The holidays are over and the New Year is upon us; in the Rhode Island film community that means the Providence Children’s Film Festival is coming up soon. The ever-growing and eclectic festival is now in its seventh year and will be running at locations throughout the city February 6 through February 21. This year’s […]
By day, Pittsburgh’s James Addlespurger is a mild-mannered educator at a high school for the creative and performing arts. Armed with chalk and curriculum, he molds impressionable young minds into fine, creative citizens, poised to take on the world. One could argue that his day job is literally doing God’s work. However, when the clock […]
Medical research has proven that stress has a very negative effect on human health. No matter what your problem, stress can make it worse. In many cases, stress opens the door to illness; if there is a virus going around you’re a lot more likely to catch it if you’re frazzled, and type A personalities […]
Every year about this time something amazing happens. I have had the pleasure of being part of it whether sitting in the audience or on the stage. This year, FUNDA Fest turns 18 and is stepping into adulthood with some brand new moves, like live jazz and spoken word, a performance at Brown University’s Rites […]
When I first purchased my Fitbit, I had to explain to people why I was wearing an unattractive piece of plastic jewelry with every outfit I owned, but I think by now everyone has heard of it or one of its competitors. For those who are not as fanatical about exercising as I am, however, […]
I don’t have a drinking problem, but my drinking had become a problem. It last summer, when I foolishly did NOT sign my children up for summer camp, but instead joined my town’s pool club and headed there almost daily. It was fun at first, but by the end of July, the bloom was off […]
With a story that features more twists and turns than a roller coaster, you would expect Deathtrap to be a thrilling ride. Instead, what the Community Players have assembled turns out to be a bloody bore. Playwright Sidney Bruhl (C. Richard Koster) lives with his wife Myra (Michelle Walker) in a secluded country house in […]
January is the time when most people plan to put some spark back into their lives, looking at each new year as a fresh start to a better everything. Resolutions, brand new to-do lists and updated goals are swimming around the heads of many in hopes of a newfound productivity and enlightenment. While accomplishing some […]
My weekends spent in Newport were once filled with beach days and nights in the arcade as a child (plastic ninja swords anyone!?), but now, as my rabble-rousing evenings have taken a more mature spin, late nights lend themselves to even later mornings and the all-too-common urge for a greasy, boozy brunch that might stave […]
Okee dokee folks … have we all settled comfortably into 2016? Hands? I have successfully written the date a couple of times on checks, and I made no resolutions, so I am all set. Besides, I have plenty of stuff left over from last year to take care of. Not resolutions, just stuff. When I […]