Editor’s Letter: April Brown
Just before the new year, I was sitting on the beach in Takoradi, Ghana, and I heard a voice deep from within me ask, “What is your deepest desire?” As […]
Through Friday, April 26 City Personnel, in partnership with Dorcas International, are accepting new clothes donations as part of their commitment to give back to the community. They are looking
March 28 @ 8:00 am - April 26 @ 5:00 pmThe 51st annual exhibit of works in clay.
April 25 - May 18Browse a vast selection of new jewelry while sipping wine with your pals.
April 25 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmA chance to ask stand-up comedians Kevin Ryan and H. Foley your garbage questions.
April 25 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmA New England-based acoustic duo.
April 25 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmBilly Joel Tribute.
April 26 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmBlues band and an island dance party.
April 26 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmObservational comedy.
April 26 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRoots-tinged rock and bluesy reverie.
April 26 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmA Rolling Stones tribute band.
April 26 @ 8:30 pm - April 27 @ 12:00 amFolk singer-songwriter.
April 27 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pmStand-up comedian known for deadpan humor.
April 27 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmMusic director Toshiyuki Shimada conducts Haydn and Stravinsky Finale.
April 27 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmThe return of vocalist and violinist Mary Ramsey performing Maniacs favorites.
April 27 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmCountry music scene.
April 27 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmNYC based comedian.
April 28 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmResplendent in satin and denim, LZ2 delivers the intense, raw energy and dynamics of songs.
April 28 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmSwing/Boogie Woogie/Rhythm & Blues/Soul and Motown.
May 1 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmAcoustic artist.
May 2 @ 9:00 pm - May 3 @ 12:00 amJust before the new year, I was sitting on the beach in Takoradi, Ghana, and I heard a voice deep from within me ask, “What is your deepest desire?” As […]
When I invited the group of women whose words fill the following pages to contribute to this issue, I gave them a quote from Dr. Anna Julia Cooper as a […]
You could give your Valentine a box of ordinary candies from the corner store, but why be basic when you could be brilliant? We heart Rhode Island Spirits’ Rhodium Coffee […]
Eleven months into the pandemic, nursing home workers continue to bear much of the burden of Rhode Island’s front lines without much to show for it. In a field dominated […]
Salutations! H.L.Popinjay here with the second edition of The Cabinet, your monthly torrent of twaddle aimed at the high muckety-mucks in power in the so-called Ocean State. In case you […]
George Cardono, the creator of our beloved Nibbles Woodaway (better known as the Big Blue Bug), died last week at the age of 88. Nibbles was the result of a […]
In my community people see me as mother, minister and leader. I am also wife, sister, daughter, niece, cousin, auntie, godmother and friend. In all of these roles I put my […]
I have been in the service business for 35 years, yet I have never liked the word “service.” As a Black woman, the word feels demeaning. As a human, it feels […]
My career as an educator includes responsibilities to myself, the discipline of dance, and Rhode Island College, the institution that I currently serve. I show up as an African American […]
Domestic violence incidents have skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, with reported emergency calls up by at least 70% . While social distancing, isolating and quarantining are mere nuisances for some […]