“Bus Is Turning” T-shirts: Fundraiser Against Housing Insecurity
RIPTA found the perfect fundraiser: “Caution: Bus Is Turning” T-shirts echo the loud warning that has become as iconic in RI as “Mind the Gap” in London. Priced at $25 […]
Events:
A Christmas Carol
Everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge, is back! The humbug’s wrenching, covetous, and cares more for money than all else. When the clock strikes midnight one fateful Christmas Eve, the ghost
November 23 - December 29A Christmas Carol
With a cast of five amazing actors playing all of the parts, this is the wonderful holiday story and tradition that you love with CTC flair. Full of fun, energy,
December 5 - December 22Buddy Cavaleri
Musician/composer. Not Buddy Cianci.
December 22 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pmPolar Express
Late on Christmas Eve, after the town has gone to sleep, a boy boards a mysterious train that traverses the uncanny valley to visit the North Pole. I’m ready whenever!
December 23 @ 4:30 pm - 7:30 pmJoe Potenza & Friends
Jazz from some of the best friends in RI.
December 23 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmIt’s a Wonderful Life
A classic holiday movie that will bring tears to your eyes.
December 23 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmAli Siddiq
In the Shadows tour for the Houston-based observational comic.
December 24 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmSons of Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd experience… Whoa man.
December 28 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmSugar Ray and The Bluetones
There’s a halo hanging on the corner of my girlfriend’s four post bed.
December 28 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmPitbull
There is so much I want to say. If you were in middle school from 2012 onward, you know the hold this man had on the world.
December 29 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmNeal & The Vipers
9th Annual New Years Eve party – see you in the new year with these blues-rock RI legends.
December 31 @ 9:00 pm - 11:00 pmAndrew Victor
Folk music for the new year.
January 1, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmThree Stooges Festival
Annual Three Stooges Film Festival featuring Larry, Moe, and Curly at their comical best in classic episodes from the 1930s and 1940s. Nyek, nyek, nyek.
January 3, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmFunky White Honkies
Big party band.
January 3, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmMarie Claude
Listen to some music and drink your coffee.
January 4, 2025 @ 11:00 am - 1:00 pmSaints in the City
Bruce Springsteen tribute band.
January 4, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmPearly Baker
This band plays Grateful Dead music their way, with some Stones, Beatles, Allman Bros, and JJ Cale pearls thrown in for good measure.
January 4, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmRoger Ceresi’s All Starz
Paying tribute to the great music legends of the ‘50s & ‘60s.
January 8, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmMoxie
’90s & 2000s rock, with some old-fashioned attitude.
January 10, 2025 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm1964 The Tribute
Beatles tribute.
January 10, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Going Bananas for Bananagrams: a word game with special RI a-peel
When Rhode Islanders think of a local game company, they think of Hasbro. But there are other Providence-based game companies that have ripened to international stature. That’s right, we are […]
Still an RI Institution, Even After “Knock It Off”: Frog and Toad continues to impress
In 2001, Erin Piorek Schofield and Asher Schofield found some retail space on Hope Street in PVD which they made their own to pursue Erin’s dream of being an entrepreneur. […]
Will Holiday Deliveries Be Grinched?: Buy local to bypass supply chain problems
As shoppers enter the heat of the holiday buying season, worldwide supply chain problems are making it tough for American consumers to find products sourced from overseas, particularly Asia. Sometimes […]
Stand Up Gifts: A Wrap Challenge
Last year, my sister sent me two pairs of plastic gloves, two plastic face shields and a travel-sized container of Lysol wipes – was this a gag gift? My daughter […]
For the Festive Drinker
It’s that time of year to get cooking, get traveling, and get shopping! And while lots of people can be easy to shop for, some prove more difficult. That person […]
I Only Have Pies For You
Hartley’s Pork Pies is a Rhode Island secret treasure; “The Great British Baking Show” wishes they could make pork pies this perfect. Located in an unassuming building in Lincoln, they’re […]
Stock Culinary Goods: Food lovers, feel free to salivate!
When Motif caught up with Jan Faust Dane, owner of Stock Culinary Goods on Hope Street in Providence, she didn’t jump to sell us on some of her top-of-the-line wares, […]
Concrete and Cardinals
Scott Turner’s brief articles in The Providence Journal always provided welcome glimpses of natural landscapes. Beauty in the Street – Nature Tales from the Neighborhood collects many of these, as well […]
Where the Benny’s Used To Be: A Rhode Island Pictorial History Series
Rhode Island Memories is a three volume coffee table book published by The Providence Journal that serves as a pictorial history of this state. With photos beginning in the late […]