Time to Do Something
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. — Edmund Burke, philosopher and politician, and a big fan of the American Revolution, 1729-1797. […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
The Hummel Report: Working for the People of Scituate
In a traditionally very blue state, the town of Scituate, Rhode Island, has been an outlier. In fact, the Republican Party has controlled the town council going back to 1913 and […]
In Anticipation Of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will open nationwide on December 16 and for some, this entry in the long-running Star Wars saga is the most anticipated. After the fan-disappointing prequel […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World
Fake News For many years Phillip & Jorge thought of ourselves as pioneers of fake news, but that was long before the current virulent strain of fake news arrived. It […]
The Kindness of Strangers
2016 has been a hell of a year. And with a Tweeting Tyrant poised to enter the White House, we totter precariously into 2017. Most of us are going to […]
Alt-Nation: The Best of The Best
The last column of the year for music journalists is typically reserved for “Best of” lists, or so says my inbox, which is flooded with suggestions from various publicists. Anyways, […]
The Grinch Who Stole The Nutcracker
For the dancers at Festival Ballet Providence, the year’s production of The Nutcracker will be remembered as the year “The Grinch Tried to Steal Misha’s Nutcracker.” For nearly 20 years, the […]
DoodleBox – December 2016
by M Dimucci
Carol’s Christmas at Arctic Playhouse Puts the Community Back into Theater
I must admit that my jaw dropped when I opened my program and saw there were over 30 people involved in The Radioactive Theatre Company’s holiday show Carol’s Christmas. […]