Heads up, good people of Warwick! The city is behind in its car tax collections, so don’t be surprised if you receive a letter in the mail asking for monies dating back to 2018. Overjoyed by the good news? Well, hold your celebrations because that’s not all. Because of this bureaucratic balls-up, there is a 2% “processing” fee (read: late […]
In April, PVD became the first capital in the nation to install a trash skimmer in the city’s harbor. Designed to filter the water of refuse, the apparatus is affixed to a floating dock in front of the Hot Club and picks-up trash as the current passes. And once the skimmer is filled and ready […]
Pioneering low-cost carrier Norwegian Airlines has announced the end of its $99 flights to Ireland. While the news is no surprise from an airline that almost exclusively depended on the indefinitely grounded Boeing 737-MAX (following two identical full-hull losses in quick succession with two different airlines), the decision to end flights from Cork and Dublin […]
Life is fleeting, fickle; its moments all too short. But even within the fragility of human existence, the echoes of an individual can resonate for generations. With the passing of Eleanor Spears Dove on July 13, the Narragansett tribe lost a matriarch, a centenarian, a leader and a figurehead. But for those left behind, and […]
Last month, Canada was gripped by a spate of murders committed by a pair of teenagers from British Columbia. While the individuals (whose remains were recently found in a river in Manitoba after an exhaustive manhunt) were not known for their sense of style, their clothing choice certainly drew attention. Spotted on a CCTV camera […]
Steven Feinberg is a legend of the silver screen. Currently serving as the executive director of the Rhode Island Film & Television Office, Feinberg previously spent 22 years in Hollywood where he worked with every major studio you can think of, developing a Saturn-nominated Best Science Fiction Movie, Fortress, in the process. Since returning to […]
Strapped for Danger: Undercover Vice, the latest offering from veteran RI director Richard Griffin, wraps in Pawtucket on August 4. A rollicking LGBTQ+ comedy, the production centers around two undercover police officers being sent into a “gay porn factory” to bust a racketeering ring. The second in the Strapped for Danger series, Undercover Vice is […]
While the cultural barometer swings toward Euro-Americanism around the Fourth of July, not everything in the nation is stained deeper shades of red, white and blue on Independence Day. For the Indigenous cultures of North America, the establishment of the United States of America on July 4, 1776, was just another grand gesture by a […]
Stemming from the 16th century neologism “patriot,” the word “patriotism” is obscure, difficult-to-define and has historically conveyed emotions more driven by passion than by logic. But in the United States, patriotism, whatever it may be, has anchored itself in the national psyche as an integral component of the nation’s identity — a singular, unifying American […]
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that Wester petitioned the board to have his photographs exhibited; however, they were curated into a group exhibition. It also misidentified Andrew, introduced in the 5th paragraph, as Wester. The corrected article follows. It all began when local artist Bradley Wester’s series of photographs of the military […]