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Great time at the Dirt Palace yesterday!

RIers - as holiday gifting enters its last days, I beg you to support super talented local artisans. The algorithms are very successful at steering folks away from us, & it has really shown this season. Times are hard for almost everyone, but not Jeff B & the Waltons. Lots of great markets today!

Calling all Pawtucket Lovers! This yummy City Hall build comes in 3 sizes! A big sister for the real fan; the tiny adorable baby that’s inexpensive, very fun, and a potential ornament; and something in between for all those Goldilocks-es out there! www.groverlicious.me

Sweet little build for Hanukkah, old Temple Beth-El, Providence. Portion of the proceeds benefits the Jewish Liberation Fund

Needed a little forest zen today. Smithfield, RI hills.

University Hall, Brown University, Providence, in LEGO. I have not always been a fan of my Alma Mater, but I do feel terrible about what’s happened. It finally happened in my city.

Providence Public Library Kit is now available. To all those for whom @provlib is a special place, this is a great gift (maybe for yourself!). Part of the proceeds goes to PPL. groverlicious.me

This sweet little build celebrates the gorgeous Temple Beth-El, Broad St, Prov. It’s a perfect affordable, little gift for a stocking or night of Hanukkah; add a tea light for cozy magic! A portion of the proceeds benefits the Jewish Liberation Fund. www.groverlicious.me www.jewishliberation.fund

I’ll be at the Downtown Market today, Grant’s Block - come say hi and get a kit!

Check out my installation at the Museum of Work and Culture!

This lovely mosaic is a little different from a normal build and is great for those who like puzzles or paint-by-number. 5% of the proceeds goes to the Rhode Island Foundation! www.groverlicious.me

All online orders come with an adorable tree ornament while supplies last! www.groverlicious.me

Introducing the mini Providence Public Library. Whether you were married there or simply enjoy its beautiful space, this little kit makes a wonderful gift for anyone to whom PPL is a special place. And a portion of each sale goes to PPL! www.groverlicious.me

Frank C from @ecorinews.bsky.social and I hiked in the ‘new’ Buck Hill forest in Burrillville and were gobsmacked by the rampant illegal off-roading we saw. Tons of trash and destruction of ecologically and culturally sensitive spots. Read about it: ecori.org/illegal-off-...

One cute little kit you can get from me this holiday season is the Rhode Island lighthouse which has a little loop piece that can turn it into an ornament! This is perfect for folks who love the ocean/lighthouses! Ideal stocking stuffer! www.groverlicious.me

I sure hope you’ll visit my shop on Cyber Monday, all sorts of RI-themed kits! www.groverlicious.me

I am super excited to be a featured maker at @Craftland pop up on Small Business Saturday tomorrow! Please support RI small businesses this holiday season; hope to see you!

Check out my website! I’ve added new kits for this Holiday Season: Rhode Island Lighthouse, a new Broad Street Synagogue, Providence Public Library, and a dreamy Providence mosaic! www.groverlicious.me

Dad got a little retirement job for the holiday season sorting bricks for this weirdo who makes little Rhode Island-themed kits. He’s resistant to wearing an elf hat for some reason.

This year, many folks reached out to me to create custom gifts to commemorate a family home, a wedding location, or other special place. I love doing these jobs! If you’re looking for a special, unique gift for the holidays, now’s the time to get in my dms!

I was glad to see many of the election results around the country, but do wish that my fellow RI lefties/progressives had put even a fraction of their enthusiasm for the NYC mayoral race into last year’s Prov School Board elections.

I don’t live in W2, but city council has great impact on all Prov. There’s something I like about each candidate, but I most keen on Jill, largely because in my five decades in the area, Prov Pub school parent representation has been scarce in Prov leadership, and it shows.

Hey, read this great @ecoRInews piece about public forest logging. I do not really figure into the article, but there is a pic with me in it from a hike Frank and I took, and I look cute. So had to share! ecori.org/in-search-of...

Mom’s been working in downtown, so I brought her to lunch at CHOP and to see my LEGO PPL model which she had never seen. Priceless Mom response: ‘that’s nice.’

Myself and a few community members recently penned a ProJo OpEd strongly opposing the Gilbert Stuart demo - it’s a highly renovatable building and the demo is incredibly polluting. Also, as a longtime public school teacher, the educational arguments from RIDE are top shelf BS. OpEd screenshots:

It’s someone’s special day tomorrow and these two cuties are part of the decorations!

PVDFest was a blast!

Join me for a Mosaic build at #PVDFest By Blake’s Tavern!

If you’re going to the RI Philharmonic Pops concert in RW Park tonight, I’ll be there with kits! Come say hi!

One more Triple Decker LEGO build this Wednesday night! www.eventbrite.com/e/triple-dec...

Getting ready for May Breakfast

Traci Picard and I had a great time doing Triple Decker Forever at the Smith Hill library! Next build is May 21: www.eventbrite.com/e/triple-dec...

Still time (just) to sign up for tomorrow's #lego event at Smith Hill! #PVD #RI @ribrickartist.bsky.social

John Kostrzewa (of ‘Walking Rhode Island’ fame) and I enjoyed a great Border Trail hike last Friday. These forests have recently become ‘public lands,’ and despite major illicit, illegal ‘off roading,’ they contain myriad historic & ecological wonders! Pictured here: colonial era storage ‘cave.’

Why do RIers have such a fraught relationship with our most iconic structures? Esp in a time of such housing need? Come talk about it this Wednesday and build one out of LEGO!

Happy Spring! Happy to announce that I’ve partnered with the Roger Williams Park Conservancy to make a new kit, the beautiful and iconic RW Park bandstand! A portion of the proceeds goes to the Conservancy! Check it out at: www.groverlicious.me/rhode-island-lego-kits/

Traci Picard and I had a great time doing our first ‘Triple Decker Forever’ history and LEGO build at Prov Pub Library this past Saturday. We have another session coming up on May 7 at Smith Hill Library on May 7. If you’d like to participate, call the library at 272-4140 to register/get more info!

The Burrillville Land Trust and I have been working a project that depicts climate change via leaf color on LEGO trees! We had a 'soft opening' of our work at Bryant Univ 'REDay.' Stay tuned for more public showings in the Spring!

It was so much fun to create a model of the beautiful Edwards House, a Tiverton Rhode Island cultural gem. The Queen Anne era house has been lovely restored/cared for by the Edwards family and this piece was commissioned by their son celebrate his parents’ hard work!

Friends - I'm super excited to have pieces in 'Metamorphosis,' and Art Show at the WaterFire Arts Center. The show opens tonight and runs all month!

Join Traci Picard and me for a cool event about the history and culture of classic Providence multi-family housing. You can build your own LEGO triple decker! www.eventbrite.com/e/triple-dec...

On this day of San Gisueppe, I wish tanti auguri to my RI paesani from a casino in a gas station in California.

In honor of one of my favorite holidays, I’m dropping a new kit, the ‘Federal Hill Bakery.’ If you lovva the zeppole like Nonna, check it out! www.groverlicious.me/rhode-island-lego-kits

Stay tuned for some exciting Spring programs I’m planning with historian Traci Picard called ‘Triple Decker Forever’ that explore the love/hate relationship RIers have with these iconic multifamily houses. And you’ll get to build your own LEGO triple decker! www.tripledeckerforever.wordpress.com

Having a great time at LUMINA!

Hey all, I’ll be at the LUMINA Festival in downtown Providence. Come build some little LEGO creatures with me!