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RI DEVELOPMENT

Providence Flea secures new home for summer as former location is set to be sold to condo developer

The popular Sunday flea market had tried to buy its existing location on South Water Street, and will open across the river for its summer season.

RI ARTS

Colin Channer named Rhode Island’s poet laureate

“To be named State Poet is a gushy surprise and leveling honor,” Channer said.

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One woman’s quest to find every Mr. Potato Head statue in Rhode Island

Sarah Doiron of WPRI-TV in Providence is on the hunt for the 47 Mr. Potato Head statues that were designed by local artists as part of a state tourism campaign in 2000.

RI ARTS

Jamie Lee Curtis spotted at Providence pizza restaurant

The actress is in Rhode Island’s capital filming “Ella McCay.”

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The Rhode Island documentary we’ve been waiting for

Remember the time a group of artists built a secret apartment inside the Providence Place Mall and lived there (rent-free) for parts of four years?

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‘All That’ and a bag of quahogs

The state's new tourism marketing campaign is much cooler and far warmer than the error-ridden one rolled out in 2016.

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A closer look at the merger between Rhode Island PBS and The Public’s Radio

A search for a new president, the interim CEOs, a new board of directors, a possible relocation, talk of retention bonuses, and more.

INNOVATOR Q&A

A student-run nonprofit offers a new way to earn an income part time

Tink Knit is a student-run nonprofit at Brown University that empowers low-income single moms in Rhode Island to make a supplemental income through knitting.