The jam band scene in New England is a very talented one. Numerous acts incorporate styles of funk, reggae, folk and progressive rock to capture a feeling that’s contagious. The Boston-born act Dopapod, currently based in Brooklyn, has a vintage style of prog rock that’s uniquely wonderful. They’ll be coming to Providence to get weird […]
FRI 29 Dancing Feeling Ugly Sweater Party: Wear your ugliest Christmas attire and get ready to ballroom dance! Couples and singles welcome. Beginners encouraged. 8 – 11pm, Prices vary. The Dancing Feeling, 2429 Post Rd, Warwick. dancingfeeling.com Something From A Dream – Providence Honors Tom Petty: Rock that won’t back down. 7:30pm. Columbus Theatre, 270 […]
Dear C; The holidays aren’t even over, and already I feel so bloated and disgusting that I can’t stand to look at myself. I keep wearing the same stretch pants with various tunic tops and scarves over them. Nothing else fits. But I feel so left out and sad if I go to a party […]
Caroling is part of the Christmas tradition. Ordinary folks gracing their neighborhood with their own style of holiday cheer is commonplace in many cities. Fox Point on the PVD East Side, one of the city’s neighborhoods with an artistic temperament, is putting their own spin on it. Wickenden Wonderland – Thursday, Dec 21, 6-8pm – […]
THU 21 Chuck and Brad’s Best Christmas Show Ever: A live comedy holiday and variety show inspired by the local music podcast of the same name. 8pm, RI Comedy Connection, 39 Warren Ave, East Providence. ricomedyconnection.com FRI 22 Sparkle! An Outdoor Family Event: Enjoy Blithewold’s marshmallow-roasting-Christmas-carol-singing-cocoa-sipping-strolling-through-the-twinkling-garden-paths-fun-for-the-whole-family event! Free Hot Cocoa! S’mores kits are available for […]
On Saturday, December 30, Tight Crew invite us to meet them at “Magic Kingdom,” but fret not. We don’t have to go all the way to Orlando to join the New Year’s Eve-eve celebratory shenanigans! Instead, the RI-based electronic event production company is transforming The Met at Hope Artiste Village and Breaktime Bowl (1005 […]
MyCompiledThoughts, an artist from Boston, has a transcendent energy that makes him more of an anomaly than a musician. Nothing about him or his music is reminiscent of much that comes to mind. He is not a compilation of his musical inspirations, but an enigmatic soul who drops subtle nods to artists who motivate him. MyCompiled describes his […]
Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but it contains an abundance of green and blue places ripe for investigation. Your two feet can carry you along our treasured bay, through the largest forest between Washington DC and Boston, past the stony remnants of historic New England farm buildings, and among the calling birds of […]
I signed 15 different non-disclosures to screen Star Wars: The Last Jedi. But I knew that this movie needed to be reviewed. How else would people know to go see it? The lights went down. The excitement was overwhelming. The trumpets trumpeted. The scroll scrolled. But as the story began to unfold, it felt … familiar. Not […]
The goal of a 12-step program is not to get you to climb up high enough to jump and kill yourself, but playwright Young Jean Lee seems to employ that as her model for Christianity. Repeated references to going through “doors to God” make the afterlife sound so attractive that Lee presents Christianity as a […]