The 2015 annual Providence French Film Festival is dedicated in memory of its long-time director, Shoggy Waryn, who passed away only days before the opening of the festival last year in February 2014. Waryn, a native of France, was active with the festival since joining the Brown University faculty in 2001 and became the festival […]
Conscious Unparenting, by Kim Kinzie and Dawn Michael, is to our contemporary culture of modern American Parenting what the only sober person in a bar is to a room full of drunks: sense. If, like Kim and Dawn (and me), you are a mother who has ever felt the daunting expectations that our society places […]
The instructions were simple – make six quarts of your choice of soup, pair with a six-pack of beer and then trade it with approximately 15 or so privileged, mostly super-Caucasian 30-somethings with nothing better to do on a chilly winter’s eve. This is a soup swap. As has been tradition for the past nine […]
Last year, I planned on attending Providence Children’s Film Festival (PCFF) and even showed all the preview clips to my boys so they could select their favorite (Moon Man). Sadly, we missed out on getting tickets because they sold out – quickly – and even my Motif creds couldn’t get me a pass. Many of the other […]
Aries: You feel like you have been living your life within a whirlwind and although the social whirl continues, there will be pockets of time and space for you to slow down, wind down and catch your breath. Some behind-the-scenes stuff is going on; whether it is internal or external, this stuff has you asking questions. Hidden […]
At Ogie’s Trailer Park, the West Side’s newest bar / restaurant, you can relive the zoot suit glory days of the ’50s. First impression: I was pretty floored by the interior decoration. I’m really not a stickler for décor; bars with puke from the ’80s staining the walls usually do just fine for me. But […]
Though the Internet has taken over our lives, there are still a few things that can’t be done with a computer, smart phone or tablet. The services of mechanics, chefs and hair stylists still need that human touch. These are jobs that will always be in high demand, which suits Giuliano Uribe, owner of Hillside […]
MISS WENSDAY Cotillion What do you never leave home without? My disarming smile; it’s like a skeleton key that can open many doors. Do you have a pet peeve? Please let me never hear anyone chew anything! What’s your favorite book? 100 Years of Solitude What’s your favorite movie? Pee Wee’s Big Adventure Have you […]
Elvis is arguably one of the most influential artists of all time. He bridged the gap between the white-dominated country sound and black-dominated blues sound, eventually bringing rock ‘n’ roll to the mainstream of screaming girls (and their jealous, but intrigued boyfriends) and even becoming the alleged first boy band. He could sing, act (sort […]
My husband and I recently took our boys to the Kingstown Bowl for a night of bowling, pizza and beer/lemonade. Culinary expectations were low, as the Kingstown Bowl’s pizza – though adequate – doesn’t really evoke excitement. As we pulled into the parking lot, I saw that Providence Coal-Fired Pizza just opened a sister restaurant […]