I have to admit that as I drove over to Academy’s new space (same location, updated space), I knew next to nothing about Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which was part of the appeal in going. Looking through my social media feed, it felt that I was indeed the last person on Earth to know […]
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. […]
Dear C and Dr. B; My 12-year-old son is in 8th grade. Yesterday he received a online photo of a naked girl from one of his classmates. We were alerted to it because of his sheepish ad embarrassed behavior. He did show us when asked what was up. The question is, what should I do? […]
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) […]
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 […]
Benny’s. The little store that had it all, long before Walmart was a thing. Some of us are still traumatized by their closing and get a little choked up with nostalgia when we reminisce, or see the iconic logo somewhere. But a musical? Hello?! Benny’s: The Musical describes itself as the tale of your local Benny’s […]
Keeping calm while carrying on – quite a lot of carrying on, really – is the theme of The Night Watch, the Gamm Theatre’s US premiere of Hattie Naylor’s adaptation for the stage of Sarah Waters’ novel set in London during World War II and its immediate aftermath. The first act is set in 1947 […]
In the December issue on page 13, I was surprised when Christians were called out in the title of a very nice and informative article on the history of the winter solstice. I looked for any connection to anything Christian related within the article and found nothing. So I consider the title and sub-title a […]
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 […]
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 […]