Tend to Your Garden: Our resident plant lover draws parallels between plant...
By Editor2 Six months ago, I started taking care of indoor plants for my mental health, only to discover it quickly began to hurt me. I was enamored with each new growth, new species and new green...
View ArticleA Bouquet of Cheer
By Emily Olson What Cheer Flower Farm is a nonprofit with the mission to grow, rescue and donate flowers and flower bouquets to underserved people dealing with stressful situations. Its 2.7 acres are...
View ArticleDearest You
By Emily Olson Dear Rhode Island is a community-led project that sprung from the brilliant minds of What Cheer Writers Club during the pandemic. It invites people to be pen pals and build connections...
View ArticleMaintaining the Buzz: Beekeeping thrives in Rhody
By Christopher Allen In 2015, Kevin Kennedy of West Warwick had bees on the brain. Introduced to the practice of beekeeping by his son, who was managing some hives, Kennedy found a new calling. He dove...
View ArticleAdvice with Spyce: How was your weekend?
By Spyce Hey Spyce, So what is up with this approach as an opening line when first interacting with someone on dating apps: “How is your weekend?” or “What are you getting into tonight?” I have been...
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In Providence: Need a Lyft?
If you don’t have a car, Rhode Island is not always the easiest place to live. Over the years, I’ve spoken many times with someone who’s moved here from a place like New York or Boston where it’s...
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In Providence: The Late Night
If you happen to be a night owl in Providence, there are only a few select spots where you can be around others of your kind in a social setting. That’s why the proliferation of closures and...
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In Providence: Have a burger with me
If you walked by the Johnny Rockets on Thayer Street in the summer of 2007, you may have noticed a rather sad boy sitting at the window by himself, nursing an order of french fries. The month after my...
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Kevin’s Culture Picks: What kept our culture expert entertained in March?
Every week, I’ve been doing a deep dive into cultural issues, usually theater-related, that are bothering me or that deserve a second look. But who needs another thinkpiece, right? I host two weekly...
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In Providence: Aisle nine
If you’re like me, the only way you wanted to end a wild Saturday night out when you were in your 20s was a trip to the local grocery store. As someone who gets depleted from complex human interaction...
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In Providence: The DJ of Bowen Street
If you were walking down Bowen Street sometime in the spring of 2005, you may have been going for a leisurely walk and detected the low thrum of a beat pulsating as if a small rave were happening...
View ArticleAdvice with Spyce: Two readers dealing with two types of distance
Hi Spyce, So I went on a date with this guy and it went really well. Throughout the date he was very complimentary, affectionate and expressed many times how into me he was. We talked about how we...
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In Providence: Don’t Speak
If you get invited to one of their get-togethers, it’s a good idea to bring something that’ll keep you occupied. “It’s not that you’re not allowed to talk, we just don’t require it.” The idea came to...
View ArticleRhode Islanders You Should Know: Melanie Ducharme
One of my favorite things about Rhode Island is simply this: We all know each other. Whenever I’m telling someone from out-of-state what it’s like, I always say, the usual, great food, so many things...
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In Providence: A little off the top
If you had asked me when I was younger what my least favorite thing to do on a Saturday was, it would be the day, every other month, when my mother would force my stepfather to take me to get a...
View ArticleIn Providence: Kow Kow
If you’ve looked at my social media recently, then I should probably apologize to you. Just, you know, in general. But if you went looking for photos of ice cream and bubble waffles, then I probably...
View ArticleIn Providence: Creative Writing: Taking on the burden of the truth
If you read this column every week, you might have the same question they had for me: “So how much of it is real?” My first in-person interview in a while was taking place outdoors during one of the...
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In Providence: Squirrels
If you drove by an accident in Providence on a chilly Saturday night a few weeks ago, you might not realize it was caused by a squirrel. “They’re all over the neighborhood. I don’t know what’s going...
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In Providence: High Fashion
If you were downtown this weekend, you may have noticed her walking through Kennedy Plaza wearing a dress worth thousands of dollars. The dress was inherited. Her mother had it in a closet for years,...
View ArticleAdvice with Spyce: Love over Zoom and love not meant to be
Hi Spyce, I work for a company with offices all over the country, and since the pandemic and Zoom meetings, I have been meeting people in other offices who aren’t in my area. I really hit it off with...
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