scores show major…
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State Distributes $4.5M For Job Training Across RI
The state is distributing some $4.5 million dollars for job training programs around the state. The money will be split among 26 groups. The winning…
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Wexford Science & Technology President Touts Providence As An Innovation Hub
The president of Wexford Science & Technology, which has proposed a one-million-square-foot mixed-use development on five acres in the I-195…
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2015 RI Hunger Report: ‘Need Remains Very, Very High’
The 2015 Status Report on Hunger in the Ocean State is out Monday from the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. The rate of food insecurity in Rhode…
