Top 5 Fun Things To Do: September 19 – September 25
SAT 22 Downtown Rising: Free all-day music festival successor to Rocktucket — the musical capstone to this year’s Pawtucket Arts Festival features three stages across the city, taking over the streets with the likes of Cactus Attack, The Shakes, Jetty, EclectricElectric, The Funk Underground and Iris Creamer. ‘Gansett Beer, antique race cars from a motorsports […]
About Our Cover
As we were preparing our annual education issue, shots rang out and 15-year-old William Parsons became the victim of gun violence in the shadow of a Providence school. For weeks, we’d prepared stories on innovative education concepts, higher ed trends and places to find the all-important late-night slice, but none of these concepts in modern […]
Come Together: Jenn Steinfeld is bringing Providence assets together for everyone’s benefit
Colleges and universities often donate infrastructure to the towns in which they reside as a way to contribute to their community and offset their tax exempt status. Providence recently created a new position, filled by Jenn Steinfeld, director of strategic partnerships and economic advancement, who will work with colleges and universities and hospitals to ensure that all […]
Corruption Rules
Time go get some sun. I’m not talking about the sun in the sky – I’m talking about the proverbial sun, the “out from the shadows and into the sunlight” sun. Time to come out of the darkness and into the public eye. It’s time for Corruption Rules to formally go public. Since the mid […]
Top 5 Fun Things To Do: September 12 – September 18
FRI 14 The Viennagram: Space punk. 9pm. Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway, PVD. columbustheatre.com PVD Shanty Sing: Acoustic sing-along music. 6pm. The Parlour, 1119 N Main St, PVD. fb.com/ParlourRI SAT 15 American Idol Live! 2018: American Idol live at The Z! 8pm. Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, 684 Purchase St, New Bedford, Mass. zeiterion.org SAT 15 – […]
The Write Stuff
It was a dark and stormy night. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer. Fuck. Writing is hard. I mean, sure — the inspiration part is easy. But when it’s time to roll up your sleeves and put pen to paper, one […]
An Interview with Cover Artist Anthony Russo
Anthony Russo lives in Little Compton, but his art travels well beyond our borders. It has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Esquire and The Boston Globe, among other publications. His illustrations have graced the covers of numerous books, and his fine art is something to be admired. During our interview, Russo told me that […]