Speakeasy Tour 2025: Stop One, The Walnut Room
When the wind whips down South Main on a cold winter night, I’m happy for my knee length coat, hurrying to meet my guide John Gendron for our first speakeasy. […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Soup for the Sick (Or the Hungry): A Guide to some of RI’s best soups
While the winter solstice may be behind us, the coldest days are yet to come. And with the frigid air comes a different kind of cold: stuffy nose, sore throat, […]
RI’S First Safe Injection Site: Risk Reduction in PVD
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 […]
5 for ’25: Five steps to help tackle your 2025 goals
2025, a new year full of new resolutions. Most often these have to do with some sort of self-improvement: picking up new hobbies, learning new skills, developing better, healthier habits. […]
Irresistible. Irreplaceable. Irregardless Biscuits.
I’ve been living in the West End of Providence for a few years now and one of my favorite things to do is to explore the neighborhood for small adventures […]
Top 10 Books to read in 2024
The One, John MarrsRating: 5 stars.Set in the UK, Marrs’ The One paints a near future where a company called “Match Your DNA” promises to pair you with your genetic […]
Book Review: Farah Ali’s The River, The Town
On the cusp of adulthood, Baadal and his two friends get into mischief in their Pakistani Town. They egg the house of a suspicious official. They go to the Town […]
Book Review: The Science of Weed: and Indispensable Guide to Cannabis, by Godfrey Pearlson
“Cannabis is the noisiest plant on earth.” This first sentence of the foreword by Joe Dolce in The Science of Weed sets the stage for the topics covered in this […]
Revisiting Something Old (or new) This Winter: A spotlight on South County’s Mews Tavern
In the winter, I often find myself craving comfort. When it comes to eating out, I tend to go to the familiar, steadfast places, the ones that rarely change. As […]
In Search Of An Urban Oasis: Nature in the city
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, […]