Fantastic! Comic Con returns and resistance is futile
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 […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Keep on Movin’: Flavors of the Fall: And not one of them is cinnamon
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 […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: The Suspense Is … Nonexistent: Your superior correspondents make a few election predictions
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 […]
AltFacts: Stranger Than Fiction: Rolling back civil rights and civility from the White (Only) House
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 […]
Inside His Head: Lenny Schwartz draws his plays from infamous comic book history
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 […]
Feed Your Need: RI has as many comic book shops as Batman has wonderful toys
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 […]
Lunar Notes
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 […]
Got Beer? HBD, Grey Sail! The beloved local brewery reaches the age of reason — and we’re excited beyond reason
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 […]
The Roots Report: Iceberg! A musical interlude to distract from the swamp
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 […]
Insured for Sure! It’s open enrollment season and RI does insurance right
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 […]