Five Fun Things To Do: July 17 – 23
THRU JULY 28 Museum of the Moon: Free lunar exhibit sponsored by NASA in honor of the first moon landing’s 50th anniversary. Find out if we really landed there. WaterFire Arts Center, 475 Valley St, PVD. waterfire.org THU 18 Design the Night: Design your own summer night with mind-bending installations, quirky art-making and treats from […]
Redemption Songs: Vince Hill talks about his latest album and the beast within
Like many of us, Vince Hill works a 9-5 job, putting years of schooling and experience toward bringing home the bacon. But his passion, his hustle, his grind, his starvation for good music has created an extraordinary man, steadfastly determined. And now, after seven years honing his craft and finding his voice, Hill has unleashed […]
AltFacts: We Wouldn’t Have Gone Anyway: Our tin foil hat is at the cleaners
Social Mold What do Facebook, Twitter and the mold under my big toe have in common? They’re all full of trolls? They have a combined IQ of 47? No, the answer is that not one of them was invited to last Thursday’s “social media” summit at the White (Supremacy) House. Hosted by KKK Trump, the […]
Is This Jazz? Axes at the Fort: The Newport Jazz Festival returns
Every year at The Newport Jazz Festival, we are treated to an immense spectrum of performance that displays not only the deep history of jazz, but also the sounds of its future. This year will be no different. To give you a head start to figuring out the lineup, here are a few selections from […]
Howie Wowie! Howie’s farm-to-table restaurant opens in North Providence
It takes a lot to woo me with carrot soup, and I admit I was skeptical when a fellow food-lover told me it was his favorite dish of the night. We were at the Taste of RI event, which took place June 5, and because of this foodie’s recommendation I beelined to the back table […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: While there are a lot of fun and games in your life these days, you cannot avoid certain tasks and responsibilities. An authority figure, or someone who thinks they are an authority, won’t let you forget those tasks. Not to worry, just do it and get back to the fun. Some changes in what you […]
Will Write for A Living: Traveling poet writes on the spot
Instead of getting kicked out of the Providence Flea Market for being too close to the action, the poet Ben Bernthal was invited to be a part of it. He set up there with his portable typewriter, his triangular table and his small rectangles of paper, doing what he’s done for several years now: Writing […]
Cultural Evolution: Journalist on the scene at Woodstock discusses the media then and now
Ty Davis is a journalist and publisher, known for launching the Rhode Island-based alternative paper NewPaper during the 1970s, a paper that later was purchased by The Boston Phoenix and renamed The Providence Phoenix under Davis’ leadership. As the 50th anniversary of Woodstock approaches, I asked Davis about some of the key differences between today’s […]
AltHealth: CDC’s Latest Outbreaking News
I like to check out the CDC.gov website at least every other week to catch the latest Vital Signs and outbreak warnings. I’ve become accustomed to the posts about Ebola and measles, but on July 9, the CDC headlines were about a rare but serious illness I’d never heard of before – acute flaccid myelitis, […]