Progressive Change with Providence Prohibition Party In 1972, one of the first documented hemp festivals in the US took place in Ann Arbor, Mich. It was a response to new Michigan legislation that reduced the penalty for marijuana possession from 10 years to 1 year and the penalty for marijuana sale from a life sentence […]
Met High School Students Pursuit to Save Lives with Wear Aspirin It is a presentation Christian Rijos has given dozens of times over the past year, a pitch from a young entrepreneur with a company and an idea aimed at saving lives. Christian, a 16-year-old sophomore at The Met School in Providence, is co-owner of […]
National and Local Music Surround Rhode Island Summer Okee dokee folks … I know I say this every year; summer is NOT my favorite season. That being said (again), Bananarama’s “Cruel Summer” is the perfect summer song and I think of it on those hot, hot days when I can’t breathe. On the flip side, […]
Forefront of Electricity, Nikola Tesla There have been many golden ages throughout history, times of enlightenment and unbound creativity when the human race advanced forward by leaps and bounds. Times when we dared the impossible and soared beyond our wildest dreams. Times such as the Renaissance, The Industrial Age, the Space Age and the Electric […]
The Artist’s Exchange is currently in rehearsal for its 9th Annual One Act Play Festival, opening July 25. Over 250 short plays were submitted from local, regional and national playwrights and then selected for performance by a panel of directors/artists. All casts feature community actors ranging in age from 9 to 79. During Wave 1, […]
The weekend of June 20 featured more than 50 roller derby bouts with teams from around the world in the annual East Coast Derby Extravaganza (ECDX) in Feasterville, Penn. A mix of regulated and all-star exhibition bouts, ECDX offers a variety of some of the best of the sport. On the 21st, the ranked #69 […]
Let’s face it. Opera is a tough sell in America. To really appreciate it requires focus, which is severely lacking in a world of constant verbal and electronic chatter. Some of the finest works are sung in Italian or German. Operatic vocal style is considered by many to be an acquired taste – but then […]
For decades, Barrington has been considered one of Rhode Island’s most affluent communities. But Wilton Spencer knew that not everyone in town was wealthy. In 1933 Spencer drafted a will that one day would leave millions of dollars and a mission: to help “poor and unfortunate people in Barrington.” And in 2005 the town received […]
Fantastical creatures come alive Five months ago the staff at The Avenue Concept, home to the Avenue Gallery, wondered about the fictional creatures that come alive in the imagination and art of their fellow creatives. They wanted this version of their ongoing series of exhibits to take us beyond the 2D approach of street art […]
48 Hour Film Festival Comes to Providence For months you’ve been getting your team ready, and then you get the assignment: a genre, a prop, a line of dialogue and a character. Now you’ve got just 48 hours to make a movie! It’s going to be an intense, sleepless, caffeine-driven madhouse of creativity and chaos. But […]