HxC: The New Wave of Hardcore
Music has such a wide variety of sound and styles it’s hard to capture everything a band or musician has to offer under one specific genre. Hardcore is no exception. […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Roller Derby: Feel the Intensity
If you missed Providence Roller Derby’s return to the Bank of America Skating Pavilion in Providence, you missed one of the most storytelling, down-to-the-wire games in PRD history. Already leading […]
IMBIBE: Back to School Special
Why do we eagerly throw ourselves into the festivities and foods we ought to celebrate before it’s actually time for them? For example, pumpkin beer in August, winter porters in […]
A Theater Primer for the Uninitiated
Rhode Island theater, for the uninitiated, can be a complex mess of posters, social media events and pages of listings in the local papers. Even those folks who have been […]
The New England Green Rush — Tip of the Legalization Spear
As the November midterm elections approach, the Northeast is poised to be the new tip of the spear for the legalization movement. While Portland, Oregon, saw marijuana reform defeated in […]
Hey, Muggles — It’s Quidditch Time!
It’s that time of year again; the leaves start to fall, apples are ripe for picking and young people start running across open fields on broomsticks, hurling a deflated volleyball […]
To Pee or Not to Pee: An All-Pug Hamlet Media Frenzy
Kevin Broccoli is a serious man: artistic director of Rhode Island’s Epic Theatre, author of plays and monologues that have been performed by literally hundreds of actors, and an acclaimed […]
Not So Great Gatsby: Driving Mr. Gatsby
Dear Nick: Driving on the short but uniquely Rhode Islandish stretch of I95 that serves as a spine for the state, I saw a guy transporting a long metal ladder. […]
Got Beer? Here’s What Newcomers Need to Know
Providence was once but a speck on the map of the craft beer world, with nary a watering hole to be found. Now, however, brewpubs and beer bars are coming […]
Golfing for a Cause Is a Hole in One
Brad Faxon presided over a reunion of sorts in the parking lot behind The Rhode Island Country Club — the place where he first picked up a set up golf […]