It’s New Year’s Eve. The holidays are over. You’ve seen all of your family, you’re fat with love/comfort food and now it’s time to celebrate 2018 with friends. You want to go out and you want to have fun. Providence has so many options. How to choose? You can go to a show. You can […]
‘Tis the season for looking back at this crazy, stressful, psyche-denting year. We’re brain-deep in top 10 lists and high/lowlights, but since this is part of the Got Beer? franchise, we’ve been reflecting on hoppy happenings. So here are some of the notable developments in the Year In Beer ’Round Here: New (and bigger) breweries: Three […]
I recently decided to steer toward darker beers, and to my wonderful surprise there are still breweries making them. I picked up a few to chase away the bitter winter blues, hoping against hope that perhaps I might actually be able to enjoy a malty, warming little treat. First up is a coffee stout, because apparently no […]
Protesters arrived to an East Greenwich Town Council meeting last month. Their goal: Make their voices heard, without saying a word. The town council of East Greenwich, made up of four Republican representatives and one Democrat, has recently become a contentious political sticking point for residents. In response to what residents say has been months of […]
Okee dokee folks… The “holidaze” are upon us, and like I have said many times I don’t do them. I do, however, LOVE to celebrate Brown Christmas! Before your sphincters get all tight, it is NOT a derogatory comment, though the current social climate may make you think so. It is simple: Brown Christmas happens […]
The first thing you need to know about Vatsana is that it’s BYOB. This is an important detail, and one that I was missing on the Sunday night when my food friend, Jeremy, and I journied to Pawtuxet Village for Thai and sushi. I will save you from the disappointment I faced when I […]
Big News It is a bit surprising, but not at all incorrect, to see that the Pell Center, the local journalism overseer in the state, has named the United Health Infrastructure Project (UHIP) computer system idiocy at the RI Department of Human Services the 2017 Rhode Island Story of the Year. Surprising in that […]
On Thursday, December 14, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 along party lines to roll back regulations created under the Obama administration. These protections were created to ensure that internet service providers did not discriminate or block content to their users. They also made sure that all websites receive equal speed — a crucial detail in […]
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NEW YEARS EVE EVE | DEC 30 New Year Noisemakers at Providence Children’s Museum: Get your family ready for NYE by creating shakers and instruments and make joyful noise to ring in the new year. 10am – 3pm, Providence Children’s Museum, 100 South St, PVD. childrenmuseum.org $ Forever Plaid by Music Theatre International, (MTI): On […]