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Current

Take a Book, Share a Book

The Little Free Library movement expands across the state with free books and other quirky items to share.
Annie Sherman,

Courtesy of the little free library community.Little Free Libraries have been offering complimentary books in Rhode Island for years. Now more than 100 charming wooden boxes are propped up on posts or fences outside local homes, schools, businesses and churches from Misquamicut to Newport to Cumberland. Katy Westcott took the idea one step further, offering free craft, fiber and art…

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Theater

Joe Wilson Jr.: The Leading Man

For the Rhode Island actor, educator and activist, all the world's a stage - one he's trying to mend and mold through the power of art.
Casey Nilsson,

Wilson Jr. poses in front of the Sam White mural, “Octopus Song,” outside the Dean Hotel in Providence. Photography by Dana Smith. Let’s start at the beginning. Where did you grow up? I grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. All of my family is mostly still there. My parents left after Katrina, and now they live in Houston along with…

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At Home

A Sky-High City Retreat Hits All the High Notes

A suburban couple's new roost in Providence offers a stylish take on city life.
Sarah Francis,

The master suite bed linens are custom. Photography By Nat Rea.Rooms with a View Some empty nesters pack up and move someplace warm. That’s not the story of Robyn and Ted Smalletz, who headed north to Providence, leaving behind their traditional Colonial in the leafy ’burbs of East Greenwich for something more contemporary. “We love the energy of living in…

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At Home

In This Narragansett Beauty, Mid-Century Meets Traditional New England Design

The home's aesthetic was inspired by a childhood collection of beach stones.
Sarah Francis,

Facing the street, the house is sided with traditional cedar shingles. Photography by Anthony Crisafulli.Mix It Up Some of life’s biggest decisions are made on instinct and that was the case for these homeowners, who claimed their new nest in Narragansett in one day. The couple, who had lived in Chicago for many years, were on a week’s vacation in…

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Cocktails, Restaurants, The Dish

Lucky Enough is a New Beer-and-Shot Bar in Providence

The “oldest new bar in Providence” also boasts cocktails named after song lyrics and a "choose-your-own" vinyl record collection featuring classic and indie rock.
Jamie Coelho,

Coined the “oldest new bar in Providence” by the co-owners – renowned bartender Vito Lantz and restaurant industry veteran and former wine and spirits distributor Art Chamberland – Lucky Enough is located in a brand new building, but everything inside of the spot tells a tale of another time and place.

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House Lust

House Lust: A Special Little Nook in Wickford Village is on the Market

The one-acre property, on a marshy cove in the heart of the village, hosts the beloved Wickford Gourmet, a tea house and a stylish apartment.
Casey Nilsson,

This property is the real estate equivalent of a Russian nesting doll — a mini village within a village loaded with charm and opportunity. Included in the sale is a red mansard cottage that houses the iconic Wickford Gourmet kitchen outlet, a Main Street destination with wares for home cooks spread over two levels. Also included is a second shingled building…

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House Lust

House Lust: An Artful, Treehouse-Style Cabin on Slacks Pond is on the Market

The Greenville house, on a private peninsula, was a labor of love for its owner, a watercolor painter inspired by its vistas.
Casey Nilsson,

This sweet cottage, on a peninsula in Greenville’s Slacks Pond, offers “absolutely the best experience you could ever have as a child,” say real estate agent Karl Martone — one that could keep a young person busy and out of trouble. Martone, of RE/MAX Professionals, should know: He grew up here, in this house his late parents owned for half…

Tech 10 2021

The 2021 Tech10 Awards

Meet Rhode Island’s top techies, as voted by their peers, in collaboration with the Tech Collective. Plus, winners of the Next Tech Generation.
Edelinda Baptista,

In this constantly evolving society, the people in the information technology field, or IT as we call it, are learning new skills and keeping up with the latest trends. Rhode Island Monthly and Tech Collective have partnered up to highlight the amazing work of these tech innovators, as well as the Next Tech Generation winners, the future of the industry….

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House Lust

House Lust: A Renovated Prudence Island Contemporary With Water, Water Everywhere

A pandemic project house makes its stunning debut.
Casey Nilsson,

In March of 2020, as the pandemic struck and urbanites flocked to the suburbs, Jacob Wint and his fiancee embarked on an enviable opportunity, swapping city life in Boston’s North End for a sun-dappled, waterfront cabin on Prudence Island, where they have family.  The hitch? The house was entirely unfinished. Thankfully, the previous owner, who built it in the 1990s, left…