Photo: Mavis Staples by Bryan Ledgard through Wikimedia Commons. Labor Day often feels like the end of summer: Kids are back in school, beach days dwindle, and pumpkin spice lattes reappear on coffee shop menus. This year, though, we can stretch summer at least one more weekend, through September 8-10, with the return of PVDFest. […]
This summer has been unruly, with days swinging from blisteringly hot to torrentially rainy. During the second week of August, when everyone else is asking themselves, Will the weather hold so I can make it to the beach?, put something fun and interesting on the calendar instead — catch dozens of new films, including several […]
Linden Place, located in Bristol, RI, bears a long history: George DeWolf funded the construction of the mansion in 1810 with money made through the Transatlantic Slave Trade. DeWolf’s grandson, Samuel P. Colt founded Industrial Trust Bank and formed the U.S. Rubber Company, at one time the country’s largest rubber manufacturer. Colt was the nephew […]