Archive for April 2020
SBA Holds Weekend Webinars to Prepare for PPP Applications
PPP Application Processing To Resume Monday, April 27th, Come Get Your Questions Answered Ahead of Time The SBA Rhode Island District Office is hosting a webinar to discuss the various programs available to assist small businesses with COVID-19 recovery. There will be a brief overview of the various programs available, and then plenty of time…
Read MoreMichael Rose – Speaking & Teaching for Artists
On Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3 Michael Rose will be offering four short affordable courses. They will include popular content from classes he’s taught in the past, including hour long programs on Pricing Your Artwork and Pitching Your Artwork to Galleries for $25 each, and thirty-minute programs on Preparing The Back of Your Artwork,…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Today, April 24, 2020
(Photo: UV light used as part of disinfecting hospital rooms is used widely in Europe and Canada) NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL China donates additional $30 million to World Health Organization after Trump halts US funding President has cautioned Georgia to slow down their opening. National $484B relief package on the way The NFL draft was held…
Read MoreThe Grace School at Meeting Street named a 2020 national Green Ribbon School
The U.S. Department of Education has announced that The Grace School at Meeting Street in Providence is among the 2020 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools award honorees. “The Grace School is honored to receive this very prestigious award,” said Margaret Knowlton, Director of School Age Programs. “Being recognized as an U.S. Department of…
Read MoreYour face as face mask art
by David Brussat, contributing writer, architecture Face mask designed to activate facial-recognition on wearer’s iPhone (Architectural Digest) Years ago, I urged Providence artists to create murals designed to look like the buildings on which they were painted. A façade with no windows could be painted to look like the rest of the building. Humans could…
Read MoreRI Weather Today, Friday 4/24/20
By Jack Donnelly, meteorologist A storm system moving through will deposit about ¾ of an inch of rain over the area when it’s all said and done later in the afternoon/evening. A cool and raw day with rain, generally light with pockets of heavier amounts mainly during the morning hours before tapering off and the…
Read MoreRI releases list of Nursing Homes & Assisted Living Centers with Coronavirus cases/deaths
Starting today, the RI Department of Health is publishing a weekly list of the impact of the Coronavirus on the Rhode Island nursing home, or long term care facility, and assisted living community. These numbers capture two or more cases at facilities, and are reflective of resident cases, not staff cases. Published this afternoon, April…
Read MoreCoronavirus Update – Today, April 23, 2022
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL Tyson Foods suspends its largest pork plant after an outbreak. Federal government may form a “Health Force” that would recruit, train and employ Americans — ideally, pulling from among unemployed during the pandemic — into public health and health care careers. Yale says it will not seek relief funds, it is eligible…
Read MoreCharise Wilson Wants People Working
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has turned businesses across the state upside down and sideways. Many companies went from prosperous to struggling seemingly overnight. Employees have either had their hours reduced or have been furloughed altogether because of the changing economic landscape. With little end in sight and leaders grappling over the future, those affected by…
Read MoreA one-two punch to the gut of New England
A one, two punch to the gut of New England By John Cardullo, sportswriter Lightning strikes twice for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Tom Brady and now Rob Gronkowski are back together again; is the Super Bowl’s next stop Tampa Bay? Only time will tell. Somehow, deep down, you knew it was going to happen…
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