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Culture, Shop Local Food

JLife Mart Refreshes Thayer Street with Asian Goodies

This Japanese corner store asks Americans to get familiar with foreign favorites.
Casey Croft,

JLife Mart has replaced Tealuxe and offers a wide selection of Asian snacks, stationery, beauty products and more. Courtesy of JLife MartProvidence’s Thayer Street is no stranger to trendy storefronts, but this place demands attention. Popping up this past April on the corner of Thayer and Angell Street, JLife Mart beckons passersby with its large windows and bright white signage….

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History, Save This House

Save this House: This Seventeenth-Century Reproduction Is Straight Out of Colonial New England

Phil Hauser built a 3,000-square-foot dream house for his family in rural Foster using traditional craftsmanship.
Dana Rae Laverty,

This Foster home is an exact reproduction of the historic Kingsnorth-Starr House in Guilford, Connecticut. Photo by Alan Chopy / Chopy Media.If you’ve always wanted to live in a historic home — minus the historic levels of upkeep and repairs — then you’re going to love our latest installment of Save this House. This four bed, two bath home just…

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Film

Josh Peck, Jamie Chung and More Stars Pay the Patio on Main a Visit

The celebrities were in town filming a new movie about America’s opioid crisis.
Kaitlyn Murray,

Photo courtesy of the Patio On Main It was the busiest night the Patio on Main in East Greenwich had had in a while, so it’s understandable that it took the staff a minute or two to realize a group of big names had just walked on premises. “I did about six double takes,” says Ava Dzilenski, a Patio on…

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Save This House

Save this House: A Whimsical Fairy-Tale Cottage on Four Woodsy Acres in North Kingstown

John R. Cota Sr. worked on his dream house for more than forty years. Now it needs a new owner to finish the fantasy.
Dana Rae Laverty,

The home at 780 Shermantown Rd., North Kingstown, was a labor of love for its builder, John R. Cota Sr. Photo by Dana Laverty.Welcome, readers, to a new feature of Rhode Island Monthly we’re calling “Save this House.” We love all homes: Victorians, Colonials, capes, condos, lofts, raised ranches, contemporaries, beach cottages. They’re all beautiful in their own ways, whether…

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Art, Sports

Lighthouse Skatepark is the Hot New Venue for Art Shows, Live Music and More

The Pawtucket skatepark’s art show on April 23 kicked off the location’s refurbished identity as both a skatepark and a local events venue.
Edelinda Baptista,

A mural by @refractualism adorns the main wall at Lighthouse Skatepark. Photography by Edelinda Baptista. An important detail about skating is when you fall down while attempting an ollie or a backside 180 kickflip, you get back up on the board and try again. That’s exactly what Brandon Davis, owner of Lighthouse Skatepark, did when trying to get in contact…

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Business, Culture, Events, Music, Theater

‘Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations’ Sweeps All Generations Off Their Feet

Take a trip through the ‘60s and ‘70s of the journey with the hit Motown group at the Providence Performing Arts Center.
Kerri Tallman,

National Touring Company of Ain’t Too Proud. Credit: © 2021 Emilio MadridDetroit, Michigan, the 1960s. Five young male singers — Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams and David Ruffin — formed a group called The Temptations and took off on the ride of their lives. Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations follows the group’s…

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Art, Education

Warren Art Academy Launches Free Art Classes Series for Area Youth

From art classes like printmaking, filmmaking, photography and comic design, the Collaborative in Warren invites students to explore their creative side.
Edelinda Baptista,

During the Warren Art Acadamy, students have the freedom to use their creativity while developing new skills. Photgraphy by Janet Moscarello Photography. Sign up your young Spielbergs, O’Keeffes and Picassos for the Collaborative’s art class series, where they can let their innovative minds run free. The Collaborative’s Warren Art Academy returns for its fifth year of teaching and commemorating the…