Month: June 2025


IT DON’T MEAN A THING, IF IT AIN’T GOT THAT SWING: Big Band Music Has a New Home In Downtown PVD

The high-energy, thunderous sounds of the John Allmark Orchestra have a new home at Alchemy in Providence’s Jewelry District. The Orchestra is keeping alive a classic jazz tradition which originated at Bovi’s, an iconic club in East Providence, until it closed its doors ten years ago. Duke Ellington, one of the legendary big band leaders […]

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Opinion — PVD City Council Flies Palestinian Flag: Check your privilege while globalizing the intifada

The members of the PVD City Council who asked on May 14 to fly a Palestinian Arab flag in their chamber and in front of City Hall, and held a May 16 sidewalk ceremony attended by cheering supporters, engaged in an act of clueless privilege: They are not threatened by terrorists whose explicitly stated goal […]

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1.21 GIGAWATTS OF PURE ENTERTAINMENT:THE ULTIMATE BACK TO THE FUTURE STAGE EXPERIENCE

SPONSORED POST TIME CIRCUITS: ON. DESTINATION: PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, JUNE 10 – 15, 2025 Part of the Taco and The White Family Foundation Broadway Series “BRINGS ALL THE MAGIC FROM THE SCREEN TO THE STAGE!” – Entertainment Weekly“A JAW-DROPPING SPECTACLE THAT HITS ALL THE RIGHT BUTTONS!” – USA Today Providence, RI  — Now heading […]

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ACLU Sues Brown Police: Update on Brown Police vs. public access

The RI chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) today (Jun 2) sued Brown University over two separate disputes since 2022 where the university, authorized to operate its own police agency as the Brown Department of Public Safety (BDPS), refused to provide records of arrests and enforcement actions that all public police agencies are […]

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