Providence Honk Festival (Pronk!) celebrates music, but probably not the way you’re used to seeing it celebrated. On October 12, Wickenden Street in Providence will become unusually brassy. Local favorites, like The Extraordinary Rendition Band and What Cheer? Brigade, as well as guests flying in from other locales, will fill the autumn air with a mix […]
Local pop rock vet Pat McGee has been making records and writing music for over 20 years. But it’s safe to say that none of what he’s done in the past compares to his most recent accomplishment, his self-titled new record, Pat McGee. While it qualifies as a rare accomplishment, and it’s beautifully written, it’s […]
And the craziness continues. The first day of autumn falls between a Solar and Lunar Eclipse. Eclipses intensify the energy. With Jupiter’s recent entry into Virgo and Saturn’s shift into Sagittarius, the stage has be set and primed for change. Mercury, the news and information guy, is retrograde and Mars the warrior sits in late […]
I’ll be the first to admit I’m a bit of a beer snob. I like my beer to have a crisp hop flavor or a citrusy bouquet on the nose and a complex malt background. However, I like to think that I’m a bit more open-minded than some of my more hard-nosed kin, which is […]
One could say a little bird told me about the newest addition to the already-fabulous food scene in Warren, and I had been anxiously awaiting my visit to Bywater since I found out about it in March. The official opening took place mid-June, and after only two months, owners Katie and Brian are already all-stars. […]
Even as summer comes to a close, food trucks continue to convene every Friday night at the carousel in Roger Williams Park. This new tradition will continue until Halloween when a costume contest will officially end the season. There’s not much of a chill in the air as fall draws close. But if you think the […]
With summer waning and autumn nearly upon us (how?!), it’s time to look ahead at some of the best upcoming local EDM events. Celebrate in the sun one more time at Sunday Funday, an outdoor event to be held at Tikki Beach (aka, Paddy’s) in Westerly on September 6. House DJ/producer Jus Jack will be on-hand […]
With New England summer winding down and cooler weather approaching, it’ll be time for all the rude boys to get their suits out of the closet and get set to look sharp at a show. Wait. What’s that you say? Rude boys? No, no. I don’t mind. I always relish the chance to nerd out […]
When my boys were babies, I vowed we’d never be one of those families; the ones where the kids are overscheduled, everyone’s frazzled and stressed, and family meals are non-existent. Jump ahead to this past spring, when we were off and running six days a week between t-ball, baseball and karate. The result was one […]
The vaunted Newport Comedy Series, which has brought the likes of Bill Cosby (pre scandal), Jeff Dunham and Cheech and Chong, has moved in more ways than one this year. First, this year it’s mostly in the fall, not summer. That’s a side effect of the other move, from the Newport Yachting Center, the venerable […]