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Theater
Superb Cast Buoys Middletown
If the smash 1990s sitcom “Seinfeld” can be considered a show about nothing, then Middletown, by playwright Will Eno, is ...
Got Beer?
Got Beer? Return to Your Roots, Jim!
Recently I read an article where Boston Beer Company founder Jim Koch received rather a nasty shock when out at ...
Books
Book Review: Raymond A. Wolf’s Gramma Larson Remembers Elvis Presley
Elvis is arguably one of the most influential artists of all time. He bridged the gap between the white-dominated country ...
Cannabis
Why Oklahoma & Nebraska Hate America’s Children
Colorado just celebrated their one year anniversary of legalized recreational cannabis. Though the results of regulation and taxation did not ...
Dare Me
DareMe: Becoming a Sparkling Beatnik — There Will Be A Show
Hi Katie, Writing to see if you’d be interested in “infiltrating” the Empire Revue for the November “Behind the Scenes” ...
Film
Braving the Terrorists at the Cable Car Cinema
The Cable Car Cinema in Providence was among a phalanx of independent theaters that screened The Interview after all of the ...
Fine Arts
Funda Fest Returns to RI
It’s story time once again as Rhode Island Black Storytellers puts on their 17th annual family festival, Funda Fest. FUNDA, meaning ...
Food
Locale Profiles: Providence Coal-Fired Pizza — Pizza and Bowling Night Just Got a Lot More Exciting
My husband and I recently took our boys to the Kingstown Bowl for a night of bowling, pizza and beer/lemonade. ...
Lifestyle
I’m a Good Mom, I Swear!
This year I made only one New Year’s resolution: Stop swearing in front of my children. I thus far rationalized ...
Lunar Notes
Lunar Notes Jan 15 – February 4
Aries: Your focus is on plans for the future as you reach or revise your goals in life. You may get ...
Opinion
Opinion: Sony Appeases North Korea
North Korea is one of history’s most brutal, irrational, vicious, and cruel regimes. The so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea ...
Pin Up of the Month
January Pinup of the month: Miss Wensday of Cotillion
MISS WENSDAY Cotillion What do you never leave home without? My disarming smile; it’s like a skeleton key that can ...
Shopping
Know Your Mom and Pop: Hillside Barber Shop
Though the Internet has taken over our lives, there are still a few things that can’t be done with a ...
Sports
Extreme Picnicking
Last year around this time in the season, my restless friends and I began to develop a new hobby. Refusing ...
Alt Nation
Alt-Nation: Littlefoot, Season of the Witch and Ravi Shavi
Littlefoot – Night of The Living Dreams On their new release, Night of The Living Dreams, Littlefoot offer up a ...
Roots Report
The Roots Report: Rocking into the New Year
Okee dokee folks … Here we are again, zipping along to the finish of another year. I know that this ...
