EDITORIAL: For the Next 10 Days, Providence Is the Funnest City in America

EDITORIAL: For the Next 10 Days, Providence Is the Funnest City in America

To quote the great M.C. Hammer, for the next ten days, Providence can say to other cities in America, “You can’t touch this.”

 

Providence kicks off the fun-o-rama with the NCAA Basketball Tournament on Thursday and Saturday.

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The likes of Rick Pitino’s St. John’s, John Calipari, and Kansas have all come to town.

 

The first and second-round games will determine two of the Sweet 16 teams. Tens of thousands will revel in the city and fill the hotels and restaurants.

 

Then, the city almost immediately transforms into a major food mecca, with the new Providence Culinary Collective taking place March 27-30 in locations throughout Providence.

 

The event showcases paired dinners, signature tastings, cooking classes, food truck festivities, and more, honoring the city’s rich culinary legacy.

 

Oh wait, there is more. The top comedians in the country come to Providence for the Lil Rhody Laugh Riot comedy festival.

 

Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, Leslie Jones, and, so many others perform in Providence between March 27 and the 30.

 

For the ambitious, they can eat and then laugh and repeat for four days.

 

Should one city be able to have this much fun in just ten days?

 

Well, Providence is the funnest city in America for the next ten days.

 

Enjoy the games, eat up, and laugh.