Three Point One Four
Dust off your rolling pins, kiddies. It’s contest time! In honor of their May performance of Waitress, the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) is holding a pie recipe contest, open […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Love You!: Don’t let low funds keep you from taking care of yourself
We know the message from the flight attendants: Place the oxygen mask on yourself first. It seems like an obvious warning and yet, even in the face of a spiraling […]
Love Styles: Why romance goes wrong
It’s not surprising that academic researchers have tried to define and even quantify love, but it is somewhat surprising that they only have been doing so since tentative explorations in […]
Ravenous Will Quell Your Hunger
Not only is the Providence Athenæum a beautiful building with extensive collections that would thrill bibliophiles and history buffs alike, it has strong connections to Edgar Allan Poe, who frequently visited […]
On the Cover
The extraordinarily talented John Rego agreed to illustrate this issue’s cover with his version of avian love, and if his cityscape feels like a bit of a mashup, that’s because […]
Like a Horse and Carriage
According to the CDC, RI divorce rates have declined from 2006 to 2016, from 3 divorces per 1,000 people to 2.8 divorces per 1,000 people. Of course the divorce rate […]
PVD Children’s Film Festival: Parents and Children Together Watch the Big Screen
In its 10th consecutive year, the Providence Children’s Film Festival, February 15-24, offers 27 different feature films and short film packages at a number of venues throughout the city, including […]
Fly Bar
This wall display at Twenty Stories in Hope Artiste Village beckons bibliophiles to belly up to a different than perhaps their usual type of bar. The Poetry Bar’s headphones offer […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: Explosive action rocks your world. You’re caught between the traditional and the radical, and it is getting difficult for you to keep your balance. Change can be disruptive and confusing, […]
Sex Ain’t Free: Decriminalizing sex work makes life better for everyone
Last Christmas, a police operation shut down the Foxy Lady on prostitution charges, but it was only a short decade ago that sex work was effectively decriminalized in RI. In […]