Lunar Notes: Horoscope for Dec 18 – Jan 14
Aries: You receive some public acclaim that is to your benefit. This may change your career trajectory and you may give serious thought to some higher education. Your network of friends and acquaintances provides you with some opportunities in the areas of love and romance and an increase in income. Not a bad deal. Taurus: The […]
Art Seen: Spoken Word’s Christopher Johnson
If you follow poetry and know anything about spoken word and the art’s local action and inertia, you should know Christopher Johnson’s name. To say that Chris Johnson is a colorful and interesting guy is less than an understatement. He is energized, mysteriously humorous and a walking billboard for where the spoken word performance art thing has taken us. […]
401 Counterculture: Pawtucket’s Mode Merr
Rhode Island has fast become synonymous with creative small business. You can hardly find a street corner or loft office in the Providence or Warwick area not adorned with the humble and vibrant signs of local-owned businesses selling everything from artisan food to eclectic art and handmade furniture. One such office in Pawtucket holds the […]
Pub Amble: Brunch by Day, Pub by Night
One Wednesday after a house-gathering with friends, several guys said they were going to The Grange for live music and drinks. “Wait,” I said. “The Grange? On Broadway?” “Yes.” “You’re talking the vegetarian brunch place?” “Yes.” “They’re open at night?” And thus began my epiphany: The restaurants we go to on weekend mornings for Bloody […]
Scary Little Fuckers, A Christmas Movie
Something is stirring in Chepachet this holiday season, but it is not quite what you would expect; it’s a film crew producing a horror, comedy, Christmas short titled Scary Little Fuckers. You might expect a film crew taking advantage of the holiday season and its decorations to craft a heartfelt family drama, but there […]
Cover Artist DECEMBER New Year’s & Polar Plunge Issue : Liz Wikstrom
The talented Liz Wikstrom brings us a polar plunge in the most literal sense Check out more of her work here : http://lizwikstrom.com/
Dash Around Town: Hope Gallery’s Anita Trezvant, Imago and The Wilson Collection
Art Galleries in this economic climate are really small miracles that require real same, business sensibilities and luck up the yin-yang. Anita Trezvant has most of that working for her. Since she took over the Co-op and reignited the Hope Gallery in Bristol a few years ago, she has had the right navigational skills to […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: This period begins with some startling conversation that opens your mind to new possibilities. As you assimilate all this, opportunities for new friendships, new romance and new professional relationships present themselves. There’s a feminine influence on your career trajectory that is quite favorable. Taurus: You can’t seem to get away from conversations about money […]
Girls, Girls, Girls: How the Art World Sees Women Today
Some things I learned about women from “SHE: Picturing Women at the Turn of the 21st Century,” the exhibition on view at Brown University’s Bell Gallery (64 College St, Providence, through Dec 21): Women have big breasts, big butts and they like to lie around. Also a lot of big shot, blue-chip artists are way […]