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Northshore October 2025
It’s a balmy summer night in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, when I step into a boat on the Providence River and out of the ordinary world. The boat glides smoothly over the black, quietly undulating water and past a hypnotic series of bonfires that are ablaze on the river itself. The hot flames crackle up through the summer air and reflect in a rippling glow on the dark, cool river. Sparks jump and dance into the sky, before drifting back to earth and dying on the water. A couple kisses on a stone footbridge above our heads, silhouetted in the firelight, and then disappears from view as the boat glides on. A h
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