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Books
Been a While: Sex Camel is pillow talk for modern lovers
Muggs Fogarty tackles not only the subject of sex, but all the complications and emotions that come with it in ...
Cannabis
Cannabis: Doctor, Doctor!: Prohibition causes people dealing with medical conditions to needlessly suffer
With the increasing cost of healthcare and the prevalence of chronic disease in the United States, it’s really no surprise that ...
Dare Me
Global Scavenger Hunt
“Win a Free Trip Around the World!” the subject line said. Because I suffer from wanderlust, I apply to every ...
Environment
How I Became the Motif Weatherman
Weather is an endlessly fascinating topic: It affects everybody and can literally be a matter of life and death. Forecasting ...
Film
Code Name: Dynastud – A raunchy romp through a dystopian future
A substantial raunch-com, this latest Scorpio Film Releasing movie follows a gay secret agent/superhero who combats the forces of repression ...
Fine Arts
Providence Street Art Festival 2018
The Providence Street Art Festival was held at the downtown skating rink on Oct 20, 2018. Photos by Cristina Berrios ...
Food
Thoughtful American: Chef Ben Lloyd keeps it local
For those who knew Ben Lloyd as a younger man, his career as the owner/chef of Providence’s warm and welcoming ...
Got Beer?
Happy New Beer! 2019 brings new places and faces
The new year has ushered in some “new” places to get your beer on. Let’s start with the evolution taking ...
Keep on Moving
Keep on Movin’: New Year, New You: Resolve to end your music dry spell this year
I’m already toward the end of my annual “go though an exercise routine for two weeks and pretty much give up” ...
Lifestyle
Don’t Gluten Me, Bro!: Celiac is a thing, not a fad, and restaurants need to step up their game
For fad diets, gluten-free means cutting out bread, pasta and beer; it’s a preference, not a necessity. Celiac disease, on ...
Lunar Notes
Lunar Notes
Aries: Recent events have shifted your focus and set you off in a new direction. You are energized and ready for ...
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: RI’s Infant Mortality Rate
Pregnant Lashonda Hazard walked into Women & Infants on Sunday [1/6/19] because she had excruciating abdominal pain; in her own ...
Phillipe & Jorge
Philippe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Elbow-rubbing with Evil: Czars to the left of him, despots to the right
Mass Murderers, Inc. Way back in our childhoods, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, P&J trusted our country to be moving ...
Pin-Up/Profile
Pin-Up: Wayne St. Vincent
What’s your biggest pet peeve? I’ve got a lot of ’em. The biggest one is people on the phone when ...
Roots Report
The Roots Report: Beating a Deaf Horse: Protect those gorgeous lugholes, music lovers!
Okee dokee folks… Sometimes I feel like I am beating a dead horse, err, DEAF horse, when I talk about ...
Shopping
Know Your Mom and Pop: Super V Toys — the Latest Local Spot to Feed Your Need
The superhero movies that have dominated pop culture over the past decade or so are a boon for small businesses. Comic ...
Sports
PRD: Wrapping up the shakeup
The year of the skater shakeup is coming to a close in Providence Roller Derby. Many of the veterans of ...
Theater
Word of Mouth: The cross-cultural magic of storytelling comes alive at Funda Fest
Oral storytelling is one of the oldest traditions known to man; the intimacy of storytelling was how groups of people ...
