No Guns Under the Tree
While visions of sugar plums dance in our heads, our brains are not fully focused. As a result, people fall prey to an astonishing variety of safety and health hazards […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Broadway Bars for a Newport New Year
Shhh … I’m about to let you in on a secret, but you mustn’t tell the New Yorkers: Newport has its own Broadway street, where musicals are not the name […]
Cannabis: Jared Moffat, RI Point-Man for Legalization
Most lists of states likely to end prohibition within the next couple of years do not include Rhode Island, mainly because there is no opportunity for popular initiative referenda on […]
Motif Interviews Tom Evans, aka Procrast, of The White Panda
On December 30, The White Panda will be appearing at Lupo’s for the sixth time. In anticipation of the show, I sat down with Tom Evans, aka Procrast, to talk […]
A 3D World Illuminates
Back in a former life, I was a scientist — a biologist, technically — and somehow I managed to excel in the intricacies of genetic mapping, tracing the effects of […]
Got Beer? Big Mamie
A long time ago, in a brewery far far away … Actually, it was right over the line in Connecticut, where New England Brewing makes their infamous Imperial Stout Trooper, […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: Recent events have shifted your focus and sent you in a new direction. Someone may challenge your authority or behave in a less than cooperative manner. Try not to […]
Pop a Corked Beer on New Year’s Eve
So this is the New Year And I don’t feel any different The clanking of crystal Explosions off in the distance — “The New Year,” Death Cab For Cutie It’s […]
The Hummel Report: Investigation Results in Retirement
Editor’s note: A year ago The Hummel Report unveiled the results of a four-month undercover investigation that showed a Pawtucket Police major spending his work days on the golf course […]
Rub of the Green: How You Can Help Mother Nature … or Not
Saving Planet Earth is usually regarded as a rather large task, embraced by only superheroes or delusional politicians. You can, as a normal citizen, actually play a small part in […]