Bilow’s Law of Twitter: “No worthwhile ideas can be expressed in 140 characters, and even fewer in 280.” My public journalist Twitter account (@MikeBilow) was created in 2015 by which time Twitter was fairly mature, although still long before the 2016 election and 2020 pandemic that saw social media sink into a swamp of misinformation […]
Dear Dr. B and C, I work in customer service and dealing with customers is difficult and exhausting. People are always in a rush and have no patience. Talk about rude! And none of them listen. I swear, I can give someone the same information forty times and then they turn around and ask the same question […]
The world can be a big place – and the scale of it and its natural wonders carries a big impact at an art exhibit that could probably only be displayed at a few locations in Providence. Currently, it’s creating a mind-blowing experience at the Waterfire Arts Center (475 Valley St, PVD). Featuring a giant […]
Some plays are difficult to understand or follow, and don’t adhere to the basics of plot development with protagonists and antagonists facing off before jaunting happily off into the sunset. Sueño, now on stage at Trinity Repertory Company, is just such a piece, seemingly airy and darkly comedic on some levels yet complex and multi-layered […]
Dear C and Dr. B: My friend Kevin says that he is “an agnostic.” I can’t explain exactly why that pisses me off so much, but it does. I think that everybody is basically entitled to believe whatever they want to believe, but Kevin’s attitude is like: “God hasn’t been proven to my satisfaction. Someone needs to prove it […]
Joey Moreira Cloud 9 Tattoo Company Best overall / Best character / Best coverup / Best linework Mike Johnston Empyreal Ink Best blackwork / Best portrait / Judge’s pick: photorealism / Judge’s pick: favorite eyeball Jay Blackburn Powerline Tattoo Best overall color / judge’s pick: fastest character Alyssa Cavallo Red Elk Tattoo Best American Traditional […]
Okee dokee folks… The Temptations endured personnel changes, drug and alcohol abuse, racial tension, personal tragedy and still managed to come out on top, with timeless hits and a legacy that continues today. The Temptations musical Ain’t Too Proud, based on the history of the singing group, opened to a full house at The Providence Performing […]
Dear C and Dr. B: Back in the day, my friend Cynthia was a talented designer at a big ad agency where she won awards and was respected by her peers. Everything fell apart when she found out her husband was cheating with someone at the firm. She went through a painful breakup, full of […]
Teen angst – heck, angst in general – has never felt as raw and overwhelming as in the first act of the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen. On stage at the Providence Performing Arts Center – two years after it was rescheduled due to the pandemic – the production is a magical blend of […]