On The Cover: Juditta Musette
“Have you seen Close Encounters of the Third Kind?” Juditta Musette asked during our interview at her home studio in Newport. “Sure.” “You know the mashed potato scene…” During the scene, Richard Dreyfuss is having dinner with his wife and two kids. Dreyfuss scoops mashed potatoes from a big serving bowl onto his plate. Something […]
Rhody Read: Stacey Love: My Lessons on Love, Life, Loss by Stacey Caputi Liakos
Stray Love is RI native Stacey Caputi Liakos’ compelling and candid memoir in which she recounts her decade-long relationship with Ray-Ray, a charismatic bad-boy and drug hustler, and wrestles with her realization that life – and the pull of the heart – is not always within her control. In a conversational tone akin to swapping […]
Unsung Scholar: Presidential hopeful to speak at civil rights documentary screening in Newport
For political enthusiasts looking for fact-based rationalism in our hyper-polarized political climate, this film represents a breath of fresh air on the horizon. At the intersection of sanity and racial intellectualism, the documentary Dr. Ira Raid Haverford College’s Unsung Scholar and Activist comes to Newport this month. The documentary was screened this spring at the […]