Townsend lived in a hardscrabble loft in Olneyville’s Eagle Square in a mill called Fort Thunder. From there, he and ...

PROVIDENCE – Providence Place mall is barring youths under the age of 18 during school hours on weekdays and after 5 p.m. every day unless they are with a parent or supervising adult who is at ...

The documentary features the story of eight Rhode Island artists who built and lived in a secret apartment inside the mall for four years. The artists were banned from the mall after the apartment ...

The artists saw the apartment as an art project, a statement against gentrification, and a test of their own boundaries. The ...

A portrait of human adaptability and resilience emerges from “Secret Mall Apartment,” as these qualities are portrayed as earned rather than proclaimed. The film shows human responses to displacement ...

"Extra safety measures" imposed by the mall's receivers took effect on Monday, restricting when unsupervised minors can be on the premises.

The artists saw the apartment as an art project, a statement against gentrification, and a test of their own boundaries. The documentary will be shown in select theaters across the country after ...