Health care has been in a state of very rapid evolution for the last three years, sparked into mutation by the comet strike of the Affordable Healthcare Act (AHA, aka ObamaCare). Each year, we try to connect with the leading healthcare organizations that affect our lives in RI and surrounding areas, and find out what’s […]
When I tell friends that I think their grandchildren might live for hundreds of years, they usually think I’m kidding around. While I spend a fair amount of my life doing exactly that, in this case I’m not. Advances in medical science are progressing at an exponential rate. While regulation and testing add delays of […]
The Nutcracker by Festival Ballet is one of those seasonal treats that make Providence extra magical for the holidays. This year promises to be no exception. There will be a couple of special elements. For the first time, two students from Festival’s adaptive dance classes – a program aimed at helping children with Down Syndrome […]
This short takes a very intriguing concept and very likable actors and swirls them into a surreal and enjoyable 15 minute film directed by RI filmmaker Chris Esper. The script by Rich Camp, based on a story idea by Tom Paolino, follows a young cubicle jockey whose luck is unbelievably good – at the expense […]
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The 22nd Great International Beer Festival (GIBF) goes live at the Rhode Island Convention Center on Saturday, October 24, bringing over 55 breweries from around the world and some local favorites from Li’l Rhody. You can enjoy unlimited sampling from over 250 beers each session. The afternoon session runs from 1 to 4:30pm and the evening […]
In case you’re not getting news from any other local source this week, there have been some interesting developments in the Pawtucket Red Sox Epic. The PawSox themselves have indicated that they will not be moving to the proposed wedge of I-195 land they have been prospecting for the past several months, indicating that governor […]
The student loan crisis has made national headlines recently, with everything from multi-speech, multi-initiative attention from Obama to a cover story in Time magazine. Exact figure estimates vary, but somewhere around 40 million Americans (more than 12%) owe well over a trillion dollars in total student debt. What exactly is the crisis? A college degree […]
The vaunted Newport Comedy Series, which has brought the likes of Bill Cosby (pre scandal), Jeff Dunham and Cheech and Chong, has moved in more ways than one this year. First, this year it’s mostly in the fall, not summer. That’s a side effect of the other move, from the Newport Yachting Center, the venerable […]
The crow refused to blink. The dark, hard obsidian of its eyes conveyed an inhuman awareness of its surroundings, acute but soulless, absorbing light from the abandoned mill and the soft, rotting bricks where the feathered beast perched. Its rapt attention recalled its Jurassic ancesters, raptorous hunters who had dominated their food chain. The dark, […]