The Community Players are beginning the year with their production of Lovers and Other Strangers, a series of five comic one acts, each dealing with the ups and downs of relationships and marriage. Each story features partners of varied ages, from a planned seduction gone wrong, a groom experiencing cold feet before the wedding, to […]
On Thursday, January 4, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rolled back a memorandum from the Obama administration that had set guidelines for federal law enforcement not to interfere with marijuana-friendly states. This move is not surprising — Sessions has long been an extremely vocal critic of any kind of marijuana reform, and is of the opinion […]
For the first time, the Federal Drug Administration has approved a drug that tracks when you’ve taken it. This digital drug is called Abilify MyCite, a sensor-equipped version of the Abilify drug that is already used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar and depression in adults. The digital sensor is made by a company called […]
Opened: Heng Thai Rotisserie. From the owners of TONG-D in Barrington and South Kingston, this new spot in PVD serves classic style Thai street food. 165 Angell St, PVD. hengpvd.com Wow Barbecue Providence. Behind Tealuxe on Thayer is a Chinese barbeque opening their third location (first in RI). See if it makes you say, “Wow!” 183 Angell […]
A hospital stay for a Rhode Island resident meant she was not able to use her physician-directed medical marijuana, which she said resulted in negative physical effects, only cured when she began using it again without hospital staff’s knowledge. RI legalized medical marijuana in 2006, and since then, roughly 19,000 people statewide have received certifications […]
When I got the call asking to write this article, I have to admit I was a little split on the issue. When this vaccine was developed, I wasn’t yet a mother. It also was developed around the time that we were hearing in the news that vaccines aren’t always the safest route. When I learned […]
For some of us, the rising deaths from drug overdose are just numbers on a page. But for many others, it is too real: a close friend or family member is found unresponsive and suddenly the emergency crew and the flashing lights are reflecting on our own walls. There are fewer and fewer among us who have not […]
Hedy Weiss, a theater critic from the Chicago Sun-Times, caused an uproar when, in a review for Steppenwolf Theatre’s production of Pass Over by Antoinette Nwandu, she wrote the following: To be sure, no one can argue with the fact that this city (and many others throughout the country) has a problem with the use […]
This isn’t a particularly uplifting time; the recent deep freeze has turned these parts into a dreary hellscape for what seems like a decade, and at this point in the year some people won’t even get a day off till Memorial Day. Fortunately, the musical community doesn’t slow down very much, so there are more than […]
Always looking to widen the breadth of Rhode Islanders’ experience, FUNDA Fest returns for the 20th year, promising an exciting marriage between local and not-so-local artists. I spoke with Valerie Tutson, Rhode Island Black Storytellers’ creative director and FUNDA Fest creator, and there is good reason for the buzz. “I’m excited in all the ways we are making […]