Free For All Saturday October / Dia de los Muertos Celebration October 31, 2026 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Museum Campus Join us for a day of family-friendly activities inspired by Día de los Muertos and current exhibitions. There will be hands-on art-making, storytelling, Halloween costumes, scavenger hunts, music and more! What’s happening: Día de […]
Massachusetts needs to rethink how it improves schools. Here is a blueprint for doing it. The standards-and-accountability model has run its course. We need a robust R&D system, like that used in everything from agriculture to health care and technology, that tests innovative approaches by Chad d’Entremont MASSACHUSETTS HAS DONE this before. It’s time to […]
India Addresses Water Crisis With Decentralization Serena Goragandhi October 10, 2026 Dear EarthTalk: How is India making use of decentralized water technologies to cope with the country’s shrinking access to freshwater and what can we learn from them? —Name withheld India faces an intense environmental challenge, with roughly 600 million people experiencing high to extreme […]
Whitehouse Reintroduces Legislation to Tackle Housing Affordability Crisis Affordable Housing Construction Act would expand the supply of housing financed by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Washington, DC– U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has reintroduced the Affordable Housing Construction Act, legislation to address the housing affordability crisis that’s squeezing Rhode Island families. Whitehouse’s bill would more […]
Rhode Island Post Card Club Annual post card show and sale The Rhode Island Post Card Club’s Annual post card exhibit and sale will be held from 9 AM to 3 PM on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at the Masonic Lodge located at 1515 Ten Rod Road in North Kingstown. Worcester Mass.publisher, Whitney, Halloween postcard […]
EAST PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARIES What’s New at Fall Book Sale at Weaver Library There’s always room for improvement, even at a book sale. At the Fall Book Sale, Oct. 22-25 at Weaver Library, East Providence, patrons will have a new payment option. In addition to cash or check, patrons can pay by Venmo. Introduced on […]
November 2026 Highlights from the Audubon Society of Rhode Island Local owls are busy setting up territories, finding mates and calling to each other in late autumn and throughout the winter. Join Audubon for brisk evening walks on the trails to search for resident owls during this magical time of year. Owl programs and prowls […]
Proposed Trump administration changes would gut vital Head Start regulationsThe program serving low-income children has upheld high standards for early childhood By Michelle Haimowitz Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a 2021 visit to a Head Start program in Taunton. (Photo via Wikimedia/Creative Commons) IN THE SPRING of 1965, President Lyndon Johnson announced the launch of a […]
