A year ago this week, I stepped onto the Pedestrian Bridge in Providence. I was going to write a column about Providence. It was going to be a fun column. Lots of fun, I thought. So much fun. Like a modern Truman Capote, I was going to galavant around the city I love so much, […]
Although three of our four local observatories are currently closed to the public, you can still get a glimpse of the stars on Friday nights at Frosty Drew Observatory. The telescopes are available for use about 30 minutes after dusk until around 11pm. Due to COVID restrictions, advance tickets are required. Frosty Drew Observatory, 61-62 […]
Like superheroes momentarily defeated by a seemingly unbeatable enemy, comic book fans screamed a dramatic, “Nooooooo!” when RI Comic Con announced it was cancelling its November 2020 event. But every superhero fan knows that even if the bad guy wins, his victory is temporary — RI Comic Con will triumphantly return in 2021, and Susan […]
Skyrocketing in popularity in the last year, TikTok is widely known as an app for Gen Z to learn dances and lip sync along to their favorite songs. For 26-year-old Ashlee Moffitt in West Warwick, it’s the app that got her 11 million views for buying a school bus and planning to live in it. […]
Hi Spyce, So, I am a happily married gay male and have been non-monogamous with my husband for many years. A couple of years ago I met someone, and we developed a really intense and connected relationship. It was amazing, thrilling and life changing. The only issue was that he had a really hard time […]
If you stopped by the West Side Diner last year for an early morning breakfast, you might have seen her talking to her son about skipping school. “He did it once, and I told him once was going to be the only time. I nip things in the bud when I see them. We don’t […]
One Gun Gone is an anti-gun violence art project that takes one gun off the street, turns it into art and then sells that art for funds for a gun buy-back program, taking more guns off neighborhood streets. Several students involved in the project are planning to attend private high schools or college in the […]
If you were with me on my birthday a year ago, you’d know that I spent an hour of it at Greenline Apothecary in Providence. Of course, you wouldn’t know this, because I was there alone. It was my first time there, and I wanted the experience of sitting in a vintage setting, drinking a […]
“I just can’t see myself leaving like this.” She was supposed to have left weeks ago. Months, actually. June 8 was her last scheduled day in Providence. “We’re at June 8. Okay. June 8. It’s here. And I can’t go. I’m like–What? What is happening? Why can’t I go? I love it here. I have […]
If you passed by a house near Charles Street at around eleven o’clock at night on Saturday, you would have seen a light on. “We hadn’t seen each other in 10 or 15 years. It’s been that long.” The two of them were sitting at a small table next to the window eating pizza from […]