Monster of the Month: April Fool 2015
April monster of the month by Big Nazo Lab / Erminio Pinque
Film Review: She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry
The documentary She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry takes a thorough look at the American feminist movement from the mid-’60s through the early ’70s. The film concentrates on 1966 through 1971 and features in-depth interviews with numerous contributors and leaders of the movement in an effort to explore how the movement was started and what the struggle […]
National Ceramics Conference Lands in Providence
The Cate Charles Gallery on South Main Street — the combo efforts of mother-daughter duo Kim Charles and Catherine Schrage — offers up something unique this week in its “Porcelain in Three” ceramics exhibition. The gallery usually features paintings or sculptures, but opted for a porcelain ceramics display including works from Susan Schulz, Seth Rainville […]
Pin-up: Maryssa Morse
Do you have a nickname? Ryss What’s your favorite book? Anything by Kurt Vonnegut What’s your favorite movie? Empire Records, Silver Linings Playbook or Dumb & Dumber Favorite musician? I’m the worst at favorites, especially with music, but I do love Smashing Pumpkins What’s your go-to hangover cure? A beer and a burger Do you have […]
David Gere – Beyond the Shadow of a Doubt
I heard about David James Gere shortly after I interviewed his partner in crime, Tommy DeNucci. These two frequently work together, and let’s just say they create waves in the movie world. And, um, he’s not too shabby in the art, wrestling and night life world. I met Gere on the set of Blue Line, […]
Film Review: The Wrecking Crew
The Wrecking Crew documents the history of a group of Los Angeles-based studio musicians who were known in the recording industry by the titular nickname. This group was at the heart of the recording industry, playing the actual music on records by musical acts such as The Monkees, Sonny And Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Herb Alpert and […]
Roger Williams Park Botanical Center Reminds Us of Seasons to Come
The tail end of a New England winter can be excrutiating. From potholes assaulting your tires every half mile (when there isn’t a sheet of ice on the road worthy of figure skating conditions) to mountains the size of the Abominable Snowman on your front lawn … if I said it all grows old fast, […]
IMBIBE: Spring Stinger
Has spring sprung yet? The bitch usually does with a sting, at least here in New England, where this idyllic season greets us with hearty slap in the face from sleet, freezing rain or a final snow. So aptly does this edition’s cocktail come named: Spring Stinger. The Stinger, a supposedly popular pre-prohibition drink, uses […]
Amateurs: Binge-Watch Some Backstage Drama
“She looks alarmed, and it is the same disingenuousness that marked the bad acting of so many of Emily’s friends … when they pretended to be actors in their community theater dramas …” – Chris Bohjalian, The Night Strangers “It’s very hard to insert nudity into an Ibsen play.” – Patrick (Kevin Broccoli), “Amateurs” “No […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: You’re looking for some quiet time, but the roller coaster ride is not over. You’re beginning to realize how some of your behaviors create the reactions that they do. Often these reactions are in your favor, just as often they are not. Question is, what are you going to do about it? Beware around the […]