Bloodsucking Friends: The other vampires of Rhode Island
On a frigid winter night in 1892, the villagers of Exeter exhumed the corpse of Mercy Brown. Her cheeks blushed, her lips still red – Mercy’s body was desecrated in […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Breaking Barriers: Providence’s pioneer in death influence
Death Café. The name itself evokes a visceral response in each of us. From the moment we are born, we have a sense of what this unknowable event means, and […]
Vampires Among Us
For good or ill, mankind has always had a fascination with vampires. Going back thousands of years, there are legends of demons that take their sustenance from the living. We […]
This Looks Like a Job for Comic Con!: Iconic stars to attend RI Comic Con
Altered Reality Entertainment has announced an impressive lineup of iconic actors to headline the 11th annual “Biggest Show in the Littlest State” from November 3–5 at the Amica Mutual Pavilion […]
Back from the Dead: A (Semi-Brief) History of Taxidermy
When people hear the term ‘taxidermy,’ the same style of imagery comes to mind: maybe it’s grandma’s beloved cat preserved in the living room, or game on display at a […]
Art Works: Riverzedge Annual Youth Exhibition
Riverzedge Arts is a non-profit, Woonsocket based organization that teaches industry-standard skills to teens who complete commercial artworks for local businesses and community partners. Teens are compensated for their work, […]
Lunar Notes: October 15 to 31, 2023
Aries: The Solar Eclipse on October 14th falls in the relationship zone of your horoscope. This can bring focus and change into this area of your life. Activity and thought […]
Squid’s Ink
We’re back from our semiannual molting (don’t ask), and looking forward to scraping the barnacles off the seamy underbelly of RI’s darkest corners. According to ChatGPTChecker. com, that sentence had […]
Opinion — When Hamas seeks martyrdom
[Follow-up to “Opinion – Has the Hamas attack on Israel started World War III? We’ll soon find out” by Michael Bilow on October 25th, 2023.] The situation in Israel is […]
