Month: February 2018

American Strippers Strut Their Stuff at ACT

While Attleboro Community Theatre is now clocking in more than 60 years actively producing plays, the “old” broad is nowhere near slowing down to let the rest of the world pass it by. In fact, with their latest production, Kevin Broccoli’s naughty mythological mashup American Strippers, the group has thrown down the gauntlet to all other […]

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Opened and Closed Spring ’18

OPENED Asian Buffet: After a sudden closure January 1, they have reopened under new management. The place’s extensive buffet includes sushi and Hibachi, and some non-Asian staples. Airport Plaza, 1800 Post Rd, Warwick. Pokéworks: The national chain of low-pressure poké spots has reached Providence. Pikachu is not involved, although we really hope they’ll have a […]

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RIMHOF Announces 2018 Inductees

The new inductees are: David Blue (posthumously), John Chan, Tom Ghent, Lloyd Kaplan, James Montgomery, Paul Murphy (posthumously), plus Andrew Polin, Bob Morrissey and LeRoy Bennett in the Technical/Lighting category, and jazz performer Mike Renzi. The inductees will be profiled in a near-future issue of this very periodical! Three events take place in April to […]

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Fuel Sports Bar

I don’t get out too much, both because of anxiety and an unrequited love of my own bed. A restaurant opening isn’t something I would picture myself at, but at the recent grand opening of R1 Karting’s brand new FUEL Sports Bar, I found myself at the front desk, standing beside my coworker Erin, waiting […]

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Trinity Rep’s Othello Trudges Off Course

Trinity Rep’s Othello aims at being a bold, contemporary production. Yet director Whitney White misses the target, and instead the play strolls into the minefield laid by the unforgiving challenges of Shakespeare’s text. Staged with a minimalist, modern, military look and feel, Trinity’s Othello seems to forget its mission, instead becoming bogged down in a […]

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