THU 8 RI Foundation presents Pops at Roger Williams Park: Annual free classical concert — a full evening leading up to the 1812 Overture. Temple of Music, Roger Williams Park Zoo, PVD. rifoundation.org/pops Flicks on Bricks: The long running public movie screening is back this summer! The movie is Mid-90s. 8pm. The Plant (courtyard behind […]
THU 1 WHEM Living Radio Show:The Horse-Eyed Men/ Downhill Strugglers/ The Vox Hunters: Classic radio format podcast with modern guests. 7pm. Columbus Theater, 270 Broadway, PVD. columbustheatre.com Mister Frizzle/ Plug/ The Really Heavy:.Local indie rock! 8pm. News Café, 43 Broad St, Pawtucket. fb.com/newscafe.ri THU 1 – SUN 4RKO Con 2019: The big National Rocky Horror […]
It’s just a jump to the left, then a step to the right … into Downcity Providence. It’s time for RKO Con 2019. RKO Con is a celebration of 1975’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show. A commercial flop in its initial release, the movie was re-released as a midnight showing in 1976 at the Waverly […]
Few events add to the lore of summertime tradition like a music festival, and the second annual RI Blues Fest is a great occasion for anyone looking to check a fest off their summer bucket list. Mulligan’s Island managing partner Michael Friedman was encouraged by the high praise the inaugural weekend drew despite some dicey […]
Filmmaker Skip Shea still lives in the same town where he grew up, where he went to school and where he was sexually abused by Catholic priests. For years he was passed from one predator to the next, all of them allegedly in recovery from their unholy desires. The town is Uxbridge, Massachusetts, right over […]
Your typical bag of leafy greens starts thousands of miles from PVD. It’s grown outside in heavily irrigated row after row out in California, Arizona or Mexico. Then it’s picked, sorted, washed and packed into a refrigerated truck where it will stay for about a week, losing freshness and nutritional value as it’s jostled around […]
Sam Bell (D-P, Providence) is a freshman Rhode Island Senator, known for his tenure as the head of the Rhode Island Progressive Democrats, and for serving in the legislature as a strong opposition voice to many of the seemingly institutionalist practices of the state’s political infrastructure. During a recent interview, Senator Bell suggested that Rhode […]
THU 25 Concert Under the Elms: Driftwoods. With Noble Knots and Like No Udder. 6.30pm. Rhode Island Historical Society, 52 Power St, PVD. rihs.org/concerts-under-the-elms Stranger Stories: Strangers read their truths in this recurring, curated series. This episode’s theme is “Biggest Fan.” The Graduate (ustabe the Biltmore), 11 Dorance St, PVD. strangerstoriespvd.com FRI 26 – SUN […]
