Top 5 Fun Things To Do: Aug 1- 7
THU 2 – SUN 5 Fringe Fest – the edgiest theater in the state – is happening all four days. Does that count as 4 fun things? We’re counting it as […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Tre Maison Dasan: Three Boys Grow Up with Parents in Prison
Rhode Island filmmaker Denali Tiller directed a documentary named after three boys: Tre, Maison, Dasan. At the start of the film they are 13, 11, and 6 years old, and […]
IMBIBE: Well Spritz Me Already
Warm humid days are upon us and we are tired – if that’s even possible – of our usual summer brews. Take a break from your hazy IPAs and summer […]
Keith, a CT Technologist at RI Hospital, Describes the Strike
In the midst of the Rhode Island Hospital (and Hasbro Children’s Hospital) strike, I received a message from a friend named Keith, a CT technologist at Rhode Island Hospital. The […]
That’s Amore
There has been a bright spot for the union nurses and technologists who were part of the strike at Rhode Island and Hasbro Children’s Hospitals. It sits right behind Women and […]
Michy Lopez’s Brave Words
Michy Lopez is smiling, but she’s answering questions that have been asked over and over: “Horchata is a Central American drink,” she says to someone. “It’s made with cinnamon and […]
RI Workers Guaranteed Paid Sick Time
Workers in Rhody who live in fear of getting sick or needing a day off just got a big dose of relief. On July 1, the Healthy and Safe Families Workplace […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Leader of the Free World … for Me to Poop On!
Trump, the Insult Dog Every day, Phillipe and Jorge awaken in hopes that America and President Pussy-Grabber will have finally returned to sanity. (Well, in the frothing Orange Orangutan’s case, […]
Chef’s Corner: Caitlyn McGuire
Gabrielle Halliday (Motif): What menu item would you recommend to someone who’s never been to Ellie’s? Caitlyn McGuire: One of the items that is very much quintessentially Ellie’s are our […]
Oh Boy! There’s a New Hot Spot on Westminster!
I’ll start with an admission: When it comes to food, I like it spicy. Since my collegiate youth spent in Western New York in the late ’80s when the rest of […]