Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’
Holiday Shopping in a pandemic
It was a quiet Black Friday. Perhaps this is as it should be, considering the restrictions in so many businesses and recommended restrictions for so much of our personal lifestyle. As upticks became a red-light concern for Rhode Island, a modified lockdown started to go into effect – holding off for over a week for…
Read MoreRI Toys for Tots 2020 Campaign
Please join us in helping all Rhode Island children have a great holiday season! RI Kitchen and Bath is partnering with the Rhode Island Marine Reserves to raise donations for RI Toys for Tots. From now until December 11, 2020. Ways to Donate Bring toy donations to our showroom located at 139 Jefferson Blvd in…
Read More“Giving Beyond the Box” Launches Hope Strikes Back Box
New social enterprise aims to carry on RI’s history of doing good, here and beyond October saw the virtual launch of Hope Strikes Back, the most recent project of Giving Beyond the Box, a new social enterprise that aims to connect consumers with a variety of products that do good, here in Rhode Island and…
Read MoreWhile we wait…
While the country engages in a long, torturous process of finding out who the next president will be, the young’uns at the MLK Community Center in Newport went to the ballot box, too. Learning about the election process, ballots, and voting in a free world, we’re sure the simplistic lesson was one everyone in this…
Read MoreThird Annual Christmas Eve Dinner Draws Large Crowd
The Third annual Christmas Eve Dinner held at the Millrace Kitchen in Woonsocket recently drew some 200 people who each received a hot meal, presents, and a picture with Santa along with arts and crafts. This event is the brainchild of Ilanna Ball, a small business owner who began this tradition as a way to…
Read MoreGet Your Holiday(s) On! The Hip Hop Nutcracker at The Vets
Tickets are still available for The Hip Hop Nutcracker. Yes, we were skeptical, until we saw the video – this looks like a super-energized, not-to-miss performance. Get your tickets today! One performance: Saturday, December 28, 2019 • 8:00 PM A holiday mash-up for the whole family, The Hip Hop Nutcracker is back and better than ever.…
Read MoreA Christmas gift…by Michael Morse
Photo, Jason Michalski by Michael Morse She actually apologized for calling us. “I didn’t want to bother you, but I can’t stand the pain any longer.” Her home was meticulous, nestled on a quiet street in the Mount Pleasant section of the city, surrounded by beautiful yet modest homes that showed the pride of their…
Read MoreMerry Christmas! Hark the Herald Angels sing…
“May you believe that you have an Angel by your side, through your darkest of times.” – Jason Michalski Newport, Rhode Island has so many photographic locations – but this angel we’ve been saving to run on Christmas – our Christmas Angel. With a thank you to Jason for allowing us to use his photos…
Read MoreAn unexpected feast of light and music one Christmas Eve
by Nancy Thomas One year I found myself driving around downtown Providence early on Christmas Eve. I’m not really clear on how I came to be doing this. My children were at their dad’s family’s and I guess I had not planned correctly and ended up alone on Christmas Eve. The drive was to “look…
Read MoreThe spirit of Christmas – alive in this Pawtucket business
In a quiet corner of Pawtucket, the spirit of Christmas was alive and well on Sunday, when Joey “Cash” DeBarros, owner of SIK Support is Key Clothing gave out the results of his Christmas Toy Drive to community children. From 1 to 5pm, there were free toys for children, a raffle for four bikes and…
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