House of Horrors
As someone who looks awkward regardless of their outfit, I never followed fashion. I liked the various punk rock looks (spiky fashion punks, Fred Perry/well-dressed Oi), but I’ve pretty much […]
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
FLYING SAUCERS! SPACE ALIENS! ATOM BLASTERS! MINI GOLF?: The Dusty Planet’s 9-hole indoor course offers sci-fi B-movie vibes
The first hole of the miniature golf course at The Dusty Planet in Olneyville is emerald, like any other putting green. The second hole is golden, like a cornfield on […]
Gather Ice Cream Releases PVDFest Flavor: What blueberry cheesecake ice cream taught me about community
I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on this, and however controversial it may be, I’m just going to come out and ask this question: “Who doesn’t love ice cream?” […]
Woman in the sky: A life well cherished…
Max Woertendyke’s documentary-short Woman in the Sky is a retrospective exploration of the past grounded in the present; a navigation of passion within the responsibility of someone else’s life’s work. […]
The Magical Nature and Public Service of The Gilded Age: Christine Baranski’s take at a Newport press conference
A few days before HBO’s “The Gilded Age” Season 3 finale drew 5 million US viewers, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Christine Baranski, who plays Agnes van Rhijn in the […]
HAPPY ON HUDSON: Hudson Street Deli gets a new sandwich-meister
There’s been a big change on Hudson Street in the West End of Providence. About four months ago, a flyer appeared in the window of the neighborhood’s beloved deli announcing […]
TORTILLA FLATS: A new family
Who doesn’t love a good burrito or quesadilla when you’re craving Mexican food? A Providence staple, Tortilla Flats, is changing owners after almost 40 years! Don’t worry, they’re keeping it […]
WEIRD AND WONDERFUL: Michael Ezzell on art, myth, and the “Creative Capital”
A bare-chested woman swimming from the mouth of a fish. Seaweed and skulls. A pipesmoking dog perched on a whale. If any of this sounds familiar, you’ve likely encountered the […]
Exploitation in the cloth: Fast fashion and its prevalence in our society
What is fast fashion? Fast fashion is the business model of replicating recent catwalk trends and high-fashion designs, mass-producing them at a low cost, and bringing them to retail quickly, […]
LETS BRING CRAFT BEER BACK IN STYLE
Fashion is style that is considered popular and often influenced by a designer or celebrity. To some, it is a form of self-expression, and to others, it is a way […]