Okee dokee folks…While setting up for my show the other day I had a conversation with the sound person about music. I was shocked to find out that he didn’t think much of a lot of today’s music. As surprised as I was, I agreed with him. He is 25 years old and I never […]
The Scurvy Dog will have hosted their second Parking Lot Mega Show of the season by the time this article is printed. The award-winning festival (cough cough, Motif) is celebrating its 11th year, and is something many in the PVD arts and music scene greatly anticipate each summer. These shows are family- (though the bands […]
Why Have a Bio Blitz at Peace and Plenty Community Garden? That may have been a question the 17 people had on their minds as they huddled together in the bustling 30-some degree cold on April 12. If it were any other group. But this eclectic, excited group (including Melissa Guillet of 15 Minute Field […]
Since the beginning of 2025 groups have gathered across the US to denounce moves made by the Trump administration, and have successfully made their voices heard across the political and social spheres. Protests began with collective cries to fight immigration policies, against government firings, and, especially, against administrative actions and rhetoric that stem straight from […]
Funeral for RI environmental bills A variety of local ecological leaders embraced satire this past week by holding a funeral for 19 bills that tried to pass through the RI legislature over the year. All of them were killed on the vine. A faux-minister presided over an empty, environmentally friendly casket, carried up the statehouse […]
All Summer after“What’s LoveGottoDo?” by Richard Blanco All summer I wander between houses, couches, in and out of Dil and Lil’s secondhand Murano, air conditionless, legs suctioned to the seats / Radio set to whatever isn’t static, most days Spanish, Mexican horns blaring, pushing down three-lane highways and rural dirt roads / All summer I […]
A special edition for Motif’s Fiction and Poetry issue Running along the boardwalk on the way to the shore, In two’s and in three’s, racing on their way, Crematogaster sisters, acrobats with heart. The farmers brought us out to see the mystery, a crop had been targeted, thirsty broccoli, the youngest sprouts, Tetramorium encircled. Clinging […]
This is the sixth article in a series about community theaters located throughout and adjacent to Rhode Island. With its 2024 production of The Lucky Chance — a 17th-century comic farce about the perils of arranged marriage, written by the first professional female playwright in England – Providence’s Head Trick Theatre “showcases what it does […]
I had a teacher tell me once that if you can’t think of what to write about, write about your table. Spend ten minutes writing everything you can. The next day, write about the table. Don’t look at what you wrote yesterday, just write ten minutes about that table. The following day, write about the […]
I’ve always believed that people could achieve incredible things, if only they had some guidance. A mentor. Someone to show them the ropes. Ideally, someone who’s actually been through it themselves and has real-world experience, first-hand knowledge. Unfortunately, this is a rare thing to find. There’s that old saying: “Those who can, do; those who […]