The Wilbury Theatre Group continues its groundbreaking 2019/20 Main Series season with a Rhode Island premiere. From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes (In The Heights) and folk-rock star Erin McKeown comes Miss You Like Hell, running March 5 -29. An intimate story of parenthood, immigration politics, and a classic road trip scenario, Miss You […]
Hello Dolly! tends to come along right when you need it to. The original Broadway production opened in the shadow of the JFK assassination in the 1960s and starred Carol Channing, who went on to play the titular role in several Broadway revivals. The role was most closely associated with Channing, who won a Tony […]
by Simru Sonmez-Erbil As soon as the opening strains of “Footprints” rang out across The Veterans Memorial Auditorium, I knew it was going to be very hard to keep my camera still. My feet wanted to move, and keep moving. Squeeze brought their Squeeze Songbook 2020 Tour to the VETS on February 23 and blew the […]
As St. Patty’s, er — Paddy’s — Day approaches, we’ve created this handy guide to Irishisms so you at least can sound Irish while doing decidedly unIrish things, like drinking green beer and pinching people wearing the wrong color. Away and boil yer heed = “go and boil your head” leave me alone, or, I don’t […]
I think the assumption is that to make it as a writer, you have to live in New York or Los Angeles or some old Victorian mansion in Maine where you write about killer clowns. You don’t really think about Rhode Island — but you really should. Rhode Island is experiencing an explosion of writing […]
Spring forward, fall back. This notion was standardized when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, and it makes as little sense now as it did then. The notion was conceived by famous overthinker Benjamin Franklin (to no effect) in 1784 when he penned a satirical piece on thrift. It was […]
Coastal rivalries are nothing new. From ’90s hip-hop to our local Cranston high schools, the East versus West debate has been a topic of controversy for decades. When it comes to beer, each coast has developed their own signature style. The most prominent style that has people talking East versus West is the IPA. After […]
On March 28, the Biltmore Ballroom of the Graduate Providence Hotel will be the most swankified place in town for any Broadway geek to hear the people sing, as the Providence Singers will give their regards to Broadway in Broadway at the Biltmore, a gala of musical theater favorites of the 20th century, from George […]
Healthy by a Hair As the coronavirus looms, the CDC has issued an infographic advising which styles of facial hair render filtering face masks ineffective by preventing them forming a tight seal with the skin. Here are some key takeaways: The sheer variety of beards styles is staggering, ranging from Victorian farmer muttonchops and Spanish […]
At first, MJ Robinson may seem an unlikely choice as community gardener in residence for the City of Providence Parks Department, a position created by the city to determine how best to serve the city gardens. MJ found the position through sheer chance while looking over a city job board for opportunities for a friend. […]