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YEAR-END REVIEW: Opening amidst adversity and budget cuts, here are five favorite PVD-area stage productions, 2025

Cibber-Vanbrugh’s The Provok’d Husband, a comedy about an extravagant wife, was a huge success in Newport. And Nicholas Rowe’s brooding The Tragedy of Jane Shore, inspired by the life of the mistress of Edward IV, drew standing-room only crowds.  That was in the late-1760s, when these plays were among the first theatrical stagings in RI despite anti-theater laws […]

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Read Locally: Top book picks by RI authors

By Steven R. Porter Rhode Island is known nationwide for its vibrant arts community. But the state’s published authors, despite their talent and success, are too often an afterthought. The year 2025 saw an absolute cornucopia of great fiction and non-fiction releases offering an abundance of nourishment for the mind and soul that all deserve […]

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Predictions for 2026 Include Increasing Crises: US pushing the envelope of political and economic instability

I am not optimistic in the short term, but I am in the long term. I’ve watched the country go through terrible upheavals, back to the Vietnam War and the election of Richard Nixon as president, which in combination normalized cynicism about whether society is trying to help or hurt ordinary people. The leaked Pentagon […]

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What Are You Doing New Years?: New Years Eve Celebrations

Every year there is the great debate; Should I remain home and watch the ball drop in my Care Bear jammies, or should I open my horizons by bringing in the new year with style and flair? Last year I traveled through Providence looking for a place to go on New Years. My friends chose […]

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