Throwing Muses — Sun Racket (Fire Records) It’s amazing to think that Newport’s Throwing Muses have been together 40 years now. To celebrate, Throwing Muses will release a new album, Sun Racket, on September 4. Sun Racket is packed with singer/guitarist Kristin Hersh’s abstract poetry that floats and flails in the seas of psychedelic guitars […]
Farming While Black (in Rhode Island)In 2017, there were just nine black farmers in Rhode Island. Frustrated with that statistic, Quatia “Q” Osorio became a farmer herself, and single-handedly brought the number into the double digits. Since 2018, she has been farming two pieces of property she owns in Providence. The story of farming in […]
How can you rig a local election? If you’re of my parents’ generation, you might pretend to be a dead person and vote, or spend your free time as a Chicago Democrat filling in empty ballots. I always think of the scene from Gangs of New York, where Leonardo DiCaprio bribes and bullies Irish immigrants […]
Although three of our four local observatories are currently closed to the public, you can still get a glimpse of the stars on Friday nights at Frosty Drew Observatory. The telescopes are available for use about 30 minutes after dusk until around 11pm. Due to COVID restrictions, advance tickets are required. Frosty Drew Observatory, 61-62 […]
“We’ve always made mini-cannolis for the restaurant, but when COVID came, we thought: What’s more fun for families or date night than making cannolis at home?” Jamie Antignano, vice president of Angelo’s Civita Farnese (more affectionately known as “Angelo’s on the Hill”) is referring to their recently released cannoli kit, which is suitable for people […]
In the COVID world, we live online more than ever. Everything has gone virtual, people broadcast events on livestreams and a grid of faces in squares no longer signals “The Brady Bunch” intro theme, but a Zoom meeting. Unexpectedly, social justice has moved online as well. If you’ve watched any protest or direct action online […]
Like superheroes momentarily defeated by a seemingly unbeatable enemy, comic book fans screamed a dramatic, “Nooooooo!” when RI Comic Con announced it was cancelling its November 2020 event. But every superhero fan knows that even if the bad guy wins, his victory is temporary — RI Comic Con will triumphantly return in 2021, and Susan […]
Providence Public Library recently completed a huge renovation, nearly two years in the making, and at the end of August, with strict COVID-related restrictions, they welcomed the public back to their updated space. The welcome will be particularly warm for bikers, thanks to a collaboration between the PPL and The Steel Yard. Jenny Sparks, client […]
It may seem strange to thank a virus that has killed more than 180,000 and hurt millions more. We admit not many are happy with it, except for companies and individuals making good, exorbitant loot from COVID-19, and the Democrats and Chinese who conspired to develop the virus to remove Donald Trump from office. But […]
Skyrocketing in popularity in the last year, TikTok is widely known as an app for Gen Z to learn dances and lip sync along to their favorite songs. For 26-year-old Ashlee Moffitt in West Warwick, it’s the app that got her 11 million views for buying a school bus and planning to live in it. […]