Opened & Closed: July 2026
Open: Closed: What a month!! We got nothing – keep up the good work, RI culinarists!
Office of Energy Resources Pulls Bids: Gives RI Energy the Contract
By Rob Smith / ecoRI News staff The best way to save money on your energy bill is to use less. Energy efficiency programs are designed to help ratepayers do just that. PROVIDENCE — When the General Assembly approved language that would allow the state to put administration of its energy efficiency programs out to […]
Corralled at the Blood Farm: The rise of the uniquely American plasma industry
“Foreigner.” I find it a harsh word that I hate seeing applied to others. Yet applied to myself, it’s the only word that half conveys how baffling I find this country at times. I’d like to apologise ahead of this article, for I will be telling you some things you already know. The first time […]
Spoken Award Winner Writeups
Favorite Free Verse Spoken Word 2026 Ashley Hosa Sending out a big congrats to Ashley Hosa, who came to the Spoken Awards with a multitude of wonderful supporters (shoutout to Ryan!). During the post-announcement interview, Ashley stated, “I came here not knowing what was going to happen, and this is just such an incredible feeling. […]
Obituary: Julian Forgue
The founder of the long-standing hipster-ish West Side restaurant Julians hadn’t been involved directly with the restaurant in quite some time. But his legacy persisted. A larger-than-life personality, you never knew at what event Julian might show up, his square jaw ready-to-fire sarcasm preceding him by a few paces. He pioneered the “this wait staff […]
Summer Solstice
This beautiful Solstice moment, June 21, 2026 brings the winds of change into our lives. The pivotal points among the planetary movers and shakers of the Zodiac find Gemini, with Uranus and Ceres, reaching across the heavens to connect with Pluto – who is ever ready to muck things up – in Aquarius. There’s a […]
BTS with DMK: Buckle up. It’s going to be a spectacular ride.
I’ve attended just a few film festivals in my fledgling career as an actor, and each one has its own particular energy, but there is always a kind of electricity that runs through any of these events, especially when there is a literal red carpet involved. At the 2026 Boston International Film Festival in April, […]
Spoken Award Winners 2026
Favorite Free Verse Spoken Word Ashley HosaRunner-up: Jeff Daniellian Favorite Social Justice Spoken Word Erik AndradeRunner-up: Mx Asher Favorite Youth Poet Angel CruzRunner-up: (by one vote) Josselyn Wolf Favorite Poetry Event Apothica’s Monthly Poetry NightRunner-up: Afroverse Favorite Producer / Organizer Jessica SullivanRunner-up: Sadey Fournier Favorite Narrative Music / Hip-Hop / Rap Chachi CarvalhoRunner-up: Jesse the Tree […]
Computers 2 Humans 0: Cybernetic Lips, Hips, Chips, and Questionable Choices
Your computer, smartphone, laptop, tablet, and electronic devices are tools. Those tools have no gender. No heartbeat. No blood in their veins. No lungs. No thoughts. No Soul. Those tools are an amalgamation of dead materials: silicon, copper, aluminum, gold, plastics, et cetera. Materials that are “activated” by small brushings with human heat — mostly […]
Kicking In her Second Act: Christina Rondeau
As an actor, there are often specific demands about how I need to look for roles I bring to life. That has to do with the look of the character that the director has in mind. In other cases, when I do not get the part, I suspect there are other physical considerations that have […]