Rhode Island Monthly is a glossy monthly magazine

Magazine

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 about life in Rhode Island

Rhode Island

The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...

 and Southeastern Massachusetts

Southeastern Massachusetts

Southeastern Massachusetts is a term that refers to those portions of Massachusetts which are, by their proximity, economically and culturally linked to Providence, Rhode Island as well as Boston.-Definition:...

. It is published by Metrocorp

Metrocorp

Metrocorp Marketing is a media conglomerate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that publishes lifestyle magazines in numerous regions across the United States. Metrocorp publishes the following magazine titles:...

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Best of Rhode Island

The "Best of Rhode Island" is a group of awards given by Rhode Island Magazine in an annual issue. These awards are akin to the "Best of Boston" but are not nearly as numerous.

The awards are given in a wide range of categories that vary from year-to-year ad hoc

Ad hoc

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. Recent awards include best batik

Batik

Batik is a cloth that traditionally uses a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. Batik or fabrics with the traditional batik patterns are found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, China, Azerbaijan, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, and Singapore.Javanese traditional batik, especially from...

 linen

Linen

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s, best no-pain elopement, best reiki

Reiki

is a spiritual practice developed in 1922 by Japanese Buddhist Mikao Usui. The teaching was continued and adapted by various teachers. It uses a technique commonly called palm healing as a form of complementary and alternative medicine and is sometimes classified as oriental medicine by some...

 master, best roast

Roasting

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 chicken

Chicken

The chicken is a domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the Red Junglefowl. As one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, and with a population of more than 24 billion in 2003, there are more chickens in the world than any other species of bird...

, best children's theatre, and best tequila

Tequila

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Rhode Island Red Awards

A recent addition to the magazine, these now-yearly awards recognize "the weirdest, dumbest, most outrageous" moments of the preceding year.

Ancillary publications

Like other Metrocorp magazines, Rhode Island Monthly produces several ancillary publications:

• Menu Guide is an annual restaurant
  Restaurant
  A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
  
   directory
  Directory
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• Rhode Island Bride is an annual publication for wedding
  Wedding
  A wedding is the ceremony in which two people are united in marriage or a similar institution. Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes...
  
   planners and bride
  Bride
  A bride is a woman about to be married or newlywed.The word may come from the Proto-Germanic verb root *brū-, meaning 'to cook, brew, or make a broth' which was the role of the daughter-in-law in primitive families...
  
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• Rhode Island Monthly’s Guest Guide to Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts is an annual publication targeting out-of-state visitors.
• Rhode Island Group Package Planner is published once every 18 months, is done in conjunction wthe Rhode Island Tourism Division, and is aimed at the group travel market.
• Rhode Island Official Travel Guide is an annual publication which is also done in conjunction with the state tourism agency and is designed for out-of-state readers.
• Social Datebook is an annual directory of charity event
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