Last month, on a quiet Monday night, I read two New York Times articles back-to-back. Though penned by different writers, they both had the same protagonist. Both of them made me cry. The first was out of delight – and, I’ll admit, because I’m a softie. The story was that of Ann Hood and Michael […]
Robert Ellis Smith, who died unexpectedly July 25, was an independent journalist whose influence on our understanding of privacy – indeed, on the definition of the term – cannot be overstated. We didn’t know each other well, but I would see him perform in plays – I reviewed him in The Man From Earth – […]
Aries: You’re ready to move along with your life into new territory, but some last-minute snags hold you back. Month-end will bring progress. In some areas of your life, there has been no holding back. Romance and relationships have been pleasant for the most part. Authority figures are a bit of a pain throughout this period. […]
We played a little game at Motif one day. If we were making a film about RI politics and money were no object, who would we choose to portray our political players? See if you agree with our picks. We’ll be over here waiting for our Oscar for pretend casting director – just like all […]
Rhode Island filmmaker Denali Tiller directed a documentary named after three boys: Tre, Maison, Dasan. At the start of the film they are 13, 11, and 6 years old, and each has a parent (two fathers and one mother) incarcerated in the state prison, the Adult Correctional Institution in Cranston. The film is scheduled to […]
Warm humid days are upon us and we are tired – if that’s even possible – of our usual summer brews. Take a break from your hazy IPAs and summer shandys. Pause the margarita for a refreshing ever-so-slightly-sessionable and easy-to-make drink: The Spritz. Some say the Aperol Spritz, others recall their grandma’s circa 1991 white […]
There has been a bright spot for the union nurses and technologists who were part of the strike at Rhode Island and Hasbro Children’s Hospitals. It sits right behind Women and Infants Hospital; that bright spot is Amore Espresso Gelato Bar. I received a message from unionized CT Technologist Keith, and he urged me to cover […]
Gabrielle Halliday (Motif): What menu item would you recommend to someone who’s never been to Ellie’s? Caitlyn McGuire: One of the items that is very much quintessentially Ellie’s are our French Macarons. It’s the product that Ellie’s was founded on. Ellen [Slattery], who is the proprietor/owner of Gracie’s, kept getting guests who were telling her that […]
I’ll start with an admission: When it comes to food, I like it spicy. Since my collegiate youth spent in Western New York in the late ’80s when the rest of the country thought the wings were the part of the chicken you threw away — had I only had the foresight to imagine a day […]
Mr. Fish is the nom de plume of Dwayne Booth, an artist whose clever, biting, often funny, sometimes gut-punchingly painful work is the subject of the documentary Mr. Fish: Cartooning from the Deep End, scheduled to be screened at this year’s Rhode Island International Film Festival. I recently talked to Fish and he chatted happily about […]