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Providence, Rhode Island
Queer shop and community hub on Wickenden Street.
Small Format is a queer-cooperatively run cafe, bar and gallery at 335 Wickenden Street, opened in 2020 as a space explicitly by and for Providence's LGBTQ+ community. The front of house pours coffee and cocktails and puts out sandwiches and pastries, while the walls function as a rotating exhibition room for local and queer artists, with shows often tied to a social-justice cause. What sets it apart is the programming, which treats the space as a community hub more than a coffee shop: a weekly queer knitting circle, sapphic speed dating, drag story hours, harm-reduction events, and artist talks built around a stated 'collective liberation' mission. It's small, cooperative, and a little earnest in the best way. For a queer traveler it's the daytime counterpart to a night out, the spot to land with a coffee, see what's on the walls, and find the city's creative queer community in one room.
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