There are many governmental officials and civic leaders in Rhode Island with an abiding fear of Herb Weiss. Not because he’s a scary fellow – he’s one of the nicest, most talkative humans you’re likely to meet. Not because he has a private army, although one could probably be composed from the organizations and individuals […]
The pandemic delivered an uppercut, but not a knockout punch, to the print magazine industry. Still, a number of titles vanished from newsstand racks in the wake of COVID-19; either folding outright or migrating to online only, according to retail sellers. And readership? It’s likewise been trimmed, partly by the departure of Millennials and Generation […]
While you may read alone, on the train, or in your bed, is there a conversation involved in the process of reading? Reading is considered a solitary act, but what happens before picking up a book and feasting your eyes on the page? Most readers have a favorite bookstore, and so they frequent it. One […]
Darkness descended on the denizens of Providence one brutally hot evening in mid-July for approximately seventy-two minutes during a city-wide blackout. While some of it may have spilled over into the neighboring towns of Cranston and Pawtucket, it remained tightly within city limits, affecting every neighborhood, side street and main thoroughfare. Experts would later attribute […]
What’s on your summer reading list? Do you gravitate towards juicy beach reads that you can get through despite whatever degree of heat exhaustion you might be experiencing? Do you reach for something that takes place in a winter setting to recall what it feels like not to be covered in sweat whenever you set […]
A conversation with two local artists proves that the modern-day poet is not only found at poetry settings; you can also find them at the studio. When we think of poetry, do we think of the stanzas and lines we memorized by heart? Or, do we think of the lyrics that had us googling the […]
RI’s 988 Suicide and Lifeline services will continue full operations when the federal government removes the “Press 3” Option. The option connects LGBTQI+ youth under 25 with affirming crisis counselors through The Trevor Project and six other contact centers with specialists. The federal government plans to eliminate this option nationally on July 17, 2025. The […]
Jenny Wood, the narrator of “Remember Me, Remember Me,” is a ghost who died at age three and developed the ability to absorb the memories of other ghosts, gathering into herself interior worlds she would never have otherwise encountered. At one point in my afterlife I roamed from one Little Free Library to another. Many […]
Stop, Rock, and Roll is back! As summer arrives, here are five local tunes to help you soak in the sun. Aloe – “Ouch!” Sultry vocals play out over a restrained beat to kick off Aloe’s new single, buoyed by silky synth pads. Throughout the track’s length, more and more elements pop in and out, […]
