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A local bright spot amid all the bleak economic news is the growth of RISD and its potential as a creative and economic incubator. Tomorrow marks the grand opening of the art school's new $34 million Chace Center , which Greg Cook describes in this...
Ted Widmer , director of the John Carter Brown Library and a member in good standing of the Phoenix' friends and family program, is a polymath and one of the great Rhode Islanders. Who else could offer such superlative quote in discussing the cultural...
Phoenix contributor Greg Cook sends word of this news: On Tuesday, the University of Rhode Island informed Judith Tolnick Champa , who runs the URI Fine Arts Center Galleries, and Roxana Tourigny, who runs the school's "Great Performances"...
In a story about how one person can make a big difference, the Phoenix reported last year on how Caitie Whelan , a senior at Brown, has been aiding the Merasi, a community of lower-caste musicians in India. Under the Hindu caste system, the 15,000 Merasi...
