Know Your Mom and Pop: Revival Massage and Bodyworks
It all started during a sushi dinner in 2011. Co-owners Jessica Lavoie and Morgan Woodard became close friends after meeting in 2007 while working in the massage therapy field. They […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Know Your Mom and Pop: Sin Alley Tattoo
I give start-up business owners a lot of credit, because starting a business can be quite a challenge. In addition to the risk that goes into the decision to branch […]
Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange Helps Rhode Islanders in Need
The unofficial start of the Christmas season seems to start earlier and earlier, much to the chagrin of consumers. But most people eventually give in, getting swept up in shopping […]
Book Review: Harmony Lee’s Within the Maples
Dreams have always fascinated me. They can be anything and seemingly come from out of nowhere. Sometimes they coincide with real-time personal events, while other times they seem to have […]
Know Your Mom and Pop: MUSE
Gift-giving has seemingly become a thing of the past, with gift cards becoming the quick (though perhaps thoughtless) fix to guarantee a happy receiver. Even when an actual gift is […]
Book Review: Mark Binder’s Transmit Joy!
Kids, usually regardless of their age, love being read to (some adults can appreciate this as well, which is why there is a market for audio books). There’s something […]
Book Review: Rory O’Brien’s Summerland
Rory O’Brien has written an enjoyable piece of historical fiction set in the high brow of Newport in 1892. The World’s Fair in Chicago was in full swing (I off-topically recommend […]
Know Your Mom and Pop: The Rhody Center for World Music and Dance
Hobbies can be difficult to pursue. Work and real world lives are so time-consuming that discovering an interest on the side can seem like an exhausting idea. However, people who don’t […]
Steven Manchester’s The Changing Season
This is a coming-of-age tale about Billy, a recent high school graduate, during his last summer of carefree kid-dom before heading off to college. While he has a couple […]
Local Beach Reads
Reading can serve as an incredible escape during the summer — either from the heat or from the fact that the heat is temporary and it’s only a matter of time […]