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Portals takes the cake!

Portals takes the cake at Providence’s First Gallery Night Of the 2016 Season. Special thanks to Rebecca Gilles from Gold Sugar Bakery for this incredible …

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From Funerals to Pillar Candles

Erica Burke from Burke & Hare Co. came in recently to do research for her upcoming limited edition pillar candles. We pulled a wide variety …

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Lighting the Way

Are these men about to get sucked into Portals?! In fact, these illustrations are depicting the variety of lighthouse lanterns in use at the turn …

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Build a car with duct tape, Popsicle sticks, and paperclips!

On Sunday we held the final of our three part series, “junk drawer robotics”. Participants built cars using ordinary household items like craft sticks, duct …

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Junk Drawer Robotics Creates Friction!

This Sunday learners of all ages made robotics their Valentine! Participants experimented with friction on a variety of surfaces and objects to make smooth slides …

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Cut-paper animations with RIMOSA

On February 10, we had our first cut-paper animation workshop with RIMOSA at the Providence Public Library. Attendees of all ages used reproductions of PPL …

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