Month: March 2025

Album Review: Underwater Palace by Andrew Potter

On his second full length LP, Underwater Palace singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Andrew Potter showcases his musical authenticity as well as his years of experience as an entertainer to make for one of the highest quality local releases of 2024. Blending elements of jazz, rock, blues and folk, the performances all around are seasoned, incredibly solid […]

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Spotlight on Local Women: Mel Rainsberger

Providence has a rich tapestry of the arts embedded onto its sidewalks. This is reflected in our wide selection of live theater, art galleries  and local music scene. It’s even evident in publications like this, that serve to shed the spotlight on underappreciated and otherwise unknown artists active in all media and genres. Flipping through […]

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“We’re Just As Fucked Up As You. It’s Like the Blind Leading The Blind!”: An exploration of the fabulous women characters behind pop culture

There’s so much in this world that empowers women and brings women together; our shared experiences, our disdain for wired bras, our love of heating pads during our time of the month, our desire to be understood far more than we typically are, and much, much more. These shared experiences are highlighted in multiple forms […]

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Profiling Rhode Island’s Community Theaters: The stories behind our neighborhood storytellers

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream may not have been the first play to parody amateur theater, but his depiction of the exceptionally incompetent Mechanicals certainly created the mold for more modern-day, like-minded British comedies like Noises Off and The Play That Goes Wrong. Christopher Guest’s now-iconic Waiting for Guffman – a mockumentary about the aspirations […]

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