Month: January 2019


Five Fun Things To Do: Jan 23 – 30

THU 24 Lisa Marie & Johnny Juxo: Bluegrass. 9pm. Nick-A-Nee’s, 75 South St, PVD.  fb.com/nickanees Stranger Stories: Local writers tell true stories – this edition, about “dinnertime.” Go – you’ll eat it up! 6:30pm. Artists Exchange, 50 Rolfe Square, Cranston. artists-exhange.org FRI 25 Neal Vitullo and the Vipers: Blues, rockabilly, surf and American roots. 8pm. […]

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Robot Takeover: They Were Robots brings a new sound to PVD

Two years ago, two members of The Copacetics, an eight-piece Providence-based reggae/ska band, decided they wanted to start a project to play music as an artistic outlet, and what they’ve built is an experimental, hard rock machine with horns front and center. You’ve never heard a robot wail like this before. Chris Mitchell (keys/lead vocals) […]

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In Pursuit of an Out Of This World Girl, JeanLou Shines On SuperNova Girl

JeanLou is one of the city’s most active performers — he released three projects in just one year. He kicked things off in 2017 with, Since Your Listening… The five-song project was the official start of his musical journey. What came next is what really caught my attention. In early 2018 came the arrival of Melodies […]

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Letter to the Editor: Recreational Marijuana and Security Clearances

Recently, executives at Electric Boat complained that if Rhode Island legalizes recreational marijuana, it will make it hard to find workers who can get security clearances. Electric Boat makes things designed to kill people, which is why its workers need security clearances. I think it is better for people to smoke marijuana than build new […]

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Thom Pain (based on nothing) at Burbage: Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit

It is difficult to summarize or even explain what Thom Pain (based on nothing) is about: a one-man monologue with surreal references to everything from Shakespeare (repeatedly) to the Song of Songs. Much of the material involves a somewhat central narrative about a child and a remarkably literal shaggy dog story, to which the monologist often returns after his […]

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