Ask a Rhode Island chef where to eat, and you’ll probably leave with enough recommendations to plan the rest of your weekend. They’ll point you toward the bread worth ordering before you even …
Long before the first guitar chord rings out at Fort Adams each summer, Newport Folk Festival has always been about something bigger than the lineup. For more than six decades, the festival has …
Roger Williams Park already knows how to put on a summer evening. Adding a 69-piece orchestra to the Temple to Music feels almost like showing off. On Wednesday, August 5, the Rhode Island …
There comes a point when another coffee shop corner, borrowed office, or blank white wall just isn’t cutting it. For anyone launching a brand, updating a portfolio, planning a campaign, or finally …
An antique rug does more than anchor a room. Its colors, knots, and patterns can preserve the story of a place, a maker, and a moment in history. On August 4, internationally respected rug …
When Mark Cutler saw an email asking him to play the Newport Folk Festival in early June, he wasn’t quite sure it was legit. “To be honest, I thought I was being pranked, some kind of scam,” he …
Newport already gives visitors plenty to photograph, but Wayfinder Newport wants guests to pause before they start snapping. The boutique hotel has launched Going Analog , a new partnership with …
A milestone birthday usually calls for cake, but Mohegan Sun is going with arena rock, country star power, hip-hop nostalgia, and a few thousand people singing along instead. The Uncasville resort …
After years of helping Rhode Island cannabis brands find their voice, Casey Sanginario is putting her own name on the product. Known in the industry as “High Priestess,” the cannabis marketer, …
The WaterFire Arts Center is giving Thursday nights a new route: through the Main Hall, up to the roof deck, and into whatever Providence creative crowd is hosting that week. This summer, Valley …
A summer drive through South County already comes with its fair share of roadside distractions: beach traffic, ferry lines, seafood signs, and the sudden urge to pull over for something fried. This …
For forty years, families have gathered at Brenton Point, tilted their heads back, and watched the wind turn fabric and string into a sky full of color. That same familiar scene returns July 11-12 as …
Rhode Island beach habits are powerful. Once someone finds their preferred stretch of sand, they tend to return with the loyalty of a gull stalking a french fry. Same parking routine. Same cooler. …
Ocean State Job Lot has a very Rhode Island way of being both practical and unpredictable. Its aisles move from everyday errands to “wait, they have that?” discoveries without making a big …
By the time a record takes six years to finish, it’s picked up a few stories. Canceled plans, quiet recoveries, new love, pandemic-era pivots, and the strange suspense of waiting for life to make …
The Ocean State has a way of pulling people in. For Pat Reyes, it happened somewhere between his first sunrise swim and his first view of Narragansett Bay from the Jamestown Bridge. After moving …
Providence has never needed much convincing to spill into the streets for good music, good food, and a reason to linger downtown. Add a stage, a few vendors, and the familiar buzz of people drifting …
Every parent knows the moment. The playground equipment is too hot to touch, the sunscreen has already been reapplied twice, and someone is asking for a snack five minutes after finishing lunch. On …
If someone were tasked with calculating the number of gallons of Goslings Rum consumed in Newport since the Bermudian spirit first arrived in the U.S. in 1980, they might borrow a line from Lindsay …
Rhode Island’s craft beverage scene has spent the last decade getting louder without losing its local accent. Now, a Westerly distillery is bringing that voice to a bourbon blend with all 50 states …