Attleboro 721 Park St, Saturday 9am – 1pm, runs June 15 – Oct 26 Barrington Congregational Church, 461 County Rd, Saturday 9am – noon, runs thru Oct 26 Haines State Park, Wednesday 2 – 6pm, runs thru Oct 30 Blackstone Daniels Farmstead, 286 Mendon Street, Sunday 11am – 3pm, runs July 7 – Oct 6 […]
The tent at the Newport Yachting Center is a great place to see a show in the summertime, and this summer’s line-up for the Newport Summer Comedy Series offers something for every type of funny bone. Motif gives you the low down on what’s right for you. July 13 – The Tenderloins Who: The improv […]
I live in East Greenwich, where the food truck is virtually non-existent. I say “virtually” because there is a hot dog guy who sits across from the cemetery most days. We also have the occasional Del’s lemonade truck that passes through, but other than that, nothing. Being huge fans of the food truck trend, my […]
The newest buzz words in environmentalism and local food are urban farming, but what exactly is it? According to Jessica Knapp, outreach director for the Southside Community Land Trust (SCLT), based in Providence, the basic definition is simple: growing food in an urban area. And that covers a broad spectrum of activities. For Camille Morrison-Pfeiffer, […]
In the shadow of Providence’s skyline, along the opposite shore of the river, the charm of a summer in the city meets the swank of Rhode Island’s urban vintage culture at the newly opened Providence Flea. Every Sunday through August 25 between 10 am and 4 pm, head to the Providence River Greenway on S […]
By Bobby Forand I have been to the beach four times in the last calendar year – to attend a wedding, to watch my son surf with Surfer’s Healing, to go for a walk with my girlfriend in hopes of making her bad day better and to work on this article. The beach is […]
By Bobby Forand Nearly everyone spends hours wondering how they are going to die. The collaborators of Machine of Death took this conundrum to the next level by putting together a compilation of short stories all based around a machine that tells people the method of their future demise via blood sample. There are 34 […]
Why would you go on some long, expensive vacation this summer where all you do is stand in line and get treated like crap by bleach-blonde nerf herders with a semester of community college under their belt and more acne than brains? You shouldn’t! Nor should you ship your spawn off to any number of […]
June is a month for events! Present, twist, animate! Check it out below, and make sure you get involved – it’s gonna be good. 2013 Pell Awards Trinity Repertory Company announced recently that screen and television actor John Krasinski will be honored with the 2013 Pell Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Arts. Krasinski is […]