From the WBNA: 5th Annual ‘roll-the-dice’ Membership Kick-Off Come join the party and renew your membership! Sunday, April 6th at Julian’s Restaurant, 5:30pm to 7:30PM Free food and cash bar. Roll the...
Category - Events
Greater City ProvidenceElmhurst Neighborhood Cleanup
Friends of Elmhurst, a neighborhood organization, will be discussing a neighborhood cleanup event to be held in March. The group meets the first Monday of every month at 6:30pm at 700 Capitol Ridge off of Smith Street.
Matthew CoolidgeUrbanPlanet Holiday Party, Take 2
Remember that big storm in December, everyone got stuck on Route 10, bread and milk disappeared, it took 47 hours to drive from Luongo Square to LaSalle Square..? Yeah, we were supposed to have a party that night. So...
23rd Annual RI Statewide Historic Preservation Conference, April 12
The Rhode Island Statewide Historic Preservation Conference takes place April 12th on the West Side of Providence: The 23rd Annual RI Statewide Historic Preservation Conference Saturday, April 12 on Providence’s...
Jef NickersonLibrary Reform Group Public Forum, February 11
Image by hbrinkman from stock.xchng The Library Reform Group is sponsoring a public forum entitled, How Libraries Raise Money. Invited panelists include Louise Blalock, Chief Librarian of the Hartford Public Library and...
West Side Crime Watch Meeting tonight, January 22
WBNA is holding a Crime Watch Meeting tonight at their headquarters on Westminster Street: Crime Watch Meeting January 22, 2008 6:30pm to 7:30pm At WBNA Headquarters 1560 Westminster Street Happy New Year! The...
Providence Geeks – January 16, 2007
There’s a Providence Geeks dinner tonight at AS220. I can’t go this month, but you should. It’s a good time; say hi to 115 Empire Street, Providence, RI
Bright Night ’08
Visit Bright Night’s website for information on Providence’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. Also check out the BrightNightBlog for timely updates on what’s happening New Year’s Eve. And of...
UrbanPlanet Party Postponed
Blizzard of ’78 file photo from Providence Journal Do to the impending Storm of the Century!, the UrbanPlanet Holiday Gathering scheduled for tonight has been postponed. We will be making plans to reschedule the...
UrbanPlanet|Providence 2nd Annual Holiday Gathering (Dec. 13th)
One of my other hats is being the Moderator at the UrbanPlanet Rhode Island forums. Last year we had a great Holiday Gathering at the Red Fez, this year we’re moving it to the West Side and meeting up at...
TONIGHT: Waterfront Symposium at Save The Bay HQ
Providence River from New Providence River Bridge. Tonight at Save The Bay’s headquarters a group of RISD students will present their findings on recent research of waterfront cities. From The Providence Journal:...
Providence Wintertime Farmers’ Market starts this Saturday!
AS220 will be hosting a Farmers’ Market this winter in their space on Empire Street. The Providence Wintertime Farmers’ Market will take place inside AS220 at 115 Empire Street Saturday’s from 12:00...
Craftland!
Craftland is back, running December 1st though 22nd with an Opening Party November 30th. Craftland is an annual holiday sale in Providence, RI that celebrates all kinds of handmade objects and the people who make them...
Next GC: Exchange – Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Our next Greater City: Exchange meeting is next Tuesday, September 11th. We’ll be meeting at 5:30pm at Ada’s Creations 1137 Broad Street in Elmwood on the city’s South Side. RIPTA: Route 11 Our special...
Benefit Street Graffiti Clean-Up – July 14, 2007
The College Hill Neighborhood Association, the District 9 Providence Police, the Providence Preservation Society and the Mayor’s Graffiti Task Force, in partnership with Councilmen Cliff Wood and Seth Yurdin and...
Brown Bookstore topic of next GC: Exchange – July 10, 2007
Our next Greater City: Exchange meeting will take place next Tuesday, July 10th starting at 5:30pm at Spats Restaurant. Spats is located at 182 Angell Street (near the corner of Thayer), we will be meeting on the lower...
Cleanup tomorrow at Dexter Park – July 7, 2007
Friends of Dexter Training Ground will be having a park clean-up tomorrow at 9:00am Photo by B. Sachs Cleanup of Dexter Park! This Saturday, July 7th from 9-11am we will be having a post-July 4th cleanup of Dexter...
Next GC: Exchange – Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Yes, next week. We’ve been a bit distracted with all this business about Bradford Street, but Bret was able to arrange for a location while he is on vacation out west. The meeting will be at Spats Restaurant...
