Oscar and Marcus were born to be rivals, it seemed, from the age of four when they shared the same babysitter. It started with a coveted crayon, color green, and it continued into the drab halls of Gilbert Stuart Middle School. It didn’t help matters that they were practically neighbors, coming of age on the […]
It’s no secret to anybody who knows me that I am an avid fan of boardgaming, in all of its manifestations. Whether it’s Monopoly, chess, or Dungeons & Dragons, this fascination with miniature playing pieces and dice of all sorts traces back to adolescence, and has stayed with me since. It goes beyond entertainment. In […]
When I wrote about Rhode Island’s first harm reduction center for Motif a few months back, I understood that it was a monumental moment for social services amidst the looming return of Trump to the White House. Only time will tell how this experiment goes, but I want to circle back and revisit this story, […]
Providence has a rich tapestry of the arts embedded onto its sidewalks. This is reflected in our wide selection of live theater, art galleries and local music scene. It’s even evident in publications like this, that serve to shed the spotlight on underappreciated and otherwise unknown artists active in all media and genres. Flipping through […]
Before earning the moniker the “Creative Capital” (or even “PVD” for that matter), Providence struggled to rebrand itself as the Renaissance City through the 1990’s. Prior to this, there was little to no nightlife to speak of Downtown. Some of us reading this are old enough, and Rhody enough, to remember those days. Once 5pm […]
Leo hated taking flag down fares; it was the sheer unpredictability of how the ride could turn out that made him anxious. This was not New York, where a partition separated driver from customer. This was PVD, where because of simple proximity, a fare was privy to your world, and vice versa, for however long […]
In a city bursting at the seams with culinary standouts, it’s difficult not to fixate on the tried and true institutions, the cliches and must-trys of PVD’s restaurant scene. We all know who they are; they’ve been written about extensively, both within these pages and in other local publications. They occupy prime real estate in […]
In 2021 and 2022, RI recorded 435 and 434 overdose fatalities respectively. 2023 saw a partial decrease of 7.3% to 404. This statistic can be misleading, insinuating that the futile “war on drugs” we have been waging since the ‘80’s is slowly being won. But overdoses and illicit drug use are two very different beasts. […]
By the time the final flurry had fallen, a towering twenty-three inches of snow blanketed the city of Providence in a vast sea of white. The winter of 2005 came a close second to the state’s largest blizzard. The only past occurrence even comparable was the blizzard of ‘78, when a record-breaking twenty-eight inches had […]
While PVD is far from a concrete jungle, we do have our fair share of triple-deckers and cramped quarters. Tree-lined sidewalks are in no shortage, despite what neighborhood you’re in, but that doesn’t mean that it can’t feel like a metropolitan maze sometimes. This is when we need to remind ourselves that the creative capital […]