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With leaves crunching and temperatures holding in the 50s during the day, November is a great month for hiking in Rhode Island. There are still leaves to be peeped before winter arrives, and the …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE Beacon Media Contributor
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10/30/25
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The Revolution will be televised. For now.
The American Revolution —a six-part documentary series about the nation’s founding war—premieres November 17 on PBS in Rhode Island. …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE Beacon Media Contributor
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10/22/25
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‘Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.’
That’s the theme of the 44th annual Banned Books Week, organized each year by the American Library Association. Since 1982, the …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
Beacon Media Contributor
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10/8/25
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Rhode Island pool players have been racking up some big wins lately, from a seniors championship at Mohegan Sun to a second-place showing last month at the World Pool Championships in Las Vegas.
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE Beacon Media Contributor
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9/10/25
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If you feel daunted by the idea of picking your own mushrooms, you are not alone. Ryan and Emily Bouchard explain that it’s cultural, that fear of mushrooms is common in the United States and …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
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8/27/25
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It’s no coincidence that interest in Y2K fashion is reaching a fever pitch. With every passing year, more and more bygone fashion eras are being rescued from irrelevance as they get old enough …
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8/20/25
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By TARA MONASTESSE
Beacon Media Staff Writer
Umberto Crenca had a decision to make.
After retiring in 2019 from AS220, the community arts space in downtown Providence he …
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Umberto Crenca
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8/13/25
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Filmed in local Rhode Island locations along the West Bay, indie film “Small Potatoes” is coming to the RI International Film Festival.
Director Rich Allen is a Rhode Island native …
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By GRETA SHUSTER Beacon Media Staff Writer
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8/7/25
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Gideon Ludlow is a devout Mormon. He is a young man living in Utah and content with his job as dog catcher since it gives him time between calls to study law and more importantly because he loves …
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By JOHN HOWELL, Warwick Beacon Editor
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7/30/25
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If you have an eel ensemble, a groundhog getup, or an osprey outfit sitting in the back of your closet waiting for the right occasion, you’re in luck. The Woonasquatucket River Watershed …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
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7/23/25
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You could begin a history of Saint Mary’s Church in July 1938, when Bishop Keogh blessed the newly erected church building on Cranston Street in Knightsville.
You could also go back to …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
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7/16/25
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Nathan Scarborough loves Rhode Island. He was raised in Cranston, goes to school in Providence, and this summer he’s working in Matunuck.
Scarborough is an assistant lead electrician at …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
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7/9/25
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Last week’s heat dome was no match for local pro wrestling fans, who lined up early on a 90-degree Monday to watch nearly two dozen wrestlers go at it inside Rhodes on the Pawtuxet for nearly …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
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7/2/25
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You’ve probably seen his face on billboards around the state. You might have heard his music in commercials aired on Channel 10. And if you’re an eagle-eyed driver, you may have even …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
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6/26/25
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Last week, a team of researchers and nature enthusiasts joined together at Salter Grove in Warwick to hunt for a high-tech satellite tracking tag that had fallen off a striped bass—a fish …
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By JASON MAJOR, Beacon Media Contributor
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6/5/25
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John Perrotta likes to stay busy. The Cranston native spent decades building a comedy business at night while working as a correctional officer by day. He did all this while living a reckless …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
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5/29/25
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