WRNI Features 2005
Business Leaders Helping the Homeless
WRNI (2005-06-14) The worlds of venture capital and help for the homeless
are merging in a school cafeteria in Pawtucket. It's a for-profit school
lunch program run by Amos House with financial backing and expertise from
a group of business leaders, called Social Venture Partner-Rhode Island.
New Leader for Catholic Church in R.I.
WRNI(2005-05-31) A transition in the leadership of catholic church in
Providence takes place later today. WRNI's Jim Moses looks back at Bishop
Mulvee's leadership and the evolving political climate that will face
the new bishop.
Pigeon Racing in Rhode Island
(WRNI May 10, 2005) Homing pigeons have been messenger carriers and racers
for centuries. Although technology has replaced most uses for the homing
pigeon, to the people that love and raise them, there's no substitute
for a good pigeon race.
Vietnamese-American Student Looks Back
at Father's Story
(2005-04-28) For most Americans, the Vietnam War ended 30 years ago with
the fall of Saigon. Quyen Truong is a senior at Brown University who emigrated
from Ho Chi Min city to West Hartford Connecticut 15 years ago when she
was 7 years old. Her father was an intelligence officer for the south
vietnamese and spent 7 years imprisoned in a communist re-education camp
after the war. (WRNI)
Kids Count Factbook
(2005-04-21) WRNI's Robert Ames talks with Elizabeth Burke-Bryant, exective
director of Rhode Island Kids Count, about the health and wellfare of
children in Rhode Island. (WRNI)
Community Mourns Death of Detective
(2005-04-21) The fatal shooting inside the Providence police headquarters
has led to some questions about police procedures and the treatment of
the alleged killer. But at the moment, public attention is focused on
grieving for detective James Allen. WRNI's Mark Degon reports. (WRNI)
Molier Impromptu at Trinity
(2005-02-18) Trinity Repertory Company's latest production, The Moliere
Impromptu, offers a comic peek behind the stage curtains. WRNI's theater
critic, Bill Marx, has a review. (WRNI)
"Topdog/Underdog" at Trinity
(2005-01-21) Playwright Suzan Lori-parks is the first African American
woman to win a Pulitzer prize for drama. Her two-person play, topdog/underdog,
deals with clashing brothers. WRNI'S theater critic Bill Marx has this
review. (WRNI)
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