In April, PVD became the first capital in the nation to install a trash skimmer in the city’s harbor. Designed to filter the water of refuse, the apparatus is affixed to a floating dock in front of the Hot Club and picks-up trash as the current passes. And once the skimmer is filled and ready […]
Shucks! It’s already time for the fifth annual Ocean State Oyster Festival, taking place Saturday, September 21 from 1 – 7pm at Riverwalk Park on South Water Street in PVD. This year’s event will again feature delicious local food, food trucks, culinary exhibitors, local libations — including craft beer from Revival Brewing Company in Cranston […]
As an avid gamer, there is nothing I love more than introducing friends to the world of board games. For those of you who can only picture Monopoly or Dungeons and Dragons, there is an entire universe of board games in between those two extremes, with all different themes and requiring all different skill levels, […]
Open The Juice’d Cafe: This health food cafe has reopened. They’ve also opened another new location in Fall River. 190 Thames St, Newport. the juicedcafe.com Friskie Fries: The local favorite food truck turned brick-and-mortar- potato place has opened another location! This time all the way in East Bay. 404 Thames St, Newport. fb.com/Friskiefries Koto: Asian […]
So you’re craving those fall flavors, but it’s still to hot to tote around a warm cup of pumpkin-spiced anything — looking at you, Dunkin! We’ve got a way for you to get those flavors you crave in a way more appropriate to the temperature outside — looking at you, global warming! The secret is […]
This summer, Mr. Orange Live, aka, Damont Combs, put on a poetry open mic event at Skye Gallery called Tell Your Truth, which, due to popular demand, became a monthly event. “I decided to take on the task because we need a place to be able to express ourselves and to be real, truthful and […]
“We are in a very unique moment in a city, state, national history,” says Alex Kithes, 26 years old and Woonsocket’s newest city councillor. “Not only do we have a crisis of economic injustice, of racial injustice, but we have climate change. The decisions we make right now are more important than any other decisions […]
Introducing the CCCP (Cranston Children Communist Party) As the public schools crisis continues to grip the state, the children of Rhode Island have taken matters into their own hands. On September 2, a pre-organized underground mob of 1,500 fourth graders stormed school buildings across Rhody and declared a coup in the name of communism and […]
Hail and Farewell Phillipe and Jorge are not yet about to bury our old pal Bill Reynolds, The Urinal’s reigning top sports columnist and author of many books, but are sad to see that he will now only be doing his Saturday “For What It’s Worth” pieces. For any fan of the Sweaty Sciences, these […]
When it comes to fashion, designer Zoe Grinfeld isn’t afraid to roll the dice — or perhaps play a game of RISK. A senior at RISD, Grinfeld explains her aesthetic as “clothing with a sense of humor.” She organized her first fashion show when she was 11, with garments made of dollheads and plastic cups, […]