Posts Tagged ‘Providence’

Portrait: Meet Mr. Ambassador, Patrick Lynch, Former AG

Portrait: Meet Mr. Ambassador, Patrick Lynch, Former AG

Great Power and a Really Sweet Jump Shot Former Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch is famously fond of the Stan Lee/Spider Man movie line: “With great power comes great responsibility.” All of the power and responsibility that comes with serving two terms as the RI AG has seemingly not hurt his jump shot at [...]


Video: The Miriam — A Gift to the City

Video: The Miriam — A Gift to the City

Video celebrates The Miriam Hospital on Summit Avenue on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island that began 85 years ago as a small hospital on Parade St. in South Providence. Founded by the Jewish community as a place where Jewish doctors were free to practice and Jewish dietary laws and customs were observed, The [...]


PACE Organization of Rhode Island Celebrates Five Years

PACE Organization of Rhode Island Celebrates Five Years

The PACE Organization of Rhode Island, a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly, recently celebrated five years of keeping Rhode Island seniors healthy and safe. By the way, the artwork below was done by Marie, a PACE participant who has been expanding her talents in the PACE art activity. I think she really nailed [...]


Miriam Hospital: A Gift to the City

Miriam Hospital: A Gift to the City

Written and narrated by Brian C. Jones, A Gift to the City — on the occasion of the hospital’s 85th anniversary, tells the story of the hospital’s bold beginnings on Parade St. in Providence, the move to the East Side and the passion that powered the hospital to become the innovative and beloved institution it is [...]


Gallery: Photographs for Brown University

Gallery: Photographs for Brown University

A selection of photographs made for Brown University over the past several years. Photos were published in Brown Alumni Magazine, Brown Medicine and on various Brown websites. Related Posts:“Latin Carol Celebration”Another Christopher Lydon SightingVideo: The Miriam — A Gift to the CityPACE Organization of Rhode Island Celebrates Five YearsMiriam Hospital: A Gift to the City


Video: “The Power and Promise of High Performance Computing” at Brown

Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island unveiled its high performance computer in November 2009 at the Center for Computation and Visualization. This video was shown at a reception on the day of the ribbon-cutting. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh [...]


Video: Brown University’s “The Year of India”

Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] From Brown University’s Year of India web page: “Welcome to this exciting year of major public lectures, cultural events, academic conferences, media, and other explorations of India and its dramatic rise on [...]


Video: “Map Talk at The John Carter Brown Library”

Brown University’s John Carter Brown Library has gathered some of the library’s maps into a very interesting exhibition — Map Talk: a conversation with maps at the JCB. Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] Related Posts:Video: The Miriam [...]


“Latin Carol Celebration”

"Latin Carol Celebration"

The Latin language (and Greek and a smattering of Sanskrit) is alive and well during Christmastime at the Brown University Classics Department’s annual Latin Carol Celebration at the First Baptist Church in America in Providence. Click here to see the show. Related Posts:Another Christopher Lydon SightingVideo: The Miriam — A Gift to the CityPACE Organization [...]


Video: “The Liberty Elm Makes History”

Video: "The Liberty Elm Makes History"

Eat up! The Liberty Elm is a great little diner on Elmwood Ave. in Providence, Rhode Island. Cool people work there and cool customers eat there. The 1947 Worcester Lunch Car diner is a gem, partially restored and recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Get the latest Flash Player to see this [...]


Liberty Elm (video) has Moved

Liberty Elm (video) has Moved

As much as we have enjoyed the attention garnered by “The Liberty Elm Makes History,” Related Posts:Video: Providence diner added to National Register. Or, is it just bacon porn?Liberty Elm video on RoadsideOnline.comProvidence diner video is history! Providence diner video in the worksVideo: The Miriam — A Gift to the City


Another Christopher Lydon Sighting

Another Christopher Lydon Sighting

I heard THE VOICE again last night. He had his back to me, but I knew it was him. Related Posts:“Latin Carol Celebration”Stimulus Package lives!Video: The Miriam — A Gift to the CityPACE Organization of Rhode Island Celebrates Five YearsMiriam Hospital: A Gift to the City


Stimulus Package lives!

Stimulus Package lives!

Tonight, while googling around trying to figure out why Google refuses to crawl my pages, I ran across a mostly food blog by former Projo colleague, Ben Gedan. Ben had posted Stimulus Package, a fun little video David DelPoio and I put together last spring. Funny to run into it out there in blogland, but [...]


Video: Providence diner added to National Register. Or, is it just bacon porn?

Video: Providence diner added to National Register. Or, is it just bacon porn?

If you’re into history: The Liberty Elm, a/k/a, the Central Diner, has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The 1947 Worcester Lunch Car Diner is one of about 90 remaining diners of this style. The Central Diner moved from downtown Providence to Elmwood Avenue in 1953. After a series of owners and [...]


Providence diner video is history!

Providence diner video is history!

Whew! That was easy. Always a lot to learn with a new computer and software. Can you really not convert mp4s to flvs? Spending all day (and night) looking at bacon and eggs is killing me. I just might have to go get breakfast. Related Posts:Liberty Elm (video) has MovedVideo: Providence diner added to National [...]


Providence diner video in the works

Congratulations to the nice people (Tink, Erica & Carol) at the historic Liberty Elm Diner on Elmwood Ave. in Providence. The funky little diner was recently listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 1947 Worcester Lunch Car Company diner first opened for business as the Central Diner in downtown Providence near the Providence Journal. The diner [...]


TDBG LLC website re-launchs with ASK photos

TDBG LLC website re-launchs with ASK photos

Taylor Duane Barton Gilman LLC, a law firm with offices in Providence and Boston has re-launched their website and the beautiful new site is filled with my photos. Many thanks to Paul and Tamara and Sheri and all the good-looking and gracious attorneys and staffers at TDGB. Site design by Hermann Advertising Design/Communications. If you [...]