John Picinich

What’s in a name? everything: Especially with this artistic trio’s In-Between exhibition

Walking between oval mirrors mounted above altars on opposite walls in the entryway of the Pawtucket Arts Collaborative gallery in Lorraine Mills, the theme of the mixed-media and immersive In-Between group exhibition became readily apparent. As a sign of welcome, an alabaster hand and an ebony hand reached out from one mirror, while a white […]

Read More

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE TAKES OFF IN WARWICK: Participants have to log 16 hours of reading by late August

The Warwick Public Library (WPL) on Sandy Lane, whose reading programs run from infancy to adulthood, is abuzz with the Summer Reading Challenge.  Split into three age groups, participants have to log 16 hours of reading time by August 23 to earn their prizes. They also get a halfway prize after reading for eight hours, […]

Read More

IN THE LIBRARY AT THE CENTER OF THE COMMUNITY: A children’s educator reflects on her role at PPL

“I get paid to do the Hokey Pokey. It’s kind of a cool gig,” Anne Leyon Kilkenny says of her job at Providence Public Library (PPL) on Empire Street. She joined PPL 15 years ago as an early childhood/children’s educator, which was a new position at the time. The Library, a 150-year-old nonprofit institution, wanted […]

Read More

Print Magazines Have Taken It On The Chin: But they’re far from out for the count

The pandemic delivered an uppercut, but not a knockout punch, to the print magazine industry. Still, a number of titles vanished from newsstand racks in the wake of COVID-19; either folding outright or migrating to online only, according to retail sellers. And readership? It’s likewise been trimmed, partly by the departure of Millennials and Generation […]

Read More

SURVIVAL IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF WHITE HOUSE HOSTILITY

Persistence is a means of resistance for this queer arts collaborative By John Picinich Recently, Binch Press x Queer Archive Work (BinchxQAW) found itself thrown into the front lines of the White House’s renewed culture wars. The collaborative nonprofit was notified that its $15,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts had been withdrawn. […]

Read More