FRI 4 Live Bait: The long running true-life story open forum returns, with this month’s theme of geek! May the Fourth be with you, always. 7pm, AS220, 115 Empire St, PVD. as220.org It’s About Time for a One Year Beer: To celebrate RI’s independence Day (we declared ahead of the other colonies, back in the […]
Providence Roller Derby’s “A Team,” the Rhode Island Riveters, rolled into Rome, NY, April 21-22 to compete at the 2018 Siege of Central New York Tournament. The sanctioned tournament gave eight teams divided into two divisions a round-robin opportunity to not only win a trophy, but to improve their overall WFTDA ranking. Ranked #97, PRD […]
If you have a mom who loves the herb, try a cannabis-themed gift for Mother’s Day this year. Whether it be an edibles cookbook with recipes for you to try together, a trendy new stash bag or her first high quality vaporizer, these suggestions are sure to make Mom’s day even more special. Cookbook Herb: […]
Saxophonist Leland Baker has been making a name for himself around New England over the past several years and has become quite a fixture in the Providence jazz scene. On Wednesday nights he and his quartet of local musicians have been delighting the patrons of the Acacia Club in downtown Providence and have been generating […]
Fattitude is a film from creators Lindsey Averill and Viridiana Lieberman that examines how popular culture promotes fat hatred and fat-shaming, resulting in a very real cultural bias and a civil rights issue for people who are living in fat bodies. The film came together organically, with both filmmakers coming from academic backgrounds and interviewing […]
Rick Scianablo is the manager of Studio Blue Providence, a local recording studio. So he knows bands, and thinks bands need places to hone their craft. “We’re a creative city, and creative cities need to give bands a place where they can practice in front of an audience and get good enough to play in […]
Artist: E.P.
Do you consider yourself a law-abiding citizen? See how much you know about these old laws still on the books. 1. It is illegal to throw this type of juice on a trolley. 2. It is illegal to ride this mode of transportation on a highway to test its speed. 3. When passing on the […]
Cover designer Matt Ryan is also the creator of Junk Food, which you’ll find in every issue on our comics page. It makes us miss the Far Side far less than before we found Matt. He was able to conjure pirates awash in a sea of legal paperwork, without harming a single actual legal document. […]