In our digital age and “post-truth” era, media literacy — the expansion of the definition and skills of literacy to include the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and communicate messages in all forms of media — is taking on a sense of urgency, and RI is among the states trying to lead the way in […]
Aries: Conversations, pleasant and otherwise, take place between you and the significant others in your life. Conversations that you are not directly involved in affect you as well. There’s a lot going on. Conflict resolution looms large on your radar. You are apt to say whatever you feel and let the chips fall where they may. […]
As a theater performance major at Rhode Island College (1988-1992), I was fortunate enough to experience part of what many feel were the “golden years” of the program. Given the choices to attend Emerson or NYU, I chose RIC, not just as a financial fallback, but also because RIC had the reputation as one of […]
The Guardian’s Michael Billington once wrote, “…at its best, farce makes us laugh uncontrollably while showing human beings reduced to a state of desperation.” This quote comes from an article intended as a response to critics of the form who decry the sexism often found in farce as well as the manner in which classical […]
Wampanoag means “People of the First Light.” Having lived in Cape Cod for at least 10,000 years, they are one of the longest continuous cultures in the Americas. In 2015, the Obama administration placed 321 acres of land in Taunton, Mass, into the trust of the Department of the Interior (DOI) for the development of […]
Take a Nike, Kaepernick Since the cloudy dawn of humanity, snot-nosed children have been stomping their feet and smashing their toys when petulance gets the better of them. And since the rainswept twilight of humanity, exasperated parents have been tearing out their hair as the little feckers run amok, refusing to listen to reason or […]
Time go get some sun. I’m not talking about the sun in the sky – I’m talking about the proverbial sun, the “out from the shadows and into the sunlight” sun. Time to come out of the darkness and into the public eye. It’s time for Corruption Rules to formally go public. Since the mid […]
Okee dokee folks… Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s deja vu all over again,” and this certainly applies to this year’s RI primary elections. So why am I writing about elections in a music column? Two reasons: It’s my damn column and maybe if enough people talk about what happened more folks will […]
You Get What You Deserve Could there be anything more dispiriting than the results of the gubernatorial primaries last week? Now we have the choice – once again — between the jumped-up, overly ambitious Dem Gigi Raimondo, who would eagerly push either Sheldon Whitehouse or Jack Reed in front of a speeding train to be able to […]
Their motto “Pick your glaze. Pick your topping. Get wild.” let me know I was in for a treat. When my friends and I walked into Proud Mary’s Donuts, we were greeted by the aroma of freshly made doughnuts and welcomed by the smiling faces of customers and employees alike. We waited giddily in line, and […]