Bleed for This Hits the Big Screen Next Month
Paz has rightfully become the stuff of Rhode Island legend, a topic of constant local – and national – discussion in the ’80s and ’90s. Soon, that legend will be […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Is This Jazz? Reclaiming The Standard
Last article I briefly dove into the concept of the “standard,” one of the foundations of jazz heritage and education. They represent one of the core principles that has defined […]
Rats Chase the Cheese to the Championship
Many questions were prompted on the days leading to PRD’s September 10 bout of the Old Money Honeys vs. the Sakonnet River Roller Rats. Both teams not only would be short […]
Talking Beer with Sean Larkin
For two decades, Sean Larkin has been synonymous with brewing in Rhode Island. From Trinity Brewhouse to Revival to Brutopia to his work with Narragansett Beer on their mash-ups, Lovecraft […]
Alt-Health: Continuing Addiction
Every 19 minutes, someone dies in this country from an opioid overdose. Many of these are from prescription pain medicine, but overdose deaths have also soared among users of psychiatric […]
Build Up to Beervana with Providence Beer Week
So, you may have heard of this thing called Beervana, the Nirvana for beer nerds. But such beer lovers — and food lovers and socialites and human beings alike — […]
Cannabis & Driving Impairment
With nine states voting on marijuana reform this November, driving under the influence of cannabis is going to become a situation that requires standards and regulations to protect users and […]
Steve Smith and the Nakeds Rock the GIBF
I’ve always felt a special kinship to Steve Smith and the Nakeds because like me they have been a rocking and a rolling since 1973. They as a band and […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: Seems like everyone is confrontational lately. They’re in your face and you’re in theirs. Some of this has been downright nasty, but the energy is shifting, allowing a little kindness […]
One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Madness Is Divinest Sense
Poet Emily Dickinson, who was more than a little odd herself, noted that madness is what society ascribes to those who do not conform: “Assent, and you are sane ;/Demur, […]