Most ice cream shops hibernate over the winter — even before COVID-19 set out to destroy the planet. But The Wright Scoop has not only persisted throughout this slow season, it has thrived, drawing in a large and enthusiastic following. The secret? The “Test Batch Club,” an exclusive membership club they launched in January 2020, […]
Rob Gwozdz Cloud 9 Tattoo Company / Best Geometric What drove you to pursue tattooing? I’ve had a pencil in my hand for as long as I can remember. I’ve always wanted a career in some form of art, and tattooing just seemed natural to me. Who or what inspires your designs? My designs are […]
RI Gov. Gina Raimondo at her press conference on Saturday, May 2, displayed a chart showing new hospitalizations per day from March 13 to April 26. The point of the chart, the governor claimed, was to illustrate discontinuities on April 1, “Two weeks after first closures,” and April 13, “Two weeks after stay at home […]
Those of us in the performing arts are finding ourselves facing a new reality. As a member of the theater community, I’m lucky enough to be able to speak with leaders of artistic organizations all over the state about how they’re coping and what their plans are for the future, and I think it’s important […]
Justin D. Bibee is currently a PhD student at Durban University of Technology in peacebuilding and is a human rights advocate. A Cranston native, Bibee was nominated for the Peace Corps book award. Bibee spent time in the Peace Corps as a volunteer in Morocco for two years and has since explored many different regions. […]
View The Live Stream It was not supposed to be the last day of school, but suddenly it was and Jade Sisti had to act fast. Sisti had planned a gallery night for her East Providence High School art students. It was kind of a big deal, an opportunity for the students to hang their […]
Governor Raimondo and RIDOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott gave the daily COVID-19 press conference today at 1pm. Dr. Alexander-Scott announced 14 new COVID-19 associated deaths, ranging in ages from 50s to 100s. There was one person in their 50s, three in their 60s, one in their 70s, with all others 80 years of age or […]
They saw her go by with her dog a few days after they started working from home, but before they realized that’s where they were going to be stationed for weeks to come. “My computer is set up by the window facing the street so I can people watch while I work, and I saw […]
Governor Gina Raimondo, RIDOH Director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott and CommerceRI Director Stefan Pryor gave the daily COVID-19 briefing today at 3pm. Dr. Alexander-Scott announced 175 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. Three-hundred thirty-nine people with COVID-19 are hospitalized. Eighty-four of those people are in the ICU, and 61 one of those people are on ventilators. There […]