What does it mean to be a Rhode Island candidate for office with the support of your political party? It depends on whether you are running for executive office or legislative office. It depends on whether you are running for state or federal office. It depends on whether you are campaigning in a primary or […]
Aries: Love and money — sometimes they work together and sometimes they don’t. This is one of those times when these issues do not run smoothly. Take the time to think it through and work it out. Passions run high and deep, conversations are intense. Things will not chill out easily. It’s complicated. Taurus: Interaction with […]
We’ve all seen the memes, and we’ve all made fun of the white girl in yoga pants sipping her Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte. But let’s be honest: Most of us of still secretly love all things pumpkin, we just don’t want to be that person. So, I’ve done the *very difficult work* of investigating the […]
Referendum ballot questions rarely fail voter approval in Rhode Island, and they rarely attract much controversy or attention. Unlike many other states with initiative provisions that have allowed voters to bypass their legislatures to, for example, legalize recreational use of cannabis, RI has no mechanism for circumventing the General Assembly. As a result, almost all […]
You see them all over Rhode Island: white rectangular placards on metal poles — like bus stop signs — beside a highway, near a school, tucked between houses or in unexpected corners of land. They’re markers for historical cemeteries. And RI — a state of only 1,214 square miles — has more than 3,000. Pegee Malcolm, chairwoman […]
THU 18 Empty Bowls: A unique benefit for the RI Community Food Bank, fill a (locally made!!!) artisan bowl from food from almost three dozen local eateries. 5:30pm. Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, 60 Rhodes Pl, Cranston. emptybowls2018.brownpapertickets.com THU 18 – SAT 27 The Underland: TEN31’s immersive Halloween spookening. 10:31pm. TEN31 Productions, 249 Roosevelt Ave, Pawtucket. […]
Okee dokee folks… I had an opportunity to speak with John Lodge, bassist, singer and songwriter of the iconic band The Moody Blues. Lodge will be bringing his solo tour to the Greenwich Odeum on Sunday, October 21. The Moody Blues were formed in Birmingham, England in 1964, initially consisting of keyboardist Mike Pinder, multi-instrumentalist Ray Thomas, guitarist Denny […]
Ira Levin’s Deathtrap boasts the title of longest running comedy-thriller on Broadway. Granted, there are only a handful of works that fall into such an oxymoronic category, so perhaps this isn’t as impressive an accomplishment as it may sound. It’s not difficult to imagine why so few plays like this exist; it’s a genre that […]
Led by founder and creative director Lynne Collinson, the new women-forward theaterecollaborative WomensWork is off to a strong start with their inaugural production of Susan Miller’s autobiographical drama My Left Breast, playing to sold-out houses this weekend, Oct 12-13, 2018. WomensWork’s October limited run of My Left Breast marks the new group’s foray into […]