Cathren is a multidisciplinary artist and a board member of the Peace Flag Project. Current projects: giant flags, documentary films and children's workshops with the Providence Community Libraries. Website: thepeaceflagproject.org
New Year’s resolutions tend to be short-lived. We usually make them after weeks of holiday binging, comforting ourselves with the thought that the damage can be undone through will power […]
I recently came across an article published in Forbes magazine in 2018, in which author Panos Mourdoukoutas declared that if Amazon replaced the public library it would save the taxpayers […]
Julie Adams Strandberg did not set out to be a dancer. She’d taken dance classes when she was younger, but it was her sister Carolyn Adams who took the first […]
RI is in a state of emergency when it comes to primary care. Our state scores high on the national average for health insurance – only 2.2% of the people […]
Susan Clausen has been a presence in the Providence art scene since 1985 but it wasn’t until 2021 that I first glimpsed her work through the half open door of […]
Dear C; I work at a busy coffee shop. One of my regular customers, Sam, has always been a laid-back dude but recently, he’d complained about feeling dragged out and […]
MALE, AGE 58, NEVER MARRIED, SINGLE I used to see love as a romantic epic, with a dazzling beauty who would take my breath away and cartoon birds that sang […]
Dear C; I have had it. I am sick and tired of myself. Every year I resolve to make the same changes and I start off with such a great […]
Dear C, I recently had surgery, and oddly enough, the hardest part of recovery is that I can’t do things for myself that I normally do. I need help — […]
Over 40% of Americans are obese and despite the fact that weight loss clinics and diet fads abound, these statistics continue to rise. The experts have been helpless to stop […]