Black Beans PVD
This business profile ran as part of Motif’s Black History Month issue, centering the experiences of Black business owners. Adena Marcelino’s journey to being one of Providence’s esteemed black business […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Super Trooper: Culinary adventures on Valley St
This business profile ran as part of Motif’s Black History Month issue, centering the experiences of Black business owners. Troop in PVD is part bar, part music venue, part gallery, […]
The Gems of August Wilson: A conversation with Michelle Cruz of Trinity Rep
In 1987, when August Wilson’s Fences received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Providence Journal’s arts critic William Gale hailed the Pittsburgh playwright: “His plays leap from his own gut. […]
Open and Closed: February 2022
Opened The Village Authentic Nigerian Restaurant, 100 Fountain St, PVD. The Village is a family business, with Toyin Wilcox opening a second location beyond their Pawtucket original. Closed Brewed Awakenings: […]
Lunar Notes: February 2022
The month of February is a “moving forward” month. Mercury goes direct on Feb 3 and Venus is direct as well. For the romantically inclined, Venus and Mars running together […]
Brotherly Love: How a small parish supplements PVD’s COVID response
On one of those mornings with looming gray clouds and skin-piercing sleet, I went to St. Peter’s & St. Andrew’s over in Mt. Pleasant for my booster. A line of […]
ON THE BALL AND OFF THE WALL: One Hand Clapping
This column is for non-sports fans who would like some enlightenment and hopefully humor without being sports fanatics. One Hand Clapping Maybe it was the Red Sox playing in fits […]
Phone Zombies: Live shows to tear you from your screens
Okee dokee folks… I have no idea what Wordle is, nor do I care! Too much face in the screen time for a lot of you. I understand how a […]
Slow Down and Enjoy the View: Players’ Ripcord is worth the jump
In the midst of a wintery pandemic surge, every heart needs to see Ripcord, a light but purposeful show on stage at Barker Playhouse. The RI premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire’s […]
Omarion Cometh
“I’m here!” Door banging, stomping sneakers, Loud shouts, Not the Inside Voice. Be Quiet T-shirt flung into a dark corner, Towel airborne, dirty shoes kicked — one here, one there […]