2018 RI Theater Awards August 12
Voting has now concluded for the 2018 Motif Theater Awards. Thank you for participating and supporting our theater community. Winners were announced at a free public event on Sunday, August 12th […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Family Separation: A Need for “Common Sense and a Heart”
My friend of some years asked to remain anonymous as she explains the dangers of the federal government policy of separately detaining children, even infants and toddlers, of families crossing […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: Get ready for some changes in your home/career — one impacts the other. A shift is taking place in your plans to achieve your personal goals. Your changing values are […]
Cannabis Regulatory Updates
Rhode Island: Governor’s Budget Despite some very promising material in the initial draft of Governor Gina Raimondo’s 2018-2019 budget, the rewrite released by the General Assembly in early June removes […]
This July: Bootcamp for Budding Food Business Entrepreneurs
Several years ago I worked as a professor at a military academy, so when I think of bootcamp, I envision of a squad of young cadets with the pangs of […]
Keep on Moving: July Brings the Heat
You might be feeling the post-fourth hangover and dealing with the oppressive humidity. But take comfort that there’s lots of music coming this month that will keep your pounding head from thinking of […]
Mike D’s Top 5 Can’t Miss Shows of July
1. Saturday, July 14: Brandon Reilly; 7:30pm; $10; All ages; Alchemy, 71 Richmond St, PVD. Brandon Reilly is having a busy year. His old band The Movielife reunited and in September released their […]
AltFacts
City Upon a Hill: The Theatrics Behind America’s Cover (Up) Story Exactly 10 years ago, former president Barack Obama stood before the nation and remarked, “If we think that we can […]
The Roots Report: Summer Is Bitchin’ and So Am I
Okee dokee folks… Have I mentioned that I #%@*<!@ hate summer? (I am refraining from profanity; Mom was mad that I used it in my column.) The only thing, in my […]
The Other Newport Music Festival
When referring ambiguously to any music festival in Newport, most folks within Rhode Island’s borders (myself included) think of the Newport Jazz Festival or the Newport Folk Festival. Both festivals […]