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On tour, Natalie Merchant finds her fans singing along to new songs, original hits

The multi-platinum singer-songwriter who once fronted alt-rock band 10,000 Maniacs will perform Wednesday in Providence with the Rhode Island Philharmonic.

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Trump courtroom sketch artist takes criticism in stride: ‘It’s rare to get any feedback’

Some on social media have taken issue with one of three sketch artists who attended Trump’s arraignment in federal court in Miami on Tuesday.
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Block parties could return to PVDFest after all

Mayor Smiley is considering backtracking on one of the changes he made to the 2023 festival.
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‘A great loss’: Business owners and patrons react to PVDFest changes

“I don’t think they chose to listen to a lot of the businesses, or asked how it would affect us,” one downtown restaurateur said. But others are supportive of the arts festival’s new location and focus.

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Big changes for Providence’s PVDFest 2023
The annual arts and culture festival in Providence will be held later in the year, in a different location, and with no block parties or open containers of alcohol allowed.

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For Day of Portugal, here’s a menu from coffee to cod to cocktails
For the local Portuguese, Portuguese-speaking, and Portuguese-American community, it's a chance to ease your saudade and eat really great food.

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R.I. singer-songwriter Allison Rose, on music as medicine
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the musician and mental health counselor talks about how she is using songs to help herself and others heal.

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‘Hocus Pocus 3′ is currently in the works, according to Disney. Could filming return to New England?
In “Hocus Pocus 2,” the Sanderson sisters’ home in Salem Village was built at Chase Farm in Lincoln, R.I., and production also took place at East Providence, Providence and Newport.

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Life, death, and Mark Patinkin

The longtime ProJo columnist's cancer diagnosis is the subject of a short documentary that will debut next week at the hospital where he was successfully treated.

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Danson and Steenburgen to receive lifetime achievement award from Trinity Rep

Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen will be honored Monday at the Pell Awards Gala, which celebrates national and local excellence in the arts. Trinity Repertory Company’s signature annual event was last held in June 2019.

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Here’s where to get some great doughnuts in Rhode Island

Bakeries in the state have plenty of sweet (or savory) treats to offer.

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Google now lists former Friendly’s restaurant in R.I. as ‘Good Burger’

While filming “Good Burger 2” in Rhode Island, SNL actor Kenan Thompson has stopped for hot wieners, hung out with Mark Cuban in Smithfield, bought donuts for Newport Police, and taken selfies with hundreds of Rhode Islanders.

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Cast of ‘Good Burger 2′ greets fans during filming in North Providence

“Saturday Night Live” superstar Kenan Thompson and co-star Kel Mitchell took time during filming Friday to sign autographs and take selfies.

Confused by Taylor Swift hype over ‘The Eras Tour’? A superfan is here to help explain it all.

One of several in-house Globe Swifties, who by Spotify’s count listened to 46,968 minutes of the artist's music last year, is here to help with a crash course in Swift fandom ahead of this weekend’s three-night stand at Gillette Stadium.

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Here’s the forecast for Taylor Swift’s three Gillette Stadium shows this weekend

There are three concerts for Swifties this weekend, and weather will not be a factor for two of them.

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Brown senior jumps at his chance to compete in jump rope championship

Connor Kraska is a two-time grand world champion jump roper headed to the National Championship this summer. Up next: The world.