Okee dokee folks … The other night I experienced The Buddy Holly Story at Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck. I get to at least one of the shows down there every summer. My parents, on the other hand, have had season tix in the same seats for almost 40 years. After the show my father […]
If you live in other, more civilized parts of the country, you may already know about Drizly, but for us Rhode Island Luddites, Drizly is a website/app where you can shop for alcohol online and have it delivered to your home. I bet I know what you’re thinking. “What an amazing idea! Why didn’t […]
In the 2010s what does it mean to be a rock ‘n’ roll band from Los Angeles? Are LA bands extending the thread of legendary Sunset Strip glam or are they blazing their own trail? What if it’s a little bit of both? Rival Sons has that going on by fusing a vintage rock edge […]
If you think you’ve heard everything about the dangers of smoking, just sit in on Jessica Walters’ class for half an hour and you might be surprised. Walters, who teachers 6th grade at the Woodlawn Regional Catholic School in Pawtucket, is using a new nationwide program called “Get Smart About Tobacco,” developed by Scholastic, the […]
Two sound cues provide a bittersweet frame for the trajectory of The Buddy Holly Story, now in a swaggeringly triumphant run at Bill Hanney’s Theatre by the Sea in Matunuck. As the show opens, before the glittering ice blue curtain opens to reveal what seems to be the tiniest of sets, we hear a radio […]
If you’re anything like me, you read the Odyssey back in school and remember maybe a little about Odysseus’s wife Penelope. It’s not a spoiler for Epic Theatre’s production of The Penelopiad, Margaret Atwood’s stage adaptation of her own novella, to say that director Kira Hawkridge takes inspiration for her stage pictures from Penelope’s most […]
Since its beginnings at The Spot Underground during the summer of 2014, Madcap Mondays has become one of the best ways Providence live music lovers can start their week. It isn’t your average open mic, it’s more of a burgeoning artistic community where you can let your freak flag fly. Leaning more towards the variety […]
For most of us, our daily lives are full to the brim with the stress of our “daily grind.” Our world is overwhelmingly focused on meeting our work, family and financial obligations and keeping up with everyone else on our shared societal treadmill. Dare to slow down and take a breath while the world […]
When people talk about the greatest guitar players of all time, Jimi Hendrix is always mentioned by one person and then agreed upon by everyone else in the conversation. How can you not think of Hendrix when it comes to being one of, if not the best guitarists of all time? In a short time […]
Over time, an established band might go in all sorts of directions musically. They could eventually go off the deep end and completely alienate their fan base, leaving them wishing for a return to the form that made them so great in the first place. Or the act will take chances that add to their […]