Aries: You continue to expand your network, forging connections with those in power. Friends are helpful when hidden truth bubbles to the surface. This may be something you have been avoiding and stuffed away in the basement of your being. Whatever it is, it needs to be dealt with. No worries, you will clear the […]
“The universe is so divine.” Savaree “Sav” Hazard-Chaney noted the synchronicity as she sat in a waiting room with a copy of Motif when I reached out to her about creating the cover art. Hazard-Chaney is many things – a fiber artist, the entrepreneur behind TuftxPVD, a wife, mom of four, a music-lover, a champion […]
If you’ve ever driven down Allens Avenue in Providence, you’ve probably noticed the sprawling parking lot and imposing cement walls of Club Desire Gentleman’s Club. Although I’ve never patronized this establishment, I am told that from lunchtime to 2am, customers can indulge in food, drink, and saucy adult entertainment to their heart’s content. There’s another […]
Read the full interview with Darlene Lacey below. Darlene Lacey started The Candy Wrapper Museum in 1975, when she was just a teenager. She says, “I had the idea to collect candy wrappers, but I wanted to do it with a purpose. I always loved roadside attractions and the way that ordinary things could become […]
In my first date night guide installment, I professed my love for date nights in the fall due to their comfy, cozy vibe, and I stand by that. For many of the same reasons, I would argue that winter is the second-best season for dates. For this article, I’ve compiled fun activities to consider for […]
We asked readers to share their favorite local love songs and why they’re worthy of your Valentine’s playlist. Here are 28 songs of love and loss from 24 local artists. THE BENJIS: “SKATE” AND “BAD SIGN” “‘Skate’ is basically a sloppy love letter to Parker Posey, an end-of-summer lament,” says Benji’s vocalist Aryieal Francis. “‘Bad […]
When the Mixed Magic Exult Choir comes together to sing, there is a palpable magic in the air. “Some of it is technical and practical,” says artistic director Jonathon Pitts-Wiley. “Kim [the choir director] makes sure the instruments are tuned at a certain frequency, 432 Hertz, the healing frequency. There is intention in what Kim […]
I love cannabis. I have been consuming it for more than 50 years. It may sound strange to love a plant, but I do. It’s my favorite vegetable, by far. I love cannabis because it makes me feel good and helps soothe my unquiet mind. It helps me cope with anxiety and stress, helps me […]
Each of the restaurants on this list, which is organized from south to north, is a fitting location for a date, but what kind of date? After all, dates come in different sizes, shapes and colors. They vary greatly by degree of romantic sizzle, phase of the relationship, agenda of one party or the other, […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson, arguably one of the most influential American philosophers and naturalists, famously writes in his essay Nature about his time in the woods, “I become a transparent eye-ball. I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of god.” Emerson belongs to […]