The classic pop and rhythm and blues songs from the 1960s and 1970s are brought to life in the rousing high-energy Motown: The Musical, which opened at the Providence Performing Arts Center on Tuesday. The show is about legendary record executive Berry Gordy, who launched the careers of superstars Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, Marvin Gaye, […]
The backstory of author Leo C. Frisk, Jr is nearly as intriguing as the story itself. Frisk somewhat stumbled into becoming an author. Learning that he was going blind when his son was just 2 years old, he would make up stories for his son, Joseph, with a book in his hand, pretending to read […]
Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, welcome to “Don’t Quit Your Day Job” where we enter the minds of local musician types to find out exactly why they do what they do. In this episode I present to you a Providence icon of multiples genres, an activist on many levels and a protector of […]
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Do you have a nickname? I’m not sure why, but a lot of people have called me Kay-Bird my whole life. What’s your biggest pet peeve? People who are insensitive or just mean. What do you never leave home without? My Leatherman and pink lipstick. Strange combo… What’s your current occupation? Bar manager at The […]
The service industry is changing before our very eyes, and “disruption” is the buzzword of the hour. In the past few years, so-called “sharing economy” companies have been making billions by cutting out the middleman. The transportation services Uber and Lyft are perhaps most synonymous with the movement, but it’s not just ride-sharing; through Airbnb, […]
The Columbus Collective celebrates three years of the Revival of the Columbus Theatre with a mammoth party featuring a mix of both national and local acts from the genres of folk and Americana with even a little bit of rock ‘n’ roll. Since the Columbus reopened in November 2012 as a music venue, it has […]
As permanent employment in some fields shifts by employer choice to temporary and even outsourced workers, a complementary movement toward freelancing by employee choice is gaining strength in the creative fields. A simple web search will trivially turn up a plethora of articles with similar titles: “World’s 5 Best Freelance Websites 2015,” “10 Most Popular […]
Renaissance City Theatre‘s production of the popular musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, now playing at Granite Theatre in Westerly, is a hilarious all-singing, all-dancing gem of a show. Based on the successful 1988 film starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels boasts a script chock-a-block full of raunchy jokes penned by TV writer Jeffrey […]
So, what’s it like to be an artist in Rhode Island? I had the great fortune to speak with four artists who have taken the plunge and made their craft a livelihood, and it was eye-opening and inspiring to hear their stories. I set out to discuss economics with them, but found the resounding theme […]