Features
JULY 2020
Contents
Departments
8 CONTRIBUTORS
10 FROM THE PUBLISHER
12 CHATTER
15 CityState
17 CURRENT
Red gold; Newport Ladies Book
Club; skin salvation.
22 STYLE
Sunny finds on Etsy.
25 OUT TAKES
RISPCA Tasting for Tails;
Providence Athenaeum Murder
Mystery.
52
Currents of Time
Neither Mother Nature nor man have bested the scrappy seaside village of Misquamicut,
a playground for Rhode Islanders since the turn of the century. By Casey Nilsson
29 REPORTER
In Rhode Island’s hot real estate
market, sellers reign supreme
and demand far outstrips supply.
35 TO-DO LIST
July’s best activities.
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MISQUAMICUT: ALEX GAGNE; BEACH SCENE: STATE ARCHIVES/RHODE ISLAND MEMORIES
II: THE 1940S AND 1950S, COURTESY OF LEONORA GILSON DURSIN; CAMP SCENE: STATE
ARCHIVES.; TAKEOUT FOOD: ANGEL TUCKER.
40 Keep on the Sunny Side
Simple, sweet summer is told through the ages in these
historic Rhode Island photographs. By Casey Nilsson
71 YOUR TOWN
Explore the hidden treasures in
this month’s featured town.
75 AT HOME
The gardens at Bellevue House in
Newport reveal the life story of
their owner.
80 EATING IN
Globetrotting through takeout.
96 SNAPSHOT
Protect Black Lives protest.
On the cover: Gladys Priestley, center, and
Constance Priestley, right, with a friend
at the beach, circa 1925. (State Archives/
Rhode Island Memories: The Early Years,
courtesy of Bruce P. Crooks). Follow us
on the web at RIMonthly.com.
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