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BY LAUREN CLEM • PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE BRACA
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Close to 1,500 guests attended Rhode Island Monthly ’ s annual Best of Rhode Island party , held at a new venue — the WaterFire Arts Center — in 2024 . Guests enjoyed food and drink from dozens of Rhode Island vendors , plus photo ops and music from Roomful of Blues . The event celebrated nearly 450 winners in categories ranging from restaurants to arts venues and beauty products . — LAUREN CLEM
1 . Best of RI winner Veronica Mays , right , with her mother , Pauline Perkins-Moye . 2 . Social media influencer Ian Brownhill with his Best of RI Award . 3 . Best of RI winner Jamie Millmather , second from left , with her stylist team , ( from left ) Amanda Ring , Lexee Domenicone and Gael Badillo . 4 . The WaterFire Arts Center seen from above . 5 . The team from Scotti ’ s Salumeria serves pasta to guests . 6 . Best of RI winners Mario Hilario and Alison Bologna of NBC 10 WJAR enjoy the music . 7 . D . D . Bastos of Roomful of Blues performs . 8 – 9 . Guests tear up the dance floor at the event .
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