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Monday 8am - 4pm Thursday 8am - 6pm Friday 8am - 4pm Saturday 10am - 6pm Sunday 10am - 6pm

Small Format

Small Format is a Q***r “3rd” space+cocktails+cafe & art gallery!

08/28/2026

What Autumn flavors are you dreaming of? Let us make those dreams come true! 🎃

07/20/2026

Q***r Bookclub is back after our Summer Break! The last Monday of the month we’ll be reading a collection of short stories titled “Fat Swim” by Emma Copley Eisenberg. Each short story’s q***r, fat & trans representation offers readers a seasonal place to swim through our inherent interconnectedness, joy, and relational complexities. This read is sexy, fiercely loving, and starkly honest. The author offers this raw, radical read as a book about “the space between the real self and the self the world and the internet reduces us to, particularly for women, fat people, and q***r people. But it is also for anyone who has ever been confused about the great mystery that is being a human being with a body.“

Q***r Bookclub is free and there is no need to sign up, just bring yourself! We’ll have drinks, and snacks available for purchase. Use your library card at or buy your book from your favorite local bookstore like or

07/16/2026

Open art show call now open! Submissions due by 8/3 at midnight. The erotic.

The erotic as a source of aliveness-—an aliveness that connects us to ourselves and each other.

This exhibition invites us to explore:

How q***rness shapes our erotic knowledge.

Forms of intimacy, care, desire, grief, joy, and connection that emerge outside of dominant frameworks.

Q***r and trans embodiments of pleasure, desire, and self-determination.

Erotic power as refusal, softness, rage, play, tenderness, and/or rest.

Non-normative intimacies, chosen family, and q***r relationally.

Practices that resist commodification and spectacle in favor of presence, sensation, and truth.

The erotic as a site of empowerment, intimacy, and self-definition.

Reclaiming joy, sensation, and connection as political and creative acts.

We are primarily looking for 2D visual art in mediums of painting, photography, fiber arts, poetry and all kinds of print based practices. We are accepting submissions that also include: installation, performance, video, sound, text-based work, experimental practices, and interdisciplinary approaches. We welcome both emerging and established artists. Eligibility: Open to artists of all backgrounds! QTBIPOC artists to the front.

07/03/2026

We’re open this weekend! Come by after the Wickenden St Carnival and get a refreshing sip to cool off!

06/27/2026

On the last day of Pride Month we’re teaming up with a Apothica Herbs + Coffee Bar to bring you a family-centered free Pride Event! Two drag acts will be reading stories and we’ll have coloring supplies for the kiddos. There will be lite fare for purchase (Apothica’s famous Mac & Cheese) plus pastries and cafe sips.

06/22/2026

It’s still Pride Month so we’re not slowing down just yet—but damn, let’s take a moment to appreciate how beautiful the weekend was! Thank you to Project Weber/RENEW, Tameka Eastman-Coburn, Craftland, Rocky Lane , and all the many hands who helped make our yearly Overdose Prevention Training, Pride Popup, and Juneteenth celebration possible! Stay tuned for more Pride Month events beginning again tomorrow, Monday June 22nd with “Disabili-Tea” from 6:00-7:00pm in collaboration with Strange Offerings

06/18/2026

A few of the plants we’ll be giving away for Juneteenth tomorrow starting at 10am ❤️‍🔥

06/17/2026

It’s hump day, which means PVD PRIDE WEEKEND is almost here! Tomorrow we’ll be kicking things off with our annual Overdose Prevention Training “How To Party Safer” !!

On Friday, come through for Juneteenth where we’ll be offering Free Plants for Black Folks, as well as some drink specials and immaculate snacks and vibes.

Saturday, find us popping up downtown at for a Q***r Cafe and Mocktail bar.

Rounding out the weekend, “Disability-tea” a tea party and craftivity for the LGBTQIA+ spoonie, chronically ill, and disabled community. This event will offer free supplies to make your masks a little more beautiful with mask jewelry and chains! Plus, we’re teaming up with to bring you medicinal tea for the tea party! 🫖

06/15/2026

Worldwide (q***r) Q***r Knit in Public Day year 4 🧶 ! Thanks for coming out to join us for this International Feminist Fiber Arts Event, we love yall!

06/13/2026

Tomorrow! We’ll be hosting Worldwide (q***r) Knit in Public Day! Get to know the artists coming to join the International feminist craft-tivity with their accompanying song!

First up: Alys-Jade (they/them) ! A local q***r musician who explores themes of q***r pain and healing through their music. Although they have played music for most of their life, they are just starting to explore solo live performance and are excited to share their art!
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“RockyVerse” aka Rocky Lane he/him is a creative entrepreneur, community advocate, and current Small Format doula hailing originally from Austin Texas! Rocky has been releasing music and creative works with collaborators for over 25 years. He writes songs on relationships and community connection. One of his first and only solo performances was at the age of 19, the rest of his career has been focused on compositions for hire and band performances. He has cared for a small loyal audience of patrons and fans through authentic media creation and social impact storytelling. His style is a blend of folk, blues, rock, and southern gospel.
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And last but not least on the ukulele: Kim Johnson (she/they) also known as Psych Major! Psych Major is the project of quirky indie folk/pop/rock artist and music therapist, Kim Johnson (she/they). Layering vulnerable lyrics, evocative vocals, and atypical instrumentation, they explore aspects of psychology and existentialism, including the more taboo parts. She does so unapologetically in hope that this will cultivate validation, empathy, and a sense of shared humanity for anyone who happens to be listening. Previously, Kim released a full length album under the name KJ Johnson as well as an EP and series of music videos with experimental folk duo, Goat & Lion.
In short, if Iggy Pop and Mr. Rogers had a baby, it would sound like this.

Address

335 Wickenden Street
Providence, RI
02903

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4pm
Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 4pm
Saturday	10am - 6pm
Sunday	10am - 6pm

Telephone

+14018086139

Website

https://www.instagram.com/smallformatpvd

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