Tattoo You?
The missionaries who set out to convert the natives of Africa from their heathen ways were particularly irked by the local custom of decorating and marking the body with tattoos, […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
A Day in the Life of a Tattoo Artist
On most work days, I arrive at the tattoo parlor around 11:30 before the doors open at noon. I check messages and call people back. I clean up whatever I may have […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: Me-first Aries is helping out the “other guy” for a change. You’re thinking about how you can serve others and still be your unique, independent self. There’s a bit […]
EDM Events to Swap That Winter Chill with Smokin’ Hot Electronic Vibes
Congratulations, friends and strangers alike: We’ve made it through the bulk of the coldest season here in RI! Fortunately for us, there are several EDM events happening locally over the […]
A Night at the Deli: The Ultimate Jewish Dinner and a Movie
Combining a screening of the film Deli Man with an actual “pop-up” deli traveling from New York City, the Jewish Alliance of Rhode Island will host the aptly-named “A Night […]
News Analysis: Taxing Medical Marijuana
Few issues have proven hotter controversies than the proposal by Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo to impose per-plant taxes and other restrictions on individual growers of medical marijuana. As a […]
A Halitosis Hall War, a Big Oops and RIMHOF Inductees
How Halitosis Hall Works Now that the controversial RhodeWorks tolling plan bill has been rushed through the General Assembly and signed by Governor Gigi, it should now be the legislature’s […]
DareMe: @coreyisafox Tattoo
I awoke at dawn, eager to greet the day. I surveyed my dominion, but soon found that something had gone afoul. Scrawled across many of of my toys, clothes and […]
Rhode Island Spotlight: Telling Foster Kids They Matter
If you think you have a lot of wrapping to do around the holidays, all you have to do is watch as hundreds of volunteers gather over several weeks leading […]
Alt-Nation: Suck and Wastelands. And Music, too
Brrr! Winter is finally here. I miss the old days when it would begin in December and then that one warm day in February came like a beacon of hope […]