Kanye West’s LIVE ‘Jesus is King: Sunday Service Experience’

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This Sunday, Kanye West will take his newfound spirituality to the Joel Osteen televised service at Lakewood Church in Houston. He will be interviewed at the 11am service by Osteen for approximately 15 minutes and will return later that evening with his full band and choir for a free performance which all tickets were allocated…

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The Curtain Raises on A View of Providence – 1808

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By David Brussat, Architecture Here and There The Rhode Island Historical Society yesterday displayed its amazing 1809 drop curtain, owned by the society since 1833 and depicting the town as it appeared in 1808, twenty years before the Providence Arcade was built in 1828. It is thought to be the oldest curtain of its kind…

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RI Weather Today, Sun, Nov. 17, 2019

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By Jack Donnelly The interaction of high pressure anchored over central New England with a tightly wound coastal low pressure system rolling this way off the Hatteras shore will generate substantial northeasterly winds upwards of 30 mph through the day and rain beginning after 7pm. There will be pockets of moderate rain embedded in the…

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“In The Arena” with Rep. Charlene Lima & Joe Paolino, Jr., 11/17/19

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Each week Joe Paolino, Jr. interviews people of interest on his program, “In The Arena”.  The show airs at 7am on Sundays on ABC6. You can also watch it here, commercial free, after 8am on Sundays… This week, Paolino’s guest is Rep. Charlene Lima, D-14th District, Deputy Speaker of the House. They will discuss compassion…

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Weekend Weather Wrap: Sat/Sun, Nov. 16/17, 2019

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By Jack Donnelly A decent start to the weekend with a stormy finish… Saturday 11/16/19: Lots of Sun for the day, maybe a few high thin cirrus, but no threat for precip. High pressure building in strong, so cool northerly winds will be the main story today, gusting towards 30 mph at times through the…

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A Lively Experiment with Jim Hummel, Nov. 16, 2019

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This week’s Lively Experiment features, with Jim Hummel, Executive Director of The Hummel Report, Moderator: Bill Lynch, Former Chairman, R.I. Democratic Party Doreen Costa, Former State Representative Karl Wadensten, Treasurer, R.I. Commerce Corp Board Topics (please note subjects may change) Evergreen Contract Law – leaders of nearly half of the state’s communities join in a lawsuit NYC homeless shipped to R.I.…

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Ocean State Job Lot & Home Depot – a match made in heaven

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Hundreds of volunteers and more than 2,500 Home Depot buckets were filled with items donated by the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation during a massive distribution event held this week in Fall River. Through its partnership with the Massachusetts Military Support Foundation, the items, which range from warm winter jackets, hats, gloves, scarfs, essential…

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Agency Focus – Help Starts with 2-1-1 at United Way

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Three simple numbers, one human connection. 200,000 calls a year in Rhode Island. If you or someone you know needs help, call 2-1-1. Rhode Island’s 2-1-1 program is run by the United Way of RI. It includes The Point, which is a statewide resource network that provides information, referrals, and long-term care options to seniors, adults…

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Discover Beautiful Rhode Island – Newport Harbor

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by Jason Michalski, photographer This wonderful photo of Newport Harbor captured that sense of winter waiting to come upon us. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a…

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