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Is This Jazz? Axes at the Fort: The Newport Jazz Festival returns
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Cultural Evolution: Journalist on the scene at Woodstock discusses the media then and now
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The Roots Report: An Interview with Kurt Vile
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Friday Night Live: The smallest state’s smallest (and hottest) concert series
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Keep On Movin’: Shoegazing: Lazy Magnet’s strong attraction
Books
Beach Reads: Books for Summer
Abundance by Michael Fine (320 pages, PM Press, published May 1, 2019). Doctors among warriors occupy an unusual position in ...
Cannabis
It’s Festival Season! Your guide to safe, secure and sensible cannabis use this summer
Let’s face it, smoking weed at music festivals is nothing new — 50 years ago Woodstock became the earth mother ...
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
Unclogging the Drain: New project encourages local citizens to help keep trash out of the oceans
Some of the best benevolent ideas can come from unlikely and unexpected places. A few years ago, Bonnie Combs, marketing ...
Film
Womanimation! Celebration
On June 29, some of the best women-created animation from around the world will be featured at AS220 for the ...
Fine Arts
Highlights of Yesterday’s Pieces: A selected guide to the RISD Museum collection
Mummy of Nesmin, 170-30 BCE: It rest among us! The mummy Nesmin is the heart and soul of the museum’s ...
Food
Howie Wowie! Howie’s farm-to-table restaurant opens in North Providence
It takes a lot to woo me with carrot soup, and I admit I was skeptical when a fellow food-lover ...
Got Beer?
Got Beer?: More Beer Is Better! A new beer bill hits the gov’s desk
Two issues ago, we celebrated the third anniversary of the bettering of Rhode Island’s beer laws while bemoaning the fact ...
Health
AltHealth: CDC’s Latest Outbreaking News
I like to check out the CDC.gov website at least every other week to catch the latest Vital Signs and ...
Keep on Moving
Keep On Movin’: Shoegazing: Lazy Magnet’s strong attraction
Lazy Magnet’s Tide Lazy Magnet is the longtime recording project helmed by PVD musician Jeremy Harris, who began recording music ...
Lifestyle
Local Filmmaker’s Latest Casting
Breaking limbs — even fake breaking limbs — is never fun, unless you work for Motif. It was a Sunday, ...
Lunar Notes
Lunar Notes
Aries: While there are a lot of fun and games in your life these days, you cannot avoid certain tasks and ...
Opinion
AltFacts: We Wouldn’t Have Gone Anyway: Our tin foil hat is at the cleaners
Social Mold What do Facebook, Twitter and the mold under my big toe have in common? They’re all full of ...
Phillipe & Jorge
Philippe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Good Night, Sweet Prince: Your superior correspondents bid a fond farewell to a state treasure
See Ya, Pal Phillipe and Jorge lost a good friend when legendary reporter Jim Taricani passed away. It would now ...
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: An Interview with Kurt Vile
Okee dokee folks… A few months back my bandmate Dan Lilley came to rehearsal with a CD in his hand ...
Shopping
Bristol’s Ode to Historic Hotpoint: A restored sign lights Bristol’s streets
Santa visited historic downtown Bristol early this year — on May 11, one still-cool Friday night. Swapping his sleigh for ...
Sports
Providence Roller Derby: Rhodey Robin Roundup
The second ever Rhodey Robin tournament is in the books with Providence Roller Derby’s A and B teams claiming three ...
Theater
Extra! Extra! TBTS Newsies Is a Heartwarming Theater Experience
In the summer of 1899, the New York City newsboys went on strike, inspiring urban, working children around the country ...
