Advice From The Trenches: Everyone’s Business
Dear C, My friend Lou lives one state away. His dad is 82 now, with no family left but Lou, and for the last few months all I’ve heard about […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
RI’S OWN PINBALL WIZARDS: Electromagnetic Pinball Museum and Restoration is your one-stop retro arcade for fun and nostalgia
Wizard! featuring Ann Margaret and Capt. Fantastic. The buzz of a game arcade is simply irresistible! As soon as you enter Electromagnetic Pinball Museum and Restoration, you’re greeted with a […]
Feast Under the Stars: Hope & Main’s Schoolyard Twilight Party
Photo: Marianne Lee Photography If drinking and dining on delicious local fares underneath the stars sounds enticing to you, then you won’t want to miss Hope & Main’s Schoolyard Twilight […]
Hello, Gawjus!: Funny Girl brings the audience to its toe-tapping feet
Katerina McCrimmon as Fanny Brice. Photo by Evan Zimmerman This. Is. Sheer. Perfection. Seldom do you hear a critic say these words, but it was hard to find fault with […]
Hurricane Lee: Providence faces significant threat for Saturday
As of Fri morning, Providence faces significant threat with 18% chance of tropical storm force winds and less than 1% chance of hurricane force winds during the forecast period, with […]
Fruits of Lunacy: PART THREE, Stansted Airport, London, England – Present Day
NARRATOR: I want you to try and remember what it was like to have been very young. And particularly the days when you were first in love; when you were […]
Funny Girl: Sponsored Content
Julie Benko and company in the Broadway Production of Funny Girl. Photo: Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade. The national tour of Funny Girl (September 9-16) marked the start of PPAC’s 46 […]
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee: Six awkward spelling champions learn that winning—and losing—isn’t everything
When an eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime, they candidly disclose hilarious and touching stories from their home lives. The tweens spell their […]
Lunar Notes: September 15 to 30, 2023
Aries: Routine, co-workers and relationships of all kinds take center stage during this period. Some folks aggravate you while others provide pleasant interactions. You find yourself doing more of the […]
On the Cover: Matthew C. Kramer
“I was born and raised in Providence. I’m locally grown organic,” says cartoonist and illustrator Matthew Kramer. Kramer graduated from Brown with an MFA in Literary Arts and works as […]