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, […]
The kickoff event of this year’s NecronomiCon promises to bring the haunting of Providence to new heights (or perhaps, murky new depths). You should be prepared for some amazing music (see previous page), as well as eldritch chanting and chimerical cultists hidden beneath robes both sinister and spectacular – on stage and in the audience. […]
Josh Miller is a RI senator (Democrat – District 28) first elected in 2006 to represent Cranston and Warwick. Since his election, Senator Miller has proven to be a leader on environmental, economic and social issues, as well as a pioneer in the health and human services arena. He has also been a strong advocate […]
On July 28 the headline in the Providence Journal was “Boston out as 2024 US candidate” referring the end of the bid by a few people to convince the people of Boston they should upend their lives and pledge huge public resources so a few folks could make a fortune on the 2024 Olympics if […]
The state legislative session came to an abrupt end this year, leaving hundreds of potential laws lost in legal limbo. These bills were pushed at the last minute from the senate to the house, and the house chose to adjourn rather than go into overtime to review them. There is a chance that emergency sessions […]
Here’s a look at the epic and history-making Providence International Arts Fest 2015. It’s a story so big, it needed three chapters (but they’re really short, interesting chapters) See video playlist Or, watch here: Shooting and editing by Alex Speiss