WRNI Features - 2004

Sweatshop Free Designs from Providence Youth
(2004-12-21)
Who would work for 23 cents an hour? That's the question being asked on the tags of a new line of clothing being designed by a group of providence artists. on a new line of t-shirts, sweatshirts and hats is made without sweatshop labor. The clothes are created and marketed by a Providence youth group. (WRNI)

Taricani Sentenced to Home Confinement
(2004-12-10) The Providence television reporter who was convicted of contempt last month for defying a court order to reveal a source has been sentenced to six months of house arrest. WRNI's Matha Bebinger reports. (WRNI)

Taricani Found Guilty
(2004-11-19) A federal judge has found Providence TV reporter Jim Taricani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reveal the source of an FBI videotape obtained by the reporter. Taricani faces up to 6 months in jail with sentencing scheduled for December 9. WRNI's Jeremy Hobson reports. (WRNI)

Oskar Eustis Leaves Trinity for NYC
(2004-11-18) Trinity Repertory Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis will be leaving his post to lead one of the nation's most important theaters - the Public Theater in New York. WRNI's Mark Degon talks with Eustis about his decision and writer Bill Gale comments on his Providence legacy. (WRNI)

B.U. Finishes Investigation of WBUR
(2004-11-09) Boston University has completed an internal investigation into allegations of mismanagement at WBUR, the station that owns and operates WRNI. WRNI's Martha Bebinger reports. (WRNI)

Republicans Make Few Gains on Smith Hill
(2004-11-09) Despite aggressive campaigning for the general assembly, the Republican Party gained only a few seats on election night. WRNI's Martha Bebinger reports. (WRNI)

Home Movies Mixes Personal Stories with Multimedia Theater
(9-15-05) A new performance work by Everett Dance Theater is playing at the Carriage House stage in Providence. Called home movies, the work mixes dance, theater and song with film and video images. The five performers in the piece each tell personal stories from there own family experience. WRNI's Jim Moses visited a rehearsal and spoke with the company.

Rhode Islander's Same Sex Marriage
WRNI (May 21, 2004). With same sex marriage now legal in Massachusetts, gay and lesbian couples from all over the country are coming to the state to be legally married. WRNI's Mark Degon reports on the wedding of two woman from Rhode Island that took place yesterday in Worchester.

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