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One of the capital city’s most exciting events will be back before you know it as PVDFest will take over the streets of ...
Mayor Brett Smiley, the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture and Tourism, and FirstWorks highlighted events planned for PVDFest 2025 on Tuesday. This years “showstopping spectacle” will be ...
PVDFest is back! Get ready to take over the streets of Downtown Providence on September 5–6, 2025, as Mayor Brett Smiley, the ...
In a 31-5 vote, the R.I. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would allow municipalities to pass ordinances that would ...
"This September, downtown Providence will once again come alive with music, dance, food and immersive art experiences," Mayor ...
Festival goers should expect musical performances, a battle of the bands, a hip hop competition, more than 180 craft vendors, ...
“Hartbeat has a proven track record of bringing hit stand-up specials to the masses” said Jeff Clanagan, Hartbeat’s President ...
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and PVDFest organizers held a news conference to announce “early highlights” of this year’s ...
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley thinks he has the votes in the Rhode Island Senate to raise property taxes in the city past the ...
News Anchor Kim Kalunian talks with Mayor Brett Smiley on all things Providence.
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is proposing an 8% property tax levy increase. The proposal passed the Rhode Island House but ...
The tax is intended to raise revenue for the cash-strapped city, but the proposal has drawn scorn from downtown businesses ...