JANUARY 2024
Contents
Departments
8 CONTRIBUTORS 10 FROM THE PUBLISHER 12 CHATTER
PHOTOGRAPHY , BY THE BOOK : WOLF MATTEWSON ; ENGLISH CLASS : MARY MURPHY ; COMMON GOOD AWARDS : COURTESY OF GRACIE ’ S / JASON WESSEL .
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By the Book
Your guide to everything literary in the Ocean State . Edited by Lauren Clem
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English Class
Kim English turned in his NBA dreams for a life of coaching Big East college basketball , and now he ’ s courting Friartown just by being himself . By Mike Stanton
2024 Common Good Awards
Six local businesses that inspire philanthropy in their employees around the state .
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15 CURRENT Encore Boston ; Rhode Island hockey facts ; A Time to Gather cookbook .
20 STYLE Stock your fridge and pantry with these healthy food products .
23 OUT TAKES Higher Ground International ’ s fifteenth anniversary ; Hope & Main ’ s Schoolyard Twilight Party .
26 Q & A Paula Bontempi talks climate change , the Blue Economy and UFOs .
30 TO-DO LIST January ’ s best activities .
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101 RHODE TRIPS Local fitness studios to help you start the new year on the right foot .
107 AT HOME Historic brownstones find new lives as modern apartments with stunning views of the Dexter Training Ground .
112 DINING OUT This pop-up restaurant packs a punch with local seafood and handmade pasta transformed in mind-blowing ways .
144 SNAPSHOT The John Stevens Shop in Newport .
ON THE COVER : Alexa Trembly of Twenty Stories poses with a book inside the Providence bookstore . Photograph by Wolf Matthewson . Follow us on the web at RIMonthly . com .
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