In Providence: The Queen of Providence
She didn’t want me to write about her. Oh, don’t misunderstand me. She gave me permission, but she had no interest when I pitched my idea to her. The Queen […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Epic’s Fires in the Mirror Proves the Truth Can Be Complicated
In 1991, tensions between the African-American and Hasidic Jewish populations of Crown Heights, Brooklyn erupted into riots following the death of a 7-year-old Caribbean-American boy when a car driven by […]
Education and Empowerment: Narragansett tribal learning
Of all the words of strength and unity heard in Indian Country, “empowerment” is one of the loudest. Stemming back to the Indigenous civil rights movements of the 1960s, empowerment […]
Rhody Rambles: Bits: From polo to improv, seaside to stageside
Newport Polo takes place every Saturday during the summer, and continues through late September. One of their biggest matches of the year took place on Saturday, August 24, when USA […]
All My Sons — Classic Theater with a Standout Cast
Arthur Miller’s All My Sons is a classic piece of theater. This play showcases what Miller did best — bring sweeping epic dramas to American theater that dealt with “the regular […]
The Prince of Providence: Rebecca Gibel discusses playing the woman behind the man
Everybody (in Rhode Island) of a certain age has a Buddy Cianci story. For me, Buddy threw out the first pitch at my Little League Opening Day games and posed […]
Book Review: Alexander Smith’s The Perfect Man and Other Stories of the Supernatural
For his second published work, Alexander Smith packs a plethora of thought-provoking circumstances into seven stories that take up 60 total pages. While each story is short, Smith manages to […]
AltHealth: Do-Good Dogs
After years of research, science has come to the realization that pets can play an important role in our mental and physical health. With apologies to cat lovers, the newest […]
Fall of Decency
Enough already! Enough with the shootings and the anti-hug policies. No more deportations of sick babies. Quit the Twitter fights over semantics. Cancel cancel culture. And for fuck’s sake, if […]
In Providence
For some of us, the year begins in September. It’s not a unanimous feeling that Providence is a college town, but something about Labor Day weekend, when the students return […]