The Day After St. Paddy’s: A Progressive Hangover Cure
There’s a reason my Irish friends want to be in the US for St. Paddy’s Day, and it’s not because we know how to keep it low-key. Parades and music, […]
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The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Phillipe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Gordo Golightly, a Hill of Scandals, and Some Local Talent
Bribes and Bullshit There are bribes and then there are “contributions,” the latter of which won’t pass the laugh test when you pull them off at a political scale that […]
Fabulously Entertaining Blue Leaves Urges Audiences to Cherish Reality
John Guare’s dark, biting, yet somehow sweet family drama The House of Blue Leaves was last produced in RI almost exactly a year ago by Next Generation Theatre. In the […]
Album Of The Week: Pile’s You’re Better Than This
Roaring out of the burgeoning Boston music scene with intensity and vigor, Pile has an amazing sound that sonically can peel the paint off of walls. Imagine if CBGB legends […]
Ask Dr. Brilliant Cliche and the Granny Doctor: Why Can’t I Find a Guy Like Dear Old Dad?
Dear Dr. Brilliant Cliché; I am having terrible luck with relationships and I don’t understand why. I have heard that girls usually look for someone who resembles their father and […]
Five Choreographers Join Forces for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
After a long, snowy winter, spring is right around the corner and the State Ballet of Rhode Island looks to heat things up by presenting their annual spring performance nearly […]
Film Review: Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
To follow up my previous piece about the great films showing at Il Cinema Ritrovato next week, I am reviewing another film that will be shown during the festival: Investigation Of A […]
PROVedge: Sometimes You Gotta Wipe Your Nose
“Can you please go inside?” I begged toward the rooftop, where a soon-to-be 70-year-old man was slouched over in a defiant hunch, his Ryobi chainsaw revving. “No, get the lah-duh!” […]
St Vincent Puts Lupo’s In A Trance
On March 8, at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, there was something incredible going on. Annie Clark, better known under the moniker St. Vincent, made her presence felt by bringing the noise […]