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Books
Book Review: Joanne Mead’s Tiger Tiger: Underlying Crimes
Tiger Tiger is the second book in author Joann Mead’s Underlying Crimes series, though the books aren’t connected in ...
Cannabis
Cannabis Regulatory Updates
Rhode Island: Governor’s Budget Despite some very promising material in the initial draft of Governor Gina Raimondo’s 2018-2019 budget, the ...
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
Beyond Solo: Riding the Independent Wave of Film in RI This Summer
If you’re looking to move beyond Solo, super heroes and adults playing tag, consider these summer movie alternatives. Let’s begin ...
Fine Arts
Designing for Doris: David Webb Jewelry and Newport’s Architectural Gems and “To Preserve and Restore”: Newport Restoration Foundation at 50
What happens when you put jewelry and Newport history in parallel exhibitions? Amazing things. The Newport Restoration Foundation marks ...
Food
This July: Bootcamp for Budding Food Business Entrepreneurs
Several years ago I worked as a professor at a military academy, so when I think of bootcamp, I envision ...
Got Beer?
Beer On Earth Here in RI
Hot enuf for ya?!? This batch o’ way-cool brew news will offer a respite from the heat… The last ...
Keep on Moving
Keep On Moving: Alt-Nation Gets a Makeover
After like 13 years of writing under Alt-Nation, it is weird to say fuck that, but I’m nobody’s go-to for ...
Lifestyle
What Is A Smart City Anyway?
This past June was a bright month of creativity in Providence. The City hosted its annual PVD Fest, which ...
Lunar Notes
Lunar Notes
Aries: Get ready for some changes in your home/career — one impacts the other. A shift is taking place in your ...
News
What Is A Smart City Anyway?
This past June was a bright month of creativity in Providence. The City hosted its annual PVD Fest, which ...
Opinion
Family Separation: A Need for “Common Sense and a Heart”
My friend of some years asked to remain anonymous as she explains the dangers of the federal government policy of ...
Phillipe & Jorge
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: In Which Your Superior Correspondents Wonder What This World Is Coming To
As the Horror Hits Closer to Home When yet another man with a gun entered the office of the Capital Gazette newspaper ...
Pin-Up/Profile
Pin up: The Catnip Junkies featuring Mike and Beth Silvia
Are you cat people or dog people? We are all about the cat! But we love other people’s dogs. They’re ...
Roots Report
The Roots Report: Summer Is Bitchin’ and So Am I
Okee dokee folks… Have I mentioned that I #%@*<!@ hate summer? (I am refraining from profanity; Mom was mad that I ...
Shopping
Locale Profile: The Joint on 6
Sometimes, a spontaneous idea quickly comes together, turning into a successful business model. Christopher Langevin lost his job as ...
Sports
Providence Roller Derby: A New Season with New Names
From an outsider’s perspective, the 2018 travel season for PRD’s Rhode Island Riveters seemed like a tough struggle, but those ...
Theater
Moonlight and Magnolias: The Creative Process Behind Gone with the Wind
Often considered among the greatest films of all time, Gone with the Wind got off to a wildly inauspicious start. ...
