Let your Halloween costume pull a double this year – RI Comic Con is earlier in the season than usual. Held November 2 through 4, the weekend event is expected to bring in 80,000 to 90,000 sci-fi, fantasy, action, comic, wrestling, gaming, music and – let’s just say “pop culture” fans to downtown Providence. With […]
The Bendays – Dots Dots is the dapper debut album from The Bendays, a side project from RI rocker Andy Davis. Released under Davis’ own label, Submodern, the record is a collection of impassioned, organic songs that seem a bit more off-the-cuff than those of his main gig, Pixels. The album doesn’t take itself too seriously, […]
Same Old, Same Old Unfortunately, Little Rhody’s election of statewide office holders on November 6 has less suspense than a Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew detective novel. Thank all gods for term limits so we don’t have to stage this type of embarrassment in 2022. The state’s Republican Party has become the longest running joke in […]
Well I’ll Be … Body Slammed Pussy grabbing, dehumanizing and now body slamming. Yes, in the latest social directive to come out of the nation’s decaying capital, the president appeared to defend congressman Greg Gianforte of Montana who physically assaulted a British journalist in May 2017. Pontificating at a MAGA rally in Big Sky Country at […]
Local playwright Lenny Schwartz has made a name for himself with his award-winning Daydream Theatre Company and such plays as Co-Creator, Subject 62, The Scarecrow, The Inside of His Severed Head and many others. His screenwriting credits include everything from dark drama (The Assassination of Western Civilization, Higher Methods, Long Night in a Dead City, Normal) to […]
For one glorious weekend each year, Comic Con graces our fair state with its presence. But what’s a despondent comic book nerd to do when the weekend’s over? Go local, of course. To that end, we’ve compiled a list of local comic shops where you can spend your weekends ’til Comic Con rolls around again. Located […]
Aries: Aries undergoes an attitude change during this period. While you usually prefer to go it alone, and still do, you find on occasion the need for some companionship, be it friends, co-workers or a more romantic type. Don’t let work and/or career demands take over your life. Take the time to chill and enjoy. Taurus: You […]
Our last two Got Beer? dispatches went long on Beervana (what a night!) and Genesee Cream Ale (local sales soared after our mash notes!!), so we’re overdue for a big batch o’ beer news: Grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island (GSBRI) will celebrate its seventh anniversary on November 11 – the time, it flies! The accomplished […]
Okee dokee folks… Sometimes I feel as if talking about anything other than the current state of this country is pointless. Convincing folks to go out and hear music is akin to the captain of the Titanic telling folks to listen to the great band that’s playing on the upper deck as the ship goes […]
It’s that time of year, and I’m not talking about the holidays. Starting today and extending well into December is the open enrollment period for affordable health insurance. HealthSource RI is the official state agency for the insurance marketplace, one of only 12 in the nation. Insuring people for healthcare is actually one of the things […]