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Kim Petrarca

Kim Petrarca is a singer-songwriter born and raised in Providence. She was involved in the New England music scene for over 10 years before she released her debut EP, Leave It Where It Lies, in the summer of 2015. Shortly after the…Music at Motif

Kelly Marino · Music

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Roots Report

Okee dokee folks… I just realized that I have been attending concerts for 50 years now. In that span of time I have seen countless shows. I honestly have no idea how many I have been to, but it’s a LOT. In comparison to today’s kids, I got…Music at Motif

John Fuzek · Music

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Soundpeople: The Unsung Heroes of the Music Scene

Everyone likes to go out and listen to live music, and they should. There are a multitude of bands that are extraordinary in our local music scene alone. However, as good as these bands are, none of them would be able to do what they do…Music at Motif

Brian Shovelton · Music

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Follow Thru

Follow Thru have spent the last almost decade building their fanbase and crafting their technical melodic punk sound. 2024 EP Ghosts showed their potential in just under nine minutes. Eat Your Heart Out, their upcoming first full-length,…Music at Motif

Bobby Forand · Music

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A New Sound for Providence: The Swell Folk Festival

Providence is known as the Creative Capital because of the many artists and cultural organizations that call this city home. The state also offers an assortment of events throughout the year that includes PVDfest, the Katxupa Cape Verdean…Music at Motif

Dennise M. Kowalczyk · Music

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No Concert is an Island

Centerville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket hosted its first live music event in August. It started big with the Island Roads Fest, featuring popular reggae/ rock bands including Sublime, Slightly Stoopid, Iration, Action Bronson, DENM, Bumpin…Music at Motif

Allie Boyer · Music

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Providence’s Best 100

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  1. 1 Gift HorseProvidence · Korean Seafood Eat score, 93
  2. 2 Aurelia at Castle HillNewport · Classic New England Eat score, 92
  3. 3 COASTWesterly Eat score, 91
  4. 4 CaraNewport Eat score, 90
  5. 4 OberlinProvidence · American Eat score, 90
  6. 6 Sly Fox Den TooCharlestown Eat score, 88
  7. 7 Nicks on BroadwayProvidence Eat score, 87
  8. 8 NimkiProvidence Eat score, 84
  9. 8 PersimmonProvidence Eat score, 84
  10. 10 Al FornoProvidence · Italian Eat score, 82

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Higher than 62% of scored places

In this report

  • One score, 0 to 100, and its rank among every scored place
  • The good stuff within a walk, and within a drive
  • The weather and the air, right at that spot
  • How life goes in the country, and where it ranks

We score the map point and keep no record of who asked. The report names the neighborhood, never the street.

Eat Score

The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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    Drink Score

    The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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      Stay Score

      Four fifths of the score is the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin Key outweighs a listicle. The last fifth is where it is: the ranked places to eat and things to do around it, and how safe the country is. When you sort by what's nearby, distance from you changes the order, never the score.

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        Do Score

        The score comes from the awards it's won, weighted by who gave them: a Michelin star outweighs a listicle. When you sort by what's nearby, distance changes the order, never the score.

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          Best Place Score

          The Best Place Score rates the area around a point, not any one place. The places are 60% of it: the best of what's within reach, weighed by distance. The setting is the other 40%: how life goes in that country (how people rate their own lives, how long and how well they live, how safe they are) and what it's like right there (the air, and the weather). If the score looks low, we probably haven't found enough critics out here yet.